Cheetah7

Mr PP and I are looking to buy a new mattress, the one we have is awful, well its OK for him but I wake up with backache - everything aching to be honest and I never realised how the wrong mattress can have such an effect on your back.

Ive seen those memory foam ones going for $1200, but Im not sure if that is a good price or not.

How much would you spend on a mattress, would it be something you would invest in?

If anyone has any recommendations of good bed shops in Perth that would be very nice.

I have a memory foam pillow that I bought in the UK, I have never even sat on a memory foam mattress but I have heard they are good.

ozhappy981

We bought a mattress from Sleepys nearly 2.5 years ago now. It's one of those memory foam ones - sorry can't think of the brand name right now (am at the library).

It's been great so far. They supposedly last 20 years and you don't have to turn them. Very comfy.

We went to the Sleepys at Edgewater. Brian, the sales guy was good. You can lie on all teh beds in the showroom aot get a bit of a feel. And when you buy a mattress you can return it within 30 days if you are not comfortable on it.

Cheetah7

Ive just found an Ergoflex Queen size mattress for $800, which is half price in EOFYS. It has some good reviews as well.

sue&bob

hi we were looking at matresses a few weeks ago and just got so fed up with all the sales people telling me different things,so we decided to buy a memory foam topper , we got 1 from ebay as it was cheaper think i paid $200 but that is a king size,we couldnt believe the difference it made well worth the money. We thought if i didnt work out we could just use it on the guest bed ,but its great and saved us spending a couple of thousand. Might be worth you doing the same if your matress isnt to bad,like you i was getting up with aches and pains before,but im ok now,not sure how it will be in the summer though it might get a bit hot. ,,,Sue

Cheetah7

My mattress is awful Sue, really awful - my hips hurt, neck/back Mr PP isnt too bad but it is horrible for me, the moment I lie on it my head and neck hurt, we turn it and rotate it.

At the moment I am swinging towards the Ergoflex bed - good reviews at the review centre, I shall show Mr PP later to see what he thinks.

joho

We bought a lovely one which was very expensive (and very nice it is too) and a cheaper one which was about 800 bucks and that too was very nice. The kids fought over it LOL. firm base is what you need, then you can have a nice soft mattress (or so my chiro says), slatted is fine.

Jo

Cheetah7

Im just looking at mattress toppers, might just invest in a new mattress I think, a good pillow wouldnt go amiss either.

joho

Just bought my son a lovely quitled mattress protector for his rather firm oldish mattress and he says its lovely and snuggly now. So if you have a resonably ogood condition mattress would certainly recommend for an econimical option.

Jo

sportsendurance

We bought a memory foam 2 years ago (£800) plus a topper (£200) and they are excellent. We decided to split to topper into half and add them to the kids' single beds and they love them too.
Only problem with them is when you clean the sheets they are wrapped in - they are bloody difficult to put back on!
For the prices you have been quoted, I'de definitely buy one. Not sure if the bad back is due to your matress!!!!!

Cheetah7

Yep, we are going to go with the memory foam one.

CEM

You won't regret it. They are expensive, but ours is guaranteed for 15 years, which, we're told is about a third of the life of the mattress (so unlikely we'll ever need to buy another!!). They don't get 'bed bugs', don't need turning and are really comfy. I have neck and back pain, but it's been fine with this mattress. Also, even if your partner moves around a lot in the night, you don't really feel it!

7immyboy

Forget anything else, memory foam is the way forward. Dont get ripped off though, We bought ours off internet for about £200 and its the comfiest thing I have ever come across by a mile. You dont need to spend shit loads, OK I am sure there are better looking mattresses, ours is a big slab of memory foam in a big fleece jacket, but for all intents and purposes, job well and truly done.

Go for it!

asher

I love my memory foam one BUT I do find it holds the heat in summer

Cheetah7

Ive ordered it - another sleepless night, woke up feeling really stiff, looking crap, bags under the eyes through not sleeping so we have ordered it.

Its being delivered next Monday

Thanks for your help guys.

asprilla

these memory foam mattresses you guys are talking about ... are they the same as latex mattresses, just a different name?