Help please for a softer bed!

ItchyFeet

I bought a new mattress two years ago after my cheap but really comfy previous one gave up the ghost after 8 years.

I thought i had always liked firm mattresses so went for a Rest Assured Orthopaedic one that felt great to start with but rapidly became the bane of my life and which i now have back and neck problems from.

So, i bit the bullet and bought a new mattress last month - a Silentnight Breeze which i believed would be much softer as i think i need more softness in the shoulders and hips. The shoulders are ok with the Silentnight but i am still having real problems getting my hips and legs comfortable as i sleep on my side. I also had pain in my lower back the other night after trying sleeping on my back.

I am hoping my sister may buy this mattress off me but i am at a loss as to what to buy now and really afraid of making another mistake as this is all very costly and the lack of sleep and back pain is really making me upset. All mattresses feel great for 5 minutes in the shop but as i have discovered you can't tell if a mattress suits you until you sleep on it.

The mattress is on a bedstead (non sprung) at the moment and i have understand that this makes it feel harder. If i just change to a divan is this likely to make the Silentnight more bearable?

I'm at my wits end so any recommendations for softer mattresses would be greatly received!

blabberwort

I have been using a memory foam mattress for the last 2 years and would highly recommend it. You can pick them up relatively cheap if you look at places like ebay etc (which is where I got mine).

They conform to your body shape which makes it far comfier to sleep on regardless of position. I sleep in all positions (or so my OH tells me lol) and have always been comfy with no aches and pains like I used to get with my old mattress.

If your not sure about spending around £150 for a new mattress like this you could perhaps buy just the mattress topper which is a lot cheaper. It will give a good idea of the comfort you can expect. Though I have to admit that the mattresses imo are better than the toppers

dander

I don't quite understand what you mean by your description of your bed, but I have slept on a divan style bed with a totally flat wooden top, no slats or springs or anything and even the greatest mattress in the world wouldn't make that comfortable, so I think it's possible that the bed could be contributing to the problem as well as the mattress.

Tim_Deegan

Both mattresses you bought were made by the Silentnight group, which includes Silentnigh, Rest Assured, Sealy, Layezee, and The Pocket Sprung Bed Company. So I would avoid them if possible.

I would go for a soft to medium pocket sprung (must be 2 sided) mattress. Using it on a sprung edge divan base would also make it feel softer.

If I were you I would stay away from big brand names and big chain stores if you want good quality at a low price, and shop on line from a seller who gives a proper satisfaction guarantee that allows you to actually unpack and sleep on the mattress. This way it is in their interest to make sure that you make the right choice the first time.

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daveyjones79

The softest pocket Sprung Memory Foam Mattress I know is the Kaymed 2000 Visco Bed. I rate Kaymed very highly. They were originally primarily involved in supplying beds to the medical industry, but moved into the retail industry a few years back. Their mattresses will give you full body support rather than just in zoned areas. I would give Beds Direct 247 a look as they are a premier kaymed stockist.


The problem you have with your body aching when you wake up, maybe that your body is in readjustment. It's not unusual for a person's body to ache after changing from a traditional sprung mattress or a mattress that is not giving sufficient back support. The best way to think of it is when you do exercise for the first time in a while, you may ache the next day but this is because your body is reacting to the exercise, not that what you have done is bad, quite the opposite. However this aching should really have gone by 3-4 weeks as this is sufficient time for your body to readjust.

As for the sprung base, yes this will help give a slightly softer feel, but this is only a slight tension difference. The main benefit of a sprung base is to give assistance to the springs in your mattress, hence prolonging the life of them.

Hope this helps

Tim_Deegan

Actually you will find that pocket sprung only will be softer than any quality memory foam mattress as to give the support it is supposed to memory foam must be high density. This can give a mattress a slightly firmer feel.

Kaymed who daveyjones79 mentioned actually supply many of the quality mattress manufacturers with memory foam. So you can usually find an equivalent mattress for a much lower price than those very high prices charged for Kaymed ones. And many will actually contain the same memory foam.