We love our adjustable bed, but it is queen. I don't know how you would use a regular king if it is split?? Also, did you just get an adjustable bed (base) or new mattress? I ask because we ended up with an adjustable bed when we purchased a new mattress last fall. New mattresses seem to be much thicker than those in the past, perhaps because so many do not use box springs (instead using a base, etc.). I've had to purchase new sheets and mattress pads. The mattress tends to ease off the side of the base occasionally, so we recently added one of those pads that goes between mattress and base (think rug pad). It does keep the mattress from slipping.

Outside, thanks for that hint. I have an older latex mattress on box springs now and it's the older, thinner mattress version so the generously sized fitted sheets of today go on pretty easily. But the new mattress is 12", so I can imagine it will be more difficult to install a sheet.

Tina, that's what I'm thinking...that I need separate fitted sheets. Maybe my friend has a king that isn't split...I'll have to double check with her. I did order new mattresses, too. It was a whole package. The costco set appears to have some kind of wire guards that keep the mattresses from moving around so hopefully I won't need to get non-slip pads.

I'm very excited that I'll be able to raise the head and foot and be able to more easily vacuum under the bed. My frame is close to the floor and I cannot vacuum under without removing the mattress and box springs. Well, now that I have a Roomba, I lift the footboard enough to scoot the Roomba underneath and let it clean. It's a bit of a problem getting it out if it decides to stop while under there, though,lol.

I'm also excited at the white glove service from Costco that will set it all up AND haul away my old king size set up. (Mattress and box springs). That's been the main barrier to me replacing the bed for a while; I just couldn't imagine what to do with the old one. $85 to Costco and it's gone!

Not to contradict Outside, but our mattress is easier to put the sheets on leaving it flat. But again, mine is queen, and not split. Yes, the store we bought from took our old mattress and box spring, free of charge. I thought that was common???

Tina, it may be common...I was looking at organic latex mattresses sold with an adjustable base. The places I found around here who sell the mattresses I preferred didn't sell the bases. I didn't really visit any "mattress stores" but figure they probably do free haul away. I bought an organic latex mattress for my guest room last year online and they hauled away for free, but didn't sell the adjustable base I wanted. I've looked for a couple of years for a package and Costco finally had one with haul away for $85, so it was worth it to me.

Oly, is your new Mattress an organic latex? I’ve only seen some type of foam from Costco, which I don’t want. I’m excited, and going to check it out. Please Tell more about it once it arrives!

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Martinca this is the one I bought. While the latex isn't certified organic, it has all the properties I buy organic for and was as close as I could get and has some organic properties. I would have preferred Dunlop latex; it was impossible to find in a package like this. Plus, it may not be flexible enough for an adjustable bed.

https://www.costco.com/sleep-science-12%22-iflip-natural-latex-split-king-mattress-and-q-plus-series-adjustable-base.product.100431240.html

I'll write again after a couple night's sleep and let you know what I think.

Looks like a nice mattress, Oly.

Tina, we used to have a queen mattress too, but not adjustable. I just find it a convenience to not have to stretch the sheet as much to fit it from top to bottom if raised slightly. Most of these newer mattresses aren’t as deep as the older 15” mattresses anyway, so easier to handle with deep pocket sheets, although the mattress materials are heavier.

I'm curious. Don't you ruin a mattress when you're constantly 'folding' it up? Maybe that only works well with an all-latex mattress?

I've never bought a mattress where removal of the old one wasn't part of the deal. (Remember when you'd buy a new car and they'd 'throw in' floormats? haha)

Chisue, I don't think it moves enough to actually fold it up. But foam is pretty flexible; presumably the movement won't affect it. I'm in my 70's, so it doesn't have to last a LONG lifetime!

Chisue, the adjustable beds don’t fold, as in completely folded in half. There is a limit on how far you can go for reading in bed, for example. And most of the mattresses are made to be flipped like old fashioned mattresses.

I was just thinking it was a great way to break down a mattress by constantly bending it -- more business for the mattress companies!

I'm with you, olychick. Those 'lifetime warranties' don't have the same appeal when your 'lifetime' is running low!

Coming back to say the Costso bed was delivered and set up and I've been sleeping on it all week. It's fabulous!! I had 1/2 of it set up with the soft side up and 1/2 set up with the firmer side up. I've only slept on the firmer side - it's quite firm but latex is so wonderful, firm but with some give. Love the ability to raise the head to read and there is a zero gravity setting that feels like you are floating in water AND there is a massage feature.

