Which mattress? (merged threads)

PINGA14

Nile wrote: »

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Nile

Apologies if I've done something I shouldn't. Tim had posted the link for the brass bed which was exactly the same as the one I wanted in silver. He said that he would look for the same in silver for me as I couldn't find one that was reasonably priced. As far as I was aware, that wasn't his company couldn't understand why posting the same bed in silver would matter in that case.

Tim_Deegan

tedster123 wrote: »

basically broke as a badger so decided to get a bed second hand, not the best idea I have had in the world but was a Myers pocket sprung divan 8 months old for £60 - too good to be true - actually yes - turns out the whole thing smells of damp - went through whole bottle of fabreeze and aired it for a week to no avail as well as every home remedy i could try even put baking soda on it for 24hrs and spotted parts with cinnamon (natural anti-fungal apparently)

The base is solid so think the smell is really coming from the mattress - what is the cheapest good matress I can buy - I have seen that the open spring type are cheaper what are the disadvantages over a pocket sprung - I am a 17st guy if that has any weighting - can I get one for £100 even that would be a lot at the moment but could push maybe to £120 inc delivery.

You should be able to get a mid range open coil sprung mattress for that price, but I'm afraid pocket sprung wouldbe out of the question.

Tim_Deegan

loulou41 wrote: »

Just wonder how often do you have to rotate a single sided memory foam mattress lengthways!! The mattress is very heavy. Thanks

At least once every two weeks.

womble23

I started reading a number of the pages of the forum and at 106 pages and with numerous opinions I started to get a headache.....

Could anyone help me, like most posters I'd like to get a memory foam bed but I'm stumped at the first choice, which appears to be between a pocket sprung and a hard foam base? Then depending on what is best, it's then to try and work out what actual bed to go for?

Can anyone help or point me to a nice independent site that can give me an overview of the options?

From what I have seen, their appears to be no reason to justify going for Tempur given that everyone else sells for significantly less? And I guess that like a number of other people have also been 'drawn' in by the Ergoflex website but have also read about people's suspicions about that company.
So all in all, I've been left confused and would appreciate some help and advice................

Ohh forgot to mention, that my bed is a wooden frame, slatted one.

meggiedude

womble23 wrote: »

I started reading a number of the pages of the forum and at 106 pages and with numerous opinions I started to get a headache.....

Could anyone help me, like most posters I'd like to get a memory foam bed but I'm stumped at the first choice, which appears to be between a pocket sprung and a hard foam base? Then depending on what is best, it's then to try and work out what actual bed to go for?

Can anyone help or point me to a nice independent site that can give me an overview of the options?

From what I have seen, their appears to be no reason to justify going for Tempur given that everyone else sells for significantly less? And I guess that like a number of other people have also been 'drawn' in by the Ergoflex website but have also read about people's suspicions about that company.
So all in all, I've been left confused and would appreciate some help and advice................

Ohh forgot to mention, that my bed is a wooden frame, slatted one.

Exactly the same issue womble23. See my post above.:T

Tim_Deegan

womble23 wrote: »

I started reading a number of the pages of the forum and at 106 pages and with numerous opinions I started to get a headache.....

Could anyone help me, like most posters I'd like to get a memory foam bed but I'm stumped at the first choice, which appears to be between a pocket sprung and a hard foam base? Then depending on what is best, it's then to try and work out what actual bed to go for?

Can anyone help or point me to a nice independent site that can give me an overview of the options?

From what I have seen, their appears to be no reason to justify going for Tempur given that everyone else sells for significantly less? And I guess that like a number of other people have also been 'drawn' in by the Ergoflex website but have also read about people's suspicions about that company.
So all in all, I've been left confused and would appreciate some help and advice................

Ohh forgot to mention, that my bed is a wooden frame, slatted one.

