Marshall Coyle's Profile

Dear Readers,
Mrs. Coyle and I recently celebrated out sixtieth wedding anniversary. We have slept on Charles P. Rogers mattresses for the last thirty or more of them. A good bed starts you off each day in an agreeable mood and that helps.

I have been retired from the bed business for twenty years or so, but at one time was heavily involved in the creation and design of some of America's top selling mattresses.

I have looked aghast at the proliferation of grossly overblown fat mattresses being sold as luxury products. One concomitant of luxury is predictable happiness with your situation. Mattresses any plusher than the Biltmore are condemned to early failure through compression depression of the fluffy (and cheap) filling. Not luxury after a couple of years when you have to start the fruitless warranty chase.

The cotton used by Charles P. Rogers, Shifman,
and a handful of other luxury makers when properly felted can and does last for generations.

The Latex Foam that took first and second place in this non-scientific rating can be very comfortable until it embrittles and oxidizes. Latex foam is very sensitive to contact with natural gas and will die an early death in homes heated this way.

I truly believe, and this is from experience, that most sleepers can not do better than they can with the Charles P. Rogers at any price.

Just as an aside. Under our mattresses are Charles P. Rogers platform beds and their beds are unlike any others for comfort. They actually have an upholstered base that provides a modicum of extra luxury.

Marshall Coyle, The Old Bed Guy