memory foam matress and pillow

dazco

My brother has what he calls a latex mattress. When I go to visit him I cause arguments between him and his missus so I can sleep in this bed with him. ( WHAT? ) Is this the same kind of mattress.

Just re-read this and I must point out I do it to sleep in the bed , not with him.

It puts my back back for me ( good syntax )

Cost him £700. Is it the same?

Lord_Gardener

Re concept-wohnen-gmbh (link in above messages), they sell both in English and German on ebay. We have purchased several of times from them via auction. Mattresses are really good memory foam - not just toppers and are much cheaper than Tempur! They have a 12 year guarantee and a large range of sizes. Just measure up your current mattress and send them the figures (they can usually find one to fit!). I recommend that you bid/buy in Euro's rather than pounds 'cos it usually works out cheaper. The pillows are good too. Re your electric blanket, you can send them an email via their shop - English is not a problem.

LG

boatman

One of the first foam mattress companies, possibly the best is:

http://www.magniflex.it/2005/eng/index.htm
Magniflex

Uk prices:
http://www.brandbury.co.uk/matts.htm
Relaxsan by Magniflex,Relaxsan mattresses including Orthsoft and Waterlattex at the cheapest delivered prices in the UK

http://www.dreamtyme.co.uk/acatalog/Mattresses.html
Dreamtyme Mattresses

Memory Foam Matress Toppers single £60, double£76,king £87
http://www.dreamtyme.co.uk/acatalog/Mattress_Toppers.html
Dreamtyme Mattress Toppers

lolly5648

I have had a memory foam mattress (Tempur) for around 6 months and hate it. I get back ache and neck ache and find it very hot. (My husband loves it) I find that I sleep in the same curled up position all night - its supposed to stop you tossing and turning - and when I wake up I ache. I really regret getting it.

Only realised how bad it was when I stayed in a hotel bed for a couple of nights and had no aches and pains.

mps_3

Some more info and cheaper including free pillows.
http://thanedirect.co.uk/products/lifestyle/truesleeper/truesleeper.php

:beer:

Rhiannon_of_Woolamai

We bought a Tempur Superking memory foam mattress about 6 months ago from Back in Action. http://www.backinaction.co.uk/?action=tempurgoogle&linkfrom=googleadwords1
They say that they will beat any other quote you have.

I haggled and haggled the price down and got 2 free millenium pillows out of them too. We paid around £1150 for the Tempur superking 25cm depth with 2 millenium pillows. We spent ages researching it. We also went to showrooms and tried other cheaper memory foam mattresses e.g. eurolux, etc.. but they just weren't as good.

The good thing about "Back in Action" is that they will give you the mattress VAT free if you fill in a form saying that there is a medical reason for it. I put on it that we had a bad back and neck and had being seeing the osteopath, which was true but we didn't have to prove anything or provide any evidence - they deduct the VAT at source which makes a HUGE difference to the price hence why we paid just over £1,000. I think that this deal only applies to Tempur, not the other memory foam mattresses out there, and means that you can buy a Tempur one for much the same price as the top-end budget ones.

We love our mattress, and our backaches have gone. However, to answer previous posters queries
1. you can't use an electric blanket or hotwater bottle with it as it's the heat from your body that molds the mattress shape.
2. a slatted wooden bed is good, a solid divan style base is bad.
3. The pillows can feel a bit cold for a minute or two, but then warm up and stay warm. We don't find that we overheat or anything, though I could see how some people might find this.
4. The big advantage of Tempur is it's widely available in the show rooms - so you can go and try it out first. We struggled to find Eurolux, et al in showrooms. We drove to Manchester to try one out - and it just wasn't as good as Tempur - noticeably, and wasn't that much cheaper in the scheme of things.
4. You definately turn less, you feel your whole body sink into it, and become supported, and get less backache according to our experience - we did opt for the super thick version 25cms though.
5. The only problem i've found is that being 25cm thick and a superking, it's not that easy to find fitted bottom sheets to fit.

boatman

What you need to do is pester Asda/Walmart to sell their American memory foam stuff over here,

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product_listing.gsp?cat=133141&path=0%3A4044%3A4045%3A133141
Pillows - Bed & Bath - For the Home - Wal-Mart

http://www.walmart.com/search/browse-ng.do?ref=125874.184080+500729.4293925259&path=0%3A4044%3A4045%3A133144
Mattress Pads - Bed & Bath - For the Home - Wal-mart

They get their stuff made by this company, Zinus.

http://www.zinus.com/eng_zinus/product/pillow.html
Innovations Ahead - ZINUS

Gadget-guy

Has anyone used the marks and spencers (Ready to go) foam vacum packed mattress ? Cheers.

Sid_Harper

dazco wrote:

My brother has what he calls a latex mattress. When I go to visit him I cause arguments between him and his missus so I can sleep in this bed with him. ( WHAT? ) Is this the same kind of mattress.

Just re-read this and I must point out I do it to sleep in the bed , not with him.

It puts my back back for me ( good syntax )

Cost him £700. Is it the same?

We have a WaterLattex (that's the brand - German I think) matress - king size cost about £350 and it moulds itself around you - not the same as memory foam, but very good nonetheless. 15 year guarantee, no dustmites, no need to turn, ...and v.comfortable - would pick it over a standard matress any day.