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Originally Posted by citanul
afaik, almost entirely aesthetic. if there's anything else at all it's probably that you don't have to pay for a boxspring?
Went to Haverty's today an the guy there told me Tempur-pedic's are actually better on platform bed's, don't remember the reason, or how much truth there was to it.
I ended up actually getting a different frame, mostly for the shin banging reasons people mentioned above. If you're a broke ass or a nit and in the market for a queen bed I recommend going to the youth section of the furniture store. They're usually half the price of the others in the store and are the exact same thing. Most of them look like kids beds but there are quite a few that look great. One of the main reasons I chose a different bed was because the one I got came up to the back of my knee when it had boxspring + mattress on it. I'm 6'4" so it's hard to find a bed that's the perfect height for me. The platform bed would have been awkward cause I would have to climb out of it every morning.
I laid on a bunch of different tempur-pedics today and I have to say the celebrity and the allure felt the best, also the most expensive. I also laid on a bunch of sealy posture-pedics, they felt almost identical to the tempur-pedics. Salesman told me it only had a 10 year warranty compared to tempurs 20 year, although by then there will be newer mattress technology so I don't see myself keeping it longer than that. Maybe not as high quality, but I couldn't feel the difference, especially not enough to justify paying twice as much or more. In the end I ended up getting a really nice Stearns and Foster on clearance, paid ~$1200, normally goes for ~$2400. I couldn't feel too much of a difference between all 3 of the brands, but I didn't lay on any of them for longer than 10 minutes, so keep that in mind. My opinions could be completely different had I spent a full night on each of them.
As for bedding, I'll probably end up getting the set from macy's that TeeJay linked, I love the way it looks and is over 300 thread count. I've heard that you can't feel much (if any) of a difference once thread counts are over 300. Anyone know this to be true?