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Sealy Posturepedic Mattresses → Review and Ratings Based on Over 830 Actual Owner Experiences
Page last updated November 3, 2011
What You Need To Know
Owner Satisfaction: Sealy Posturepedic mattresses overall have 65% owner satisfaction.
Price: $500-$2,800 depending on Posturepedic model.
Pros: Initial comfort; slightly above-average owner satisfaction for an innerspring bed; some models inexpensive.
Cons: Sagging potential; noise potential; average to poor motion isolation.
What Is It?: Sealy Posturepedic is an entry- to mid-level innerspring-based mattress that is made in the USA. Its comfort layers can include regular foam, memory foam, latex, and polyfiber.
Main Competition: Simmons and Serta. See the mattress comparison or innerspring mattress reviews – summary for how Sealy Posturepedic compares to competitor brands.
Other Sealy Mattresses: Sealy Brand (mostly for temporary, occasional use); entry-level Comfort Series (memory foam); mid-level Embody (memory foam and latex); and luxury brand Stearns & Foster (innerspring).
Comprehensive Sealy Posturepedic Report
The ratings report below is based on the experiences of 800+ owners / consumers of various Posturepedic models. The research data was collected using an unbiased, accurate methodology.
Table of Contents
Sealy Posturepedic Ratings Summary
Owner Satisfaction
Durability / Longevity
Price / Affordability
Pain Issues
Firmness Variety
Motion Isolation
Initial Odor / Off Gassing
Sleeping Hot
Love Making Suitability
Noise
Dust mite resistance
Weight
Warranty Rating
Complaints, BBB Ratings & Praises
Sealy Posturepedic Ratings Summary
Sample size: Over 800 consumers of various Posturepedic models.
| Owner satisfaction | C | |
| Durability / longevity | c- | |
| Price / affordability | C+ | |
| Less pain | C+ | |
| Firmness variety | A- | |
| Motion isolation | C- | |
| No initial odor / off gassing | B- | |
| No sleeping hot | B | |
| Good for sex | C+ | |
| No noise | C- | |
| Dust mite resistant | D | |
| Lightweight | C+ | |
| Warranty | C- | |
| Customer service | C | |
| Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating | A+ | |
| Number of BBB complaints | C |
Owner Satisfaction
Although Sealy Posturepedic overall ranks highest among innerspring mattresses with 65% owner satisfaction, it still rates significantly lower than most non-innerspring mattresses (memory foam, latex, air, water). See mattress reviews – summary for more details.
Specific Posturepedic Model Owner Satisfaction
The Sealy Posturepedic comes in many models to suit the preferences of a wide variety of consumers. However, models are usually not standardized, meaning that different retailers can sell basically the same model under a different name.
As a result, determining owner satisfaction for the many Posturepedic models is not practical. However, based on the limited owner experience data we have collected on the various models, all Posturepedics (regardless of price) tend to rate similar at around 65% owner satisfaction.
Longevity / Durability
As most mattresses age and wear, they tend to sag and, as a result, lose at least some of their supportiveness and comfort. This is normal. Premature sagging, however, is significant sagging that occurs when the mattress is relatively new, namely within three years of ownership.
At least 18% of Sealy Posturepedic owners report premature sagging (which can also include body impression development). This problem can occur with any Posturepedic model, but is more likely to occur with thicker, pillow top models. See the truth about pillow top mattresses for analysis on durability / lifespan.
Owners tend to attribute premature sagging to the fact that their Sealy is one sided or "no flip." The Posturepedic, however, can be rotated which owners often report the need to do to try to combat sagging and body impressions.
Ownership Length
The graph below shows that on average consumers keep their Sealy Posturepedic for about six years based on our collected data. Some owners keep the bed for considerably longer than six years and some for considerably less than six years. Sagging and body impressions (and resulting loss of comfort and support) is the main reason owners discard of their Sealy.
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| 12 Years | 6 Years | 0 Years | |
This average duration of ownership is consistent with our collected mattress warranty data which states that a mattress will on average last about half of its warranty length before normal wear does it in. The warranty length for most Sealy Posturepedic mattresses is 10 years.
Price / Affordability
Prices tend to range from $500-$2,800. Posturepedic models with minimal padding or minimal construction tend to be the least expensive, while thicker and better constructed models tend to be the most expensive. Sealy is often priced in the same range as Serta and somewhat less than Simmons.
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