New mattress is uncomfortable

Tim_Deegan

ic wrote: »

I bought a kingsize pocket sprung mattress for use on an existing divan base, and it was too soft - it just collapsed in the middle causing roll together with my partner, it was like we were both sleeping on slopes away from one another. I took to desperation and ahead of buying a new bed frame hacked at the divan, removing the top sprung layer and replacing it with chip board screwed straight to the frame. Now the bed is perfect - its firm, with no roll together whatsoever - the mattress offers just the right amount of give. Only downer is the bed is now 3 inches lower, so our bed side cabinets are bit higher than they were - I could always fix this by jacking up the base at some point.

What I'm saying is perhaps it isn't only the mattress to blame and the bed frame itself isn't suitable as this is also new?

It does sound like the springs on your old divan base were past their best.

MrHippo

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

You didn't say what type your old mattress was, but I presume that it wasn't pocket sprung??

Indeed, the old one was an open coil mattress and at least five years old so probably not giving much support - hence why I got the new one. Thanks for the reassurance, I guess we'll just have to hope that we get used to the pocketsprung in time. I have to say I do find the sort of divot effect of the surface a bit disconcerting but there's not much can be done about that really!

GEEGEE8

My boyfriend said he hated his memory foam bed when he got it and had awful backache for a week, and then all of a sudden it was brilliant lol... - he is a funny one tho

Tim_Deegan

GEEGEE8 wrote: »

My boyfriend said he hated his memory foam bed when he got it and had awful backache for a week, and then all of a sudden it was brilliant lol... - he is a funny one tho

Like I said, it is very common.