What mattress spring tensions will suit us?

Hi John/Ryan I've trawled your site with great interest and decided to order the Artisans Bespoke double mattress with divan. It will be replacing an ancient Sealy (I know, I know!) Posturepedic UltraLuxe Ortho Sleep with a Torsion 2000 sprung base. I am 6 ft tall and weigh 14 stone, my wife 5ft 2 and weighs in at 8.5 (max) stone. I have previously undergone back surgery and not to put too fine a point on it the back's knackered. My wife has suffered disc displacement in her neck which frequently troubles her. I emailed you to discuss my requirements and Marie from your office kindly phoned to explain the options available. I am waiting for fabric samples for the headboard but in the meantime, and perhaps this will be of interest to others (and get a fast reply!), I am still a bit puzzled as to what spring tensions would be best for us. Marie suggested medium for my side and soft for my wife's half but I was reluctant to have different tensions in the same mattress. However, after delving anew around your site I think this would, indeed, be the preferred option as you stress the importance body weight has in mattress selection. How do you see it?

Can you improve on these suggestions - different tensions, different bed model perhaps?

I see that Vi-Spring, on their site, issue the following mattress support guidelines: Up to 11 stone (70kgs) SOFT 11-16 stone (70-102kgs) MEDIUM 16-20 stone (102-127kgs FIRM Above 20 stone (127kgs) EXTRA FIRM Would those recommendations hold true for your mattresses?

Thanks for your help and I look forward to your comments (and the samples) You have a great site by the way!

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