Noxious Fume Sleeping!
My husband and I purchased our first foam mattress, excited about the comfort and lack of motion sensitivity. Upon delivery of our Serta iComfort Insight, we noticed a noxious odor once the plastic came off the mattress. We were told by the delivery men that it would go away by nightfall. . . Well, it did not, and we spent every day airing the room (in cold weather), washing the sheets, walking on the mattress to release the odor, and, to no avail. I have a sensitivity to chemicals, so I was taking precautions with my meds every night before going to bed. When I spoke with the Serta rep he said that they recommend leaving the mattress in an open airy space for 2 to 3 weeks before sleeping on it. . . Hm, no one in the store told us that! When asked what chemicals were in the mattress, he said it was proprietary info. After telling him I would make a video for utube demonstrating the processs needed to sleep on the mattress, he put me on hold and then came back with some info - boric acid, which, according to him, is also in apples that we eat every day - so safe! Does he realize that it is also in rat poison? . . . We continued to vent the room, wash the sheets, and use our ionic air purifier for a month. I kept waking with a clogged head, sinus drippage, and then I started getting leg cramps in the middle of the night. Our retailer took the mattress back after a month, and we exchanged it for a Simmons foam mattress, which we were assured did not have an odor. . . It does. It's going back.
This review is for Serta iComfort Insight
