Is it time to buy a new bed?

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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...

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......

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. :-)

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.

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.

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

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 . 😊

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.

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.

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..

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!

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

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 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.

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.

Ooh that poor woman re the ottoman bed accident! I'd do without any storage under the bed personally, rather than have an ottoman. I'm single and only little - and so wasnt contemplating that style anyway. I make the standing joke for people to regard me as having about two-thirds of a womans strength - so not for me.

Good to hear re the size of the Cardiff John Lewis - I think I can feel a shopping trip coming on maybe. Do John Lewis "finish the job off" okay if one buys a bed from them? - ie make the bed up and take the old bed away. Thinking how I've already been shocked to see that apparently some bed sellers don't do that - and just dump the new bed and leave the customer to struggle with it and getting shot of the old one. I wouldnt buy from a retailer that only did half the job personally.

Wondering re Furniture Village whether they "finish the job off properly" too - so I'd know whether they would be a retailer I could use.

Memory foam mattresses are very popular these days but I was advised you can't use an electric blanket with them. If you use an electric blanket is worth checking if that is actually true if you are tempted by memory foam. Dreams are a good store, they will remove the old bed and assemble the new one one. They stock a wide range of styles to suit all budgets.

Still do Meyers at furniture village

keepingquiet

My bed isn't a divan bed, but a stand alone bed which will last forever. It is probably over a hundred years old. I think with divans it depends on the quality of the base, but not something I know much about.
The maxim I was told was that buy a cheap bed, but an expensive mattress because the other way round isn't a good idea.
Mattresses should be changed about every eight years or so.

Ooh do you think people have died in that bed or given birth?( don’t mean on you mattress btw) 🤣

Lisaangel10

Regarding the otterman style beds, Just today I read about a lady (late 30s) who was killed when the bed collapsed on her. Apparently a gas cylinder which lowers it was faulty and she was kneeling down looking into the space below. It crashed down and pinned her down by the neck and she died from asphyxiation. Sadly her young daughter found her dead.
Who would ever think that this could happen?

Good you mentioned that as I’ve bought one for my grandsons room for his toys ( our house), although he will never be alone whilst it’s in use