I got a reasonably firm mattress knowing they tend to soften up in time... I also bought a memory foam topper on Ebay at a cut rate price. If the mattress feels too soft later I can remove the topper. That was my solution when I bought my attress six months ago. Found mine at Sears for about 300 for the mattress cuz my box springs were in good shape.... so I selected mattress only as the category.