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4 / 5 Years on - WasYour Premium Mattress Worth It?

I've seen, some of these new fangled mattresses are reaching very high prices - £1200 for the Simba Hybrid Pro for example (bet you can't get it reduced if you didn't want the £600 worth of "free" gifts).

But for those that bought a £700 > mattress a few years back - was it really worth the price?
What did you get and why did you chose that brand?

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  • caprikid1
    caprikid1 Posts: 2,505 Forumite
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    "But for those that bought a £700 "

    Not sure these days a £800 mattress is a premium mattress ?

    Any Mattress slept on every night is probably showing starting to struggle after 5 years.
  • HouseMartin567
    HouseMartin567 Posts: 183 Forumite
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    We are about 4 years into a Tempur mattress and it’s just as comfortable as it was at the start (actually better because I hated it for the first few day!!). When this one does need replacing we’ll get another Tempur - hopefully not for a number of years yet though!
  • jonnydeppiwish!
    jonnydeppiwish! Posts: 1,461 Forumite
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    I’ve had a vispring mattress and base for 7 years - best investment we’ve ever made. £6k and that was on the cheaper end of the prices
    2006 LBM £28,000+ in debt.
    2021 mortgage and debt free, working part time and living the dream
  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 10,382 Forumite
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    edited 9 November at 9:24PM
    Our Harrison Spinks mattress cost £1K 10 years ago and is still in perfect condition.  

    A decent topper helps - we have a Baa-vet topper and duvet, both highly recommended.  But I suspect that the life-span of any mattress is linked to the size of the people who use it.  (We are both on the shorter/smaller/lighter side).
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,001 Forumite
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    Our double Silentnight mattress was £215 in 2018. Still entirely seviceable today.
    The one it replaced was probably 20 years old.
    We might want more comfort in our 50s than we did in our 20s, but on the other hand we now don't stress test it quite as often :wink:
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  • ka7e
    ka7e Posts: 3,135 Forumite
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    I've always had Ikea firm mattresses and find you get a good 10 years use before they need replacing. We have a superking size bed which takes 2 single mattresses, so can replace either side individually as required....OH has dementia and sleeps up to 18 hours a day!
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