Mattresses.........How Much????

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We bought a bed 18/19 years ago for £500 which included the mattress. It was a wood frame, very solid and still in great condition. The mattress has also lasted well but still overdue for a change.

Bought a new bed at the weekend. Another wooden frame but £409 (without mattress). Seems ok as we're going from double to king. Then Mrs F decides she'd like a Tempur mattress..........£1,499!!!* :eek:






*and that was the cheapest one!
 
Marc said:
We bought a bed 18/19 years ago for £500 which included the mattress. It was a wood frame, very solid and still in great condition. The mattress has also lasted well but still overdue for a change.

Bought a new bed at the weekend. Another wooden frame but £409 (without mattress). Seems ok as we're going from double to king. Then Mrs F decides she'd like a Tempur mattress..........£1,499!!!* :eek:






*and that was the cheapest one!
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Our bed type was dictated by the missus. She has a disability, so it is important we had the right bed. Ours is probably due to be replaced soon, not looking forward to it, as something always goes wrong.
 
The mattress should be changed every so many years, but how many of us actually do?
 
Dreams currently has a king size Tempur from £1100 so there are cheaper ones out there. I wouldn’t pay that much for a mattress though. We bought a Hypnos king size for £800 last year (from John Lewis on special offer), it’s one that Premier Inn specify and it’s really comfortable. Very firm spring base but with a soft topper layer.

I’m sure they used to say to replace a mattress every 10-12 years but that seems to have crept down to 8 nowadays. Presumably something the manufacturers have come up with to boost sales.
 
jonbeeza said:
Our bed type was dictated by the missus. She has a disability, so it is important we had the right bed. Ours is probably due to be replaced soon, not looking forward to it, as something always goes wrong.
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In our case it's my disability and she persuaded me it was to my benefit.

jonbeeza said:
The mattress should be changed every so many years, but how many of us actually do?
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Every 6-8 years apparently but I would imagine most people don't and, for the cost, people will want to get as much use as possible out of it.
 
we spend more than a third of our lives on a bed so the right one is important..
My last mattress was by John Ryan by design . provided that the matrass is adequately supported and ventilated the bed is relatively unimportant..

A modern pocket spring mattress of the correct weight support and with the correct comfort layers and construction will ensure excellent comfort and sleep conditions..
Whilst a Topper is not essential it does extend the life and comfort of a mattress.
I use a doubles sided pure Marino wool one from Australia. while that might sound rather overkill and hot it is not in practice. It slightly firms up the mattress but regulates the temperature and "sweatiness" to feel cool in summer and warm in winter.

Anyone looking to buy a new mattress should read this https://johnryanbydesign.co.uk/understanding-beds/how-to-choose-a-mattress/ even if they decide to buy elsewhere.
It will give a better understanding of the " Reasons Why" in mattresses.

I bought a new one from them 8 years ago and it is still like new. so exceptional value. (If you saw it in a showroom you would think it was new.)

You can even get them made up to support different weights and firmness each side.
I can not stand the sweatiness of a rubber or plastic foam mattress even in winter.
 
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If you possibly can, try sleeping on a Tempur mattress. Mum and Dad had one and while Mrs Nod and I were house-sitting, we tried it. Hated it!

Actually got a Simba arriving this afternoon, to replace an 8 year old Eve which I have flattened!

Break down a mattress cost to a per-night figure and they're remarkably good value, even at Tempur prices (if you like them.)
 
Marc said:
We bought a bed 18/19 years ago for £500 which included the mattress. It was a wood frame, very solid and still in great condition. The mattress has also lasted well but still overdue for a change.

Bought a new bed at the weekend. Another wooden frame but £409 (without mattress). Seems ok as we're going from double to king. Then Mrs F decides she'd like a Tempur mattress..........£1,499!!!* :eek:






*and that was the cheapest one!
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I suggest you make sure the frame is suitable for the mattress. We had a mattress on a single wooden frame with slats, the mattress became lumpy. We claimed as it was still under guarantee but the chap who came to check though it was due to the slats being too far apart and recommended using a plywood base.
 
Brentor said:
I suggest you make sure the frame is suitable for the mattress. We had a mattress on a single wooden frame with slats, the mattress became lumpy. We claimed as it was still under guarantee but the chap who came to check though it was due to the slats being too far apart and recommended using a plywood base.
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That is true. I use a slatted base, but have doubled up the number of slats to only give 1/2" gaps and covered that with with a previous polyester topper to prevent wear. Any pocket sprung mattress needs the pocket springs supported. A perforated plywood sheet over the slats would also work, but would give less spring. either would be better than a poorly made divan or sprung base. though a matching quality sprung base for the mattress should be best of all.
 
We've got a sheet of hardboard over the slats.
 
Marc said:
We bought a bed 18/19 years ago for £500 which included the mattress. It was a wood frame, very solid and still in great condition. The mattress has also lasted well but still overdue for a change.

Bought a new bed at the weekend. Another wooden frame but £409 (without mattress). Seems ok as we're going from double to king. Then Mrs F decides she'd like a Tempur mattress..........£1,499!!!* :eek:

*and that was the cheapest one!
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We've been looking at new beds too, and I'm a bit puzzled. We had king size in SA, but it was 6ft wide (like two single beds) and queen was 5ft. The UK ones seem smaller?
 
