If you own a Select Comfort (Sleep Number Bed) purchased between 1987-2005 Please, Please read this.
I have owned a sleep number bed since 2004. I have never liked it for various reasons. I decided to sell it. I had someone come to my house yesterday to look at it. Something told me to unzip the pillow top and show him how the air chambers looked. When I unzipped the bed I was completely SHOCKED and freaked out by what I found. BLACK MOLD covering the air chambers and foam padding. My husband and I have been experiencing severe headaches, coughing, sinus congestion, breathing issues for the past several months. Well, now I know why.
There is currently a Class Action Lawsuit against Select Comfort. If you own one of these beds I encourage you first, to look at your bed, second contact the class action suit here:
http://www.selectcomfortclassaction.com/
Even if you do not have mold issues now, Select Comfort is supposed to replace all air chambers and foam for the beds purchashed prior to 2005.
Of course, they were also supposed to notify every purchaser of their beds about this mold issue that they knew about. They have since changed the material in their beds to anti-microbial material. Hence, they knew about the problems. I have never heard one word from them!!!!!!
To me, this is a serious issue and I am trying to get the word out to everyone I can. Attached are the pictures of my bed!!! I know it is gross but this is what I have lived with for almost 5 years and I had no clue.
I bought a new mattresses and they were delivered yesterday. For the first time in months I did not wake up with a headache this morning!!!!
I will keep you posted on the outcome of all of this. Please spread the word to anyone you know to check their mattresses!!!
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Meow
...Darelne, is this YOUR old bed?????
Darlene is my middle name, not my nicknameAuthor
Unfortunately YES!!!!!! It is out of my house and being stored until all this is settled! I am mortified!
SoWal Expert
That is SOOOOOOO gross!!!!
SWGB
That sucks, what exactly causes the mold it needs moisture.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nicknameAuthor
That sucks, what exactly causes the mold it needs moisture.
Verbatim from the customer service rep that I talked to yesterday. "The beds are designed to suck the moisture from your body" WTF?
Yep, that is what they told me.
SWGB
Verbatim from the customer service rep that I talked to yesterday. "The beds are designed to suck the moisture from your body" WTF?
Yep, that is what they told me.
Comfort and mummifying all in one convenient solution.
Beach Fanatic
That's what happens when you don't wash your comforter daily. ;-)
Now seriously Darlene, I'm so sorry you have to go though this.
Now seriously Darlene, I'm so sorry you have to go though this.
SoWal Expert
Verbatim from the customer service rep that I talked to yesterday. "The beds are designed to suck the moisture from your body" WTF?So it s mold from your sweat?
Yep, that is what they told me.
SoWal Expert
Holy Crap!
Get 'em Darlene!:angry:
Get 'em Darlene!:angry:
SoWal Insider
Oh, Lordy. It must be mold month. Maybe we can get a permit for penicillin farms and at least get tax deductions. 
I'm so glad you're getting a new bed and hopefully some form of recompense.
It must be mold month. Maybe we can get a permit for penicillin farms and at least get tax deductions. I'm so glad you're getting a new bed and hopefully some form of recompense.
SoWal Insider
OHMYGOODNESS! :shock:
It's know wonder y'all have been sick! When I first bought my house in Birmingham it was about 8 years old. I bought it in September, by February of the following year my ENT had done a CT scan to figure out why I could not get rid of my sinus problems, after three rounds of antibiotics it still would not clear up. About that time I replaced the carpet and padding throughout my house (which when they pulled it up there was mold on the padding) with hardwood flooring, a couple of weeks later my sinus' were completely cleared up and I never had problems like that again. The flooring people told me that when your carpet is cleaned with water, even if it is done with those cleaners that suck the water out, you can get mold.
It's know wonder y'all have been sick! When I first bought my house in Birmingham it was about 8 years old. I bought it in September, by February of the following year my ENT had done a CT scan to figure out why I could not get rid of my sinus problems, after three rounds of antibiotics it still would not clear up. About that time I replaced the carpet and padding throughout my house (which when they pulled it up there was mold on the padding) with hardwood flooring, a couple of weeks later my sinus' were completely cleared up and I never had problems like that again. The flooring people told me that when your carpet is cleaned with water, even if it is done with those cleaners that suck the water out, you can get mold.
Skunky
Imagine what Rush Limbaugh's sleep number bed looks like
Darlene is my middle name, not my nicknameAuthor
:funn:
Imagine what Rush Limbaugh's sleep number bed looks like
Gross.
