Bed From Ikea

Tim_Deegan

Gingernutmeg wrote: »

It's so nice to hear about other people having problems with Ikea beds (not that it's nice to have a problem but you know what I mean lol!). We've had trouble with the slats too - the midbeams just aren't wide enough to support them both, especially if you're a couple who have very different weights! We had an awful time with our bed collapsing almost continually - we had to get a new midbeam and new rubber 'slat-holder' bits. Eventually we 'solved' the problem by binding the slats to the midbeam with some cord, and packing them in at the side with some cardboard. It's not ideal but it's held up till now and is still going!

Didn't you complain to Ikea??

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milkydrink

I don't know what your budget is but we got a new bed just over a year ago. Its a Sealey (or Sealy), anyway its got a built in (on top) memory foam latex pad mattress topper type thing & its really nice. It was about £800, but is a king size. It really is fab. Oh & its got a sprung base.
My sister has a rest assured (I think) & that seems really nice too.

Don't skimp on it, pay the most you can afford & you will never regret it.
Kim

Gingernutmeg

We did complain (may times lol) and we got a new midbeam, slat holder and some of the little 'clip' things ... but tbh we got so tired of complaining and getting nowhere that we tried our best to repair the bed ourselves. Ikea just said that they'd had no other complaints about that bed or those slats, so they couldn't do anything beyond replacing the parts that were damaged (our midbeam had screws that pointed up, and they kept ripping the rubber slat holder - we put them back in 'upside down' and it's been fine since then :rolleyes: ). Some of these new bits were sent through the post, but for the larger things we had to drive all the way to Ikea and get them and it was just getting silly.

Realistically, we bought the bed from Ikea because it was what we could afford at the time ... We certainly won't buy another from them.

Tim_Deegan

kimevans wrote: »

I don't know what your budget is but we got a new bed just over a year ago. Its a Sealey (or Sealy), anyway its got a built in (on top) memory foam latex pad mattress topper type thing & its really nice. It was about £800, but is a king size. It really is fab. Oh & its got a sprung base.
My sister has a rest assured (I think) & that seems really nice too.

Don't skimp on it, pay the most you can afford & you will never regret it.
Kim

I don't want to knock your choice, but one thing to remember with mattresses with built in toppers is that this then makes them a non-turn mattress. All mattreses should be turned on a regular basis in order to prolong the life.

Sealy are a very good make, but you can find the same quality for much less money if you shop around.

milkydrink

Tim_Deegan wrote: »

I don't want to knock your choice, but one thing to remember with mattresses with built in toppers is that this then makes them a non-turn mattress. All mattreses should be turned on a regular basis in order to prolong the life.

Sealy are a very good make, but you can find the same quality for much less money if you shop around.

Yes I did consider that no turning issue.
I still went with it, because I was really interested in the memory foam type of mattress but heard a few things about them being too hot in summer ECT.
So when I saw that some of the big name bed makers were doing memory foam toppers on their better beds I decided to play it safe & get one of these, not that big a jump from what I'm used too.

Just to add as some posts mentioned getting MATTRESS PROTECTORS, mattress protectors are not a substitute for mattress toppers.
Protectors protect you mattress, toppers add comfort.

Beware SILENTNIGHT make crap beds, I bought a sprung base single by silentnight (I think not to far off £400, as it was a sprung base) for my daughter & I had to throw it out after 2 years:eek: & she wasn't a young child jumping on it, but a young teenager.

dag_2

I wouldn't buy a bed from Ikea because when the matttress needs replacing, you are limited on where you can buy from because they don't sell the bed to be UK standard. It's better to buy a bed frame with a UK size as then you have more choice where you can buy replacement mattresses from.

Surely it's the other way round? I thought that continental Europe was bigger than the UK - surely this means it has more bed shops?

I think that Habitat also sell continental sizes beds, mattresses and linen.

I haven't had any problems with my IKEA mattress yet, apart from the fact that the fitted sheets that I got from Wilkinsons are a bit of a stretch - now I know why, thanks for that. Then again, they didn't fit the sofa bed at my previous flat particularly well either.

