I've had ny own landscape business for forty years...college degrees in Ornamental Horticulture but a blue collar job...and started suffering from spinal arthritis at 35 years old. I bought the first generation Tempurpedic about 27 years ago when the only retailer was Brookstone and when $1200 was alot of money. I kinda felt guilty for spending the money but when I realized how awesome it was I realized I'd made a great choice...to the point that several friends and family also bought Tempurpedic based on my adulation.
Back then Tempurpedic had a 20 year warranty and after 23 years I felt that it needed replacing so I went right out and bought the model that the sales rep said was comparable (at $2800) and have regretted it ever since. I wake up every morning with so much pain in my lower back and hips that this morning I almost postponed the work I had scheduled today but knew that these might be the last decent weather days before cold winter weather settles in.
While I was researching customer satisfaction reviews for other brands online tonight I saw this site and found out that there are alot of unhappy Tempurpedic customers out there and when I saw this opportunity to give an honest review I seized it.
Although it's a fairly new purchase I can't wait to cut it up and make dog beds out of it for my sister's black labs.