RICH

Call your Mother and have her send the mattresses over, that she is keeping in the attic in case you return with your tail between your legs.

Steve_

I think the biggest mistake you can make when moving to the US or Canada is to not bring your bed with you. I always think the quality of beds in N America is appalling compared to Europe, thank God for Ikea is all I can say (who somehow seem to be able to make decent mattresses in Mexico).

To move abroad and then not be able to sleep is a pretty good definition of torture.

pipsi

If you only need them for visiting guests, have you considered buying air mattresses, the type often used for camping? When I last moved in the UK I decided to replace the mattress on my ikea bed (5ft6inch wide) for about a week after I first moved in I was using a double air mattress on my bed. Ok it wasn't as comfortable as my memory foam mattress but did the job in the meantime. I still use the air mattress from time to time for visitors and while camping.

Pulaski

I disagree, though good quality mattresses in the US are very expensive. We bought a Stearns & Foster mattress when we came over and it is great and much better than our British king sized bed, which we still have. Unfortunately now Stearns & Foster only make that strange American abomination, the "pillow top" mattress, so we can't buy a replacement of the same brand.

steveq

We have a superb Slumberland mattress here, but given I had major back use issues for a week after getting the bugger upstairs, there's a lot to be said for leaving it....

Steve_

Young guests. Without back problems.

Steve_

Took me nine attempts on one occasion: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683397

Haven't actually tried Stearns & Foster, it was next on my list at Sleep Country but I gave up and went to Ikea.

I think one key point that people often miss is that beds are hard to move so they tend to be made in a plant not that far away, so a Simmons or Serta etc. mattress in one part of the country is a very different thing to what it might be somewhere else.

The big problem is the use of polyester, you've got to be mental to put polyester in a mattress, at least on any part of it you will be lying on.

pipsi

I assumed when the OP stated his sons were visiting that they weren't elderly visitors. It's a short fix, and as you say, more suited to the younger guest.