Buying a New Mattress - advice please?

moggins · 9 March 2005 at 10:45AM

I'm waking up every morning in incredible pain with my neck and lower back, I know I'm getting on a bit (hit 40 next month) but think we may be in the market for a new mattress.

How do I go about choosing the right one for me, we don't have megabucks to play with (probably about £300) so I definitely can't afford one of those Tempur ones.

How do I know if my problems are caused by a too hard or too soft mattress, I haven't got the faintest idea how to do this, I've only ever bought what I could afford before which was never very much.

I would really really appreciate some help, I'm in so much pain that I am snappy with the kids all the time and it's really starting to affect my life badly.

fatboyonadiet · 9 March 2005 at 10:56AM

Might be worth asking your Dr, know someone who has done this before, or maybe a Physio?

Worth visiting a few shops, some will give better advice then others and then maybe finding a retailer that sells cheap mattresses rather than getting one from High St, there is a good one in Manchester, not sure where you're located.

Js_Other_Half · 9 March 2005 at 11:18AM

You can afford a mattress made from the same material as the tempur ones though...

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.consumers.uk-discounts.and.bargains/msg/4cdb57490b124a4c?q=mattress&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&rnum=1

This are the links to the german ebay sellers mentioned above:-
http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsofindtypeZ15QQuseridZconcept-wohnen-gmbhQQfclZ3QQampQ3BsspagenameZhQ3AhQ3AadvsearchQ3AUkQQsacatZ-1QQsofocusZbsQQcatrefZC5QQfromZR7QQpfidZ0QQsinceZ30QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQfrppZ50

http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsofindtypeZ15QQuseridZknowhow11QQfclZ3QQampQ3BsspagenameZhQ3AhQ3AadvsearchQ3AUkQQsacatZ-1QQsofocusZbsQQcatrefZC5QQfromZR7QQpfidZ0QQsinceZ30QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQfrppZ50

Here are a couple of other sites too:-
http://www.miraflex.co.uk/
http://www.memory-foam-warehouse.co.uk/

hth

moggins · 9 March 2005 at 11:31AM

Oh my word!!!

Thank you so much for that link, I will definitely have a look on e-bay now, I would never have believed you could get one for that price.

elona · 9 March 2005 at 1:40PM

Moggins

It might be worth seeing your doctor anyway just to get a check up.

Good luck

:):)

alanobrien · 9 March 2005 at 2:18PM

moggins wrote:

I'm waking up every morning in incredible pain with my neck and lower back, I know I'm getting on a bit (hit 40 next month) but think we may be in the market for a new mattress.

How do I go about choosing the right one for me, we don't have megabucks to play with (probably about £300) so I definitely can't afford one of those Tempur ones.

How do I know if my problems are caused by a too hard or too soft mattress, I haven't got the faintest idea how to do this, I've only ever bought what I could afford before which was never very much.

I would really really appreciate some help, I'm in so much pain that I am snappy with the kids all the time and it's really starting to affect my life badly.

Also take a look here;

https://www.sleeponit.co.uk

Js_Other_Half · 11 March 2005 at 6:32PM

moggins wrote:

Oh my word!!!

Thank you so much for that link, I will definitely have a look on e-bay now, I would never have believed you could get one for that price.

You're welcome - glad to have been of help.

If you live 'oop North' Tradex are about to do some memory mattress soon too.

LionKing · 28 March 2005 at 2:26AM

Hi,

Am i missing something. Have read the review and trying to purchase a mattress but they seem to be in the £300+ region...not £100 as stated.

Has anyone had success getting at lower price and can they send link as having trouble understanding German!

Js_Other_Half · 28 March 2005 at 12:49PM

http://babelfish.altavista.com/ translates blocks of up to 150 words. As for why they are dearer, perhaps the original reviewer wanted a single bed size?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20479&item=4366943720&rd=1 is currently 174 euros, (£120 ish) with 7 hours to go...

Here is a link for all the memory foam mattresses currently on sale by knowhow:-
http://stores.ebay.de/Firma-Knowhow-Gesundheitsprodukte_Viskose-Matratzen_W0QQssPageNameZVIStoreHeaderLinksQQtZkm

Here is a link for a mattress from concept wohnen gmbh (if you scroll to the bottom of the page, it gives you other option sizes for the mattresses)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20479&item=4366947118&rd=1
Current price 179 Euros, about £124 with 4 hours to go for a mattress with a 12 year guarantee.

hth

unicorn · 28 March 2005 at 2:52PM

I bought one of these mattresses from the second Ebay link from Germany, I too suffer with back problems and have had no trouble with at all, my other half also said it is comfy (still does'nt stop him snoring) but at least I don't have backache when I get up.

StephenB_2 · 28 March 2005 at 8:22PM

fatboyonadiet wrote:

Worth visiting a few shops, some will give better advice then others and then maybe finding a retailer that sells cheap mattresses rather than getting one from High St, there is a good one in Manchester, not sure where you're located.

Who and where in Manchester? TIA

SJB

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