Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

i love this bed from day one. it is firm, and i have had spine surgery so i needed something that didnt sink in, i needed something very supportive of my spine in order to keep alignment. i wanted to wait quite a while to review this, because i have always had regular beds, and heard about memory foam sinking in, and i heard latex did not, even after a long time. i can vouch for this bed. i weigh 160 pounds, and have slept on this bed exclusively every day for almost a year and a half. there is no indentions, no sinking in marks in the middle. it still supports as well as day one. i see some reports that people had mold on thir bed, that is very unfortunate if it arrived that way. mine did not. i also put a fitted sheet on the underside of my mattress and also one on the top of course, so my bed is completely encased. i do not have mold on my bed. i put my bed on a steel bed frame from wallmart, since this bed is not supposed to sit on a boxspring. the frame for the full size was like $80. amazon also sells it, here is a link of what i bought, but i got mine thru walmart. Sleep Master SmartBase Mattress Foundation/Platform Bed Frame, Full it is a firm mattress, very supportive, and seems like it is going to last me a long time. this is not some cheap flimsy mattress that is going to sink in and have no support a year later. i did extensive research to find a firm memory foam mattress, because the ones you can get for cheap does not have the density (firmness and what will keep the bed from sinking in after time). on the latex, it supposedly retains its firmness better than the memory foam, and this i know from my own usage of this latex bed. i would buy this bed all over again, and when i was shopping last year, there was no latex beds in this price range, so you might shop around, but latex is better than memory foam as far as lasting longer, so you want to buy a latex bed instead of memory foam, so just shop around for that, and if this is still the cheapest, then buy it. it is a very good bed for a very good price (at least at the time i bought it, it was the cheapest) UPDATE: it is now june 16th, 2017. i still love this bed. still just as it was on day one, no sinking in on the mattress, no mold, or smells, or any other negatives to report. it absolutely looks exactly as it did when i first bought it. it still feels as comfortable as it was when i first bought it. No regrets!!! in fact, if i was to buy another bed, i'd buy this one. i check the price now and again because if it ever goes on sale with a really deep discount, i'm going to replace the guest beds too with this bed. it is very very comfortable. another hint, if for any of you the bed is too firm, this is a plus, trust me, if they made the foam less dense, it would start to give way sooner over time. also, the denser the foam, the more money it is supposed to cost, so denser foam is more expensive. if you find it is too dense, you could get a less dense bed possibly for cheaper, but it will start to sink in/give way and offer a lot less support over a shorter period of time. so you want the densest bed you can get, now what you can do if you need to is buy a foam topper to give it some more cushion/give, and that way you still have a very supportive bed, but you have it a little less firm, a little more cushion. UPDATE 1/10/2016 STILL THE BEST BED I HAVE EVER SLEPT ON. UPDATE: 7/9/2020 --- still loving this bed, just as much support as i had on day 1!!! (and i've actually put on 50 lbs (unfortunately) over these past 7 1/2 years, this was a really great purchase, definitely would buy again if I ever needed a second bed.