Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Perhaps I should kick myself for being duped into believing that such technology exist that will permit a boxed inflatable mattress to be marketed as a wise purchasing decision, particularly the online variety, which makes returning the product a packaging and logistical nightmare. In hindsight, the entire product offering is counter intuitive. I purchased this soft, malformed roller coaster after reading a very vivid description from an apparently young, post-collegiate purchaser with undoubtedly less comfort requirements than a person of my age. After barely two months of use, this bed is a visual and functional disaster. After diligently going through the unpacking instructions and following accordingly, the bed seemingly inflated fully, but on the first night of sleeping, I swiftly noticed that I began to somewhat sink through the mattress. I am 198 pounds which is apparently greater mass than the mattress can handle. The sinking experience was more noticeable due to the remainder of the mattress being unmoved and level, while the portion that undergirded my body was recessed. Laying upon this mattress is like an awkward, badly coordinated waterbed experience. I allowed someone else to grant their opinion, after laying on the mattress she laughed after also experiencing the sensation of falling-through. I assume the unmoved portion of the mattress is an inbred cliff that is needed to pull-up oneself from the spongy sinkholes. As if the sleeping experience is not bad enough, the visual is downright embarrassing. As a reference, I attached two images of the mattress in its current form. The version without the sheet makes it slightly more difficult to see the indented areas, I therefore used pennies in the indented areas for perspective, and a quarter in the center area, which remains at normal level, above the sinkholes. Any casual observer can tell exactly where I slept on either night because the contour of my body imprint remains, like a sunken cavity. The mattress either has a permanent, never relenting memory, or cheap foam interior that never resuscitates after being laid upon. I have flipped the mattress on four occasions with no improved results. I am certain that the manufacturer will claim there is some solution that can be addressed by more flipping, or perhaps the simplified instructions were not followed – rubbish. The bottom line is that the "convenience of a rolled" mattress for shipping will cost the consumer a loss of functionality and the very technology that was designed to never be rolled and packed in a box. Perhaps this is the consequence of purchasing a low-cost mattress online, but the claims of the manufacturer are simply false. If they were a brick and mortar store in the vicinity, I would have returned this mattress mockery the very day in which it arrived. I care not to go through the hassle of packing this consumer rip-off for return, so I simply offer this review as a strongly worded and sincere “buyer beware”.