Mattresses for bunk beds

Marcus asked

30th May 2012

Hi John. I am most impressed with you site, thanks for all the tips. I am in the process of looking for some decent mattresses for some bunk beds we have ordered for our boys aged 8 and 5. With money being in the back of my mind, what do you recommend?

We found some which are pocket sprung (192, which seems low?) for a reasonable amount (£130). Can you make a recommendation?

Thanks again!

1 Answer

Lee Staff

answered 12 years ago

Hi Marcus.

Be really careful about your mattress purchase.

The guard rails on bunks can vary in height and therefore with a deep mattress, the height of such will exceed the barrier.

I have made mention in another response that I personally think for a budget of around £100 or so, you will be better buying a decent support – such as a block foam mattress (cheap) – look at mattressman.co.uk – and then add your own comfort layer as in the form of a topper – a latex topper would be ideal – and you would be getting your decent mattress.

These two component parts come in a myriad of depths and so you will be able to assess how deep you want the mattress to be in relation to the guardrail.

Finally, I dont believe it is a pocket sprung mattress you refer to.

I think that [192] is an open coil count which means nothing.

Open coil mattresses are cheap – cheap to make and cheap to sell.

Knowing how many coils in a particular mattress is fairly meaningless – it’s still an open coil mattress.

Hope this helps.

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