Am trying to remember just how long it is since I bought my bed - other than I brought it with me when I moved here (which certainly makes it over 11 years old for sure).
Beyond that - I think I had a previous one - but can't recall for sure.
It's a reasonable quality one with thick mattress/4 drawers underneath/5' wide and Myers make. I don't think Myers makes beds any longer.....
Thoughts on:
1. How long people expect a bed to last (assuming you're the only one sleeping in it that is...)?
2. What are the equivalent make/s to Myers for quality (though I could have a higher quality one if need be - but just wouldnt want a lower-quality one).
3. How much you'd expect to pay for it? Where you'd expect to buy it?
I'm inclining towards maybe I do need a new one now, as I reckon I should expect one to do me for, say, 15 years? and so that would be a final bed for me (as I'm early 70's age and so reckon I'll need a new one at some point in my life, so might as well be now - but then will never swop it again - as it will "see me out" to use my mothers phrase - ie from current age to some point in my 80's).
We bought our new bed from John Lewis in Cardiff, a lovely shop but always a tad hot.
John Lewis is just round the corner from central station. Very handy.
John Lewis did take my mattress away CariadAgain, although I had to pay extra for them to do so, from memory I think it was about £25. I didn’t have a bed frame to dispose of, but it probably explains on their website what they do regarding bed frames too.
Casdon
John Lewis did take my mattress away CariadAgain, although I had to pay extra for them to do so, from memory I think it was about £25. I didn’t have a bed frame to dispose of, but it probably explains on their website what they do regarding bed frames too.
Oh well - if I have to pay extra for that part of the service and the important thing is they do the full job and not just "deliver new bed - and blow you".
Offhand - what do they do re bed frames? I presume they do put the new bed together fully and dissasemble and remove all of the old bed? Would hate to travel all the way to Cardiff, decide on a bed and they tell me "There's a bit of the job we don't do"....so I'd have had a wasted trip.
John Lewis sell a range of mattresses and you can return a new one for exchange if it doesn't suit you. I bought mine ex-display so didn't use this service as I saved around 50%.https://www.johnlewis.com/buying-guides/60-day-mattress-trial
We’ve had our bed for 41 years and had 2 mattresses. Bought the latest one in Dreams where they have a simulator. The bed is an Iron Bed Co and will last forever. Luckily I don’t particularly like sitting up in bed and the bars are not comfortable but I think it looks nice!
we got a new double mattress from Dreams 3 years ago, they let you try them out so you can feel what's right for you, they sent a plastic mattress cover for our old mattress and took it away for us when they delivered the new one..
I think some local councils will take away a mattress for a fee, about £23. Ours do it for nothing along with fridges, washing machines etc so we are very lucky. Worth a phone call to the council.
A charity took our old bed away for £20.
If it can't be re-used, they strip it and recycle/upcycle the component parts.
Not a whole bed , but we bought our mattress from John Lewis last year. After a lot of research we found that their own brand was mattress no 4 no 5 etc are made by a company called Harrison Spinks in Yorkshire I think . It was half the price of an equivalent Harrison Spunks mattress at our local furniture store. They also did a trial period where you could send back if you didn’t get on with it as long as you purchased a mattress protector at the same time . We’ve been very pleased with mattress no 5 ( medium) so have not had to return it . 😊
If your mattress is comfortable I wouldn't bother changing it. They do say you should change them every 8 years.
Our mattress was giving me and DH hip pain. It was bought in 2018 as I made a note of this on the label. We looked at new mattresses and decent ones were over a thousand pounds.
Prior to our current mattress, we tried an Emma mattress. It had a 100 day trial period on it. We just couldn't get on with it as it was too soft. Personally, I can't see how a mattress can be properly supportive if it is delivered rolled up in a box. We returned it and got a refund.
We ended up with our current mattress - Slumberdown - which was quite expensive . It is only in the last year or so that we have been having hip issues with it. I thought it was more down to old age - we are late 60's. However, we did not seem to have the same hip pain when sleeping in other beds on holidays
I was looking at getting a mattress topper as a temporary measure and just in case it was us and not the mattress! Most of them seemed to be memory foam and around £150. I prefer natural fibres/fabric.
