Mattress Help!
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robinhood21 said:
Have a look at This Link for information on SoBeds.
ETA: Top right of page gives option for country ('tis a tad dark and not easy to see).
Robinhood you are a gent, thankyou.ETA: Top right of page gives option for country ('tis a tad dark and not easy to see).
Edited by robinhood21 on Saturday 2nd January 00:55
But 4 grand
Was never gonna be cheap though eh.........
We bought a Silent Night sprung mattress with a memory foam top but after a few months stuck it in the spare room.
Replaced it with a 10cm memory foam and are very happy with it. It really is like you see on TV, Mrs Pints can have a glass of water standing on the mattress on her side and I can get in my side without disturbing it.
The heat retention is immense, which is great in winter but requires sleeping under only a sheet in summer.
Replaced it with a 10cm memory foam and are very happy with it. It really is like you see on TV, Mrs Pints can have a glass of water standing on the mattress on her side and I can get in my side without disturbing it.
The heat retention is immense, which is great in winter but requires sleeping under only a sheet in summer.
In my desperation to get something I can sleep on, I revisited Sleepmasters and, as a distress purchase, bought an ex-display memory foam mattress with little pocket springs inside. Bad mistake. It feels great for about 4 hours but gradually collapses down until your back wakes you up aching. I put some towels underneath to jack it back up but it kept subsiding - so you move over to a fresh bit of mattress, which is fine for a while, then that goes down and the bit you were on goes back up. It really is bloody infuriating, and you can't tell it's going to happen by lying on it in the shop.
cheddar said:
Robinhood you are a gent, thankyou.
But 4 grand
Was never gonna be cheap though eh.........
Agree but, money is not always a guarantee of a good nights sleep either. My last mattress was (I think) a Milbrook and was nearly half the price of the Sobed package yet I was never happy with it. I now have a Silentnight mattress with a latex topping and, the cost, through Costco, about £250 with a good nights sleep to-boot.But 4 grand
Was never gonna be cheap though eh.........
I think if one already has a reasonable mattress then one of those Feather-bed-toppers might be the way to go.
Simpo Two said:
In my desperation to get something I can sleep on, I revisited Sleepmasters and, as a distress purchase, bought an ex-display memory foam mattress with little pocket springs inside. Bad mistake. It feels great for about 4 hours but gradually collapses down until your back wakes you up aching. I put some towels underneath to jack it back up but it kept subsiding - so you move over to a fresh bit of mattress, which is fine for a while, then that goes down and the bit you were on goes back up. It really is bloody infuriating, and you can't tell it's going to happen by lying on it in the shop.
Can you not take it back as not fit for purpose?robinhood21 said:
Simpo Two said:
In my desperation to get something I can sleep on, I revisited Sleepmasters and, as a distress purchase, bought an ex-display memory foam mattress with little pocket springs inside. Bad mistake. It feels great for about 4 hours but gradually collapses down until your back wakes you up aching. I put some towels underneath to jack it back up but it kept subsiding - so you move over to a fresh bit of mattress, which is fine for a while, then that goes down and the bit you were on goes back up. It really is bloody infuriating, and you can't tell it's going to happen by lying on it in the shop.
Can you not take it back as not fit for purpose?I expect that if they made refunds easy, every customer would be coming back and the store would be full of slightly second-hand mattresses, which naturally they wouldn't want.
Simpo Two said:
Unfortunately it's not that easy. They send out a 'technician' to examine the bed, and from my previous experience with them, not only is he highly biased in favour of whoever pays him, but you have to lie on the mattress for a few hours before the issue arises.
I expect that if they made refunds easy, every customer would be coming back and the store would be full of slightly second-hand mattresses, which naturally they wouldn't want.
Hmm, caught between a rock and a hard place so to speak. Having done a bit of digging, it would appear one can use an independent technician (and pay for services of). The retailer will then have to approve the technician and, pay for the technician if found against. I expect that if they made refunds easy, every customer would be coming back and the store would be full of slightly second-hand mattresses, which naturally they wouldn't want.
Mind, 'tis all a bit of a gamble and, short of having the technician sleep in said bed, hard to prove. Perhaps worth threatening the retailer with an independent technician to see if this will sway them into a replacement/different bed.
Thought I'd add; the above is assuming the bed is less than six months old.
robinhood21 said:
Hmm, caught between a rock and a hard place so to speak. Having done a bit of digging, it would appear one can use an independent technician (and pay for services of). The retailer will then have to approve the technician and, pay for the technician if found against.
Yep, seems you have the same warranty as me! Dropped into the store today and the salesman, whilst sympathetic, appeared powerless to help and just referred me back to head office. Technically I can't see why he couldn't have taken the mattress back, refunded the money and put it back on display. I expect he was delighted to be able to flog a lump of useless foam rubber for £200. In hindsight I should have gone elsewhere and got what I went in for, a simple sprung jobbie.At least this time I used a CC, so I have the 'jointly and severally' angle to play with as well as the Sale of Goods Act.
(apologies to OP for thread hijack)
Rather unrelated to the OP, but one step towards better sleep is to buy a super king size bed. We have one which is currently in my mother in laws loft whilst we sleep in a tiny double awaiting construction of our self build and there isn't a single night I don't miss it. My own parents have a super king in their spare room and when we stay there I have heavenly sleeps.
TLandCruiser said:
OK now thats over with and to save posting a new topic for a simple question, is there any reason to pick a pocket sprung mattress with a memory foam top over a complete memory foam mattress both at the same price?
I would think a proper pocket-sprung mattress with a memory foam top is always going to be more comfortable - depending on the price, if it's too cheap, then it may be of crap quality.For mattresses, there is only one answer to the question "What should I buy?" - Vispring.
Build your own IMO
I've done it before but the foam converter I used now won't sell foam directly as they are tied to a mattress manufacturer
I'm about to visit http://www.efoam.co.uk/quote.php?FoamCutToShape=re...
I expect I'll buy
2" Super firm
2" Firm
2" Medium
But I'm going to visit to see it that suits me.
I've found memory foam pointless - I don't stay in one position all night
I've done it before but the foam converter I used now won't sell foam directly as they are tied to a mattress manufacturer
I'm about to visit http://www.efoam.co.uk/quote.php?FoamCutToShape=re...
I expect I'll buy
2" Super firm
2" Firm
2" Medium
But I'm going to visit to see it that suits me.
I've found memory foam pointless - I don't stay in one position all night
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