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Zip and link zips on other side

Hi J Wade, Thanks for your follow-up, apologies, it seems like I had crossed wires with your earlier question found here. Thank you for providing clarity so I can help you more clearly. Sometimes it would be so much easier if we could draw a diagram or have customers… Read More

Differences between Vispring, Dunlopillo, Savoir, etc

Hi Deanna,   Firstly this is a really detailed and well-considered question, the kind we love here at John Ryan By Design. We will do our best to answer it and we may refer you to some of our detailed posts to save the answer becoming overwhelming for our wider… Read More

Mattress for an Ottoman storage base

Hi Caroline, Thanks for getting in touch, we know how confusing and overwhelming mattress choices can be. Unfortunately, as happens with 99% of mattress retailers, the Sleepeezee viscount has no discernable information about it. No GSM, no spring gauge or any other comparable information other than… Read More

Bed frame lacking central support

Hi Julia, That’s a really good question, and we’re glad you’ve asked it. Our mattresses are heavy. We manage to squeeze huge quantities of fillings with high GSM’s into our mattresses. They do therefore require some solid support from the mattress base. We would… Read More

Choice between an Origins Comfort 1000 or an Origins Pocket 1500

Hi Catherine, Sorry to hear of your chronic back pain. Both mattresses would be suitable for you at your weight and height. The difference between the two is the Origins Comfort is softer in the top layer. I’m 10 stone and had one for many years as I quite… Read More

KS Zip & Link from Origins range versus an Artisan KS mattress

Hi Rowan,   Thanks for your question.   Transference between sleepers is something that can cause many sleepless nights. Pocket spring mattresses are far better than say an open coil or cage sprung mattress in reducing this.   However, to reduce it even further a… Read More

Which divan should I buy?

Hi Jamie,   We are all very well thank you. Thanks for the excellent questions, let’s see if we can help!   The difference between the divans is quite vast as the Artisan sprung edge divans offer a far more advanced progressive feel than the Origins Platform top. This… Read More

Separate topper or built in?

Hi Joseph, This is a really good question which many people ask. The quick answer is that we would never recommend a pillow top mattress. Pillowtop mattresses nearly always suffer from compression and sagging in the pillowtop layer first. Once this happens there is no way to remove the pillow… Read More

Help with Dreams Kiev slatted bed

Hi Tom, Firstly with a slatted base you will need to board over the slats. This stops the mattress from conforming and sagging over time to the gaps between slats. We have an article here on how to do that, its cheap and easy to do yourself. As… Read More

Mattress rotating causing pain

Hi Mr S Fitton,   Thanks for your question.   This is quite an unusual problem.   It sounds like you have a one sided mattress, that has softer foam layers on top of reflex support foam. Reflex foam is super firm and is used in foam mattress… Read More