Long story short, I ended up buying a heavy duty 100% wool duvet with a cotton cover. I have put this under the bottom sheet to act like a mattress topper. It was about £60 from Amazon.
We haven't had any hip pain since and it has made the bed very comfortable
pably15
we got a new double mattress from Dreams 3 years ago, they let you try them out so you can feel what's right for you, they sent a plastic mattress cover for our old mattress and took it away for us when they delivered the new one..
Same here! I've had my current mattress from Dreams for about five years. It's a memory foam mattress and I love it. I know some people don't like memory foam, but it supports my achey joints and back and I don't wake up feeling stiff like I used to do. I find traditional sprung mattresses very uncomfortable now. It cost a lot (for me) and I had to save for it, but I reckon I spend about a third of my life in bed, so I need to spend a significant part of my income on a comfortable mattress.
Our bed is a wooden slatted one, so only ever need to replace the mattress, which we do every 8-10 years. The last two have been from John Lewis. We’ve been really pleased with the help and advice we’ve had there. No hurry at all, we could try as many mattresses in store for as long as we needed. We tend to wait for the January sale and feel that we do get a bargain.
The base will go on for ever. If the mattress has worn out, replace it. But IF it’s worn out, not just because it’s 11 years old.
There are brands of bed base? Well, ok, if you’re into labels. :-)
Foxyferret
I think some local councils will take away a mattress for a fee, about £23. Ours do it for nothing along with fridges, washing machines etc so we are very lucky. Worth a phone call to the council.
Not sure if my local council would take away a mattress or no - there's a fair chance they would and a very good chance they'd charge for it if they did (which would grate a lot - as I'm a single person household and so get charged 75% Council Tax). But I personally couldnt get a heavy great mattress out of my house and then at suitable garden collection point for them anyway. Hence part of why I will only buy a bed from a firm that does the full job. Generally I prefer to have as little as possible to do with any of the Councils in this area - as I've been shocked by their (lack of) efficiency etc compared to what I'm used to (I say this as someone who rang every year for some years after I moved here and requested my CT bill in 12 equal monthly installments and got a "WE don't do that" response each time (even though I pointed I'd been doing it for many years with my previous Council). They put that right finally - and we can all now pay in that number of installments - but various other dealings with them have left me very reluctant to go anyway near them......
PinkCosmos
If your mattress is comfortable I wouldn't bother changing it. They do say you should change them every 8 years.
Our mattress was giving me and DH hip pain. It was bought in 2018 as I made a note of this on the label. We looked at new mattresses and decent ones were over a thousand pounds.
Prior to our current mattress, we tried an Emma mattress. It had a 100 day trial period on it. We just couldn't get on with it as it was too soft. Personally, I can't see how a mattress can be properly supportive if it is delivered rolled up in a box. We returned it and got a refund.
We ended up with our current mattress - Slumberdown - which was quite expensive . It is only in the last year or so that we have been having hip issues with it. I thought it was more down to old age - we are late 60's. However, we did not seem to have the same hip pain when sleeping in other beds on holidays
I was looking at getting a mattress topper as a temporary measure and just in case it was us and not the mattress! Most of them seemed to be memory foam and around £150. I prefer natural fibres/fabric.
Long story short, I ended up buying a heavy duty 100% wool duvet with a cotton cover. I have put this under the bottom sheet to act like a mattress topper. It was about £60 from Amazon.
We haven't had any hip pain since and it has made the bed very comfortable
Admits I also feel dubious about memory foam and I recall buying something like that years back and it stank of chemicals.....followed by a row with the shop concerned to get a refund on it from them.
I wonder at times about a mattress topper (from a different material) - but, with my concerns as well re I had that whole bed in a damp house prior to here = I'm inclined to go the full hog and get a full bed.
Maybe things have changed since I bought my current one. As I recall the process then was I went into a bed shop and it was either "this whole bed" or "that whole bed" etc and I just worked my way along trying them all out until I reached the Myers one and booked it on the spot. I'm trying to get my head round how some beds seem to be sold in parts - ie buy a base and/or buy a mattress. I just intend to go "king size divan bed with drawers please.....and I'll try my way out along the line until I find the one I like".
That was puzzling me when I had another check on the John Lewis website and thought "I don't know??? - they seem to either sell you a base or sell you a mattress. I'm looking for a bed full stop". I could only see Silent Night brand ones there as a whole bed and I think that's probably a cheaper brand than I want personally.
