Bought a Tempurpedic Could-ES a couple of days back. It gives out a really strong smell, now my whole apartment (3+2 size) smells and it’s bugging everyone. I’m also noticing an allergic reaction to it (never had any allergies). It would have been great if I was warned beforehand of the smell. That aside, the bed itself was very comfortable for the couple of nights I slept in it, temperature was slightly warm.

Anyway, mine’s going back to the store. Hope others have better luck with it.

Hi folks.
we got a tempurpedic be a month and my wife absolutely loves it and feels so much better but I have been having sore middle back and upper muscles. its so bad sometimes that I feel like I cant straighten up and groan out load. coming from 8+ years on a waterbed with 4 inches of 5lb memory foam that I could sleep forever on and she hated it. I am 5’9 and 170lbs and she is 5’8 and 240. I fall asleep immediately and can sleep comfortably for about 4-5 hours before starting to get sore. the soreness slowly increases over time even though I turn side to side. I can feel it get increasingly worse as I wake up and turn over or sleep on my back as the night goes on. the damn thing is a mystery because a few nights I sleep all the way through and am not too sore. I tried adding the old 4″ memory foam topper but it didnt help. I then tried a 2″ memory foam topper with the same results. we travel quite a bit and some beds are comfortable and some beds have similar results. I am hoping that as time goes on and my back adjusts to it I will get a good nights sleep. its flat as a board and soft and comfortable initially but it seems to slowly start to make me sore as the night wears on and there is nothing I can do to stop the soreness. anyone experience anything similiar?

follow up to TEMPUR-RIPOFF! —I’m back…hah…I went and got a cheap master sleep mattress and it worked well for a few months….then started having terrible neck problems and soreness because it is probably too firm…so I went back to the old $3000 Tempurpedic…first night got good sleep on it…I was like wow maybe it will work again….now its been one week….last night tossing and turning…just a nightmare…The tempurpedic mystery is …just such a mystery, but its pretty obvious they are an overpriced gimmick….I wonder how much sleep I’ve been deprived of the last few years…………..WHAT MATTRESS DO I NEED?!! ugghhh….so tired of being tired….

I’ve had a TP for about 8 years. Every night I’d climb into bed and go Ahhhh. It felt so damn good, every night for 8 years.

In January I developed new back probs and have been on the couch every since. I’ve been to doctors and chiropractors and acupuncture and I still can’t lay on the bed for more than 15 minutes w/o real pain. I called TP to ask if there was a way to firm up the mattress and they’ve offered to simply replace it. I was asking for advice – not a new mattress.

I’ll have to wait to see what happens, but the bed has been wonderful (until something in my back want awry) and the customer service has been world-class. I would very much like to get off the couch and back into bed.

My wife and I bought the classic tempurpedic in 2007 as our wedding present. We were encouraged because it was something new aside from the terrible spring mattresses we grew up with as kids.

After 5 years we can’t WAIT to get a conventional coil Aireloom mattress.

We report the exact findings:
1) doesn’t regulate the temperature well – either too hot in the Summer, and very odd in the winter – the impression is hot, but outside that is cold
2) tossing and turning the entire night because of the sinking factor – this is not natural – I would rather sleep on a pile of clothes that didn’t MOVE and was predictable
3) has become more like traditional foam over time loosing it’s memory capability
4) we’re having twins – so, goodbye TP

I was recently diagnosed with a dislocated joint in my jaw. Interesting. I never had this prior to owning the Tempurpedic.

Be careful.

Hey Everyone, since I recall complaining that no one ever came back to comment on which bed they finally settled on, I figured I should follow my own advice!

I can report that my wife and I returned the Tempurpedic mattress and exchanged it for the Simmons NXG 400 Firm bed (which is a standard box spring with a memory foam topper). As I stated over a year ago, I am a side sleeper and I continue use a pillow to support my legs at night and use a Tempurpedic contoured neck pillow. It took about 6 months after we switched beds, but my lower back pain has completely vanished. We decided on the firm version because of the thicker springs, thinking it wouldn’t sag nearly as much over time. We are both extremely satisfied with the Simmons NXG 400 and would highly recommend it to anyone who has experienced lower back pain due to Tempurpedic beds.

