Help with mattress on limited budget

Hi Helen,

Don’t worry you’re not out of touch, its just that there’s so much hype and confusion around beds, a bit like sofas, that you get caught up in the price war without realising what you’re actually buying!

What I will say Helen is that £350 for a decent double bed is going to be pushing it, its not impossible but you will need to make some wise choices as to the material.

By this I mean its far better to buy a high quality lower price point foam, ie a decent memory foam, than a low quality high price point latex foam ie synthetic latex.

It maybe a better simili to say you would be better buying a higher quality balpoint pen than a cheap fountain pen for the same price.

High quality Latex is an expensive material.  Low quality synthetic latex is cheaper but nearly all the original benefits of high quality Natural Latex are lost.

Please see here for a more in depth discussion over latex blends and qualities.

The Sealy Jubille you have seen doesn’t give any specifics about the latex it contains it simply states ‘a thick layer of innergetic latex’.  Unless you know the exact depth a thick layer could be 1 or 2cms.  Also the term innergetic latex is sealys’ own blend of latex and they don’t divulge what exactly is in it making it hard to compare.

There is also no mention of the type of spring unit used, I’m guessing for the 620 that it refers to the amount of springs.

The groupon mattress you mention is harder to assess given there are no details.

What I would say is that I wouldn’t purchase any latex mattress that’s under say £650.  This is because I don’t know how, given the price of latex, any manufacturer can create a quality offering for under this price point.  Even then it would probably be a highly synthetic blend of latex.  What will happen with cheaper mattresses is that the layers of foam are usually thinner and usually of lower quality. This means they will compress quicker and degrade quicker than say a deep 100% natural latex layer.

So whilst you maybe getting a steal now, in short amount of time you’ll either be uncomfortable as the foams have compressed or out mattress shopping again.

Now who on earth would choose to go out mattress shopping, apart from maybe John Ryan Staff!!

My advice Helen would be to more wisely spend your £350-£400 on a higher quality memory foam bed such as the Genesis 2 or to save up for a higher quality pocket sprung offering such as John Ryan By Design, such as maybe the origins pocket 1500.

If you have your heart set on Latex then I would advise you look for solid core latex mattresses.  Anything else that’s latex and fully synthetic will fall far short of the true benefits of Latex.

As always, if you have any further questions please get in touch Helen directly on 0161 282 2425

Kind regards Julie