The Tempurpedic Mattress -- Pros and Cons of the High-Selling Visco Elastic Bed

Based on our extensive Tempurpedic mattress research involving over 1,100 actual owner experiences, here is a brief overview of the major pros and cons of the bed:

PROS
Good comfort -- Tempurpedic does well on this issue with about 80% of owners being pleased with comfort. (However, other memory foam mattresses rate a bit higher on this issue.)

Pain relief -- Tempurpedic performs very well on this issue. Owners often say that the bed has alleviated or even eliminated back, shoulder and hip pain, both while they are sleeping and even the next day out of bed.

Durable -- The bed performs respectably here, certainly better than innerspring based mattresses. Expect to get at least five good years from the bed, but there are instances of premature sagging.

Motion isolation -- The properties of the bed allow a person on one side to move without the person on the other side noticing it.

CONS
Heat -- Some owners say that the mattress "sleeps hot." In other words, they say it can act as a heat trap. This is not a widespread problem, but it does exist for a significant number of owners.

Off gassing -- About 9% of Tempurpedic owners report "off gassing." This is what occurs when the bed releases an odor that lasts a few days to a few weeks after delivery. It is a result of the manufacturing and / or packaging method. In fairness, however, reports of this problem have been falling off substantially in recent years.

Heavy -- Because the mattress is dense, usually more dense than other memory foam beds, the bed is heavy. In other words, making it and moving it won't be effortless.