Comments on: Kingsdown Mattress – Less Known Alternative

By: Brandon Las Vegas

Brandon Las Vegas — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:12:47 +0000

I purchased a Kingston “SLEEP TO LIVE; CHAIRMAN”, ROYAL AND NAVY FIRMNESS, which is a very new model as of the end of 2010, we read mostly bad reviews, but all of those reviews were of the previous models before Kingsdon did some major revamping. Creating new mattresses. I am writing this review almost a year later because I feel guilty for complaining about our mattress in some review when we first slept on it, it hurt our backs. But after a month of getting used to it, my wife and I absolutely love it! It is by far the best mattress we have ever slept on. Feels like something you would feel in a Four Seasons Hotel Presidential Suite. We love that we each were able to choose our own firmness sides. My only issue is we are about to move back to Ohio from Las Vegas and this is not only the most comfortable (after the initial few weeks of our bodies becoming used to what a high quality mattress feels like) but this is also the most heavy mattress I’ve ever felt. What a pain in the ass to find a fitted sheet too! 20″+ deep! But absolutely no regrets, a great investment, expensive, but worth it. We recommend trying it at the store. We bought ours at MATRESS Firm, who by the way have good prices but always will try and up sell you. Tell them to leave you alone while you find a few mattress you like, then they can talk to you. Also this mattress brand does a body test to tell you what firmness will be good for you. We didn’t use it, we went with what we liked laying on in the store. I knew I like soft for my painful wide shoulders and my wife likes firm for her lower back. Have them deliver it for free! Heavy! Also invest in the memory foam pillows, wow! But I think we could gotten them cheaper elsewhere, maybe, mine was $200 and my wifes, the smaller one was $150. But worth it. We were sleeping on an air mattress for 7 months before I bought us this, and a beat up sunken spring mattress before that, we paid $200 for from Mexicans in Vegas. Whoops, get what you pay for. So check out SLEEP TO LIVE , CHAIRMAN. It’s about one year old now. Don’t worry about a newer version, this one is perfect, you don’t feel anything in between the two different firmness sections of the bed, I remember reading that in reviews, that must be with the older versions. What makes our mattress very good is not only the memory foam, but the LATEX. Haha. Seriously. That’s what’s in it. Good luck. We spent few grand.

By: Denise Harris

Denise Harris — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:12:11 +0000

This mattress is a piece of junk. We paid for all the extras just to be sure the so called 20 year warranty remained effective. 2 years later the mattress has sunk in the shape of our bodies over 2 inches. Kingsdown and sleepy will not honor the warranty becuase my cat cut his foot and got a blood stain on tha mattress on the foot of the bed, not even close to wear our bodies are. Their reason, the ‘SPILLAGE” probably ruined the foam inside, Seriously folks, its nowhere near the indents of the mattress where it completely lost its shape. And it wasnt a Spill of any kind, it was a bloody cat paw, Its just their way of not standng behind their product. I paid 3k for this mattress and now it has to go to the dump. I bought better mattresses at value city for an 1/8 of the price.

By: Patsy

Patsy — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:23:31 +0000

We have had a kingsdown mattress for almost 26 years, it’s a standard size and has been used in the master bedroom for all this time. We have other brands on other beds in our home and none can come close to comparing to this one for the value/ comfort. It is just now starting to break down on one side and I am searching for another one just like it to purchase!

By: Moses Jones

Moses Jones — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:21:52 +0000

I have tried Kingsdown matresses my whole life. I am very used to them by now, but I would like to try a memory foam at some point.

By: Meg Aguillon

Meg Aguillon — Thu, 20 May 2010 07:54:16 +0000

Thanks-a-mundo for the article post.Much thanks again. Awesome.

By: SammyJo

SammyJo — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:20:40 +0000

We purchased a Kingsdown TriLuna latex mattess this January from Mattress Mart in Ontario. Although very comfortable, I found that the mattress slept quite hot, and I often woke in sweats during the night. After two months, I moved the mattress upright to remove my bedskirt for ironing – after putting it back on the boxspring, I noticed that there was a very large lump in the bottom part of the bed, around where you calves hit the mattress. I don’t know if it developed over the two months we slept on it, or if it resulted just from the minor movement. In any event, it did not go down, and was very noticable when you made the bed. I was very discouraged that the mattress was going out of shape after two months;fortunately, Mattress Mart has a great 90 day exchange/comfort guarantee. One more night of sleeping hot convinced me to try another mattress. We now have the Simmons NXG – after a great afternoon nap and one night, I think this new bed is going to be the answer for us. No, it is not quite as comfortable as the latex Kingsdown. However, overall, I think it will prove to be the better purchase for durability and comfort.

By: tntlmt

tntlmt — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 02:01:19 +0000

what do you recommend if Kingsdown feels better than an bed I tried….what else feels like your lying on a cloud? I have RA, and need plush but support….Help

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:34:07 +0000

Our Kingsdown mattress was great for the first few months. i have now absolutely had it. I cannot sleep, and wake up with neck and back pain constantly. My husband and i are normal sized people, although i am on the smaller side. They have built up the sides so much that we both just sink in the middle. i recommend you look elsewhere for a pillowtop mattress if you’re on the search.

By: Our WORST nightmare.

Our WORST nightmare. — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:28:30 +0000

Our Kingsdown mattress was the WORST mattress we EVER bought. It was comfortable for about 2 months, then it was ALL downhill after that. Neck pains, headaches, spinal pain, etc., had resulted in countless trips to our chiropractor over THIS mattress. Major sags, lumps, and overall poor construction plague this mattress. After almost 2 years we could no longer sleep on this mattress without tossing & turning during what felt like endless nights. Just prior to it’s haul-away during the delivery of our new Simmons Beautyrest (awesome!), I cut this beast open with a utility knife to see how it was constructed. The interior pillowtop was inferior, the first 3″ of interior padding was pretty much just “mush” (major material separation), covering over a highly inferior spring system, if that’s what you’d call an inner spring system. Just NASTY. What’s worst is the seller, Mattress Giant, took a “you bought it- you own it” attitiude within 3 weeks of it’s purchase. Bottom line – don’t get taken like we were, STAY AWAY from Kingsdown products and don’t say you haven’t been forewarned.

By: Darla

Darla — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:31:34 +0000

I am with d sloan. Both my husband and I wake up every morning stiff and sore. My lower back feels like I slept on the floor all night. This mattress holds in the body heat and wakes me up looking for a cooler spot. I regret paying for such an expensive mattress that feels like it is 20 years old. I wished I could take it back after 1 1/2 years of pain.