Hello Pete,
The Stearns and Foster Knightsbridge Pillowtop Mattress, that I purchased from you in 2002, seems to be at the end of its life, I'm sorry to say. I Loved this mattress and want to purchase the same mattress. 
In researching I quickly found your response (linked here) to a similar situation a couple years ago.
https://mattressexpert.typepad.com/the_mattress_expert/2018/08/stearns-and-foster-double-sided-pillowtop-mattress.htm
 
Your assessment of the situation seems right on. I’m disappointed nothing of equivalent quality exists today. Has anything changed over the years since you wrote the assessment?
What is your top recommendation today?
I'm happy to see that you're still available. I applaud and appreciate your candid assessment. 
Thank you!
Best regards, Harry
 
Hi Harry,
I had a S&F Knightsbridge at home at that time. It was a great mattress.
Nothing S&F makes today is anywhere near the quality of the Knightsbridge.
There is a mattress that is more than equal to, the specifications and quality of the Knightsbridge.
Click on this link to The Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/



It’s what my wife and I have been sleeping on at home for nearly 10 years.
And even though we are, each, over 200 lbs., this mattress remains in like new condition.
You’ll enjoy the support and comfort, along with the value that comes with a mattress that is high enough quality to last for many years to come.
 
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Hi Pete,
We are looking to replace our Sealy Posturepedic Signature Otter Trail Ultra Plush queen size mattress.  
We absolutely love this mattress but it's old and time to replace it.
We haven't been able to locate this exact model (originally purchased MANY years ago).  
Can you advise of the current equivalent model?
Thanks in advance, Libby

Hi Libby,
I’m sorry to say that no equivalent mattress exists.
Sealy has been owned by Tempurpedic since 2013.
They haven’t made a decent quality mattress since then…certainly, nothing even close to the quality of the mattress you’re replacing.
 
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Hi Pete,
I'm very disappointed that there is no equivalent. 
Does Simmons Beautyrest make a quality mattress? 
If not, do you recommend a different brand?
Thanks, Libby
Hi Libby,
All of the name brands went bad…all sold and are now using memory foam.
Your old mattress performed so well, for so long, because there’s no memory foam in it.
We specialize in mattresses that have no memory foam in them.
The highest quality mattresses are the Natura of Canada Greenspring.
Shown here:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/

 
The Ultra Plush model is most comfortable…the mattress my wife and I sleep on at home. 
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Hi Pete,
I see many people write for mattress advice. I am 4’11 and weigh 150. 
I have DDD, (degenerative disc disease), in my lower back. 
I sleep on side and stomach, mostly. 
I recently slept on a Beautyrest hospitality series Hyde Park mattress.
My pain was gone after sleeping in it just two days. 
 
I currently sleep in a Ghostbed natural sleep mattress. It’s pretty firm. 
Our bed is also on an adjustable bed base.   
It has helped my pain level. However, I would like to be pain free. 
I have a Tempurpedic memory foam topper. 
Of course, it was very comfortable at first, but after time my back pain worsened. 
So, I do not use it anymore. It made me sleep hot. 
What is your recommendation?
Regards, Renee
 
Hi Renee,
What made the hotel mattress such a pain free experience was the individually pocketed coil system, which contours to the shape of the body and maintains the natural alignment of the spine.
Unfortunately, Simmons Beautyrest mattresses are upholstered with memory foam.
Memory foam is specifically designed to cause a mattress to need frequent replacing.
It sleeps hot and off gasses the toxic chemicals from which memory foam is made.
 
What I’m recommending for you is a mattress that uses that same coil system and has no memory foam in it.
This is a mattress made with natural materials, including Hypoallergenic Talalay Latex...the highest quality upholstery.
It sleeps cool and there’s no off gassing.
 
The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses provides excellent support, comfort and longevity.
The Ultra Plush model is the most comfortable, without being too soft...the mattress we sleep on at home.
Click on this link to view that of mattresses. Click on each of the 4 models to view specifications and prices.
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/
 
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Hi Pete,
Could you recommend a replacement for a 2008 Stearns and Foster Plaza Plush Mattress in Cal King size?
Thanks, John
 
Hi John,
Tempurpedic bought Sealy and S&F 5 years after you bought that mattress.
In January 2014, S&F went from being "The Cadillac of the Industry", to nothing more than expensive junk.
In short, there is no replacement model available from S&F.
 
