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Mattress - Vacuum bag for transportation?

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  • Belenus
    Belenus Posts: 2,755 Forumite
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    edited 24 March 2021 at 8:18PM
    How far are you moving? You could probably hire a van for a few hours cheaper than buying a bag.

    About 15 years ago we transported an almost new Queen size mattress about 110 miles from Somerset to Surrey secured to the top of a estate car.

    We kept below 50 mph and it took 3 hours instead of the usual 2 hours for that journey.

    The mattress was well wrapped in plastic and was very well secured to the car. We made sure that the front was angled down so that the wind pressed it downwards and didn't try to lift it up. We could see the front at all times through the windscreen and we did stop regularly to check that is was still secure.

    I have no idea if we broke any laws doing that.
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  • neilmcl
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    Greatgimp said:
    Why a bag? Why not a sheet of plastic and some tape?

    The idea is that it's vacuumed down to a fraction of its full size.
    Waqasa., I hope your own mattress is really worth it? Dare I ask how much it would cost to replace rather than transport and then buy a cheapo replacement? And if it isn't that much more, wouldn't it be lovely for the new tenant to have a decent mattress rather than a scuzzy one? This has nothing to do with the LL, but everything to do with the next resident.
    Hi,
    Even if I get a brand new mattress for the next tenant, that's at least £150. Then, my own mattress was around £450, so it seems pretty worthwhile to move it given it isn't cheap at all
    At least my latex topper can go in the car! That was £200 or so
    Thanks

    Can we ask what mattress you actually have? If it's a sprung mattress then you'd get very little benefit using a vacuum bag.
  • Norman_Castle
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    Greatgimp said:
    Why a bag? Why not a sheet of plastic and some tape?

    The idea is that it's vacuumed down to a fraction of its full size.
    Waqasa., I hope your own mattress is really worth it? Dare I ask how much it would cost to replace rather than transport and then buy a cheapo replacement? And if it isn't that much more, wouldn't it be lovely for the new tenant to have a decent mattress rather than a scuzzy one? This has nothing to do with the LL, but everything to do with the next resident.

    At least my latex topper can go in the car!
    How are you planning to transport this mattress?

  • poppellerant
    poppellerant Posts: 1,963 Forumite
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    I think those vacuum bags are for memory foam mattresses, not sprung mattresses.
    I couldn't help but smile to myself when I saw the pictures of rolled up mattresses on peoples' shoulders.  For one, that wouldn't happen in a lifetime of Sundays with a sprung mattress.  Secondly, whenever I've used those vacuum space saver bags before to suck the air out the bag, the bag always feels much heavier - so I'd dread to think how much a sprung mattress with no air would weigh.
  • anon_ymous
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    neilmcl said:
    Greatgimp said:
    Why a bag? Why not a sheet of plastic and some tape?

    The idea is that it's vacuumed down to a fraction of its full size.
    Waqasa., I hope your own mattress is really worth it? Dare I ask how much it would cost to replace rather than transport and then buy a cheapo replacement? And if it isn't that much more, wouldn't it be lovely for the new tenant to have a decent mattress rather than a scuzzy one? This has nothing to do with the LL, but everything to do with the next resident.
    Hi,
    Even if I get a brand new mattress for the next tenant, that's at least £150. Then, my own mattress was around £450, so it seems pretty worthwhile to move it given it isn't cheap at all
    At least my latex topper can go in the car! That was £200 or so
    Thanks

    Can we ask what mattress you actually have? If it's a sprung mattress then you'd get very little benefit using a vacuum bag.
    Hi
    Just a foam mattress. I think itit's basically just a load of foam. It arrived to me vacuum packed when I bought it
  • anon_ymous
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    Greatgimp said:
    Why a bag? Why not a sheet of plastic and some tape?

    The idea is that it's vacuumed down to a fraction of its full size.
    Waqasa., I hope your own mattress is really worth it? Dare I ask how much it would cost to replace rather than transport and then buy a cheapo replacement? And if it isn't that much more, wouldn't it be lovely for the new tenant to have a decent mattress rather than a scuzzy one? This has nothing to do with the LL, but everything to do with the next resident.

    At least my latex topper can go in the car!
    How are you planning to transport this mattress?

    Hey 

    In the car. Could put the boot down if I needed to
  • anon_ymous
    anon_ymous Posts: 1,997 Forumite
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    Belenus said:
    How far are you moving? You could probably hire a van for a few hours cheaper than buying a bag.

    About 15 years ago we transported an almost new Queen size mattress about 110 miles from Somerset to Surrey secured to the top of a estate car.

    We kept below 50 mph and it took 3 hours instead of the usual 2 hours for that journey.

    The mattress was well wrapped in plastic and was very well secured to the car. We made sure that the front was angled down so that the wind pressed it downwards and didn't try to lift it up. We could see the front at all times through the windscreen and we did stop regularly to check that is was still secure.

    I have no idea if we broke any laws doing that.
    I did consider that but a van hire is at least £60/day! I'd only be moving 50 miles away which is just short of £10 in fuel (return) 
  • Norman_Castle
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    edited 25 March 2021 at 10:08AM
    I'd expect a company manufacturing these mattresses will compress them before sealing the wrapping, they wont vacuum the air out.  I've transported my memory foam mattress in the back of my estate car. It wasn't flat but it wasn't folded in half. I'd suspect most foam mattresses can be folded or bent without damage.
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  • poppellerant
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    Mickey666 said:
    I think those vacuum bags are for memory foam mattresses, not sprung mattresses.
    I couldn't help but smile to myself when I saw the pictures of rolled up mattresses on peoples' shoulders.  For one, that wouldn't happen in a lifetime of Sundays with a sprung mattress.  Secondly, whenever I've used those vacuum space saver bags before to suck the air out the bag, the bag always feels much heavier - so I'd dread to think how much a sprung mattress with no air would weigh.
    Sucking air out of a bag CANNOT make the contents of the bag heavier! 
    I understand that sucking air out of a bag cannot possibly add weight, but to me they always somehow feel heavier afterwards.
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