Square Bed?

We have an Eastern (regular) King bed. It's different from California King which is the more popular size in the islands.

What's the difference?

Eastern (Standard) King Size Mattress: 76 inches wide x 80 inches long.

Western (California) King Size Mattress: 72 inches wide x 84 inches long.

Art helped me remember which is which by saying the King is for shorter, chubbier people. The California would be for thinner, taller people.

Art and I figured the Eastern would be better (OK... never mind, it was me all along) because we'd have more space between us. I go to bed later than he does because he's up early to do that marathon training thing in the dark when the sun isn't beating up on you. I also like to read to make me drowsy. Being a little farther apart, the light won't bother him as much.

The added bonus is that we don't have to turn the mattress around. Don't even get me started on what mattress to buy. All I can say is don't get the Serta Vera Wang latex mattress because all the hype they tell you about it springing back and not sagging... not true. Latex is a layer of the mattress. The padded part on top of it sags. Sheesh! Like I said... don't get me started...


Anyway, because the Eastern King is almost square, we just turn ourselves 'round and 'round with each sheet change to prevent the sagging to get too deep in one area.

Granted when anybody comes to our bedroom, they must think we're odd to see our pillows facing in every direction.

Ah well...

Bed Update 4: Prone to Depression

After three nights on the Serta Felicity Latex Mattress from America's Mattress I'm sad to say there IS a depression again. You can't see it as much as on the very soft Tranquility mattress we tried first but.... by golly.... it's there... AGAIN! You can definitely feel it. This is a much firmer, flatter mattress so it's not quite as pronounced (yet) but it's there.

The latex mattress series is touted for having a quicker bounce back than foam. However, because of the fiberfill layer on top, you don't get to that bounce.

There's no other mattress we can exchange it to because I think this is a trait you can't get away from in this line of mattresses. Therefore, unless it caves in further... we'll have to live with this.

The only thing we can say worked for us on this mattress is that it could make it up to the second floor because latex is flexible.

Final impressions:

We wouldn't recommend the Vera Wang latex mattresses because of the depressions.

Make SURE you get the comfort guarantee. I don't even know if all the America's Mattresses have this same guarantee because one of the salespeople at the other store even in Hawaii said they didn't.

Really lie on the bed without the salesperson for 15 minutes in every position you sleep in. This won't tell you if the mattress will have a depression because you're still on it for a short time, but you'll get a better feel for it.

Price doesn't guarantee the best bed for you. Boy! Have we learned that!