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How to Choose the Best Mattress Store

September 22, 2009

Searching for a mattress store is much like searching for anything else — the quality of your selection will be directly proportional to the quality of your alternatives.  In other words, the more alternatives you consider, the better your ultimate choice will be; on the flip side, if you do not consider any alternatives, you will likely be overlooking stores with a better selection or better service, or stores that are more convenient or less expensive, thereby leaving your fate to chance.

When it comes time to buy a mattress, many people can think of 1 or 2 mattress stores off-hand, but are surprised to find that they are only considering a tiny portion of the mattress stores in their area.  Before you buy your mattress, be sure to use our Mattress Store Locator to find a comprehensive map of all the mattress stores in your area.  Alternatively, you can search by city using our easy Mattress Retailer Directory.  From there, you can click on any store to read more about their stores, where they are located and what products they carry.

Once you’ve chosen the store(s) you plan to visit, you may also want to check out some of our helpful shopping guides, such as our five-step guide to buying a mattress, our general mattress buying tips, or our suggestions for how to get the best deal on a mattress.

Finally, when you get to the store, please be sure to tell them you found them on Best Bed Guide.  This way, they’ll know to keep us updated on any changes to the information we have about them on the site — and you’ll be playing a small part in helping to make Best Bed Guide an even better information resource for future mattress shoppers!

New Features on Best Bed Guide

August 21, 2009

If you’ve been to Best Bed Guide before, you’ve probably noticed some changes on the site recently.  All of the information that was previously on Best Bed Guide is still here, but with the beta release of our new site, we have now added an enormous amount of new information, including the most comprehensive mattress manufacturer directory on the internet, a map-based mattress retailer directory that allows you to search for mattress stores by city and state, and lots of helpful new articles and guides.

If you are seeking information on a particular mattress manufacturer, product line or model, you can now search for it by name from almost any page of the site to find well-organized details about its features and specifications.  Details are already available on Best Bed Guide for hundreds of manufacturers and product lines, as well as thousands of individual mattress models, and much more information will continue to be added in the coming months.

If you are looking for a place to buy your mattress, you can search for information on specific retailers, including what brands they carry, where their store locations are, and more.  Or, use our mattress store finder to find all the places to try and buy mattresses in your area.  Best Bed Guide provides detailed information about more mattress retailers and stores than any other site on the internet.

We are in the process of adding many more exciting new features that will be released in the coming weeks and months, so if you are in the market for a mattress, please be sure to check back often for more and more information to help you with your mattress purchase.  In the meantime, if you experience any problems on the site, or have any other comments or information you’d like to share, please don’t hesitate to let us know.  We appreciate your feedback and look forward to helping you find the best mattress for you!

How to Choose the Best Mattress

October 8, 2008

Relative to most products, mattresses last a long time. So when it comes time to purchase a new mattress these days, most people find themselves a bit rusty on the features that distinguish one mattress from another (what is an acceptable coil count? how much firmness do I want? why does quilting matter?…).

Making matters more complicated, many people find that the overall selection of mattresses has changed dramatically since their last purchase. New types of “specialty” mattresses — such as air beds, memory foam, latex, and adjustable beds — have come to occupy a significant portion of the market. And even classic innerspring mattresses now boast dozens of new features such no-flip, motion separation and edge support… Suddenly, an industry once known for producing seemingly identical boxes of fuzz and foam is alive with variety and buzzwords!

At Best Bed Guide, we recognize the challenges inherent in buying a mattress today, and our mission is to provide useful information to make this process easier. To help you sort through all of your options, we provide a road map to guide you through the entire mattress purchase process:

1) What to Buy — To get you started, our series of expert guides begins with a general framework for evaluating all beds, then addresses each of the various types of beds on the market today. These resources will help you determine what type of bed to buy, and then help you learn what features to look for in a given type of bed. Soon, we will be adding a product reviews section, offering unbiased information on specific mattress brands and models.

2) Where to Buy — Once you’ve decided what you’re looking for, our store locator will provide a full map of all the mattress stores in your area. We also provide advice on what to look for in a mattress store, including an overview of the many ways that mattress stores distinguish themselves from one another, so that when you walk into a mattress store, you know what to ask for. Soon, we will be adding mattress store reviews in order to provide you with objective information about specific retailers and store locations.

3) How to Buy — Once you know where you’re going and what you’ll be looking for, be sure to check out our helpful shopping guides and mattress resources before you find yourself face to face with a mattress salesperson. These guides provide advice on everything from negotiating for a mattress to evaluating a mattress warranty to choosing a mattress size. We also provide perhaps the most comprehensive mattress glossary on the web, and will soon be adding a forum to answer your specific questions.

As you can see, we’ve been busy thinking about all the ways we can help improve your mattress shopping experience. We look forward to your feedback as we add new features, and hope you find our site to be a useful resource for your mattress purchase.

Mattress Shopping Got You Down?

September 30, 2008

Has your mattress shopping experience brought you to your wit’s end?  Do you feel like you have nowhere to turn for reliable, unbiased information and advice?  Well rest easy (no pun intended), because you have found Best Bed Guide — and our mission in life is to take the frustration and mystery out of buying a mattress.

Over the coming months, we will be adding new features and information to Best Bed Guide, including detailed information and reviews on specific mattress manufacturers and product models, as well as on specific retailers and store locations.  Submitting a review of your mattress or mattress shopping experience will be easy, so we hope you will take a few minutes to make the site a more useful resource by sharing your experiences with millions of other mattress shoppers.  With your help, the world will finally have a trusted place to find unbiased, well-organized information about mattresses.

Please check back with us again soon.  We look forward to helping make your next mattress search more pleasurable and productive.

Welcome to the Mattress Blog!

June 30, 2008

Welcome to Best Bed Guide’s official Mattress Blog!

Through this blog, we will be discussing company developments, industry trends, and other mattress-related matters — all as part of our ongoing goal to be the best possible information resource for mattress buyers.

We also hope to open up a line of communication with our readers, a place for you to share your feedback about the site — including your likes, dislikes, questions and concerns. We welcome your comments and suggestions.

We have a small but dedicated team based here in San Francisco, California — located near the famous South Park in the heart of San Francisco’s digital media community. If you are in the neighborhood and would like to chat about mattresses, feel free to drop by and say hello!