There have been a lot of studies over the years that testing out a mattress in a store isn’t particularly effective. It can give you a rough idea of what the firmness level is but you aren’t going to stay on there long enough for it to matter or get a feel for how much it retains bodyheat or deforms over time.
So if you can get a halfway decent review/baseline, you can do a lot worse than ordering online.
Aside from that: There is nothing wrong with buying cheap, if it is good. Again, unless you are spending a LOT of money, you are generally looking at similar constructions and ergonomics between a “real” couch, an ikea couch, and a walmart special. Mostly what you are paying for is something that will hold up to very heavy wear and which is meant to be taken apart and reassembled.
A buddy of mine summed it up as: You throw Target in the trash when you move. Ikea can survive two or three moves. Good luck beyond that"
I recently had to give up on the fasteners on my 8 year old IKEA bedframe and screw it together - I have had to pull it apart at least once a year since I bought it due to moving for various reasons, or more recently to change which room it was in.
There have been a lot of studies over the years that testing out a mattress in a store isn’t particularly effective. It can give you a rough idea of what the firmness level is but you aren’t going to stay on there long enough for it to matter or get a feel for how much it retains bodyheat or deforms over time.
So if you can get a halfway decent review/baseline, you can do a lot worse than ordering online.
Aside from that: There is nothing wrong with buying cheap, if it is good. Again, unless you are spending a LOT of money, you are generally looking at similar constructions and ergonomics between a “real” couch, an ikea couch, and a walmart special. Mostly what you are paying for is something that will hold up to very heavy wear and which is meant to be taken apart and reassembled.
A buddy of mine summed it up as: You throw Target in the trash when you move. Ikea can survive two or three moves. Good luck beyond that"
You need to hide inside one of the cupboards at IKEA so you can really test the beds out after the staff leave.
That’s how you end up here.
I still use my 15+ year old IKEA mattress and bed to this day.
I recently had to give up on the fasteners on my 8 year old IKEA bedframe and screw it together - I have had to pull it apart at least once a year since I bought it due to moving for various reasons, or more recently to change which room it was in.