New bed/mattress advice please?
Hi,
My bed has come to end of it's natural life so I need a new one, and this weekend there are sales on at Dreams so it's the time to buy.
But looking at their website there are so many different styles of mattress and bed that its quite confusing.
I know I should nip down and lay on a few to test, but first to get an idea I was wondering as to which beds/mattresses you good people own and would recommend?
I think i'd like a divan for storage, but should I have a platform divan or sprung divan? Should the mattress be solely pocket sprung, pocket sprung and memory foamed, or solely memory foamed?
Confusing? You bet! :eek:
My bed has come to end of it's natural life so I need a new one, and this weekend there are sales on at Dreams so it's the time to buy.
But looking at their website there are so many different styles of mattress and bed that its quite confusing.
I know I should nip down and lay on a few to test, but first to get an idea I was wondering as to which beds/mattresses you good people own and would recommend?
I think i'd like a divan for storage, but should I have a platform divan or sprung divan? Should the mattress be solely pocket sprung, pocket sprung and memory foamed, or solely memory foamed?
Confusing? You bet! :eek:
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If you ask one hundred different people to recommend a mattress you will get one hundred different answers. Nobody can recommend the right mattress for YOU.
I have an orthopedic bed. It is fantastic and promotes a good night's sleep. I have had it 9 years and I have to turn the mattress every half year or it goes strange.
It has drawers below - but make sure you check how far your bedside table / drawers go in front of the side of the bed - i can't use 2 of the drawers! Should have gone for short drawers at the head end.
Problem is, buying a new mattress is such a big deal as they are so expensive. But I find they all feel pretty comfortable in the shop, but wouldn't know which would actually be best for a whole nights sleep. You do hear horror stories of people spending a fortune and then find they just overheat and sweat buckets in bed, ultimately really regretting the choice they made. I couldn't think of anything worse.
Maybe best to just go with what you are used to!!
The bed is largely irrelevant, the mattress is key.
I would recommend a sturdy wooden frame variety, where you can jam the duvet/covers under the bottom - hate with a passion feet poking out of the bottom.
Mattress - one of the (Silentnight?) memory foam topped ones that they sell in Dreams at about £500 a pop is hignly recommended. They also have a 10 year non-sag warranty on them.
After a couple of days on foam my back has stopped aching, it does feel like you are sleeping on a marshmallow though compared with a sprung mattress but it does seem to support your body's nooks and crannies.
For someone who just uses their bed to sleep in they should be superb.
we got a superking and it means we can both splay out and have plenty of room
I am a fmmr mattress man, the memory foam was too soft for me. I felt like I was sinking in to the mattress and it was not a nice experience for me. But as someone already said, you need to lie on them to see what is comfortable for you.
I believe dreams have a 14 night return policy so if it doesn't suit you, you can take it back
Our Memory Foam mattress is firmer and less bouncy than a sprung one. Just has a few nights away, and you really notice the difference.
You spend a lot of time in bed. It can be a really enjoyable experience and it can also be a bloody nightmare.
Since I'm relatively tall and suffer from lower back problems I went out years ago and bought the firmest bed I could find. It was fairly expensive, unknown name which I think no longer exists.
I had it for a few years and if anything the back problem became worse to the extent that I could no longer sleep on my back.
It wasn't until I finally ditched it and bought a Seally mattress with an integrated latex topper that I realised what a huge mistake I'd made. The first night was bliss, the mattress supports every part of my body whereas my previous one had created pressure points.
My back now feels a lot better and I can sleep on my back again.
Furniture Village also have quite a wide range of beds you can try out.
When you know which one you want have a look on the Argos site as they have a wide range and do some good deals.
No real problem with ours, though in the summer we normally have a large floor-standing fan on overnight, more due to the ambient heat in the room.
Still better than a spring one, enough foam underneath to support me. Backache from the previous one is subsiding nicely.
But you must try them, check the prices etc. to see what suits you
This is like asking people on the forum what sort of trousers you should wear!
ps - actually as an afterthought, scrap my previous comment - one thing you might check up on - when we bought our last but 1 or 2 mattress the current thinking was that an 'orthopaedic' mattress (and they came in varying degrees of hardness) was 'best' for you and although more expensive was the way to go.
Now I hear that thinking has changed and a cheaper softer mattress is just as good.
You might want to research that ?
As you say its an almost impossible thing. Going to a shop and trying them for a few seconds does nothing really other then telling you whether its a firm mattress of a soft one as it will give you no idea at all if it will be comfortable for several hours
Depends what they mean by soft. A matress should really support your body which means it should be as hard as it can be whilst still being comfortable for you
I agree that they dont need to be orthopaedic thats usualy just an excuse to charge a lot of money for them.
7 Day.
if you want a dirt cheap option, Netto's are banging oiut Memory foam Mattress toppers from Monday @ £20, £30 and £40 a pop size depending.
http://www.netto.co.uk/internet/nettog/menu/main.nsf