Hmmm. How does one sing the praises of a mattress and box spring? After months of waking up in the middle of the night with horrible back spasms, having to rush to the kitchen to down yet another three Advils, I finally gave in and listened to my chiropractor, and ran out and bought a McRoskey Airflex mattress. McRoskey mattresses are made the old fashioned way, stuffed with cotton, air holes on the side for ventilation, and covered in that old style striped mattress fabric. The first time I laid down on a McRoskey mattress, I almost instantly fell asleep. I had never been on anything as comfortable in my life. For someone like me with chronic back pain, lying on this bed is almost a religious experience. The factory, a family business founded in 1899, is situated on the corner of Gough and Market Streets in San Francisco. The showroom is on the first floor with a mattress on the floor of the street entrance. You can go there and try out the different firmness levels of beds. The trick is to choose the bed that your body feels most comfortable in, and that is usually different for everybody. That's why the folks at McRoskey practically insist that you come to the showroom to try out the different types. These beds are not cheap; they are something you buy when you've decided that you are a grown up now, and deserve to sleep well. They also come with a 20 year waranty, and a thirty day change policy if you decide you want a different level of firmness. The McRoskeys keep a record of every mattress ever sold, and have since 1899, so if in 30 years you want another mattress like the one you have, they'll make it for you. From "Bed Times" magazine, "Walking through Robert McRoskey's mattress manufacturing plant and showroom is like taking a step back in time....Back to when beds were covered in simple stripes rather than designer fabrics; back to tufting instead of elaborate quilting patterns; back before the proliferations of foam, to a time when cotton truly was "king." You won't find any computerized equipment here - the last piece of machinery McRoskey purchased was a tape edge machine, and that was more than 20 years ago.... Every component in a McRoskey Airflex mattress is original, except for maybe the boxspring coils and frames, which are made to specification. The innerspring units are designed for flexibility, and have a helical edge instead of a rod, so you can actually roll up an Airflex mattress like a futon. The cotton fillings add enough fullness to measure two feet in thickness before being tied down." If you want to contact this company, you can email them at sales@mcroskey.com. They are located at 1687 Market Street in San Francisco at the corner of Gough and Market. Their phone number is 415-861-4532 or 1-800-760-9600. Check out the McRoskey website at www.mcroskey.com for a tour of how the mattresses are made.