My husband and I took delivery of our queen rhapsody on Christmas Eve. The problems we are having I haven’t seen anywhere else. Some nights this bed is so comfortable we don’t want to get out of bed in the morning. However those nights are one night a week, maybe two. The remaining nights we both wake up with terrible lower back pain. The strange thing is we both have good nights on the same nights and bad nights on the same nights which tells me we are not getting the support we need from the mattress and something must be causing it. We have done everything everyone has suggested. We cannot seem to figure out what the variable factor is on the uncomfortable nights. We even keep a thermometer in our room trying to keep the temp between 65-70, usually closer to 70. We are so frustrated. We have spent a lot of money on this mattress and don’t understand the inconsistency. We really want to love this mattress. I keep wondering if we somehow received a defective mattress. I am 5’5 and 140 and my husband is 6′ about 205. We live in the northeast…it has been a very mild winter so far, which makes me afraid for when we get a regular harsh winter. Any thought anyone has would be quite welcome…thank you!

Well I have had my tempurpedic deluxe for a month. My room is very cold. I bought this mattress because of it’s firmness. At first the smell was terrible. Windows open in January. The smell went away after about a week. The first week everything was great…and then…I fell into the abyss or hammock or soft spot or whatever you want to call it. I feel like I have to climb a mountain to get out of the bed. My butt and hips have sunk below the rest of me leaving me in pain. Hip pain, back pain, neck pain, waking up with numb hands and intense screaming migraines. This mattress was recommended to me by my best friend. She has the same mattress. But guess what…hers is from 2003. So she came over yesterday to check out the hole swallowing me at night. It is not visible to the eye but you can feel it the minute you get on the bed. She looked right at me and said that ain’t right. So it has to go back. Just for the record I am the person who leaves positive reviews for items purchased on Amazon etc. I am disappointed to say the least since I have saved my whole life for this mattress. I don’t understand why it has this huge sinkhole and I am afraid to try again.

Had a standard purchased in 2004 — 3k! I expected it to be a lifetime or at least 15-20 year investment. Aaaand no such luck. About a year ago we started to sag and wake up with terrible pain. Took off the cover and figured out that the standard foam was disintegrating. The tempurpedic foam itself was fine — of which there was only a few inches…3k for a mattress topper on cheap foam?. We could have bought a new 1k mattress every 2 years.
So we peeled off the tempurpedic which I cut up to make a toddler mattress and pillows.
Meanwhile, no mattress felt right so gritted our teeth and got another one, a deluxe this time. When this one busts I’m NOT dropping more money on this nonsense. I will just reuse the tempurpedic as a mattress topper on a high quality standard mattress. Tempurpedic is terribly over-priced and in need of some serious competition.

p.s. I nursed two babies on this and if anything consider it superior. I sink lower than the baby and don’t toss or turn (never ever turn my back to my little one) so I could sleep comfortably ready to feed them and with an arm in a guarding position. I’m a big fidget-er waking and sleeping with a history of back problems so the tempurpedic cuts that by about 90%

p.p.s I’m so sick of re-making the bed. Soooo sick of it. Ugh.
p.p.p.s Never sit for any length of time on the bed…horrible back pain ensues. Like sitting on the bed to peck away on the laptop

Sometimes I wonder if they’ve changed their manufacturing process.

I’ve had this bed through a few long time girlfriends and no one has ever complained about the mattress. I think most really liked it.

I’d ask if you are keeping the room cold enough, the mattress is supposed to be kept at less than 68 degrees, but your husband is sleeping okay. But maybe he can sleep anywhere…

Please come back let us know how it turns out for you!

I wish I would have done my research and found this forum prior to purchasing a Rhapsody Tempurpedic bed last week. My husband and I haven’t had any luck with other mattresses (non-Tempurpedic) in the last 5 or 6 years, so we decided to splurge. I think we both just assumed that such a high-priced mattress would lead to a superior sleep experience. The mattress was delivered last Friday, so we have now slept in it for 6 nights. My husband has been doing just fine on it. Sleeping well and no complaints. I think he’d be happy keeping it.

For me, on the other hand, I can barely walk. I am experiencing so much back pain. I work from home and it’s difficult sitting in my office chair.

I’m actually able to get to sleep okay on my back, and when I wake up in bed I usually feel all right. It’s once I get up for the day that my body feels it. I’m usually a side-sleeper, and I can’t get comfortable enough to fall asleep on my side. I am 5’10″ and weight 135 pounds, so I’m proportional.

I’ve read through many of the comments in this thread, and I now understand better the concept of breaking in the mattress. I have been walking on it, I had my kids walk on it, I make sure the room is the right temperature…

I want to believe that it will improve, and that if I just give it a few more nights then I’ll adjust. But I don’t think I can sleep on there again; the back pain is constant, and I am losing productivity in my work.

I would love input on the following:

1) For those of you who experienced back pain initially and then it went away and you now like the mattress, do you remember how long it took for you to become comfortable and experience no more pain?

2) For those of you who returned/exchanged, what specific mattress did you find worked for you?

