Tips on buying a new bed

pepsicola_2

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

Sorry, due to forum rules I come on here to give general advice, but I am not allowed to give any advice in the forums that I could gain from.

this is bed salesmans talk for i sell beds so get in touch :rolleyes:

can you give us the numerous links to ikea beds that have collapsed please

Tim_Deegan

pepsicola wrote: »

this is bed salesmans talk for i sell beds so get in touch :rolleyes:

can you give us the numerous links to ikea beds that have collapsed please

Why don't you just read it as it is............I can only give general advice. Stop this paranoia. All you are doing is putting people who need advice from using the forums for what they are intended for.

Helonearth wrote: »

I would advise being careful which frame you buy. I bought an 'Aneboda' double bed frame about 6 months ago which isn't used regularly. The weight of the mattress alone has made the frame bend. I think the problem is with the midbeam flexing, so I am going to try putting an extra support underneath the centre of the bed, but just a warning that sometimes the frames are a little too slender for real use. The mattresses however are lovely!

dinkydudette wrote: »

He he he he!!! My boyfriend fell right through one, I had to go out and get extra strong wood glue, nails and a piece of wood to fix it.
:rotfl:

KittyKate wrote: »

I bought an IKEA bed & mattress - never again! The bed fell to bits in under 2 years and the (foam) mattress was like sleeping on a brick.

As far as I can remember, the sizes are slightly different, it depends on your style of bed, but it's nothing major. A little gap is certainly worth a quality mattress. Your back will thank you!

melbury wrote: »

My husband works at a school and they bought Ikea furniture for the bedrooms which he says is total C**P!! and he wouldn't have the stuff in the house. Reckons it looks like thick cardboard - really rubbish quality.

However, I have never been to Ikea and seen their stuff for myself, so cannot really voice a first hand opinion.

cheeks wrote: »

I bought an Ikea bed and mattress several years ago but a few months after we bought it my husband knealt on the bed and put his knee through one of the slats on the bottom! The mattress was terrible, after only a couple of years all the springs were sticking up and it was all lumpy, sorry, i can't recommed them.

markelock wrote: »

I wouldn't bother. The mattresses are very average (in my opinion) As for the guarantees, you'll want to keep hold of your receipt. And as already pointed out, the sizing is slightly different

These are just a few. There are loads more if you are really that bothered about searching, but I'm not wasting any more of my time on your paranoia.

I suppose you are now going to accuse all the above posters of being my stooges are you?

brigittejohn

I have a Superking (i.e. 2m x 2m) Ikea bed that was bought more than 10 years ago.

Never had any problems with it. In fact I love it, and everyone that visit my home is envious of our large lovely bed.

Would never get anything else.

I could choose the mattress that suited me, with a lovely mattress pad, so it never get dirty and can be washed.

Hope that helps.
Brigitte

pineapple

I bought a memory foam mattress actually AGAINST the advice of the salesperson. I thought it might help my bad back. What it does do, is heat up like a furnace at all contact points. I can't say I wasn't warned. Result, I toss and turn and keep migrating to cooler areas all night. So the back is actually worse!

Tim_Deegan

pineapple wrote: »

I bought a memory foam mattress actually AGAINST the advice of the salesperson. I thought it might help my bad back. What it does do, is heat up like a furnace at all contact points. I can't say I wasn't warned. Result, I toss and turn and keep migrating to cooler areas all night. So the back is actually worse!

How deep is the memory foam?

What density is the memory foam?

And is it reflex foam under the memory foam rather than springs?

want2bmortgage3

I have not had a problem with ikea slats, as long as you put it together correctly, using the spacers to stretch the slats out, then I cant see how they can move enough to fall through. My mate got a malm and said the slats keep falling down but I'm pretty sure he hasnt put it together properly and plan to have a look next time I see him!!

A._Badger

FWIW, the last two beds I have bought (for myself) have been made by Relyon. They aren't the cheapest but they have been fantastic value in the long run, because they have remained comfortable for years.

For a spare room, we bought a Myers - again, not the cheapest, but not a patch on the Relyons.

I get the feeling that beds are one area where you do tend to get what you pay for.

Tim_Deegan

A._Badger wrote: »

I get the feeling that beds are one area where you do tend to get what you pay for.

Not true.......you can get very high quality beds, for very low prices if you stay away from the big brand names.

Many of the big brands have also started lowering quality in order to cut production costs.

A._Badger

That may, or may not, be the case. But all we can do here is go by our own experience, which we share. Mine has been that cheap beds have never been worth the price paid - and that's a lesson I learned long ago, the hard way.

You may be correct and there may be cheap beds worth buying, but how are we to tell? I'd be reluctant to take the word of a salesman unless he could actually back-up what he was saying, with some evidence.

Tim_Deegan

A._Badger wrote: »

That may, or may not, be the case. But all we can do here is go by our own experience, which we share. Mine has been that cheap beds have never been worth the price paid - and that's a lesson I learned long ago, the hard way.

You may be correct and there may be cheap beds worth buying, but how are we to tell? I'd be reluctant to take the word of a salesman unless he could actually back-up what he was saying, with some evidence.

Have a look at the 'which mattress' thread.