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Equinn asked
16th January 2017

I and my husband are looking for a new king size mattress. We have a slatted bed.Our current mattress is a 10 yo Respa(Irish made) posture care model. To be honest it still feels ok to me but my husband has decamped into the spare room! He is over 14 stone, I am 9 and a halfish. He is also very tall, 6\’4\” to my 5\’2\”. We have no back problems (until his recently) but I do have shoulder issues and I am a firm side sleeper.I moved into the spare room with him but find the new mattress (it\’s only 2y old, a Harvey Norman comfort pocket model) v uncomfortable. I feel v unstable in it. It has deep valleys from the tufts which is not helping. I also think long term it would not support my hips enough. He loves it however. Says it feels soft but firm.My question is how do we choose a new mattress that suits both of us? We have 2 kids so running around lying on endless beds is not an option! We like sharing. What would you recommend from your range? The entry model looks too soft, maybe the reflex? I would hope to keep the overall cost under €1000. Many thanks, your site is VERY informative!

1 Answer
Ryan K Staff
answered 7 years ago

Hi Equinn,

 

Thanks for getting in touch.

 

Does your current bed have tufts? I am asking that because you mention that you don’t get on with them in the bed in the spare room?

 

A lot of our mattresses are tufted so that will have a bearing on our recommendations.

 

The Origins Pocket Reflex 1000 has a medium spring tension as standard and this will support your body weights absolutely fine;

 

BodyweightSpring tension
Upto 16 Stone / 50-101kgMedium (1.4mm)
16 Stone / 101kg UpwardsFirm (1.6mm)
Available in Bespoke Products (Please Call)Soft (1.2mm)

 

It then has a firmer upholstery but whilst it is firm we get a lot of feedback that it’s very comfortable at the same time.

 

The only true way to get away from tufts is to have a uniform sleep surface on something like our Origins Pocket Latex 1500. My concern here would be that it is our firmest mattress overall and side sleepers such as yourself should be avoiding anything like this.

 

 

I hope this helps but if you have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact our office on 0161 437 4419.

 

Kind Regards, Lee.

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