(We only have the option of a one-time exchange, no earlier than 30 days, so I want to zero in on some other options that I can do my due diligence on)

Thanks for any input.

My Husband and I purchased a Tempurpedic mattress in September of 2008. The odor was almost unbareable and seemed to last for months, but after that was finally gone, we we able to enjoy the mattress, and it felt great for a Couple of Years, but after that we both would wake up with horrible pain right in the lower part of our back. I always change positions all night, as does my Husband. We were very disapointed. Not only that we too use the waterproof cover that is vinyl like on the bottom and has a cotton fabric texture to it on the outside, and when we removed it there was an unexplained huge round stain on it. I just read the above comment, and now I am going to have to see if its mold. Im worried sick about that now. But If your reading this I highly recommend that you DO NOT PURCHASE this mattress because after a couple Years or less, you will be hurting. I wish we would have went with the Sleep Number bed. So I give this very expensive mattress a 1 from a scale of 1 – 5 with 5 being the BEST!! Yeah right!! Again, DO NOT PURCHASE!! Thanks for listening and I hope you will take the advise from those of us who have had this kind of mattress for a few years.

I fell for the hype. It was a total and complete waste of money.

I can’t believe I spent almost $4000 on a king sized bed that sleeps worse than the floor. I got the mattress to help me stay asleep (not because of any pains on a regular mattress). Have had it 4 months now, and wake up to excruciating leg, hip and back pain. I’m 33 .. I am in excellent health, never had a significant health issue before, and I love traveling – because it lets me sleep without pain on a hotel mattress.

Please do your research. For those of you who this stuff works for .. awesome .. but I was taken in, and I find myself sleeping on an inflatable aerobed next to my tempurpedic each night now.

The only thing that helped me finally realize it was this expensive tortuture device, causing all that pain, is my regular business travel. Great ad campaign, you definitely fooled me.

We’ve had Tempurpedic mattress 3 years and it does sleep hot. Though they say do not put a mattress cover on, get one which has fleece on it. It separates you from the latex and provides a woven layer where air can circulate. Remember, sheep stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter with their covering.

We purchased our Cal King split adjustable bed from a local retailer. We were so excited. It had every option you could order. Adjustable, Massage, all the best! We had to order it and within about 10 days we had it set up in our home. The smell of the Off Gassing was intense. Unfortunately, it was fall/ early winter and we live at 4000 ft. We had to air out our master bedroom for 3 weeks before we could sleep in the room. I am an asthma suffer and even with the air cleaner running, it was too irritating to my lungs. We were not expecting this. With most new items, you expect some new fumes, but this is well beyond the norm. I find it hard to believe these fumes are “non-toxic”. We slept on the bed for 2 weeks after the airing out period and I hated the bed. My back problems hurt worse. It was my low back issues that caused us to seek a new bed. We called the store and discussed our options. We were told to give it more time and if we were still not happy after a full 60 days, they were willing to give us a full refund. We slept on the bed another 40 days and finally liked the bed and decided to keep it. 2 years later, one side of the electronics failed and the bed was stuck in the up position. My husband was able to get the bed to go back down, and that is as far as we ever got. To this day, the bed is still non functional. We are just now trying to fix the electronics. This is how I found this blog and decided I would warn others to think twice before making an expensive mistake like we made. So in searching for parts for our problem… I am finding that it’s not uncommon to have the “down boxes” these are the boxes with the computer board in them go out after just 2 years. As well as the remotes go out for no reason. Remotes are $100.00 each Not sure how much these down boxes are… still looking for that. The motors are only fully covered for 5 years. Nothing electronic is covered after this point and everything else is prorated out the 20 year remainder with the service call and parts shipping not being covered. So, not much is covered after 5 years! Anyway… The bigger part of our story is in year 7.
I have always kept the mattress covered. 2 times per year I take off the water proof cover and wash them. I wash sheets every week. When I went to remove the water proof cover, I could see something through the tempur pedic cover that is covering the mattress.
It was round circular blotches that were about 2 to 3 inches in diameter. To my horror it appeared to be mold spots. It was everywhere on my husbands side of the mattress. Being an allergic person I started to panic. We had been sleeping on a potentially toxic problem. One that may or may not be covered under our warranty. I scrambled to find the paperwork for the bed. Remember… it has been 7 years. It took me most of the day, but I found everything. As I read through the 20 year warranty, I could hardly believe my eyes when I read ” MOLD IS NOT A COVERED EVENT UNDER THIS WARRANTY” How could this be?
How could this not be covered if this was in fact what had happened to our mattress? We were adults with adult children… no little one’s to get the bed wet. We do not live in a wet climate, no water damage has ever happened. The only thing could be normal heat from the body. How could this cause mold? Bigger question yet…how could this not be a covered event? After spending over $4K on this bed would we simply have to throw it out?
There is no way we could keep it if it is mold. So, here is what happened. I contacted Tempur Pedic. They asked that I take pictures of the bed. The warranty would be void if I had removed the protective cover that says tempur pedic on it. I am very glad I didn’t do this, as I was tempted to do so to get a better look at what this was under there. I filled out a warranty claim form. I was contacted by email and told that the warranty team was reviewing my case and that “mold” was not a covered event. However, my case was being considered. I waited on pins and needles. Within a few days another email came. I was afraid to open it. This second email stated that as a “courtesy” my bed would be covered this ONE time. I was very thankful. We were contacted by a delivery company and a new bed was delivered and the old mattresses were removed. We kept the frame & remotes. Now, the question is… will this happen again, or is tempur pedic aware of this problem since we purchased our bed in 2003 and are they now making the new material with anit-mold material so that this will not happen again? Not sure. I sure hope so. I do know that this material does not breathe, it’s stays warm. This is an issue especially in the hot summer! That is part of the problem. It does get extremely cold in the winter where we live and the mattress will get hard as a brick if we are gone for the weekend. Electric blankets and mattress covers are not recommended by the manufacturer as they break down the tempur material. So, if I had to do it all over again would I buy a one again? NO.

