In addition, I want to point out that even with a 100lb weight difference between us, there’s not much wave “rolling” from one side to the other. It’s great that it looks like a traditional mattress and takes regular sheets and bedding, too. So glad we chose the Afloat bed last year! It has been the best, most comfortable bed we’ve ever had. The customer service is the best, 5 stars! We’ve only needed them when our questions were due to too many family members trying to be the boss. Regular sheets fit and it looks just like a normal bed. It’s so comfortable that I miss it terribly when I travel. 5 out of 5 stars for the Eastern King Afloat soft side waterbed. No troubles getting in or out of the bed using the standard bedding that everyone is used to using. June 6 at the store at 2121 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., West Palm Beach.I have been using the Afloat waterbed for the last three years and its been great. June 5 at the Sawgrass Furniture Store, 6701 N. In South Florida, City Furniture is having open houses to debut Afloat from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Keith joined his brother in the business in the summer of 1972 and became his partner in 1975.Ībout the waterbed relaunch, he said: “Kevin would be very proud that we’re doing this.” He expects some baby boomers will be interested, but also hopes to attract younger generations who may be less familiar with the waterbed.īringing back the waterbed comes with a flood of memories for Koenig, whose brother began Waterbed City in 1971 out of Fort Lauderdale. Koenig admits he doesn’t know how the new waterbed will be received. “You’re not going to sell me on it,” his wife replied. “I’d like to try the new waterbed,” said her husband, 31. Chrissy Ramqvist, 26, said she wanted to buy an adjustable mattress “that’s good for watching Netflix.” Last week, City Furniture shoppers Kyle and Chrissy Ramqvist, of Davie, were looking at mattresses while store managers were busy setting up a display for the new waterbed. City Furniture also intends to open a new store in Doral in Miami-Dade County in mid-2019, Koenig said. City Furniture is opening this year in the Orlando area, with three stores and two distribution centers planned. The furniture chain is expanding throughout the state as well. (City Furniture has a license to operate Ashley Furniture stores in South Florida.) The company has 27 stores around the state and had 2017 revenues of $360 million, up 10 percent from a year earlier, Koenig said.Ĭity Furniture employs 1,600 people, with the bulk in South Florida at its headquarters, warehouse and stores that include some City Furniture/Ashley Furniture combinations. Koenig said bed category, which includes all kinds of beds and mattresses, make up about 20 percent of City Furniture’s sales. “You’re not going to know until you try it,” said Jaffe, a nurse practitioner in Fort Lauderdale.Īfloat comes with a manufacturer’s 100-night comfort guarantee, according to Hall Flotation. She recommends laying on the bed at a store before purchase, and making sure it can be returned. Susan Jaffe, of the National Sleep Foundation in Arlington, Va., said while a cooler bed could be helpful to some, sleep issues are very individual. The Afloat dual king, or extra-large king, waterbed is designed with two temperature-controlled mattresses in one bed, which allows a couple sharing a bed to set their own best temperature for sleeping. Koenig said the trend is “cooler-feeling” beds - not easy to achieve in warm-weather South Florida. Other key differences in the Afloat model, he said, include a mattress material that provides more consistent flotation support better insulation for temperature control and improved motion suppression. One improvement that developed over time, and is a feature of the Afloat model, is the soft-sided - rather than wooden - bed frame. Companies such as Amazon and Wayfair have offered waterbed mattresses for as low $100 and mattress-and-frame sets starting at $1,000.Īfter his original patent expired in the late 1980s, Hall said, other manufacturers created good and not-so-good versions. Waterbeds were never completely gone but became more of a niche or nostalgia product.
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