Vi Spring traditional bedstead mattress or harrison spinks?

Hi Chris,

Thank you for your inquiry.

I am a bit surprised you have listed The Vi Spring Traditional Bedstead mattress in your options, particularly as you have indicated you prefer a firmer feeling mattress, If you look at the overall construction of this particular mattress [Official Specification below] you will see that the upholstery can be deemed as particularly soft without any sort of support elements.

[Official Description – Oct 2012] Upholstered with a wool spring protector pad, then 1,350 GSM bonded British fleece wool and cotton, overlaid with two layers of 900 GSM blended British fleece wool and cotton. As the VS-TB is the lowest priced offering in the range it stands to reason that you cannot reasonably expect to get an all singing and all dancing mattress, so what you have to do is to try and get more mattress for your available budget. If we look at the overall upholstery weight we can see it offers a combined upholstery weight of 3150 GSM, Now this is certainly not a stingy amount but as it is predominantly wool and cotton I do think you will find it relatively soft for your requirements.

An alternative Vi Spring model The Baronet Superb within a similar price range may be a better option for your consideration. This particular mattress has an element of horsehair (weight unknown) which will give the upholstery a slightly more substantial feel.

The Harrisons Everest has a specification of Latex, cotton blend and white fibre (assume polyester). Again a better choice than some of the awful tat in many of the high street bed sheds but without any indication of upholstery weights you have absolutely no means of comparison.

As for our offering?

I would say that our Artisan Tailored Pocket 2000 is a viable alternative to the models mentioned above (I would say that wouldn’t I?) Utilizing two tiers of pocket springs and including 85% natural comfort fillings makes this model rival mattresses at twice its price!

The models in the Artisan range can be paired with either a soft, medium or a firm spring tension for support. The correct spring tension id determined by the individuals body weight. At 12 stone you will need a medium spring tension.

As this model is slightly over budget at £1120.00 for a King Size I would recommend that you take a look at our Outlet department. This is where we resell items that are returned to us under our John Ryan 60 day guarantee. Our customers take great care of our products and we are delighted that most are returned in pristine condition. These products will never be more than 60 days old (much less than a showroom model, in fact usually only a few days old!) In short we would like to reassure you that any mattress we offer as a clearance item will have been at a customers for less than 60 days and returned due to personal preference only. When a product is returned to us it is inspected and then graded using the grading system below and resold at a discounted price.

I hope that you find this information useful.

If you would like to discuss the suitability of our products or if you have any further questions please do not hesitate to contact the office on 0161 437 4419 to speak to one of our friendly advisors.

Kind regards,
Amy.