Buying a new mattress. Your opinions, please.

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My daughter chose an OTTY which has a cool gel layer on top to stop you overheating - because of this you cannot use an electric blanket with it. Luckily we still have hot water bottles.

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Back aagain. I am managing my mattress fine by myself, remembering that it is a 3` single, it is still and needs to be turned or flipped. Cost a lot, is a hypnos regency and is supremely comfortable. No regrets about the make/type and the one I am sleeping on is now 5 years old, behaves like new

I found this site today, lots of information and the most mattresses on one site. I have to say that we tried memory foam in the past and it was far too hot
www.mynextmattress.co.uk/

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I hated memory foam, far too hot for me. I love my hypnos mattress. It is very heavy to turn or flip, even as a single size but I have 2 singles side by side, buying these three months before my husband died. I have enough good hypnos to last me all my days and very glad with my choice

I would try before you buy. We bought a new bed and although we tried it in the shop it was so uncomfortable that we were not sleeping. We bought a new mattress as we thought the one we bought was too firm this didn’t work either as there was no give in the base.
Eventually we bought a pocket sprung bed and mattress which was expensive, but we now sleep comfortably every night waking refreshed. I would look in a shop try several beds until something suits you.
Order the one you like from an online company as the rules are different to buying from a shop, if it’s not right you can send it back and try something else until you are happy. We made an expensive mistake and would hate someone else to do the same. Good luck with your bed shopping.

Mattresses are such a personal preference. I have arthritis and wanted a comfy mattress so we bought a memory foam (well known and expensive). We tried it during the winter for about 8 weeks and hated it, was so hot, and was relegated to spare room. We then bought natural collection linen medium, from John Lewis and have been really happy with it. I also find Premier Inn beds super comfy when we stay there, but the idea of wool topper puts me off for long term use, as I would imagine wool topper will squash unevenly. May be wrong, they haven't felt lumpy.

Cool mattresses don’t work for me and wasn’t cheap

sorry, ellan.

ellen thank you. will have a good look at the dunlopillow.

These are all really helpful, so thank you for posting your thoughts!

We always sleep well on the Premier Inn beds and am tempted to buy one of those mattresses next time. The kingsize costs £525. www.premierinn.com/gb/en/why/sleep/buy-our-bed.html

Have often wondered about these try before you buy mattresses. What happens to the returned ones that someone has slept on for 90 days? Are they re-sold as seconds or what?

I'm looking at mattresses too. I will go for a pocket sprung double, as I don't like foam, I get too hot. I am heavy so understand I need a medium firm with at least 1500 springs, for long lasting support.

It is a bit of a minefield knowing what make/model is best. This company sell beds but also have a lot of information about beds on their site. johnryanbydesign.co.uk/understanding-beds/pocket-springs/

I have found two fairly local factories that make beds, (one makes good beds for the hotel industry.) They can be bought direct, so apparently the are good value for a quality bed. I will go and try next week.

The man in the shop told me the memory bit is to go back to its original shape, I thought it was supposed to remember your shape! He also said that you shouldn’t sit on them

We have a Dunlopillo mattress which we bought after having slept on one for a week in a cottage we rented. It was bliss - so good, we took a photo of the label and went out and bought one almost as soon as we got home. I slept on it for three days and absolutely hated it as, after a few hours every night, I cooked! We were in protracted correspondence with Dunlopillo until they sent a rep to have a look at it. They declared that there was nothing wrong with it - it was down to me and recommended cotton bed linen, (which I used) and cotton nightwear (which I used). We stuck it out until we moved and then relegated it to the guest room. People who stay here do say it is rather warm to sleep on. Possibly the biggest white elephant we have ever bought. We now have a Myers king sized pocket sprung mattress which is the best we have ever had and cost a fraction of the Dunlopillo. Pocket springs (the more the better) are the way to go.

Gransal, yes the Dunlopillo's do keep their shape and like the mattresses are brilliant, not too soft that your head sinks and not hard either. It sort of moulds to the contours of your head and neck.

Honestly, I don't have any aches and pains between the Dunlopillo mattress and Pillow and the Merino overblanket.

We've just bought a new hypnos mattress cost about 800.We had a memory foam before and it went just like you said.This one is very comfy I'm sleeping through the whole night now for 7 hours and staying a lot cooler. Hope that helps.

There are lots of mattresses in a box which you can buy online. You are given 90 days to try them out. My daughter recently bought one and tried out about 5 before they found one they liked.

Here are some expensive ones! I have an Octaspring topper and pillow and they are fantastic. No more sore hips or ears. They contain memory foam formed into spring shapes, and are not hot. Good luck with your search.
www.dormeo.co.uk/

I have a pocket sprung mattress it’s very comfy no lumps or bumps or sagging. I have multiple joint Osteo-Arthritis and a bad back and hip-replacements and I am really comfortable on this mattress.

Ellen do you find the dunlopillo pillows keep their shape well? I am looking at pillows at the moment and am fed up with pillows that do not keep their shape. I bought dorma last time but they have not lasted very long.

I have a Dunlopillo mattress----perfect. No lumps, bumps or springs.
You might get a double for around £1,500 but it's money well spent.
They don't need turning either ( that's if you could because they're heavy )
Also a Dunlopillo pillow too.