4 years ago we bought a new pillow top mattress from Simmons that is firm in the middle with lots of innerspring coil support but soft on the surface. Made a big difference in how well we both slept. And was a LOT less costly then the temperpedic or select comfort sleep systems. I think we paid about $600 for the queen sized mattress and box. Now we are only using the mattress and the box went upstairs to replace springs that were gone on one of the gurst beds. We're doing this because we got a platform bed last year for Christmas and using both the mattress and box spring had us almost needing a ladder to get into bed. Very comfortable with just the mattress atop the platform.