Review: Overnightmattress.com

A high quality, king size foam bed for $999?  You betcha.  Despite companies like Tempur Pedic charging over $2,000 for foam mattresses, you can get a very high quality one for less than half the price from overnightmattress.com

I have to tell you, I myself was skeptical about buying from a company with very few online reviews.  However, I did some research and found that the company is truly located in Johnson City, TN.  The mattresses are manufactured in America.  If you call them, you can talk to a real person.

We ended up purchasing a king size PureBliss Bamboo bed for $999 shipped.  We opted to not buy the $200 wood frame/platform, and instead bought a nice platform bed from Ikea for about the same amount.

The bed arrived in a surprisingly small box, but expanded quickly when opened.  The bed itself is 2 layers (we opted for the softer bed).  The first is a support foam, which is very dense.  The upper layer is memory foam, and is probably 3-4".  Then there is a cover that you have to zip around the bed.  The cover adds several more inches and is "plush" so it doesn't even feel much like memory foam.

On top of this, we got a free set of sheets including a mattress protector.

How does it feel?  The bed feels great, and we are happy it came with a long term warranty.

This was truly money well spent - I don't think I would buy a tempur pedic unlesss I had a lot of money to burn, I'd go with overnightmattress.com and save some money.

Toyota in a world of pain

Toyota's reputation has been completely destroyed in the period of 2-3 weeks.  

What was at one time a minor story has now spiraled out of control.  The government is looking into the accelerator recall, customers are pissed, sales are down.  I'm a bit surprised that Toyota took so long to respond to these issues.  While it is good that they did, I think this is going to hurt them longterm.  Very few Toyota's are sexy, most are just practical, safe, reliable cars.  With this recall, the safety and reliability image has taken a big hit.

A fix has been announced and dealers are getting ready to start repairs, but this is way too little too late.