IKEA don't just sell one mattress, they sell a range of mattresses with different inners, and different hardness/softness. I dare say some last longer than others.

mancitychick

mrp21 wrote: »

Hi there,
We're contemplating buying a bed from Ikea. They sell mattress protector pads with them but are they worth the money?
Thanks in advance for all replies

I opted for the fitted rubber backed mattress protector as opposed to the pad as if my memory serves me correctly the pad is just a flat sheet with a strip of elastic in each corner. Whereas the one I got is rubbed backed, so its waterproof (not that I am planning on weeing in the bed!) and it seems a better fit.

I think it is worth buying some sort of mattress protector but I guess its down to personal opinion.

mancitychick

kimevans wrote: »

Yes I did consider that no turning issue.
I still went with it, because I was really interested in the memory foam type of mattress but heard a few things about them being too hot in summer ECT.
So when I saw that some of the big name bed makers were doing memory foam toppers on their better beds I decided to play it safe & get one of these, not that big a jump from what I'm used too.

Just to add as some posts mentioned getting MATTRESS PROTECTORS, mattress protectors are not a substitute for mattress toppers.
Protectors protect you mattress, toppers add comfort.

Beware SILENTNIGHT make crap beds, I bought a sprung base single by silentnight (I think not to far off £400, as it was a sprung base) for my daughter & I had to throw it out after 2 years:eek: & she wasn't a young child jumping on it, but a young teenager.

My dad recently changed his silent night bed and he has had it for just coming up 20 years with no problems. Maybe you were just unlucky unless there not made like they used to be.

Tim_Deegan

dag wrote: »

Surely it's the other way round? I thought that continental Europe was bigger than the UK - surely this means it has more bed shops?

I think that Habitat also sell continental sizes beds, mattresses and linen.

I haven't had any problems with my IKEA mattress yet, apart from the fact that the fitted sheets that I got from Wilkinsons are a bit of a stretch - now I know why, thanks for that. Then again, they didn't fit the sofa bed at my previous flat particularly well either.

IKEA don't just sell one mattress, they sell a range of mattresses with different inners, and different hardness/softness. I dare say some last longer than others.

The trouble is that mattresses are very expensive throughout most of europe, and from what I've been told the quality doesn't tend to be up to that in the UK. We get enquiries all the time from europe asking if we deliver there. At least once a month we deliver beds and mattresses to people who are either moving abroad, or they have a holiday home there. They have them shipped out, but still say it works out cheaper.

I know Ikea sell a whole range of mattresses. I'm just going by comments made by customers. I don't know if they all had the same model or not.

Tim_Deegan

kimevans wrote: »

Yes I did consider that no turning issue.
I still went with it, because I was really interested in the memory foam type of mattress but heard a few things about them being too hot in summer ECT.
So when I saw that some of the big name bed makers were doing memory foam toppers on their better beds I decided to play it safe & get one of these, not that big a jump from what I'm used too.

There are a couple of reasons for the myths about memory foam being too hot.

1) Firstly most memory foam mattresses are made up from a layer of memory foam on top of a deeper layer of latex foam. The trouble is that air can't easily circulate within the latex foam layer to help the heat dissipate from the memory foam layer. Spring/memory foam combinations will be cooler.

2) Some manufacturers use very deep layers of memory foam as a bit of a sales gimmick. They work on the theory that people will think the more memory foam the better. The optimum thickness for memory foam is 2" to 2 1/2". If it is thinner then it won't be deep enough to contour to your body. If it is deeper then you will sink into it and the foam will start to wrap around you, thus making you too hot.

Memory foam itself actually absorbs heat from your body, which reacts with the foam to soften it so it moulds to your contours.

kimevans wrote: »

Beware SILENTNIGHT make crap beds, I bought a sprung base single by silentnight (I think not to far off £400, as it was a sprung base) for my daughter & I had to throw it out after 2 years:eek: & she wasn't a young child jumping on it, but a young teenager.

Carefull. I got slated for saying that in a much more subtle way.

I wouldn't sell them, we give a 100% satisfaction guarantee, so it would cost us a fortune.