However, I can closely mimic the feel...and exceed the quality and longevity.
What we found at the industry trade shows to replace S&F, is The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses.
Of their 4 models, the Ultra Plush is the most comfortable, and what my wife and I sleep on at home.
Despite each of us weighing more than 200 lbs., our mattress remains in like new condition after the 6 years we've had it.
Click on this link to view the specifications and prices for that mattress:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/


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​Hi Pete, 
My husband and I are looking to buy a new mattress. 
We are trying to decide between an all latex mattress or a good innerspring mattress with a 3" latex topper. 
We are both extremely heavy people, 350 & 400, and I have severe fibromyalgia. 
we want to get the best solution for our problems. 
Thanks, Debra
 
Hi Debra,
We have had many customers even heavier than the two of you.
The sleep system combination that has always worked best is:
The Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattress in Firm for long lasting support.
&
The Suite Sleep 3" Organic Dunlop Latex Topper for long lasting surface comfort.
Here are links to each:Natura of Canada Greenspring Mattresses, with 4 choices of comfort.
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/
 
A Suite Sleep 3" Soft Pure, Organic Latex Mattress Topper will relieve your fibromyalgia pain.
Latex is and has been the best upholstery material for the last 100 years.
The comfort it provides is extraordinary and the longevity is equally impressive.
Here is the link to those latex toppers:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/suite_sleep_latex_toppers.html#/
 


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Hello Pete,
Can you help me?
We have an old Stearns and Foster double sided pillowtop medium firm queen mattress.
We know they no longer are in existence, sorry to say, as it is a great mattress.
We have another bedroom that we want to fit with this same mattress.
Can you tell us where and who might be making a similar mattress today?
Thank you, John
 
Hi John,
The last of the great Stearns and Foster mattresses.
I had one. "Knightsbridge", was the model name.
 
I CAN help you. I can save you from wasting your time looking for something that doesn't exists.
 
Thanks, Pete - TME
 
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Hi Pete,
That was not the answer I wanted to hear, but thank you for your help in saving my time.
Is there anything near a second best or what would you say is the best available today.
 
We have a Simmons Beautyrest in that room now, the one that they claim you can drop a bowling ball on and not spill a glass of water, LOL.
That was not why we bought it, but we did not expect the comfort level to drop as fast as it has. 
A sag developed.
It was a firm, which we really didn't want, but felt the firmer model would be stronger, so it would hold up longer....WRONG.
 
Thank you in advance for any help you can give.
John
 
Good Morning John,
You have stepped out of, what can only be described as, a time warp.
 
That old S&F mattress was made at a time when manufacturers competed with one another to make a quality product. Those days no longer exists for the name brands...and haven't for quite some time.
Your old S&F mattress was one of the last great mattresses made by "The Cadillac of the Industry".
Today, S&F is nothing more than expensive junk.
 
S&F is not alone in this. 
All of the name brands have been sold...Sealy and S&F were purchased by Tempurpedic in 1013.
Simmons and Serta were bought by an investment group in 2016.
All have loaded their mattresses with memory foam.
Memory foam is used for the express purpose of causing a mattress to need frequent replacing.
Despite all the hype to the contrary, memory foam is thee worst upholstery material ever invented.
Besides being a lousy product in terms of performance, it's also a health hazard...off gassing the toxic chemicals from which memory foam is made. (Adding injury to insult).
 
Your mistake is in assuming that a new S&F mattress would be as good as your old one.
We used to be a Sealy/S&F retailer...exclusively. 
We dropped both lines when Tempurpedic bought them and turned them into junk mattresses.
We spent a good amount of time and effort at the industry trade shows, looking for high quality alternatives.
Over the years, we home tested a number of different mattresses...with varying results.

The one we have now, we like very much. 
It's 9.5 years old, now, and still like new....with each of us in the 200+ lb. range.
I have lots of disc related back problems and my wife commonly suffers with hip pain.
For these last 9+ years, our pains have been relieved, thanks to this mattress....
The Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush.
 
There are 4 choices of comfort in that line, with the ultra plush model providing the greatest degree of surface comfort. All 4 models provide the same excellent, firm, contouring support.
Here is a link to that mattress, showing specifications and prices:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/
 

 
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​Hi Pete,
I am helping a friend with two herniated discs to find the best mattress to help relieve his back pain.
The herniated disc are at T5-6 and T8-9. He is 5'6' and approximately 160 lbs., (give or take). 
He has been looking into Tempurpedic beds.
What type of mattress would you recommend? A soft or hard mattress? 
Are there any brands that are better than other?
Any help or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you for your time, Elizabeth
 
Hi Elizabeth,
An all foam mattress, and memory foam in particular, will only increase his back pain.
He's being taken in by the hype surrounding that kind of mattress...and none of it is true, for long.
Memory foam is the worse type of upholstery material ever invented.
It wears quickly and off gasses the toxic chemicals from which memory foam is made.
A mattress with an individually pocketed coil system, will provide contouring "UPWARD" pushback support against his spine for proper support of his herniated discs.
(Any all foam mattress provides no upward support).
The best of what we carry, is the Natura of Canada Greenspring line of mattresses.
These mattresses provide the highest coil count....strong coils that are double tempered...and upholstered with natural latex.
Latex is and has been the best upholstery material for the last 100 years. (Most comfortable and most durable).
 