I got a split king because, even though I'm single, my grandson spends the night sometimes and he still loves to sleep in my room. That's going to change pretty quickly, I suspect, so we can move his half to his own room when he's ready. He thinks having a remote with all the features is pretty terrific.

One problem is what to do with the remote. I usually fall asleep facing the center of the bed, so don't want the remote on the bedside table but reachable when my back is to it. When I'm alone i can just set it on the other side of the bed, but last night with my grandson there, it somehow slipped between the split and fell to the floor. My frame does not have much clearance, so he had to crawl on the floor with a pole to slide it out for me. I need some kind of tether to attach it somehow, so if I lose it again I can pull it back up. I'd love to hear anyone else's solution if you've had the same problem.

I do not know what they are called but hospitals and nursing homes use a clip so that the call remote can be clipped onto the sheet normally above the person's head. There are things for cell phones that might work to hold the remote and clip onto the sheet. The company you purchased your bed from may have one.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MWZCVLR?pf_rd_r=A02F82DV8BVTV14XEK4A&pf_rd_p=edaba0ee-c2fe-4124-9f5d-b31d6b1bfbee

Wow! Thank you! I never would have found something like that. It seems perfect. I thought about velcro -ing the remote to the headboard, but that's kind of ugly. A clip could be hidden.

Outside, our mattress shopping experience was very different from yours. It was our experience that the newer mattresses are thicker/deeper than those in the past. I thought it might be because box springs are not used as much with so many platform type beds/bases. i do have to have very deep pocket sheets. We we’re told that flippable mattresses are pretty much a thing of the past. You do not flip our mattress, just rotate.

The Costco site says "not found" when I look for your mattress, olychick. Could you describe it more fully? Your link says "Sleep Science" and 'latex', but you said the mattress has soft and firm 'sides'? I don't know if we'd care for the adjustable base, but I hate our current 3-year-old 'firm' one-sided king mattress (on boxes). It started 'indenting' under our bodies almost immediately. In the past, we always had a pair of flip-able extra-long twins that I dressed with king bottom and top sheets.

When I looked a few days ago it said sold out, or not in stock.

Yes, the one I have sold out...I'm sure it will restock sometime. They have the same one in a 9" thick mattress but the one I got is 12". They carry a number of Sleep Science memory foam sets, but I would never have memory foam. It's made of toxic materials and is hot - like wearing polyester in hot or cold weather. I think it compresses, too, but latex doesn't. It sleeps cool in the summer but cozy in the winter. Comfy year around.

OK, thanks for responding. I was interested because it's not often anyone says they love a mattress -- haha. DH and once tried out a latex mattress at a store..think it was 'Nest'. We felt as though we were 'imprisoned' -- couldn't easily move once we laid down. Would take some getting used to! We didn't pursue this because the salesperson was so *strange*; we had to hear her whole life saga before we could escape. (Really, it wasn't even *interesting*.)

No memory foam for me, either. I have to laugh when slippers advertise that they have it. Uh-huh, any support is compressed flat as a pancake in a jiffy.

I have slept on latex for almost 40 years and love it so much - I was surprised to see the caveats on Costco website about it taking time to get used to sleeping on it. Apparently, it's a different experience than an innerspring or traditional mattress, so maybe that's what you didn't like? I love that it doesn't move you when your partner moves in bed and that you don't get sleep divots. But, of course, it's not for everyone.

I, too, love latex. I would never go back.

Oly, can you sit on the side easily?

We have an adjustable latex queen bed. It is not split.

Of course dH wants his feet up, and I cannot breath unless my head is elevated.

I wish we had gotten the split king, since they did not have split queens.

We comprised! He got the bed; I bought a recliner and put it in the (cramped) bedroom. He can elevate his feet, and I can breathe in the recliner.

I “make” the recliner just like it’s a bed, with bottom sheets, as many blankets as I need, and a colorful top “bedspread.”

I can sleep warmly now! He runs “hot” and never wants more than one thin blanket on the bed. He can sleep “cold.”

It’s hard for me to sit on the side of the bed. I raise the head and foot up a bit to change the sheets, too.

Yes, the side is plenty firm for sitting. The legs can be installed at different heights. Mine is the highest which is easier for me to exit (bad knees), but it’s a little hike to climb into - again with the bad knees.

tl;dr. I have XL twins in the guest room. Best sheets Twin XL percale Sheets I’ve found are from Pottery Barn