I'll try and explain best I can why you are better off going for pocket sprung/memory foam:

Pocket springs work independently, so if you push down on one spring, then it doesn't push down on the springs around it. If you push down on reflex foam (which is basically sponge) the area surrounding it will slope in towards the depression. This is why pocket springs give better support where it is needed by contouring to your body.

Also with proper pocket springs (not the smaller ones surrounded by reflex foam), air can circulate through the spring layer to dissipate the heat. With reflex foam under it the heat can just build up due to lack of air flow.

There are two main reasons why most memory foam mattresses on the market are reflex/memory foam.

1. Because anyone can make one. All you have to do is take a slab of reflex foam, then glue a layer of memory foam to it then put it in a cover. For this reason there have been companies springing up all over the place to jump on the memory foam band wagon. Mattress that are made from springs and memory foam are made by skilled mattress makers with years of experience and development in the bed industry.
2. The other reason is because many reflex/memory foam mattresses come vacuum packed and rolled up, so the transport costs are a fraction of those for proper mattresses.

meggiedude

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

I'll try and explain best I can why you are better off going for pocket sprung/memory foam:

Pocket springs work independently, so if you push down on one spring, then it doesn't push down on the springs around it. If you push down on reflex foam (which is basically sponge) the area surrounding it will slope in towards the depression. This is why pocket springs give better support where it is needed by contouring to your body.

Also with proper pocket springs (not the smaller ones surrounded by reflex foam), air can circulate through the spring layer to dissipate the heat. With reflex foam under it the heat can just build up due to lack of air flow.

There are two main reasons why most memory foam mattresses on the market are reflex/memory foam.

1. Because anyone can make one. All you have to do is take a slab of reflex foam, then glue a layer of memory foam to it then put it in a cover. For this reason there have been companies springing up all over the place to jump on the memory foam band wagon. Mattress that are made from springs and memory foam are made by skilled mattress makers with years of experience and development in the bed industry.
2. The other reason is because many reflex/memory foam mattresses come vacuum packed and rolled up, so the transport costs are a fraction of those for proper mattresses.

Thanks for the response to this Tim,
I have the same requirements it seems to womble23.
I understand the points you are making.

My concern with the pocket sprung mattresses with or without memory foam top is that the pocketted springs pass between the slats of the bedstead?? Don't you have to fit something else?? pegboard - whatever that is??. Does this not compromise the effectiveness of my slatted frame?

womble23

meggiedude wrote: »

Thanks for the response to this Tim,
I have the same requirements it seems to womble23.
I understand the points you are making.

My concern with the pocket sprung mattresses with or without memory foam top is that the pocketted springs pass between the slats of the bedstead?? Don't you have to fit something else?? pegboard - whatever that is??. Does this not compromise the effectiveness of my slatted frame?

Tim,

Thanks from me as well. Meggiedude has beaten me to it in terms of the slats question.

I do have another myself, are you (or anyone else) able to suggest a top 5 (or so) manufactures or even makes that should be considered? Or even point me to any resource that might be able to suggest a similar list.

Thanks.

Tim_Deegan

meggiedude wrote: »

Thanks for the response to this Tim,
I have the same requirements it seems to womble23.
I understand the points you are making.

My concern with the pocket sprung mattresses with or without memory foam top is that the pocketted springs pass between the slats of the bedstead?? Don't you have to fit something else?? pegboard - whatever that is??. Does this not compromise the effectiveness of my slatted frame?

If the mattress has memory foam on both sides then it would be ok with gaps of up to 3". If it only has pocket springs on the side that is in contact with the slats then you would either have to add extra slats to close the gaps up to 1", or you could use peg board (hard board will do) to spread the weight out.

Tim_Deegan

womble23 wrote: »

Tim,

Thanks from me as well. Meggiedude has beaten me to it in terms of the slats question.

I do have another myself, are you (or anyone else) able to suggest a top 5 (or so) manufactures or even makes that should be considered? Or even point me to any resource that might be able to suggest a similar list.

Thanks.

Unfortunately I'n not allowed to, sorry.