Darlene is my middle name, not my nicknameAuthor
So it s mold from your sweat?
I recon so.
Skunky
So it s mold from your sweat?
It has to be...I think I see Bear Bryant's image in that mold. Seriously, the image on the right, held sideways...see the hat?!
SWGB
It has to be...I think I see Bear Bryant's image in that mold. Seriously, the image on the right, held sideways...see the hat?!
Stick with Jesus sightings. ;-)
Skunky
Stick with Jesus sightings. ;-)
That is fake:roll:
SWGB
That is fake:roll:
Heretic!
Beach Crab
more select comfort
Thanks for sharing. We are having other issues with our 13 year old set. I was getting the run-around from the head office and decided to see if others had issues.
Because of your post, I took ours apart today and found the beginning of mold on the air chambers. The foam is gray so it doesn't show but must be there too. This discovery answers some questions about sinus and breathing problems we are experiencing. We removed the bed from the house tonight.
No one offered to replace the airchambers or foam even though both were the problems I inquired about (air chamber losing air and foam disintegrating).
Has your problem been resolved yet? Care to share?
Thanks for sharing. We are having other issues with our 13 year old set. I was getting the run-around from the head office and decided to see if others had issues.
Because of your post, I took ours apart today and found the beginning of mold on the air chambers. The foam is gray so it doesn't show but must be there too. This discovery answers some questions about sinus and breathing problems we are experiencing. We removed the bed from the house tonight.
No one offered to replace the airchambers or foam even though both were the problems I inquired about (air chamber losing air and foam disintegrating).
Has your problem been resolved yet? Care to share?
If you own a Select Comfort (Sleep Number Bed) purchased between 1987-2005 Please, Please read this.
I have owned a sleep number bed since 2004. I have never liked it for various reasons. I decided to sell it. I had someone come to my house yesterday to look at it. Something told me to unzip the pillow top and show him how the air chambers looked. When I unzipped the bed I was completely SHOCKED and freaked out by what I found. BLACK MOLD covering the air chambers and foam padding. My husband and I have been experiencing severe headaches, coughing, sinus congestion, breathing issues for the past several months. Well, now I know why.
There is currently a Class Action Lawsuit against Select Comfort. If you own one of these beds I encourage you first, to look at your bed, second contact the class action suit here:
http://www.selectcomfortclassaction.com/
Even if you do not have mold issues now, Select Comfort is supposed to replace all air chambers and foam for the beds purchashed prior to 2005.
Of course, they were also supposed to notify every purchaser of their beds about this mold issue that they knew about. They have since changed the material in their beds to anti-microbial material. Hence, they knew about the problems. I have never heard one word from them!!!!!!
To me, this is a serious issue and I am trying to get the word out to everyone I can. Attached are the pictures of my bed!!! I know it is gross but this is what I have lived with for almost 5 years and I had no clue.
I bought a new mattresses and they were delivered yesterday. For the first time in months I did not wake up with a headache this morning!!!!
I will keep you posted on the outcome of all of this. Please spread the word to anyone you know to check their mattresses!!!
beats on hood
If you own a Select Comfort (Sleep Number Bed) purchased between 1987-2005 Please, Please read this.That is just awful! Sorry you're having to deal with this.
The flooring people told me that when your carpet is cleaned with water, even if it is done with those cleaners that suck the water out, you can get mold.That's one reason why we only use Capture to clean our carpet.
Beach Fanatic
Thanks for sharing. We are having other issues with our 13 year old set. I was getting the run-around from the head office and decided to see if others had issues.
Because of your post, I took ours apart today and found the beginning of mold on the air chambers. The foam is gray so it doesn't show but must be there too. This discovery answers some questions about sinus and breathing problems we are experiencing. We removed the bed from the house tonight.
No one offered to replace the airchambers or foam even though both were the problems I inquired about (air chamber losing air and foam disintegrating).
Has your problem been resolved yet? Care to share?
We had mold on our Select Comfort bed, called the company, and they sent new air chambers and foam. They didn't give us any problems about sending us the new parts.
Beach Lover
We bought ours right after they started adding anti molding properties to the beds. but I checked anyway, no mold after 5 years. I would not recommend one though, I find the air levels to be inconsistent and have to adjust a lot to keep it at the right setting. Anyone else who has one, make sure you are using a surge protector. the solenoid in the pumps can be stuck open, causing air leaks if the unit gets a surge. We are going with latex foam next time.
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