OT Mattress

[JohnP]

My wife want me to start looking at new mattresses.

Any advice - Traditional v Memory Foam? Shop v on-line? etc.

[R D S]

My preference is spring with a foam top. Current one is a Silentnight from Costco (this I think

) and is very comfortable.

Prior one was twice the price from Bensons and only we only had it a few months before we got shut. We bought that one because we needed a new mattress at home and stayed in a place for a few nights where we found the bed very comfortable. So we bought the same and it was OK at first but not longer term.

Mattresses are a PIA to purchase IME.

Many come with a 100+ day guarantee these days.

[alan_m]

If scrapping the old one pay the fee so that when the new one is delivered the old one is collected.

There is a good chance that irrespective of where purchased it will come directly from the manufacturers warehouse.

[Clive Arthur]

If you tend to get hot, avoid foam. Get pocket sprung, spend £1k+.

[Davidm]

Avoid memory foam unless you always sleep in exactly the same position

- all night, every night. All of ours are Silentnight Miracoil. Last pair (2 singles) bought from John Lewis, they take packaging and old ones away. Worth a bit extra for that.

[Chris J Dixon]

Back when shopping was simpler, we went with IKEA. The options are all there to try, both mattresses and toppers.

After trying pretty much all available combinations, our choice was this mattress

with the Tromsdalen topper, which doesn't seem to be listed currently.

It is coming up to 5 years since we bought, and are still very pleased with them.

These things are very personal, so I would recommend trying in store, unless you really want to go through the hassle of buying online and returning.

Chris

[spuorgelgoog]

Local bed shop, will usually haggle a bit on price.

Go firmer as they do soften in use.

Memory foam is like sleeping in a wetsuit (I imagine) and the lack of springiness makes rolling over different as there's no spring to push you back up.

The lack of bounce also makes sex feel like shagging a corpse (again I imagine).

If you like memory foam you can always get a topper. Or if you like really soft get a feather topper.

Owain

[Dave Plowman (News]

Depends on how much you want to pay.

I got an IKEA memory foam one some years ago and am pleased with it.

Others would be more happy spending 1000 quid plus.

[GB]

We have an Emma, as recommended by Which?, and it's been great. It was not all that expensive, so when it gets too soft it will simply be replaced like for like.

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

memory foam has no bounce and you feel you are sinking into gloop ...

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

always buy from a bloke hanging about in a van near bed shops .....

[JohnP]

"Jim GM4 DHJ ..." [e-mail] wrote in news:BZl8H.3194469 $ [e-mail]:

Been bullied into a Tempur Memory foam - I wanted a Sealy with a memory foam top - or a Hypnos.

[Andy Burns]

They get a bit hot too ...

[Theo]

Tried lots and went for Tempur, they're lovely and worth every penny IMHO.

Tempur make a million different models which all have slight tweaks, so they can claim to be 'exclusive' at Dreams, etc. There's roughly 3 levels of softness - try them somewhere.

Buy from Argos which is half the price of Tempur's own site and there's often 20% discount on top. Worked out about a grand - not that cheap, but if it lasts for 10 years that's 8 quid a month. Given you spend a third of your time in it, worth having something nice.

Theo

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

eight quid a month...what a rip off.......cosysleep or what ever they were called were great but the guy got jailed for slave labour

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

cozysleep....I have one...great

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

[Jim GM4 DHJ ...]

was looking for a "help me " note in mine.....tee hee

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

JohnP brought next idea :

I bought a cheapy spring combined with 'blue memory foam' via Ebay which is supposed to not be as hot and sweaty as straight memory foam. It has been great so far, couple or so years. It arrived as a tight vacuum sealed roll, needing 24 hours to reinflate. My only critism is the edges of the mattress are too soft/ not well supported. You sit on the side and it goes completely flat and the springs twang. The perimeter springs ought to have been stronger. Once laid on it - absolutely fine.

[John Rumm]

Much depends on what you like. Sprung ones have more "bounce", and latex, foam etc feel deader. Personally I prefer the latter.

We have had a top end Dunlapilo latex - that I liked, it lasted well for a decade or more. That got replaced with an Ikea "latex" - which given it was about a third the price should have been a clue! It was ok for a couple of years but soon got too saggy.

We then went back to latex, but SWMBO persuaded me to go for the "firmrest" version on the grounds that it will "soften with age". That was like sleeping on a board - you woke up with aching hips etc where the pressure points were. We lobbed a 2" memory foam topper on it, which made it better - but still not good. We recently replaced that with a Nectar "mattress in a box" foam, plus a bit of tempura foam, and a temperature control layer on top. So far that seems pretty good - but early days. (it has a 365 Day free trial period, and a 10 year warranty (assuming they last that long!))