Buying a new mattress - advice please

[slowmotion]

I just deleted my post as you quoted me, having revised my view.

It's just part of the inevitable demise of the physical store. Shame, but there it is. Beds are substantially online.

The real world can be brutal. How we buy our beds doesn't amount to anything very important.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The real world can be brutal.

Run a shop at your peril - because online.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

But not eleven hundred quid's worth in my case. I can't say whether it might be in your case.

Compared to your fortunate position, I don't seem to have the same amount of cash to p#ss up the wall.

Not that it matters much, but we went to a bed specialist in Oxford, found a bed that worked for both of us, but couldn't afford it, and the ones we could afford weren't as comfortable.
After discussion with the bed man we carried on using our existing divan base - now maybe 20 years old, but serviceable, and he sold us the (ViSpring) mattress we liked as a shop ex-dem., for a similar sum to what you paid. Worked for the bed bloke, who'd been very patient and helpful, worked for us.

So no, I can't afford to piss money away any more than you, as a matter of fact - not sure why you made that assumption. We just went about the purchase in a different way.

(OP, if you can stomach it, it is a good way of getting a premium bad or mattress for a non-premium price)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

The real world can be brutal. How we buy our beds doesn't amount to anything very important.

Except to bed retailers, maybe.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

I think it was a Travel Lodge we stayed in once that told you what the mattress was and how to buy it.

Must admit it was a lovely nights sleep.

Might be worth the cost of the room to test it out if they still do that.

Yes Travellodge does publicise its beds. Available to purchase here:

https://sleepeezee.com/product/the-travelodge-dreamer/

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

When we replaced our Vispring we went for a lighter Hypnos mattress at half the price. Just as good and easier to lift up the corners when changing the sheets. Hypnos has lots of recycled bottles in its core, 100% recycled apparently and the company is in it's 7th year of being carbon neutral.

 

[Julia9054]

I did the usual thing that most people do and chose the mattress in the shop and then ran home to see if we could get it online cheaper. I couldn’t.
We have decided to buy a whole new bed and put our old bed in the spare room. We had intended to refurbish the spare room next year anyway.

 

[Drago]

Waterbed.

Best possible support. Never wears out, so every night is like laying in a new mattress. Relatively inexpensive. Cool in summer, warm in winter.

 

[mistyoptic]

Waterbed.

Best possible support. Never wears out, so every night is like laying in a new mattress. Relatively inexpensive. Cool in summer, warm in winter.

Not sure I'd trust the joists in our house. How much water does it hold?

nice to see you back BTW

 

[Drago]

About 500-700kg, dependent on size and depth, spread of 3 or 4 M2 so the loading is very low.

 

[Julia9054]

Waterbed.

Best possible support. Never wears out, so every night is like laying in a new mattress. Relatively inexpensive. Cool in summer, warm in winter.

Wasn’t there a whole thread on the merits of waterbeds a while back? Can’t remember what conclusion the Cyclechat massive came to.

 

[Drago]

Its has been discussed off and on. I wouldn't sleep on anyrhing else now.

 

[JtB]

We decided in April that we needed a new mattress and when we started looking we got the impression from all the marketing and reviews that “memory foam” was the only way to go these days. However, after 4 different “memory foam” mattresses we have come to the conclusion that “memory foam” is just one big con.

The “marketing” says “memory foam” adapts to your body and supports, the “reality” however is that it just sags under your body when it warms up. That’s ok if you lie still on your back all night straight as an arrow, but if you move about or lie on your side and pull up your legs then you find yourself on a slope. You also find yourself on a slope if you move too close to your partner (because then the two individual sags form one big sag) or if you move too close to the edge of the bed. Also, just because it sags doesn’t mean it’s soft, in fact “memory foam” is very firm which as a side sleeper means you wake up in the morning with aching hips, shoulders and legs.

I notice that most “memory foam” mattress reviews are written when the mattress is brand new, but if you look at those reviews written after the trial periods have ended then you see quite a few reviews mentioning permanently sagging mattresses.

Anyway, after 8 months, 4 different “memory foam” mattresses and a mattress topper we have finally given up on “memory foam” and gone with a traditional “pocket spring” natural wool mattress instead. It’s a bit scary going with a traditional mattress because (unlike with “memory foam”) you don’t get a trial period. But our “pocket spring” mattress arrived yesterday and we’ve just had our best night’s sleep in ages. This pocket “spring mattress” is just worlds apart from the “memory foam” mattresses that we tried and when you look at the “pocket spring” mattress reviews it seems we’re not the only ones who think so.

 

[T4tomo]

This is one of my big questions. What is the advantage of memory foam over a traditional spring mattress? I bought a memory foam pillow to try and solve my neck issues but don't really like it - it seems too firm. Also not keen on the "too hot" issue. As a menopausal woman, I can do "boiling hot at night" all by myself!

defo avoid a memory foam mattress then

A thin memory foam topper can be beneficial though as less susceptible to heating up.

we haven't gone down the split mattress route but my OH has an extra layer of duvet on her side as I run hot and she hasn't yet started the heating up phase.

 

[Mo1959]

I’m using organic latex now and like it. It came in 3 layers that you can arrange depending on if you want the firmer or softer layer on top. I have the soft layer on top but it’s still got plenty support. No nasty toxins to be released either.