The Uncomfortable Truth About No-Flip Mattresses

Want the other side of the story about these new no-flip mattresses? Sorry, there is no other side. Really.

You know how your present mattress has two identically-finished sides so you can get at least twice the Comfort Life® out of it? Or so you can turn it over if the kids spill something icky on it, like grape juice; or if the puppy does something like, well, like puppies do? With a one-sided mattress, you’re in trouble. Because you’ve only got one side. You wouldn’t buy a car without a spare tire. Why buy a mattress with only one side?

The fact is, turning a Sealy mattress extends its Comfort Life because it gives the upholstery foam and filling time to rest and fluff back up. Sort of like you after a good night’s sleep on a Sealy. And no matter what any person or any brochure tells you, the foam and filling in every mattress will eventually settle and compress to conform to your body weight. It’s a given. Testing proves it. What’s more, if your mattress every gets wet, the inner workings compress even more, making the problem of a one-sided mattress even worse. So to maximize the Comfort Life, you should rotate the mattress, much like rotating your tires for longer wear. And you’ll need a mattress with two sides to do it. You’ll need a Sealy.

At the heart of a Sealy Posturepedic mattress is the patented Sense and Respond® innerspring system, which delivers correct spinal support. So good is our system, in fact, that more orthopedic surgeons sleep on Sealy Posturepedic than any other mattress. Unlike some of our competitors, whose innerspring systems depress over time along with the foam and upholstery, every coil that makes it into a Sealy mattress is double-tempered, which means the steel is actually baked twice to make absolutely sure it never settles or loses its spring. So even if you never turned your Sealy mattress, you’d still get more Comfort Life out of it than a one-sided mattress. With Sealy, though, you’ll always have the option if you want it.

The reasons for buying a Sealy sleep system don’t end with the mattress either. There’s also the foundation, or box spring. Sealy Posturepedic foundation systems have been shown to out-perform all major competitors. That’s because Sealy Posturepedic foundation have steel support spans, not just wood, which supports your mattress as your mattress supports you. Much the way a shock absorber works to lessen road bumps, this superior system keeps bouncing back night after night, year after year. The Sealy Posturepedic foundation system extends the life of your mattress as the mattress provides you with Posturepedic support—correct support for a long Comfort Life.

All this may sound too good to be true. And in other mattresses, it often is. When you buy a Sealy Posturepedic, though, you’re buying the best, most comfortably supportive, most snooze-inducing mattress ever. And we believe that a better night’s sleep leads to a better day tomorrow.

For over a hundred years, that’s been the upside (and the flipside) to a Sealy.