Hi all, How should/can I choose the right bed mattress type?
I bought a Memory foam mattress and a year later it still gives me a stiff back every morning I normally get up early because of it! I do not mind buying another type of mattress but a few minutes trying one in a shop will not really tell me much will it? Mick.
I've never found the answer either, having bought a number of beds and mattresses over the past 40-odd years.
We find our memory foam (Which best buy, forget the make ATM) a significant improvement over a relatively expensive pocketed spring, although it's not perfect. I often sleep better in hotels (on business) than at home; not necessarily after a large well lubricated meal. Possibly not having to share?
We have for various reasons needed to visit and re-visit buying mattresses over the past ten years or so.
We decided against memory foam largely on the basis of them being too warm - at least in summer.
Ended up every time with one or other Millbrook product with pocket springs. The only relative disappointment was a non-turn mattress - a silly idea which seemed to have been designed either to save materials (only putting full padding on one side of the mattress) or to address the difficulty of turning a full king-size mattress on your own. Even that was very comfortable.
But absolutely agreed - it is impossible in the shop. All you can do is lie as long as possible and try to think yourself into a night on it.
We only have sprung slat bases - not interior sprung so the mattress has to provide virtually all the comfort.
Ikea has a 6-month scheme under which you can return a matress if it doesn't suit you. The matress has to be clean, so I bought Ikea's waterproof cover as well, and undamaged. Ikea's mattresses aren't the same sizes as 'ours', so it's worth checking the site for sizes and terms.
We have just completed purchase of several mattresses. After comparing prices and quality across several suppliers we ordered bespoke mattresses from a local supplier. These are incredibly comfortable and cost less than mattresses from Ikea.
Shop around and don't ignore specialist suppliers.
Having used hotel standard pocket sprung mattresses for many years we looked around for something slightly less firm last year. From recommendations we bought Ikea's pocket sprung with integrated memory foam top. It is very, very good. I have an iffy back, hence the previous really firm mattresses but have no problems with this mattress. I consider it to be a very sound investment.
A good pocket sprung mattress should be able to cope with a wide range of weight distribution and variance in weight across its width without it impacting on either occupant of a double bed.
Ikea has extensive guides for this purpose. I went for one that's slightly softer than my old one, as it's not too difficult to firm it up a bit. When I was looking on various sites, most mattresses forbad sitting on the edge of them - bloody daft IMO - but Ikea tests its mattresses to check that the edge can take weight. Where else would I sit to put me sockses on!
The signs in Ikea's Wembley store today said 90-days rather than 6 months - and only applied to Sultan range. (Are any not Sultan? - wasn't looking at beds at all so did not take any notice.)
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