Best mattress on a low budget
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Hello, I am looking for a decent mattress on a budget and I was wondering if you could please help me?
I weigh around 9 stone and sleep mostly on my side. I see that you recommend pocket sprung mattresses and I have been looking at this one: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6960089.htm but I'm a little worried by the 'firm feel' and lack of memory foam, but I am obviously very limited by price (and as I live outside of the UK my only choice is to order from Argos or Ikea....), I am also looking at a continious coil as it has a layer of memory foam: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6959564.htm The last one I am looking at is a little bit more expensive and I think I might be able to just about stretch if you think it would really be worth it, it is pocket sprung with a layer of memory foam: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/6959320.htm . I am so sorry to be sending you all of these options but to me this is a lot of money and I'd like to get the best I can for my price range. I would be incredibly grateful for any insight you could provide. Thank you for your wonderful blog!
Sarah .
Hi Sarah.
Good questions and we can fully understand your dilemma.
The first thing to understand and accept is that there is no way that you will be able to get a 'decent' mattress for under £200.
In our mind your choices would be greater if you were not tied to Argos as Mattressman have a double 1000 pocket sprung mattress for £179 (Sept 2012) at a far greater build quality than the ones you mention above.
Or, Beds Direct have a Kozee 600 for £199 (Sept 2012) and so on ..
Although mattresses within this limited price range cannot feasibly be deemed as a quality product, they do offer a stable foundation for you to adapt yourself to make them more comfortable.
In this case I would be inclined to use the aforementioned mattress as the support element and purchase a separate memory foam topper / foam topper (I mention these as they are relatively inexpensive) and use these as additional comfort layers as it will be this element that will be sorely missing.
Your concern about the firmness etc of any mattress within this price range is unfortunately of no real concern.
The build can only be the spring unit (pocket sprung of any count is infinitely better than any open coil unit) with a insulator pad of sorts and a polyester comfort layer.
As an alternative to a sprung unit, you may be wise to consider a foam mattress as the support which will be more forgiving than a sprung unit.
The cheaper models (with a memory foam top) will be in the £170.
ball park, but this too will require you to add your own additional comfort layer to improve the overall comfort level.
Hope this helps Sarah.
Please follow up and let us know what you decided upon and how you got on with it.
John and Ryan.
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