New Mattress

[Barmaid]

I am suffering more and more with back pain. I find it very difficult to get comfortable in bed. This morning I got up and went and slept on the sofa where I always get comfortable.  I've decided a new mattress may help. I'm off to test some mattresses next week. Any tips? Any particular recommendations? TIA

[ubasses]

If you have a local Dreams they could be worth a visit, you can try all the mattresses.  They also give you a 100 day guarantee (as long as you use a mattress protector) that if it isn't right they will change it.  Friend recently had to do that and it was changed, no quibble.

[bednobs]

i have the best of both worlds (imo of course!)

it's pocket sprung with memory foam integrated on top

[Barmaid]

Thanks all.  I am going to go to Dreams and try a few.  I stayed in a hotel a few weeks back and that mattress was quite soft.  It was so comfortable.

I've done a bit of reading round the subject and I think that my current mattress is too hard.  As a side sleeper, there is probably too much pressure on my hips (and this is where the pain radiates from).  My sofa is LOVELY.  It is a huge Duresta one with big squashy cushions.  I lay down on that and immediately get comfortable and end up falling asleep.  Sofa sitting is now banned on a workday.

[JinnyJoan]

I have bought orthopaedic, hard, firm over the years and just realised they are all so hard, so the last two mattresses I just went for SOFT and they are still comfortable.  

Good luck BM - it's a nightmare buying a suitable mattress.

 

[pastafreak]

Call that hotel and ask the for the brand name of their mattresses. 

[Barmaid]

lol, they probably won't speak to me after I sent a strongly worded letter of complaint!!!

[pastafreak]

Ooops...shooting oneself in the foot?

[Barmaid]

I was very annoyed that I ordered room service, put my tray outside my room when I had finished eating but kept the glass in my room since I was still drinking my wine.  At 4.30am, a muppet knocked on my door and asked me for the glass.  I told him to go away.

[Old_Geezer]

It's the appropriate level of support you need, not whether it's hard or soft as such. If it moulds to your body shape yet still holds up well, that's worth considering.

[davebro3]

Beds are generally harder than lounge chairs & sofas. We had a sofa bed - it was OK (ish) for sleeping but too hard to sit comfortably.

[bednobs]

you dont have to say "Hello it's me again you know the one that complained I want to ask about your mattresses" you can just say hello I recently stayed and I really liked your mattress what the make of them

[gingejbee]

Mattresses in hotels are usually "hotel quality"...special versions not available for domestic use/purchase.

(You could go back and try to smuggle one out in a very large handbag!)