The pillow top we bought at Montgumery Wards(sp?) and paid around $700.00. The Therma mattress we bought from a local mattress factory store and paid close to $1000.00, which I thought was waaaaay to high. I hate it when you save for months to buy something and then are disappointed. I guess the reason I don't like it is because it feels too warm to me after I lay there awhile. I don't need to be warm at this time of my life! But...Alot of people like the therma and won't have anything else once they sleep on it. My husband likes the therma and says its comfortable to him, but didn't think it was worth the extra money we paid neither.