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James asked
3rd March 2014

Hi, Thanks for all the advice offered its a great wealth of information. I have a couple of questions I hope you can help with, i have recently purchased a Vi-Spring Elite double mattress in soft tension. I am just under 12 stone in weight and it is on a board on top of a decent slatted base (hence being advised to go for soft over medium) . For the first week or so it was amazingly comfortable but within a week was noticeably sagging (settlement?) I rotated it and fine again for another week. I have then turned it and again rotated it and it is dipping where I am lying. I have read on here about toppers so purchased a 5cm Duck feather topper from DAPW however, other than getting very warm, I don’t find it remotely padding. I am now using a 4.5 tog feather duvet as i was getting so warm at night (still am). I have no heating in the bedroom ether. What would you recommend to adequately pad up the mattress to give it a pillow top feel but also keep me coolish at night?

have looked at wool toppers however they seem pretty thin. If I put a wool topper onto a microfiber topper would that be cool enough with the wool or would the microfiber still keep me too warm?

I hope this all makes sense and you can offer some advice. thanks. James. >

1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 10 years ago

Hi James,

 

Thank you for your question.

 

The Vi Spring Elite is a very soft mattress, the reason being is the upholstery used;

  • Upholstered with 1350 gsm bonded British fleece wool and cotton.
  • Overlaid with two layers of 900 gsm blended British fleece wool and cotton.
  • The firmest element in this construction is the Bonded Wool and Cotton at a weight of 1350 gsm.
  • This is topped with 1800 gsm of Blended Wool and Cotton .

Even though I say the firmest element is the Blended Wool & Cotton, this is still a particularly soft material used as a good comforting insulating layer but more supportive than the incredibly soft Blended Wool & Cotton used as the primary comfort layer.

Blended Wool and Cotton has no support qualities whatsoever and thus prone to natural settlement.  This is not a failing of the material and in time will even itself out.

We use it in all our Artisan models but at a weight of 1200 gsm maximum and backed up with a more resilient upholstery layer such as horsehair for example.

At your bodyweights, we would have recommended a medium spring tension even though it was going on to a slatted base, as the springs in the mattress are there to support you.   We then look at the top upholstery layers and as to how you would want the mattress to feel.

 

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

 

Dipping is not a sign that the mattress has failed and is classed as natural settlement.   With regular turning and rotating, this would then allow the fillings to settle evenly.    A topper will not firm a mattress up as it is used to give extra comfort layers and with you already finding the mattress too soft, we would not advise this.

 

I hope the above is of assistance to you, but please do not hesitate to telephone our office for further advice or information on 0161 437 4419.

 

Kind regards Julie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John and Ryan.

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