UPDATED REVIEW:
Okay.......I am swayed, and sold! And, this is going to be long, sorry.
After all the time delays concerning the actual shipping date, and trouble with the air pump not working once it arrived, THIS is the bed you've been waiting for! Well, at least it's the bed I'VE been waiting for, anyway. I ordered the Air Pedic 1100 series split king air adjustable bed with the Rize adjustable base.
After suffering for years with a bed that was just a hell hole, giving us countless sleepless nights and not having the capacity to make a change in that situation for - literally...years; we have finally reached a point in our lives in which buying a high quality adjustable bed was doable. And, we went - 'hopefully' - for the best. I feel that I did my due diligence in researching the fine points of these type beds. Now....I know we made the right choice.
Immediately we both were sleeping through a night...uninterrupted in blissful sleep. WOW! We've had it for nearly three weeks now and it truly has been as much as we'd hoped for, and never really expected. It is just awesome. We use to dread heading off to bed each night. Now, it's a race to see who gets there first!
My observations about quality.
This mattress is crafted with intent on quality. We once had an adjustable bed made by Select Comfort (now Sleep Number). It, at the time, was a good bed. Yet, the air chambers were prone to mildewing (yuk) and developing leaks. They were replaced several times. I don't know about materials of which these are made, however, the air chambers in the Air Pedic mattress look and feel like they are made from a much better grade of product to last...and NOT mildew.
This mattress has the pillow top and it is like resting on a literal cloud when you lay on it. Kudos to the Air Pedic design team for the effort put into it's design and function.
Over all the covering material of the mattress - a bamboo product - which is top notch. The stitching looks phenomenal.
So, we chose the Rize bed base. Ours is the Contemporary model. The reason I chose this one is that it's the ONLY one I could find which has the tilt DOWN feature for the foot of the bed. I have to have this feature because I have very low blood pressure and this helps to keep that getting to my feet and stopping the pain I typically have when my feet get elevated, or even lying level. So, I really like that feature.
We both also really like the adjustable lumbar support. And, it has under bed lighting, which is great!
I guess the only downsides to this base are these. First, the head portion just needs another section that allows for tipping it a bit more forward, separate from the upper section that raises your back. It's not a deal breaker for me...I just wish there were some - independent - adjust-ability in it. Second, the remote for this unit - in a word....sucks. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. It seems as though it has to be very close to the mattress or base to have consistency in operation. And when you get out of bed and wish to have it return to the flat position to make-up the bedding, don't be standing two feet away. It won't do it. Lastly, it needs more bolsters for keeping the mattress from slipping off the base unit. It only has one at the foot of the base. I must move around a lot while sleeping because every morning the mattress is slid off the base by several inches. Not a big deal. Just a bit of an annoyance. I'll fix this when I make a mahogany bed frame for this bed in my wood shop.
One more thing to review. The folks at Selectabed. I am a VERY demanding person. When I spend money, especially the amount of money spent on a bed of this nature, I have a tendency to expect things to go my way. Perhaps unreasonably so - at times. Aaron was the unfortunate soul who became my sales agent. Let me tell you....Aaron is fantastic, patient, professional, understanding, and really a very forthright person in getting the satisfaction that I was looking for. He saw this sale through and never let my issues become a wedge between us. I truly appreciate that. Shawn in the shipping department deserves kudos as well. He worked very hard to get my bed shipped as best and quickly as he could.
And here's how I really feel about Selectabed. After going through all of this and experiencing their professionalism, I just ordered another bed from them for my elderly mother. I KNOW she's going to love it just as much as we do ours.
Thank You, Selectabed. You are the best!
Earlier Review:
Can we get a way to give.....negative stars...?
I really, really hoped that this would go the other way. I REALLY did. We finally got our bed...YAY!!!! Received it last Friday. Only took 7 weeks.....we were assured 3 to 4 when we ordered. Even so, we were excited, grateful and relieved, none the less.
Got it set up, and then......the pump didn't work. (I want to say here that I am going to write a review....eventually, covering my thoughts. read more