Hilton Beds Too Firm?
Aug 3, 2014, 1:13 pm
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If I were to rate them in terms of comfort, it would be (1) Starwood - by far with the exception of Aloft - their platform beds are crazy hard (2) Hyatt (3) full service Marriotts/Rens (4) IHG (6) Marriotts lower end hotels - FI, CY, TS, Springhill, RI are all pretty horrible.
Finding Hampton Inns not too bad so far. Haven't stayed at full service Hiltons yet.
Aug 3, 2014, 10:55 pm
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The HGI bed has a dial by the head of the bed - the dial basically loosens or tightens the valves between mattress air chambers, allowing the air inside to flow more easily (softer or more pliable mattress) or restricted (firmer mattress).
The front desk usually has a brochure or even a model to show how it works.
The front desk usually has a brochure or even a model to show how it works.
Aug 4, 2014, 3:35 pm
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The HGI bed has a dial by the head of the bed - the dial basically loosens or tightens the valves between mattress air chambers, allowing the air inside to flow more easily (softer or more pliable mattress) or restricted (firmer mattress).
The front desk usually has a brochure or even a model to show how it works.
The front desk usually has a brochure or even a model to show how it works.
I've turned that dial 100 plus times and it is absolute rubbish. It simply does nothing to make the bed more comfortable
I'd debate the original HGI beds with the horrendous looking floral bed spreads were at least comfortable enough
The brochure looks great though
Aug 4, 2014, 3:45 pm
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I prefer more firm beds and detest the squishy ones found at some properties. There is a difference between firm and rock hard. Some full service Marriott and Hyatt properties have more firm beds than others. I do not keep a running list because I have usually found firm beds and nothing too hard to sleep on.
Aug 4, 2014, 5:21 pm
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Radisson used to have the Sleep Number mattresses (dial an air bed) - they were like sleeping on a wood plank. Anyone have experience sleeping on both - to give a comparison?
Aug 4, 2014, 5:47 pm
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The Sleep Number bed was just a mechanical version.
It didn't get softer or harder but it does get lower or higher and makes loud weird sounds in the middle of the night raising or lowering. It was a bed elevator
I give that bed the award for the weirdest gimmick ever witnessed in the bed industry regardless if one thought it was actually comfortable
Yikes
Lets face it some folks think water beds are the best beds
It doesn't mean hotels should have them but of course to each their own