The time has come to replace our mattress. Due to long-term back problems, I have always opted for a firm 'orthopaedic' mattress but I'm wondering whether a memory foam one might be better.
I think that Mouldy has one and finds it too hot in summer but there are brands which claim to minimise this. I don't cope well with either extreme of temperature ( but at least the hot flushes seem to have finished ) and the extra warmth in winter might be welcome.
Does anyone have one of these? Do you boil in the summer? Are they really worth the extra cost? If we do go for one of these, is there anything in particular to look out for or avoid?
Fankyew.
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<lurks with interest> I've wondered about a mattress topper for camping
i love it, never noticed it being really hot in the summer
we ummed and arred over what to replace it with and looked at many options but finally came around to a latex mattress as we'd always liked them on various beds we'd had and had never found sprung mattresses comfy.
we got the new one from Ikea (the Sultan Engenes latex one) and think it's great - excellent valued for money as well compared to the price of a new Tempur one
Hello Sluggie!
I have a Healthbeds Memory Flex 1400. (I just stripped the bed to find that info!) It's a combination of a sprung mattress with a foam topper built in. I have just the mattress on my own metal bedstead.
link here
It's about 5 years old now and I purchased it because it won the Which? award at the time I was doing my research. By the looks of the link it's won a subsequent award because I def purchased pre-2008.
I love my bed, it's really very comfortable indeed.
Thanks for starting this, in similar position myself. I've got an Ikea one which was great, but a bit saggy now (6rs+ old), I was wondering about the more expensive ones, but didn't find a 100% tempur one that comfortable, but I have used and love their anatomical pillows for years.
Reckon I'll give Ikea another go, I've got one of their mattresses on a spare bed and it's great, but they don't seem to make it any more, will check out the one FB mentioned.
Yes it is a bit warm in summer but at this time of the year it is well snuggly and it certainly helps with back/joint issues
I haven't found it particularly hot, but I usually lie on my side while hugging the duvet, because I generally get hot at night, but I'm the same no matter what the mattress.
Happy mattress hunting!
FB - particularly interested in your recommendation, as you and P are very similar in build to Mr Jj and me, respectively. (Obviously!) Was your new one very 'spensive? And when you turn over in bed, can P carry on sleeping without being awoken thinking that she's on some sort of nocturnal trampoline?
LOL @ the trampoline Jj.
It sounds as if it will be well worth looking at some sort of foam/latex dooberry but I can't decide whether this should be a mattress or a topper over a sprung one.
Our old mattress, which we retired years ago is actually on SlugBoys/ the spare bed and is stillmore comfy than our current one. We went for a medium/firm rather than firm and it really has not lasted - I don't think even several layers of toppers would even out the mountain in the middle which dips down the the valleys where both of us sleep.
We'd really like to try before we buy so it looks as if we have some trawling around to do.
+1 for sprung mattress with foam topper. I love my bed .
Got a tempura one in Nov...love it ( girlfriend has back issues)
Thinking about a topper for the campervan
Had one for 5 years, would never go back to 'normal' one and I don't find it hot in the summer
from a technical point of view (and for your back) you should find it helps. memory foam by nature is designed to mould around your body shape, this means that your body is under no 'peak pressure' strain enabling the muscles to relax