My wife and I bought our mattress roughly five houses and 13,000 miles ago. It’s a “Bob-O-Pedic” purchased from Bob’s Discount Furniture in Newington, Conn., that we brought with us to West Palm Beach, Fla., and have moved to multiple homes.
It’s more than 10 years old, which exceeds the suggested life of a mattress, although much of the advice about when to replace your mattress comes from companies that make mattresses.
“The most obvious sign of getting a new mattress is if it starts to droop or sag. Mattresses bear your entire body weight for a minimum of 8 hours every day,” according to Nectar Sleep…