My wife and I are currently sleeping on a double pillowtop queen set and have been since we got married 9 years ago. The mattress and box spring were hand-me-downs from a family she babysat for, so it's probably 15-20 years old. I know all the mattress places say to replace every 8 years, yada, yada. Anyway, we took a little 2 night trip to a B&B and when we woke up both mornings we were pleasantly surprised to find that our usual morning aches were not present. That led us to consider getting a new mattress set. I've tried shopping both online and in stores (went to Mattress Firm, Original Mattress Factory, Sams, and a small local family-owned store). There is some great disparity regarding technology, and despite their's being "awesome" and all the other guys' "sucking" we pretty much end up at $800 at each place for a basic, nice-sleeping mattress.
I'd appreciate some myth dispelling and shared experiences from y'all, especially on the following points:
1) Original Mattress Factory's "real working boxsprings" and increased coil wire gauge vs Sealy and Serta's "individually pocketed coils." All the other retailers say OMF's stuff is decent, but overpriced for outdated technology, meanwhile OMF says the other guys' stuff is just marketing and "there's no way unsupported coils will last more than a few years without massive divots."
2) Our intention at this point is to move in the next 3-5 years and upgrade to a new King Size bedroom suite and keep this on-hand for guest room. With that in mind, we don't need the most awesome, mac-daddy mattress, but also want it to be good for us to sleep on for the next 3-5 years.
Thanks for any help!