Best mattress for bad spine injury

Hi Kate.

11 stone (You) and 19 stone (hubby).

And a budget of £800 for the entire set.

Plus special requirements for back trouble ..

what can be done?

Ideally, it would have been our Artisan Tailored Pocket as the minimum for your requirements, but this does stretch your budget by £1000 or so.

The first option is to consider utilising your current base till funds improve.

Bases that are partnered with low-mid range mattresses are a very basic construction and can in no way be deemed as anything more than that.

There are plenty of affordable bedframes on the internet that will offer you (your husband really) a more sturdy support than an equivalent priced Divan Base and so I would be inclined to look for these.

See here for a good example.

Of course it will be up to you to make the frame a bit more sturdier ie.

adding some MDF and cushioning and so on.

The cost of this frame will be in the region of £150 which leaves you about £650 for the mattress.

In this case, and taking into account your husbands weight your best choice will be the Origins Latex Ziplink.

very well upholstered with a total of 8cm on the spring unit.

I would also be inclined to reuse your current topper to add a further element of cushioning to the mattress.

This will no doubt aid your back considerably.

Unfortunately, people tend to get toppers when the mattress is on the way out.

using the topper as a protective layer to a new mattress extends the lifespan considerably.

I know all this pushes your budget above your plans but it would be false economy to purchase something like our Origins Reflex particularly as your requirements and needs make it completely unsuitable.

You could also opt for the short term measure by purchasing the frame and buying a cheap vac packed memory foam mattress for the support element, coupled with your existing topper or indeed a new topper (as the comfort) to cushion your back.

Finally, it is unlikely your latex allergy will be triggered by the mattress.

The proteins in the latex that cause the reaction are well and truly washed out during production and as all latex for mattresses will be blended in one way or another further reduces the likelihood.

Hope this helps Kate.

John and Ryan.

Hi John & Ryan, Just wanted to thank you for your response to my previous post.

Apologies for the delay in saying so, our little boy has been poorly and its exhausting dealing with a poorly little one!

We have given a great deal of considereation to your comments.

The latex mattress you do was my mattress of choice initially, but when I realised our base was gone obviously that affected the budget.

Thank you for the link, and your suggestions re bed frames, etc.

We really want to get things right this time, so we are going to hold fire for a minute as ideally we want to get the mattress you suggested but with the base you do too.

My husband is awaiting holiday pay from his previous job, so once we receive that we can push the budget up a bit and get the whole set from yourselves.

Whilst I appreciate that the Artisan mattress would really be ideal, it would be such a long time before we could ever afford it (we don’t do credit) we’d end up stuck with what we’ve got for longer than I’d care to imagine!

Thank you again for your assistance.

Kind regards Kate & Jason OK Guys.

At least you know where we are when you’re ready.

Johnn and Ryan.