Looking for the best mattress for your money? To cut through the clutter of advertising you'll see out there, Consumer Reports has a look at the best mattresses and mattress retailers. The magazine broke out their findings by category: Traditional innerspring, memory foam and adjustable air. In each category, Consumer Reports recommends a best buy, as well as other mattresses they recommend based on ratings. Innerspring: The Denver Mattress Doctor's Choice for $500. The Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid Trust Cushion for $1,275 is also a best buy in this category, with a higher rating, but it's obviously a bit more expensive. Memory foam: Tuft & Needle Ten for $600. (Message from Tuft & Needle: "We don't actually use any memory foam in our mattress. We use our own time of polyfoam, T&N Adaptive™ foam. We created it with a foam scientist to have the pressure relief and comfort of memory foam and the breathability and support of latex foam.") The Novaform 14" Serafina Pearl Gel (Costco) is also a "best buy" pick for this category, but it's more expensive at $800.
Adjustable air: Sleep Number c2 Bed for $800. It's important to remember that price does not necessarily equate to satisfaction with mattresses. A more expensive mattress may not make for a better product. For more tips on finding the right mattress for you, check out Consumer Reports' buying guide here. Read more: What you need to know about sleeping pills On the question of retailers, Consumer Reports ranked the Original Mattress Factory stores as the top choice for customer satisfaction. Costco Wholesale was a close second. The high placement for Costco may reflect their return policy on mattresses: A full money back refund without penalty and no time limit. That really makes Costco stand apart! I particularly like the warehouse clubs for mattress shopping, and I've long advised people to test the mattress right there in the store for an extended period. Bring a book or tablet to Costco or Sam's Club and get those mattresses off the displays or yank them off the walls.
Then lay there for 15 minutes and see how you like the feel before you buy. There's one more option I want to mention to you. Casper is a new mattress company that's beloved by millennials. Their mattress comes via package delivery in this tiny box and you open it and watch it unfold before your eyes. The mattress, which sells for between $500 and $950, is made of memory foam and latex. Here's the reason a lot of young people really like this company: Casper gives you 100 nights to test out their mattress. If you don't like it, you send it back for 100% refund.Sam's Children, Inc. making a difference! HERE TO VISIT OUR FACEBOO Rocky Hill, Conn. – Oct. 24, 2013 – Local CITGO Retailer CCO, LLC partnered with Sam’s Children, Inc. to raise $83,000 to benefit families with ill children at its third annual Sam’s Children Dinner at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, Conn. on Sept.14, 2013. Children, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization serving families with children struggling with
More than five hundred children and adults, including CCO employees, store operators, social workers, vendors, CITGO representatives, friends and families participated in the annual event. Charles DiFazio, Vice-President Hamid Bijari, Treasurer Tracy Schroeder and Secretary Sara Luzmoor organized an evening that featured a host of speakers, both silent and live auctions Michael Jackson impersonator, a renowned concert pianist and a singing duo. For the kids in attendance there was a face painter, magician, hand henna painter, a photo booth and a balloon “When parents have a child suffering from a serious condition, the financial stress from non-medical expenses is an added weight to the already difficult medicalDriving to medical facilities, paying for gas and parking, food, rent, utility bills, clothing, cribs, beds, etc. in addition to medical equipment expenses and hospital bills, can be unbearable for some families.
