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Kelvin asked
9th October 2013

Dear John and Ryan, Love the website, never thought I would learn so much about beds. I am planning to buy a new king mattress with divan and was looking at entry level Vi Spring Elite mattress + deluxe divan. However I am intrigued by your Artisan Natural + divan and was wondering how these 2 compare?

Also my missus now has a developed a problem with horsetail/hair in mattresses (she thinks its cruel?) Please could you kindly explain how they are obtained?

Many thanks Kelvin n

1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 11 years ago

Hi Kelvin,

thank you for your question.

The Vi Spring Elite is a mattress we think is a model suitable for people of a very light weight. The overall construction of this particular mattress is predominantly wool based – Soft and comforting but with little in the way of anything that can be deemed to be supportive. The official description of The Elite is as follows: Upholstered with 1,350gsm bonded British fleece wool and cotton. Overlaid with two layers of 900gsm blended British fleece wool and cotton. This gives you a total upholstery GSM of 3150 GSM. Quite a substantial overall amount and for a typical retail price of around £1315 (Furniture Village: 2018, Kingsize mattress) is not overly expensive.

You can view our GSM guide here, or mattress collection here.

As for your questions and concerns about Horsehair – Please read our article ‘All about horsehair‘ to find out how it is obtained and utilised in our mattresses. In short, your missus need not worry about the acquisition of this component.

Our Artisan Naturals is describes as the ‘true medium’ of the Artisan range. The naturals is our most popular, unbeatable model with 85% natural fibres. Containing a huge GSM of fillings, including wool and mohair, on a Calico springs/” title=”pocket spring”>pocket spring unit. This medium feel hand crafted mattress is where we stake our reputation as ‘The Mattress Specialists’. A King Size Artisan Natural mattress will cost you £1235.00. The closest comparison that we can make to the Naturals is the Vi Spring Regal superb.

 

John Ryan By Design Artisan NaturalsVi Spring Regal Superb
11200gsm Blended British Fleece Wool and Cotton.900gsm Blended real Shetland Isle Fleece Wool and Cotton
2Hairproof Cambric CoverHairproof Cambric Cover
31250gsm Rebound Poly Cotton1200gsm long stranded Horsetail blended with British Fleece Wool
41500gsm 100% Pure Mohair1000gsm Bonded British Fleece Wool and Cotton
51600 Calico encased Pocket Springs [ 49mm ] [1.28mm ]1720 Calico encased Pocket Springs [48mm ] [1.28mm ]
Total GSM3950gsm3100gsm

This mattress is suitable to be placed on any of our bases.

The Artisan base has the option for Pocket springs or Bonnel coil, in theory both options do the same job but pocket springs is the more superior option. Placing a mattress on this base will soften up the overall feel of the mattress slightly.

Artisan Base

The contemporary platform divan bases offer a solid wood frame divan base suitable for all Latex and Hybrid mattresses. Placing a mattress on top of this base will firm up the overall feel of the mattress slightly.

Artisan Base

All of the models in the Artisan range can be paired with either a soft, medium or firm spring tension. The correct spring tension is determined by the individuals body weights.

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

I Hope this helps but should you have any further questions or if you would like to talk about the suitability of our products please do not hesitate to call the office on 0161 437 4419 to speak to a member of our friendly team!

Kind regards,
Amy.

 

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