"Bear was one of a handful of new direct-to-consumer mattress brands that had sprung up back then. They advertised their mattress as especially supportive for athletes. Am I an athlete? Definitely not. But at the time we were both doing CrossFit and, speaking for myself, I was waking up every morning feeling like a bag of broken glass. Bear promised its specially-formulated mattress would help us recover from giving it 110% in the gym."
"I bought my current mattress in another era. It was early 2017, and my son and I had just moved into a new place with my then-boyfriend (now-husband). His mattress, an ancient, pokey, box-spring nightmare, had to go. So we embarked on a new mattress shopping journey. This journey involved passionate debates and spreadsheets and led us eventually to the Original Bear mattress."
The mattress purchase occurred in early 2017 after moving in with a partner and replacing an old box-spring mattress. The Bear Original marketed itself to athletes and emphasized recovery, cooling, and eco-friendly certification. The mattress features two breathable cover options, a cooling layer that draws heat away from the body, multiple layers for support, stability, and pressure relief, and minimal chemical emissions. After eight years of use, the mattress remains in service and is expected to last a couple more years. The price of the mattress has decreased by several hundred dollars since the initial purchase.
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