My wife and I have had one of these at home for many years. 
I have lots of disc problems, including herniated discs.
Despite all that, I sleep and wake without back pain...thanks to the mattress.
Of their 4 models, the Ultra Plush is the most comfortable.
Here's a link to those mattresses:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/
 


 
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​Hi Peter,
I spoke with you on the phone about a Natura Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress.
The Greenspring doesn’t seem to be available around here.  
Can you tell me how I can order one and have it delivered to my home in Canada?
Thank you, Andy
 
Hi Andy,
Here is our link to the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress, that we spoke about. 
The Ultra Plush is their most comfortable model, and the one my wife and I sleep on at home.
You can order yours through this link, of you can call me and place your order over the phone.
https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/


 
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​Hi Pete,
Thank you for taking my email. I am currently in the market for a new mattress.
I currently have an Eastman House Island Firm and I hate it. My back pain is strong. Hip pain too.  
I am a stomach sleeper, 38, 230lbs, currently single. 
I have previously had the Simmons Beautyrest, which was not very good. 
Recently, I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in London. I had zero pain. Nothing.
I am considering the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush Mattress.
I have had years of bad luck with mattresses. I have a few questions:
 
1.  Is ultra plush too soft for me?
2.  Do you think this is a good mattress for me?
3.  Can deliveries be on a Saturday?
4. Any other factors I should consider?
 
Thank you, David
 
Hi David,
Our personal situations are very similar.
I am over 200 lbs. with a very bad back, including herniated and bulging discs and degenerative disc disease.
My wife, who is equally as large, and I have had that mattress for the last 5 years.
I sleep and wake without back pain, and the mattress is still in like new condition.
So yes, this will work for you.
 
Due to the high quality and resiliency of the components, all of the mattresses in that line are firmer than they sound. So no, the ultra plush model is not too soft.
 
If you live in an urban or suburban area, Saturday delivery is probable.
The further away you live from a populated area, the less likely that becomes.
 
The foundation is available 9" or 5" high.
You'll want to measure what you have before deciding which foundation to get.
The mattress is 13.5" thick.
 
This mattress comes with white glove delivery.
Delivery includes set-up in your bedroom and removal of all packing materials.
 
Here is a link to the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush mattress:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p142/Natura_Greenspring_Liberta_Ultra_Plush.html#/


 
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Online ordering is Easy & Secure
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Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.
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Hello Peter,
We were discussing buying our third mattress in the last eleven months when I found your website. 
I agree with what I've read on your website that mattresses today are junk and don't last.  
 
I injured my back when I was younger and purchased my first new mattress.
It was a Simmons Beautyrest for my wife and I when we got married in 2004.  
We loved that mattress. When it finally felt worn out, after 10 years, we purchased another one.  
That one lasted only four years before we purchased a Serta, hoping for some longevity.  
Then we had to replace it last Christmas with one that was, amazingly, worse.  
The store we bought it from gave us a new one in February that I'm having a hard time with.  
Out of desperation, we chose the memory foam option on this last one.  What a mistake.  
Thanks to you, I now know why.
 
So, what would you recommend for a 48 year old, 6' 6" tall, 290 lb. adult male and a 5' 5" 135 lb. 45 year old female to sleep comfortably like we did in 2004?
Thanks for the help, we really appreciate it!
Sincerely, Blake
 
Hi Blake,
What makes the Simmons Beautyrests such a comfortable mattress, is the individually pocketed coils.
What makes them such a bad mattress, today, is the memory foam upholstery.
 
The Natura of Canada Greenspring also uses an individually pocketed coil unit...with a higher coil count and stronger coils than those used in any Simmons Beautyrest. What's more, the upholstery is Natural Talalay latex.
These Greenspring mattresses contain NO Memory Foam.
 
My wife and I are large people, each over 200 lbs.
We have the Natura of Canada Greenspring Ultra Plush, at home.
It is nearly 10 years old and it's still in great condition.
You will enjoy this mattress as much and for as long as your old Simmons Beautyrest.
Click on this link to view that line of mattresses.
Click on each model to view specifications and prices:
https://www.themattressexpert.com/natura_mattresses.html#/
 

 
This mattress comes with white glove delivery.
Delivery includes set-up in your bedroom and removal of all packing materials.

Delivery is Always Free
Online ordering is Easy & Secure
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Or choose 4 Interest Free Bi-Monthly Payments with afterpay
 
 
Thanks, Pete - TME
 
VERY IMPORTANT:
Keeping your mattress clean and dry will increase its longevity.
We recommend our Organic Cotton Waterproof Mattress Protector. 
https://www.themattressexpert.com/store/p169/Organic_Cotton_Waterproof_Mattress_Protector.html#/
 
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