choice of mattress

[gucciman]

we need to buy a new mattress as ours is in tatters and giving us bad backs.
what is the best sort of mattress to buy i.e. spring? pocket sprung? latex? memory foam etc??

many thanks

[lorri24601]

i have had a bad back for a few years now and so when we decided to get a new matteress to see if it helped i looked into all the options, and i finally decided on tempur memory foam one,ok it was far from the cheapest option but it has been worth every single penny, my back is much much better ( not cured ) it was a weird feeling the first couple of nights but soon got used to it. Since we have had it i have slept in hotels on 2 occasions and immediately my back started to play up again. Find your local dealer and try it and see what you think :-)

[gucciman]

hi lorri

i have been looking into the tempur mattresses but have been told by a couple of people that they have found them hot and sweaty as they mould to your body and the heat can't escape, one couple i know, the wife loves it, the husband hates it.
there are a load of memory foam mattresses like the tempur on ebay for a fraction of the price, will have a look at them.

[Ice-Maiden]

Memory foam. There are quite a few different types, but if you invest in one of the better-quality ones, I'm sure your back problems'll be eased.

[bednobs]

i have te best of both worlds - sprung mattress with a memory foam layer on top - perfect!

[fagsworth]

my husband and myself both suffer from bad backs and have tried a few dfferent mattresses then we saw the tempura , but when we saw the prices ! it was extremly expensive so we found a cheaper memory foam mattress and thought we would give it a whirl! absolutely fantastic!!!!we felt as though we were resting on a cloud and our backs benefitted from this new mattress.........hope this helps you?

[Ice-Maiden]

Bednobs - yes, memory foam on top of a miracoil-sprung mattress is great as well.

[wagtail03]

i suffer back pain and bought a memory foam mattress it cost �450 and i hate it it does me no good at all but i have found the memory foam shaped pillow great and i was told by the physio matress toppers are just as good and cost a lot less