Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
Jul 1st 2014, 11:32 pm
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Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
I'm planning on going to the UK next month, and while I'm there will buy some quilt covers & sheets for our king size bed.
I think the measurements are 76 x 80, do we get the equivalent of that in the UK? What name should I go looking for?
Many thanks!
I think the measurements are 76 x 80, do we get the equivalent of that in the UK? What name should I go looking for?
Many thanks!
Jul 1st 2014, 11:36 pm
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
UK king and US king are nothing like the same size.
Jul 2nd 2014, 12:06 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
The largest UK bed, the super king, is 72"x78".
Jul 2nd 2014, 12:24 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
A 'standard' UK King is about the same as a US queen. It's 2 inches shorter but the same width.
Here is a chart:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress
Here is a chart:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattress
Jul 2nd 2014, 12:40 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
A 'standard' UK King is about the same as a US queen. It's 2 inches shorter but the same width.
Here is a chart:
Mattress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here is a chart:
Mattress - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:02 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
So, one line at a time, we get to the inevitable conclusion that you cannot buy bedding for a US king sized bed from a shop in the UK. A US king is about a foot wider than its British namesake, so nothing will come close to fitting properly or looking right.
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:51 am
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...But you can get US size double bedding in the UK. Because another mattress of ours is Queen size and I have bought bedding from the UK..
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:56 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
King?
Queen?
.......
Constitutional Democracy
Futon
sleep on it....one size fits all
Queen?
.......Constitutional Democracy
Futon
sleep on it....one size fits all
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:57 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
Sorry, I don't know what that means?
.... Because another mattress of ours is Queen size and I have bought bedding from the UK. ....
Jul 2nd 2014, 3:48 am
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I gave up trying to fit UK bedding to US beds about 16 years ago. IMO US and Canadian bedding is crap compared to UK bedding...but just have to accept I no longer live in the UK.
Jul 2nd 2014, 3:51 am
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Re: Difference Between USA & UK King Size Beds?
So order a custom US queen mattress made 2" short, (3" to be sure). Sure they're not cheap, but not off-the-scale expensive either.
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:00 pm
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Why oh why do the US have to do everything differently? From the driving, to the roundabouts, to switches, electrical voltages, temperatures list is endless......
Jul 2nd 2014, 2:11 pm
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