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Bed base with no slats

Hi Barnabas, Many thanks for your question about bed bases, frames and divans. You’re right to be concerned about slats. They do have a habit of warping and bending over time which can both damage your mattress and also cause you significant disturbance in the night as your mattress dips… Read More

Mattress for 18 stone sleeper wanting a soft to medium feel?

Hi Adrian, Thanks for your question, It is a really common one and an area of mattress selection that 90% of people get wrong! That part is spring tension selection when buying a new bed. When choosing a new mattress 90% of the time buyers mistakenly pick the spring… Read More

Best alternative to a memory foam mattress causing back ache?

Hi Annette, Many thanks for your question about memory foam mattresses and sorry to hear you’re both waking up aching after sleeping on your mattress. This is a common complaint with these types of memory or next gen foam beds and increasingly with the bed in a box phenomenon. Read More

When to replace a sprung bed base?

Hi Philip, Many thanks for your comment on sprung mattress bases. Sprung bases are one of the best quality mattress bases you can buy. This is because the sprung top of these divans acts as a mattress for your mattress helping to extend the lifespan of your bed and… Read More

Relyon Indulgence Mattress Alternative & bed advice

Hi John, Many thanks for your question about comparison models to the Relyon Indulgence mattress. It certainly can be a rabbit warren when looking at comparison models and easy to get drawn off in all sorts of directions. It sounds like you’ve already done enough research to know that the… Read More

Ottoman bed hints and tips when buying a new bed base

Hi Wendy, Thanks for getting in touch about ottoman bed bases. We stopped selling Ottomans a few years ago due to a drop in demand and also people struggling with heavier mattresses to open them. We now focus on our hand made divan bases and bed frames which have drawers… Read More

Origins Comfort 1000 vs Brook & Wilde Elite – side sleeper problems

Hi Debbie, Thanks for your question about the Brook & Wilde Elite mattress and whether it’s suitable for a side sleeper. Whenever you’re looking for a new mattress you need to be able to accurately assess what exactly is inside the mattresses you are looking at to then compare… Read More

Spring count differences between mattress sizes: how are spring counts worked out?

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for your question about mattress spring counts. We can see how this area at first glance may look rather confusing when buying a new mattress. The spring counts on all mattresses are always quoted for a kingsize across the bed and mattress industry. … Read More

Mattress Weights – individual or combined for pocket springs?

Hi Craig, Thanks for getting in touch with us about your bed question. Your question on mattress spring weights and tolerances is a really good one and is often misunderstood or misrepresented in mattress retailers! Mattress springs as you have rightly pointed out are designed with weight tolerances… Read More

UK mattresses for hot sleepers? Advice on coolest mattress

Hi Janet, Thanks for your question about the coolest mattresses for hot sleepers. We get asked this a lot from people who find most synthetic mattresses too hot to comfortably sleep on! So you’re not alone with this mattress problem. Let’s firstly address… Read More