What mattress for heavier side sleeper wanting a soft feel?

Hi John,

Many thanks for your question for a mattress recommendation to replace a Harrison Cherry 5270 mattress.

Given this mattress uses layers of micro springs this may be the problem with your shoulders not sinking when you sleep on your side. Side sleepers need a softer set of mattress upholstery than say a back or front sleeper. When micro springs are used they are added in lieu of upholstery. We don't use them as they compress so quickly it makes them pretty much useless. We prefer more upholstery and a substantial pocket spring unit over layer upon layer of tiny springs. We find them useless in our opinion.

The Harrisons Cherry 5750 which is no longer available gives the following specification:

• RRP: £2099 Feb 2013.
• The Cherry features a layer of Revolution pocket springs and two layers of superbly responsive HD springs working together to provide a total of 5250 springs within the mattress.
• Support, comfort and temperature regulation are provided by layers of natural wool, cotton and mohair blends.

Sadly there's no discernable information about the spring gauge or tension. We note you have a soft/med split. Soft springs are really only recommended for sleepers under 8 stone. Anything heavier than this and they completely compress leading to lack of support and potential mattress issues. There's also no GSM given for the fibres which is frustrating as you can't see how much or little that mattress contains!

We would advise you have a one-piece medium 1.4 gauge pocket spring but focus your efforts on softer top sleeping layers. These are the comfort layers that will take the pressure off your shoulders. It may be the lack of support in your current Harrisons mattress that's causing you some of the pressure issues too!

Artisan Luxury Soft Mattress with Medium Support:
Have a look at our Artisan Luxury for the perfect mix of soft comfort layers but with a 1.4 medium gauge calico encased pocket spring. This is a two-sided mattress so you can use both sides.

Artisan Luxury Mattress

1: 1200 GSM BRITISH FLEECE WOOL AND COTTON

2: HAIRPROOF CAMBRIC COVER

3: 1200GSM PURE HORSEHAIR

4: 500GSM PURE WOOL

5:1200GSM PURE HORSETAIL

6: 500GSM PURE WOOL

7: 1476 CALICO ENCASED POCKET SPRINGS [51MM] [1.42MM]

TOTAL: 4600GSM

DEPTH: 27-30CM

CHEMICAL FREE COVER

We hope that helps and if you have any more mattress related questions please get back in touch on info@localhost or 0161 437 4419.

Sleep well
John & Ryan