Children, we’re able to step in and help with those expenses,” said Tracy Schroeder, treasurer for Sam’s Children, Inc. “For example, we often supply gasoline gift cards, a month of free parking or a month of free lunches at the hospital where the child is being treated.” a positioner chair specially built for an eight year old boy who has severe feeding disorder wherein food intake is very helps the boy remain in a position to assist him in swallowing and mouth, lip and On request of the mother, we furnished 1500 diapers for premature twins who spent several months in NICU, have trouble growing and feeding and must now wear breathing monitors. Provided a crib and dresser for a four month old child who had operations to have her atresia and TE Fistula Repaired Paid for two children with moderate retardation and reactive attachment disorder to participate in the "I Can Bike Program" in West
The program teaches children with special needs to ride conventional two wheel bicycles to help them gain assurance and Provided payment for a membership at a local YMCA for a young man who had a hypothalmic tumor and was treated with chemotherapy and radiation in order to help him with body strengthening Purchased a 10-foot portable wheelchair ramp for a child with cerebral palsy suffering from seizures who is visually and hearing impaired Made funds available for clothing for an 11 year old patient with type 1 diabetes who had no clothes Paid a heating bill for a family with a 16 year old child being treated for lymphoma Purchased a Kindle Fire for an extremely intelligent teen with spastic quadraplegia and severe neuromuscular scoliosis having a lengthy Paid for one month of daycare service for a 1 year old child who has Down Syndrome, Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy, and Epilepsy Paid for lunch daily for a month for a parent
visiting child in hospital every day Provided a gasoline gift card, department store gift care and paid for a month of parking for a family with a premature child having to stay at the hospital after birth because of respiratory problems, and being unable to take a bottle on itsAlso purchased a complete crib set and mattress Paid for gift card at department store and purchased 2 months’ supply of diapers for a family with a child with seizures and unable to control urine or feces voluntarily. Provided a department store gift card and purchased crib and mattress for a child born with several physical defects and using a G-Tube Paid for Utility bill and phone bill for a family with a child combatting Contributed to the purchase of and installation of a wheel chair lift on a van for a family with a child suffering Hydrosephales with 3 shunts. Bought an iPad for a seven year-old who is non-verbal in order that he communicate
with parents and others. Purchased heating oil for family with a child in need of frequent hospitalizations. Paid for an airline ticket so that a mother could return to her out of state home in order to attend funerals of 2 brothers killed in a car accident while her son was undergoing multiple operations in New England. Contributed to funeral costs for a nine-year old boy who had suffered from Cerebral Palsy. Provided gift cards for food and gasoline for a family whose daughter has been Arranged for ambulance transportation, over three days, for a child with renal disease and in need of a dialysis and a kidney transplant Assisted a family with a child battling cancer to pay for utility bills A 9 year-old boy with autism who cannot speak was found by his therapists to be uniquely gifted in computers. They experimented with an iPad using special communicationWe purchased an iPad for him to help him communicate with his family
The family of a child with acute leukemia needed help with transportation expenses to medical facilities for the consolidation phase of treatment. Gasoline gift cards were Family of child with spinal issues required help in traveling to Duke University in Durham, North Carolina for studies as part of a yearly review of medical progress. Funds were made available for motel costs Payment of telephone bill and electric utility bill for family with child with type 1 diabetes who is insulin dependent Gift certificates for gasoline, food, and clothing for family with a 2 month old baby born at 29 weeks and suffering frequent seizures and having a guarded prognosis Purchased a mattress, box spring and metal frame for a child with scoliosis who was scheduled to undergo a posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion Paid for dance shoes/dance outfits and dance lessons for 2 sisters, age 4 and 5 with Pervasive Developmental Disorder on the Autism spectrum having developmental
delays, to help them in the area of motor control, motor growth and socialization. Gift Certificate for 3 months supply of adult diapers for a 15 year old boy suffering from Cerebral Palsy Paid for the expenses for automobile emissions test, automobile registration fee, and gasoline gift card for mother with a 3 year old boy who must travel to Hartford, East Hartford, Glastonbury, Torrington and Farmington for emergency tests and treatment for her son who is being treated for obesity, hypertension and sleep apnea For family with a son who is spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy and mental retardation,, who is legally blind with cognitive limitations due to chromosome disorder, lumbar soliosis and peridontal disease, paid for telephone bill, electric bill, parking at Connecticut Children's Hospital and a gift certificate for Gift certificate for family with child born prematurely with chronic lung disease, being trached and vented, for food and baby clothing
Gasoline Gift Card for a family traveling regularly to hospital for chemotherapy treatment for their 2 year old son Provided for travel and hotel expenses for a mother while her young daughter was undergoing surgery Paid for wheelchair ramp repair for a disabled 17-year old boy with Hunter syndrome, seizure disorder, asthma, reflux and developmental delay Paid for gasoline cards for a family who frequently traveled to the hospital to be with their son who is battling leukemia Provided for repairs for a ramp in use by a child in a wheelchair Paid for grocery gift cards for a family with a child fighting leukemia Provided an air conditioner unit for a family with a child battling Cerebral Palsy and seizure disorder Paid for the hotel stay for a child battling pancreatic cancer who was visiting a hospital for chemotherapy Paid for the utility bill for a family with a child inflicted Purchasing all milk deliveries for approximately 23 children at