Recommend me a mattress

[sleaterkinney]

King size bed, medium/firm.

 

[mauvais]

What's your budget?

 

[danny la rouge]

Get a mattress.

 

[spudulike]

I prefer a futon. I bought a new four layer futon a few months back. Love it!

But... Recommended you turn and roll them daily, which would be quite a commitment with a king size.

 

[strung out]

We've got a Tempur. Probably the best mattress I've ever slept on.

 

[bellaozzydog]

I got one of these recently

Emma Sleep – The Sleep Company

Enjoy ultimate comfort with Emma's sleep products developed by sleep experts. Buy award-winning mattresses, bed frames, toppers, pillows & many accessories!

www.emma-mattress.co.uk

arrive quick in a ridiculously small box
Once it unfurled it was super comfy
A sort of space mattress feel but not as extreme

no complaints from me, nice comfy nights sleep

 

[sleaterkinney]

What's your budget?

They can be quite expensive from what I see. I don’t know, it’s not something I’ve bought a lot before.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Get a mattress.

Which one?

 

[danny la rouge]

Which one?

The highest spring count you can afford.

 

[Callie]

I got one of these recently

Emma Sleep – The Sleep Company

Enjoy ultimate comfort with Emma's sleep products developed by sleep experts. Buy award-winning mattresses, bed frames, toppers, pillows & many accessories!

www.emma-mattress.co.uk

arrive quick in a ridiculously small box
Once it unfurled it was super comfy
A sort of space mattress feel but not as extreme

no complaints from me, nice comfy nights sleep

If you don't like it and want to send it back how do you get it back in the box??

 

[killer b]

The highest spring count you can afford.

do you work for the mattress marketing board?

 

[mauvais]

When we're done rebuilding our bedroom I think we'll buy a John Ryan By Design one. They're expensive though.

Their website and articles are pretty interesting even if you have no intention of buying from them - some good buyers guides and mythbusting.

 

[danny la rouge]

do you work for the mattress marketing board?

No. But I’m open to offers.

 

[strung out]

If you don't like it and want to send it back how do you get it back in the box??

We sent back an Emma mattress that my wife hated. I think an external company (charity?) came to pick it up and we didn't have to put it back in the box, just the plastic wrapping. Not sure what happened to it after that, but it was very stress free, except for the anxiety of having to order another mattress to be delivered from Tempur and hoping it wasn't crap!

 

[hash tag]

We've got a Tempur. Probably the best mattress I've ever slept on.

Dreadful. Much too hot

 

[Sweet FA]

We got rid of an ancient mattress last year; bought a new one and after 2 nights on a new mattress, the painful and annoying back pain I'd had for years and years stopped completely. I hadn't even considered the bed - I always slept really well in it; in fact I resisted a new mattress on the grounds that it might make my back hurt more. Pillock.

Anyway, we got one of these and it's great.

Hybrid Bamboo Memory Foam Mattress With Charcoal

The First Mattress in the U.K. to use the antibacterial and sustainable benefits of bamboo memory foam along with the antibacterial and health benefits of activated charcoal. Add up to 2000 encapsulated pocket springs and you have the perfect hybrid mattress.

otty.com

Odd when it arrives; packed in a box then expands into being.

 

[hash tag]

An old boss of mine had a bad back and could only sleep on a water bed

 

[Saunders]

I really recommend OTTY. Most comfortable mattress I’ve ever owned.

 

[bellaozzydog]

If you don't like it and want to send it back how do you get it back in the box??

I think that’s the grift

 

[bellaozzydog]

Dreadful. Much too hot

yep I found the tempur too hot, to expensive and the surface texture of it I found too strange. You really do sink into them and they are quite hard work.
good for shagging though

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

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[mauvais]

I feel like anything that unrolls, expands or otherwise unpacks itself from a compacted state is probably of questionable structure and durability.

Also someone mentioned spring count - more springs are good up to a point, but there is an upper limit constrained by physical space at which point it moves into marketing shit - mini springs or springs combined to get the number up. Between 1000 and 1500 is sensible.

 

[marty21]

MANUFACTURERS OF HANDMADE WOODEN BEDS , NATURAL FILLED MATTRESSES, BY LITVINOFF & FAWCETT, LONDON, SHOREDITCH, HACKNEY.

LITVINOFF AND FAWCETT Handmade wooden beds and bespoke mattresses, natural fillings direct from the maker. Hackney Rd, LONDON , UK

landf.co.uk

We go here every decade or so, on our 3rd mattress from then. Not sure if you are in London.

 

[Saul Goodman]

I prefer a futon.

Futon? Luxury! I prefer to sleep in an active volcano!

 

[spudulike]

Futon? Luxury! I prefer to sleep in an active volcano!

Most years I go camping with my SiL and two grandsons. To keep in practise I'll sleep on a self inflating mat on the bedroom floor a few nights. Dedicated grandad, that's me.

 

[Callie]

I feel like anything that unrolls, expands or otherwise unpacks itself from a compacted state is probably of questionable structure and durability.

Also someone mentioned spring count - more springs are good up to a point, but there is an upper limit constrained by physical space at which point it moves into marketing shit - mini springs or springs combined to get the number up. Between 1000 and 1500 is sensible.

How do you feel about octasprings?

I've seen too much mattress infomercials

 

[mauvais]

How do you feel about octasprings?

I've seen too much mattress infomercials

Never heard of them before, but looking now, they seem to be memory foam springs. I suppose my main question is: why? It makes it much easier for the mattress company to store and ship their product, but does it offer any benefit to the consumer? Traditional pocket springs have a very long history. Foam springs possibly haven't been around long enough to know how they perform a few years later.

 

[Callie]

I was hoping they might send you off into an incandescent rage. That's why!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Futon? Luxury! I prefer to sleep in an active volcano!

A real futon though seemingly far more hardcore is actually incredibly comfortable. No matter what you see or search for in the UK from the 'traditional real japanese futon company', they are just not the same thing at all.

They never come in doubles, they are probably less than an inch thick and fold into three to fit in the cupboard.

 

[platinumsage]

Octasprings are no subsitute for actual springs. They're just memory foam, but with gaps. Maybe they offer improved ventilation but they can't offer more support or springiness than memory foam without gaps.