Justlanded2018

The reason I ask is because we had bought 2 hypnos mattresses 6 months before we decided to pack up and make the big move.
in total it cost us around £1200 for both of them and I'm hoping to ship/ air freight them for way less than buying new ones here ( which I'm yet to see my preference).

please share your experiences / challenges if you have in the past, what companies you used and Just general advice on how I can cross this hurdle.

thanking everyone in advance for your usual generous help.

Novocastrian

You'd need to ship the beds too because Canadian beds aren't the same size.

Aviator

If you bring beds, bring sheets etc. They are a different size in Canada.

crofty82

Double beds are the same size on both sides of the pond apparently, but the rest are different:

https://www.uk-yankee.com/expat-guid...ds-and-bedding

plasticcanuck

ScotinCanada

scilly

We actually have a double bed that we bought back in 1968. We bought it in Vancouver from a Danish furniture store, back in the day when teak was popular.

The problem is that all their furniture was imported from Denmark or other Scandinavian countries, so it has wood slats as the base, and is wider and longer than North American double beds. When we buy a new mattress, we have to pay extra for an extra long one, but can do nothing about the 2" or so that it is lacking in width.

I buy double fitted sheets with extra deep pockets to get the necessary length and width but queen flat sheets.

Extra long mattresses and beds are found here ............. twin beds in university residences are often extra long (think those football and basketball players!). If your child goes into a residence where you have to provide the sheets, be prepared to have to search to find extra long sheets!.

pquick

Siouxie

https://britishexpats.com/wiki/Bed_Sizes-Canada
A UK King is the same size as a Canadian Queen. (60" x 80").. but the biggest issue you may find is that mattresses here tend to be somewhat deeper - resulting in sheets from the UK not always fitting terribly well on Canadian mattresses. Twin beds are larger (longer) here, but as has been mentioned, doubles seem to be a standard size - although they are called 'full' here..

If you've a good bed then bring it - and some spare sheets to tide you over until you can source some here! I've found Walmart Microfibre sheets are pretty good (and not too expensive) - though I do find that decent duvets and duvet covers can be a bit pricey - so might be worth buying a couple of each before you come -- or Amazon.ca can also be a good source for sheets / duvet covers - unless you want to pay lots of money for high quality ones, of course! Oh - and duvets don't have 'tog' ratings here.

Edited to add - this Amazon sheet set comes in various sizes, so you can check the dimensions for each (and they are not bad sheets, my son has them). https://www.amazon.ca/AmazonBasics-Microfiber-Sheet-Set-Queen/dp/B00Q7OAN50/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1532842151&sr=8-3&keywords=sheets%2Bqueen%2Bsize&th=1If you decide that you need to order a reasonable amount of stuff from Amazon, it's worth getting the 1 month free trail of 'prime' - fast shipping, mostly free.. plus free tv/movies /music etc.. annual membership is around $70 and I've found it worth paying for, as I order tons of stuff from them (including the odd bit of Brit groceries/treats for friend), particularly around christmas, and the shipping adds up! https://www.amazon.ca/amazonprime?_encoding=UTF8&ref=nav_prime_try_btn

scilly

I now buy sheets and duvet covers from IKEA............. their "expensive" cotton sheets suit us just fine, and they last and last!!

I have 2 IKEA full/queen duvet covers that I bought fro my daughter back in the mid 1990s, and that we now use on our bed and they are going strong .................. I might have to buy new, just for a change!!!!

ann m