In the UK, Super King is 6' wide (and 6'6" long) while Queen is 4' x 6'3". Depending on retailer!
 
My dad had a Tempur mattress years ago and I had the misfortune of spending the night in it whilst house-sitting for him. It was like sleeping on a lump of sticky glue and was the most uncomfortable mattress I've ever slept on. When I woke in the morning, I was on the floor with the duvet folded in half with half as a mattress.

Never again . . .
 
I'm glad I have simple tastes.

I had a vispring for a long time and it was pretty nice. When we moved we got a new bed and a brand new IKEA mattress seemed way more comfortable than an old vispring :) I can't imagine it was much more than £200.
 
IKEA super king size for us
 
IKEA mattresses are 'Continental' sizes and longer than standard I discovered. I found a bargain, hardwood sleigh bed on Facebook marketplace, a standard double to replace the old IKEA bed in the spare room. The old IKEA mattress was 3” too long so had to be replaced too, not something I’d considered.
 
Cartus said:
IKEA mattresses are 'Continental' sizes and longer than standard I discovered. I found a bargain, hardwood sleigh bed on Facebook marketplace, a standard double to replace the old IKEA bed in the spare room. The old IKEA mattress was 3” too long so had to be replaced too, not something I’d considered.
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Not any more.

They make both sizes now.
 
There are lots of companies out there now offering 100 nights risk free trial. You could in theory try a few of them in turn, and return each one after the trial period is up.

Years ago, we bought one of those EVE memory foam mattresses after reading some rave reviews about them. Although it was supremely comfortable, my wife didn't like it during the summer as she got too warm which is a common complaint about memory foam ones in general.

Anyway, we took them up on their offer to refund us after the 3 months trial was up, which they did, but then after a week saying they would arrange collection, they asked if we had any friends or relatives that might want to try it and to give it to them. I suspect this was cheaper than collecting/recycling it. I sold it on Ebay a few months later...

I see they now offer refurbished ones, so likely have a process in place to strip off the thinner top layer of memory foam and replace it with a new cover and sell it for less than new.
 
The Simba trial is currently 200 nights. Wasted one night of that leaving it to fully inflate on the lounge floor.
 
Nod said:
The Simba trial is currently 200 nights. Wasted one night of that leaving it to fully inflate on the lounge floor.
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I don't understand the 200 nights trial thing, have heard it on adverts - what happens when you decide you don't want it after 199 nights? Surely they aren't going to try re-sell it! :oops: :$ I gues they recycle them? it's a brave offer, I wonder how many just use them for a few weeks because they have guests then go 'nah, not for us, take it back'!
 
Depends on whether the mattress is considered reusable or not. If it's "soiled", it gets recycled (it's a "hybrid" so presumably they fettle it down to its components for recycling appropriately) but if its clean enough, they donate it to a suitable cause (all this is from their blurb!).

Hopefully, we won't need to go through the returns/refund process.
 
I slept on a Tempura mattress on holidays and it was really warm, not what I want in bed apart from a few nights of the year. We ended up buying a silentnight geltex 1350 and would buy another without hesitation.
 
Cagey75 said:
I don't understand the 200 nights trial thing, have heard it on adverts - what happens when you decide you don't want it after 199 nights? Surely they aren't going to try re-sell it! :oops: :$ I gues they recycle them? it's a brave offer, I wonder how many just use them for a few weeks because they have guests then go 'nah, not for us, take it back'!
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The likes of Simba, Eve and Emma have outlet stores on eBay and sell their trial mattresses on their for 50/60% off the RRP - from their descriptions they replace anything that isn't quite right and replace the cover with a new one.

I've not bought one, but my partner and I were in the market late last year before ultimately moving into a furnished rental property.
 
Just like that, Simba currently have their Hybrid range cheap on eBay - £180 for a refurb Super King delivered - link to the HUKD thread here
 
i quite like latex mattresses, got one about 7 years ago - i much prefer it to the foam mattress that i had before and probably better for the environment than foam - the only downside is they weigh a ton so flipping it takes some effort (usually flip it about once a month)
 
I wouldn't pay tuppence for a Tempur mattress.
If you want something decent buy a Hypnos and the 6-8 year changing rubbish wont apply
 
I'm a bit gutted here, I'm sure I read the title as 'mistresses....how much?' but all I read about was empty beds.

Seriously though, we bought an Emma kingsize mattress ( in their "sale") , IMHO the best sleep investment ever.
 
mex said:
I'm a bit gutted here, I'm sure I read the title as 'mistresses....how much?' but all I read about was empty beds.
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LOL! :ROFLMAO:

That reminds me of the joke, 'What do you call something that comes between a mister and a mattress? A mistress.' :love:
 
Our main bed has a traditional pockets sprung mattress bought from Dreams 16 years ago for £900, and is still supremely comfortable (regularly turned so as to spread the load (I am twice my wife's weight!)).
For a spare bed we bought an Eve mattress. I hated it, was too hot and just couldn't get comfortable, whilst my wife loves it (or maybe that's a hint)
 
We got a Silentnight Mirapocket 1000 Geltex Pillow Top Mattress it's the best one we have had .

Sean
 
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