OK – overpriced joke!

…..had this RHAPSODY since 2008 – today I wake up, and upper back hurts like hell, so I’m pissed and came here….its like this most of the time..once in a while you get a normal nights sleep, …just a sickening mystery…This is also after I went and spent $130 on their new “Cloud pillow”….obviously hasnt helped………..also after 3 years the stupid glorified piece of foam has a worn in sink hole in it and basically is miserable…

It fools people, the initial feeling of these beds is like “ohh wow” …lay there a while and you sink in and it puts weird stress on your back and pulls muscle as the heavier parts of your body sink in and the lighter do not….I get better sleep from a cheap firm bed in a motel.

I’ve had it………..So instead of giving thousands to a rip off GIMMICK company like tempurloser!, go get a 500 dollar bed and be happy..exactly what I’m going to do…

They should be run out of business.

I have always had back pain! Since I bought my bed, it has gotten so much worse I wake up unrested every morning. I went to Yosemite and spent three nights on a cheap pile of crap mattress pad and woke up feeling incredible. One night back in my tempurpedic, I’m in pain. What a waste of money!!!

We’ve had our new Tempur-Pedic Cloud for just over a month and while my husband claims he has never slept so back-pain-free, I am now experiencing back pain for the first time in my life! We are both 39 and both weigh about 155.

I’m happy to see so many others have gotten over the pain during the adjustment period, but wonder if we will ever get over missing our fluffy soft pillow-top mattress that we got rid of when we purchased this one.

Does anyone know of a way of making this mattress feel softer? I tried a feather bed on top, but it just makes the mattress harder because it can’t conform to the heat of your body. Thanks for any advice you might have!

I have owned a TP since April 2010. I am a US Marine and am away most of the time, but my wife enjoys the mattress and has had no complaints so far. The smell cleared after a few months, but it was tolerable. There are only two downsides I have experienced so far.

1) I sleep hot at night, but I have always been like this unless the room is frigid. I am going to try some Underarmor loose attire and see if this makes a difference and if that dont work I am going to invest in some of those cooling sheets.

2) Every time I return after being away for some time my body has to readjust. This last time it only took two weeks for my body to adjust after I returned home.

The pillows, we purchased two of the Comfort TP pillows. I feel that they are too big and dont condense enough, leaving your body in an awkward position. My wife has no problem with these.
I purchased a TP neck pillow for back sleepers on my last deployment and not only did I fall in love with it, I also stopped having headaches upon waking in the morning. The headaches have plagued me for the last 3 years and this pillow has been my saving grace. This pillow is also a lot thinner than the other pillows which helps keep my head and neck more inline with the rest of my body after it settles in the mattress.

I hope this helps.

Andrew Ohlrich

I purchased a Temperpedic in early 2007 and my husband and I enjoyed pain-free sleep until about 3 months ago when we both began experiencing neck and shoulder pain to the point where our arms and hands are numb by morning. It was not until we slept away from home on several occasions and had very restful nights that I began to question whether our mattress had deteriorated. After reading the numerous comments here, I do think that our mattress needs replacement, which is troubling when you consider its cost. I will not buy another Temperpedic. I hope that there are other options out there now which will have more longevity.