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David asked
10th October 2016

We are in the process of replacing our very old king size vi spring with a new high-quality super king with a divan. At the moment we are considering a Vi Spring Herald Superb mattress which we tried out yesterday morning but having a look through your website I spotted the Artisan Bespoke 002 zip link which sounded impressive. I am around 12 stone (80kg) and my wife is much lighter.
We both suffer from waking up during the night probably due to the bed being slightly too small now and the mattress being 17 years old! We treat this as an investment for our future and are prepared to pay to get something very good that will last without having to take out a 2nd mortgage.
So as well as investing in a mattress we would also like a base that works with the mattress. So in short, how do your mattresses compare to Vi Spring, how can I get comfort in buying from you when I cannot try the mattress out before hand and is the best option to go for a pocket sprung base?

1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 7 years ago

Hi David,

Thanks for your excellent questions and we hope the answer them in turn but always ask you get in touch if you need more help.

How do our mattresses compare to Vi-spring? Well, we are probably the only mattress supplier out there that gives you the exact breakdown of upholstery, GSM and spring specifics of a mattress manufacturer. These are listed on all our products with guidance as to what each layer and material means in plain English. No fuzzy buzz words or mystery ingredients. Vi-spring used to do this but have stopped recently, however, we still list what they used to include and you can read the comparison in all its detail here.

All our mattresses are hand-made here in the UK, Yorkshire to be precise and no one sells our models but us. Made by us for us. With our 60 day love it or return it guarantee there no need to go bouncing on show mattresses that may have been pounded by a small army of visitors. If you can provide us with your height, weight and preferred tension we can give you a recommendation. If its wrong then you can either exchange or a different tension or model or a full refund at no cost to you. We have an incredible consistent 5-star review on trust pilot which you can view here as well to hear real customers discuss our products and customer care.

We would advise that you pair up our mattresses with a quality base. We offer sprung edge bases with the Artisan Bespoke 002 but if you have a different base you want to pair it with if you can provide us with the details we can advise how the mattress would fee with that style of base. Slatted bases, for example, should ideally be boarded over to prevent damage, see our detailed article here.

Lastly, at 12 stone you would be looking at a medium spring tension if you’re wife is under 10 stone then a soft spring tension for her. You can have this split in either a one-piece split tension or the popular zip and link configuration.

If you have any other questions please give us a call David on 0161 437 4419.

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