I echo the thought of not buying one of those "roll-up mattresses sent by post" - as I can't see that it's possible to roll up a decent mattress (and what about my base...?). I've checked out the label on my current mattress and I can see it's springs (not foam or the like). Wish I'd thought to do what a poster here said of "Put the date on the label on the mattress" and then I could tell. In hindsight - I would have done that. There's no point in me putting a date on the new bed - as I'm early 70's and no intention of living into my 90's anyway and so I don't anticipate swopping it again. It will "see me out" as my mother would put it...
Before they went under I saw a perfect four drawer bed in Caroet Right. The salesman told me it was called continental drawers. The top two were half size which was a great idea. So if yiu needed to.out the bed inside a top box with bedsides the half drawers would still open all the way. I should have bought it I think. These ottoman type beds seem.a nuisance to me.
MaggsMcG
Before they went under I saw a perfect four drawer bed in Caroet Right. The salesman told me it was called continental drawers. The top two were half size which was a great idea. So if yiu needed to.out the bed inside a top box with bedsides the half drawers would still open all the way. I should have bought it I think. These ottoman type beds seem.a nuisance to me.
We had one like that, unfortunately realised it was too soft for us after a couple of years, so it's gone into the spare bedroom.
The new one has just two large drawers but choosing Continental drawers was just a bit too expensive at the time; however, I wish I had. Our new bed has two quite large drawers, very useful.
Whatever you do , don’t buy an orthopaedic bed. It’s like sleeping on a George Forman grill and , as well as being hot it is lumpy and hard to get out of .It cost far to much, can’t be turned and it makes it hard to change Bedding must weigh half a ton! Rant over and deciding to get a new one after Christmas , maybe in the sales.
I bought a new bed from. Peter Betteridge in 2014, it is still new to me but of course 10 years old. It has a very deep Memory foam mattress. I laid on it in the shop two days running for over an hour each time as I could not make up my mind whether to have the hard or medium option, I went for the medium one in the end and am so pleased I did. I love my bed. It has a divan base with just one large storage underneath which pulls up from the foot end. It is a littler heavy but I still manage it easily. I read in bed for a couple of hours each night and it is so lovely and comfortable. I paid about £1000 at the time of purchase. I have no intention of changing the mattress yet.
www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=peter+betteridge+beds&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
As you say it is 11 year old and you are early 70s - buy one now.
It'll surely see you out, I'd think. We let seeing us out be our determining factor - most we own will see us out - we don't spend to spend.
Beds are important, do buy yourself some comfort! Now.
My bed is a stand alone satin pine frame with two matching sets of drawers/mirrors and sold to my elderly friends’ parents in about 1940 by the Co Op!
My friend was born in the bed a year later and it’s entirely possible that one of her parents died in it…. it was given to me after her mother’s death when my friend was clearing the house and I had recently been divorced.
I totally love it and it’s currently on its third mattress with me.
Norah
As you say it is 11 year old and you are early 70s - buy one now.
It'll surely see you out, I'd think. We let seeing us out be our determining factor - most we own will see us out - we don't spend to spend.
Beds are important, do buy yourself some comfort! Now.
It'll surely see you out, I'd think
😂
Not too soon, we hope!
Yes, buy one, we spend one-third of our lives in bed.
I had to get a new bed and settled on get laid beds, they are hand made so you can customize it in many ways. I love it, it is sturdy, and should see me out. And anyone else who bought the bedframe
Originally I wanted sn ottoman bed but changed my mind. I could have got matching drawers and loads of other things but I decided to use different sized storage boxes and a suitcase, fitting what I need to store. They do all sorts of beds.
I got a mattress from them too, it's a memory foam one and is really comfy (and I use an electric blanket on it)
Mine is a Kensington model, fairly plain and classic, but contemporary. Easy to put together too
I have had my Myers bed for at least thirty years.
It has four drawers underneath it which are very useful and I wouldn’t like to part with it.
I have a memory foam Mattress topper which makes it a lot more comfortable.
Foxy Ferret.
Most councils charge to take away large items.
Mine charges £79 now.
Going to the tip has to be booked in advance, so disposing of any rubbish nowadays is not easy or free.
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