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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
really!? I've been seriously considering one. anymore the most comfortable sleep I get is on an airmattress, which is not the best bedding with these krazy kitties! what's the dealio?
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The biggest problem we've had was with the controllers. The display goes bad and you can't see what setting you're on. For some that wouldn't be a problem except that I change mine according to how I feel that night.
Each year the warranty goes down and down, so that at a certain point parts are no longer covered. We've replaced controllers three times. The good part is that they're very quick to ship new ones, no complaints there. Now I'm looking at a bill of about $200 - $250 to replace the controller on my side of the bed -
BOTH controllers are hardwired to the pumping box so you can't just replace the bad one.
The other problem that I have is very minor. In the showroom they start you out trying the cheapest bed and move you up to the multimillion dollar bed (well, maybe a little bit less than that). The big difference is that the expensive air mattress has a thick Swedish foam mattress pad on top of it, the air mattress part is, or was anyway, the same. We saved about a $1,000, or more, on it by just buying our own Swedish foam type mattress pad.
One problem with Swedish type foam mattress pads. Your pad gets molded into the shape of your whole body. That's very good for comfort. Unless you want to roll over - then you have to wake up to get out of the "mold". We ended up putting on a Swedish type foam pad that was only about two inches thick. Even then it took a while to get used to turning over in our sleep. After that it was fine.
I've had futons twice in my life. One was on the floor and I had no problem with that. The other was on a futon frame similar to this one (but flat of course). That was the most comfortable for me.
But in the end all that matters is what feels best to you. That could by why they make more than a few different types of beds.