Memory Foam or traditional mattress?

Tim_Deegan

There are so many options for beds, and to be honest staff in many stores don't have a clue, so it can be very confusing.

If you want any honest advice, then our phone number is on our web site (don't worry we don't do the hard sell routine).

Tim

Tim_Deegan

cozzie wrote:

I have a orthopaedic mattress and a separate memory foam topper but my mattress has now got a "cozzie" shape in it. I know I sound really stupid, but, how often should I 'turn' the mattress to prevent this developing further and which way? Top to bottom, side to side, both?

Thank you for not laughing too loudly at me - I have a huge complex as it is !

PS - I love my memory foam mattress and don't know how I ever slept before I had it, can also recommend lumie clocks for those that don't like waking up either.

First of all, what make is the topper, and how long have you had it?

Also was the mattress old when you started using the topper with it?

All mattresses should be turned on a regular basis (especially pocket sprung mattresses). Try to alternate between turning the mattress lengthways, and turning it over.

Tim

cozzie

Tim_Deegan wrote:

First of all, what make is the topper, and how long have you had it?

Also was the mattress old when you started using the topper with it?

All mattresses should be turned on a regular basis (especially pocket sprung mattresses). Try to alternate between turning the mattress lengthways, and turning it over.

Tim

Sorry, that reads quite wrong. It is the mattress that has the dent in it and I bought it at the same time as the topper.

Thanks for the turning info. Was just one of those things I never knew about.

lolly5648

falc wrote:

First off let me say this: I hate memory foam!! Read on for a cautionary tale.
I hunted round the shop and found, hidden away at the back of the shop, a gem of a mattress. It was a soft mattress with wool on one side, cotton on the other. So - warm in winter, soft in summer! Perfect! You can buy them in regular and firm tension as well. They have 1800 springs or something like that. Apparently you should get more than 1600 springs per something or other. Amazingly it was the same price as the memory foam one.

I am now sleeping well at last! Happiness :-)

Hi Falc, this mattress sounds ideal for me as I find memory foam too hot. Could you please let me know what make it is?

Thanks

Tim_Deegan

Jazzyjeff wrote:

I got a recommendation from someone on here for IKEA beds as they are of very high quality and recommended by the chiroractic association (oh and very very cheap!!).

Am going to drive up to the Bristol branch and try them out soon!

I don't know who recommended Ikea beds to you, but in my experience their quality and life aren't very good. Also you need to remember that Ikea sizes are not standard bed sizes. This means that if you need to replace the mattress you will either have to buy it from Ikea, or buy a complete bed.

Tim_Deegan

zenmaster wrote:

I agree with Mytle77. I thought it was great for the first few weeks. Now still get backache, though probably not as much.

Still, it was a lot of money and now I wish that I'd got a good conventional mattress and saved a bit of cash.

What you need to take into account with Tempur is that just because they are very expensive, it doesn't make them the best.

We recently sold 2 memory foam and pocket sprung mattresses to an osteopath. So we asked their professional opinion on the best type of mattress for back support. They told us that most of their profession recommends a combination of pocket sprung and memory foam. They also went on to say that if you can't afford pocket sprung with memory foam, then the next best option is just pocket sprung, and that they are far superior to latex (or reflex) foam and memory foam mattresses that seem to be the most common memory foam mattresses on the market.

The osteopath used to work for Tempur, but they said that they wouldn't touch Temper with a barge pole, mainly because of their price, but also because they aren't as good as the pocket sprung/memory foam combination.

Tim_Deegan

mrs.jchaa wrote:

From watching qvc it appears to me that yourbetter of buying topper as supposedly the builty in memory matresses only have a very small thickness of the foam, where as if you get the topper your getting alot more foam, combine that with a good quaklity new mattress and yourl prob be saving.

Do you allways believe what salesmen tell you???

I presume they were selling toppers on QVC at the time?

The truth is mattresses with memory foam built in are far superior to toppers. A huge amount of development goes into designing a mattress. Do you think they would bother if you could just take any old mattress and slap a topper on it to get the same results.

Also, don't believe the myth about the deeper the memory foam the better. You may have noticed many people complaining that memory foam makes them too hot. Well it's my guess that they had one of the following:

1) the memory foam was 3" or more (2" is the optimum thickness)

2) the mattress was made from memory foam on top of latex foam (doesn't allow the mattress to breath as much as it would on a spring layer)

3) the memory foam was poor quality (visco elatic memory foam actually absorbs heat from the body in order to soften)

lolly5648

I dont understand how people can buy a mattress without trying it. I looked at the ones on the Bedlum site which seem good value but would not order one unless I tried it out first.

Even with companies who offer a no quible 14 day refund, it could take months to find one you like

bargain_babe

I just thought I'd see how everyone was getting on with their beds. My memory foam topper is just brilliant!! Oh is not so hot now he's used to it and I sleep soundly. I'm more worried about when we go on holiday as the beds won't be so comfy (maybe I'll roll it up and take it with me!)

I did buy a memory foam pillow though and it was horrible! I'm sure its just this one, it was from Argos and is like a brick! I think I'll pass on the pillow - unless I find one that is comfy.

Hope everyone else is sleeping well.

bb