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Tempur-pedic HD Beds → Review and Ratings Based on Data From 1,600 Actual Owners
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last updated September 21, 2011
What You Need To Know
Owner Satisfaction: Tempurpedic high-density (HD) mattresses – Rhapsody, Allura and Grand – have 81% owner satisfaction.
Pros: Superior pain relief potential; motion isolation; less tossing / turning; above average longevity / durability.
Cons: Price; off gassing; can be difficult to move on; can retain heat.
Price Range: $2,500-$7,000 depending on model.
Main Competition: No direct competition. See memory foam mattress reviews - summary for closest competition.
Other Tempurpedic Beds: The lower-density Cloud is different enough from the high-density models in its characteristics to warrant its own ratings: See Tempurpedic Cloud Reviews.
The Tempurpedic Contour is a new model and does not yet have enough owner experience data to warrant publishing ratings.
Comprehensive Tempur-pedic HD Research Report
Sleep Like The Dead collected over 1,600 consumer reviews and comments on Tempur-pedic Higher Density (HD) beds including Grand, Allura, Rhapsody, and similar discontinued models from diverse, credible sources. We report our findings on this page and the following three pages.
Table of Contents
Tempurpedic Ratings Overview
Owner Satisfaction
Longevity / Durability Ratings
Lying on a Tempurpedic
Firmness Ratings
Tempurpedic Complaints / Problems
Tempurpedic Advantages
Warranty & Return Policy Ratings
Sleeping Positions
Suitability for Men & Women
Love Making Suitability
Tempurpedic (HD Collection) Ratings Overview
Sample size: Over 1,600 consumers of various models including Grand, Allura, Rhapsody, and similar discontinued models.
| Owner satisfaction | B | |
| Longevity / durability | B | |
| Price | D | |
| Less pain | B+ | |
| Motion isolation | A | |
| Easy to move on | C- | |
| No initial odor | D | |
| No sleeping hot | C | |
| Good for sex | C | |
| No noise | A | |
| Dust mite resistant | C+ | |
| No need to rotate/flip | B+ | |
| Lightweight | d- | |
| Warranty | b+ | |
| Customer service | B+ | |
| Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating | A+ | |
| Number of BBB complaints | B+ |
Owner Satisfaction
Tempurpedic HD beds overall have 81% owner satisfaction. The individual models – Grand, Allura, Rhapsody – rate similarly. Memory foam mattresses as a group also have 81% owner satisfaction. Mattresses in general as a group (innerspring, air, memory foam, latex, water) have about 72% owner satisfaction.
Tempur-pedic HD Longevity / Durability
As a Tempurpedic high density (HD) mattress ages and wears, it is normal for it to become somewhat softer and, to a limited extent, sag or develop a body impression(s). Premature softening / sagging, however, is significant softening / sagging that occurs when the mattress is fairly new, namely within three years.
Based on our collected consumer data, about 8%-12% of Tempur-pedic HD mattress owners report premature sagging / softness to an extent that significantly undermines comfort and support.
For perspective, based on our related research, about 28%-40% of innerspring mattress consumers report premature sagging. In other words, as a group, Tempurpedic HD beds are about three times less likely to have durability / longevity problems than innerspring beds as a group.
Tempur-pedic Longevity Vs Other Memory Foam Mattress Brands
How does Tempurpedic stack up against other (often less expensive) memory foam brands in regard to durability / longevity? Unfortunately, long-term owner data for other memory foam brands is currently not as complete as it is for Tempurpedic. But based on data we have collected, Tempurpedic likely performs at least somewhat better than its competition on this issue -- especially the low density (below-$1,000) memory foam mattress brands.
Ownership Length
The graph below shows that consumers on average report keeping their Tempurpedic mattress for about ten years. Some owners keep the bed for considerably longer than ten years and some for considerably shorter.
This duration of ownership is consistent with our collected mattress warranty data which states that a mattress will in most cases last about half of its warranty length before normal wear does it in. The warranty length for Tempurpedic mattresses is 20 years.
Sensation of Lying on a Tempurpedic HD Bed
The below chart shows words/phrases that owners often use to describe the sensation of sleeping on a Grand, Allura and Rhapsody Tempurpedic mattress and how commonly the words/phrases are used.
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