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Duncan asked
16th November 2012

Hi, I have emailed the main office with regard to purchasing a new mattress and received a quick response, but I have further questions. My bedroom is small and so it can only accommodate a 4ft bed. Previously I have only ever purchased cage sprung mattresses (I confess, cheap ones at around the £200 mark that last not quite two years tops each)!

I would like to purchase a pocket sprung mattress from you, however I am concerned of the ‘roll off’ effect that is mentioned elsewhere here on your web site to those that are used to cage sprung mattresses. As the bed is only 4ft wide and it has two of us (1 x 15 stone and 1 x 16 stone) in it, there is potential that either one or both of us could potentially be sleeping close to the edge of the mattress at some point during the night. Have you any recommendations as to the build I should be looking at. We both can, and sometimes do, get warm in bed and as we’ve never tried a memory foam or latex mattress before we are concerned about the potential to ‘overheat’ on one of those. Any suggestions?

Julie, via email, very kindly advised that the Origins Pocket 2000 – 4ft was the same price as the Origins Pocket 1500 – 4ft and that I just need advise in the order that I’d require the higher spring count (which I think we’d need for our weights) and at £435 is considerably cheaper that either the Origins Pocket Latex 1500 (£640), or the Artisan Tailored Pocket 2000 (£795). Do either of these have different edge support that may sway us in their direction for the potential of sleeping close to the edge, over the OP2000. Yours, still very confused. .

1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 11 years ago

Hi Duncan,

 

Thanks for your question.

 

Because of the smaller sleeping surface you are logically closer to the edge than say on a King or Super King Size mattress.

 

As such you’ll always run that risk.

 

Our Origins range of mattresses are constructed with butterfly clips around the outer edge reinforcing the edge support.

 

The Origins Pocket 1500 / 2000 is very much a true medium feeling model in the top layers providing a slight sink but not too much. The Origins Pocket 2000 will be more supportive due to the higher spring count.

 

The Origins Pocket Latex 1500 is our firmest mattress in the top layers in our Origins range of mattresses. This has no sink in that top layer due to the in-built latex top layer.

 

 

The Artisan Tailored Pocket 2000 is a medium in the top layers but slightly firmer than a true medium such as the Artisan Naturals.

 

At your body weights you are borderline between a Medium and Firm spring tension to get the right level of support;

 

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

 

The Sequence is a model that we no longer retail.

 

I hope this has answered your questions fully but if you do have any further queries please don’t hesitate to contact our office on 0161 437 4419.

 

Kind Regards, Lee.

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