They seem to be "love it or hate it" and I dont want to risk it.
Money has been v tight for well over a year but I have had back and pelvis pain for several years now and have been saving up my birthday and Xmas money (plus bits and bobs here and there) to get a new mattress. Like the OP on the other thread about these mattresses (that inspired me to post) I am married to a man that could sleep on a washing line, so whatever I get wont bother him either way. But for some reason he is pushing for a memory foam one.
I think that as I know that a very firm normal mattress will be good for me I should go for that, rather than risk spending money on something that I may fall in love with, but equally I may hate but be stuck with as I cant afford to replace it. He seems to think that as most people we know who have one think that MF mattresses are the best thing since the wheel, we should get one.
AIBU to tell him to get one when he has saved up and paid for it, and until then I get to choose?
AIBU?
to not want to risk money on a "Marmite" memory foam mattress?
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We got a top of the range Tempur a few years ago and we worried for the same reasons as you - they are very Marmite. Lots of people say they struggle to get warm or stay cool on them. I can see their point (a bit) but that is a small thing compared to the comfort - just use a hot water bottle or have a lighter duvet!
From the very first night we slept on ours we loved it and I can't imagine that when we replace it we will even give headspace to buying anything else.
A little tip: If you buy direct from Tempur they do a 90 day trial. If you are not happy with it you can send it back FOR ANY REASON no questions asked. But they charge well over the odds compared to what you can buy the same mattress online for through another outlet that does not offer a money back trial........see where I'm going here? 
We did this. I came clean with the guy on the phone after my 90 days and said I love it but I can't justify paying XXX when other places were charging YYY and the small print entitled me to return it, etc.
We pretty soon cut a deal for them to accept the same as the lowest price I could find online for the same product.
They load the price to start with to account for the people who don't get on with it, and do return it, and most people are naive enough to just pay up. Then I imagine Tempur just sell the returned mattresses through auction or something, and they then get sold on, as there is always a suspiciously large number of them available on Ebay, all stating to be 'barely used, was in my spare room but I'm downsizing' 
Who spends out on Tempur for the spare room and then flogs it cheap after a few uses? 
They do say they'll only accept a return if it is completely free from stains etc, so you need to make sure you use a protector and keep it really clean. But even if you've tipped a cup of coffee over it, if you just tell them you want to return it they'll try and cut a deal for you to keep it rather than make a larger loss by taking it back, so they probably won't even get a far as inspecting it for stains!
Michelle that's genius!
OP, forget my suggestion, definitely do that!
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