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Is a higher spring count better?

Tony asked
13th January 2013

You mention The revolution hd or spring in spring system. John Lewis Angora 9000 seems to be an example. The spring count for the price is high, presumably that is because they are doubling up and in fact is compares more closely to a 4500 spring mattress. Do you offer anything that features the spring in spring system?

Would the John Lewis one be worse than yours or a Harrison or Somnus or are they all the same?

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1 Answer
Lee Staff
answered 11 years ago

Hi Tony.

Only Harrison Spinks manufacture and use the Revolution Spring in Spring unit. It is their patent, their spring unit. I have a belief that they are exported (anyone please correct me if I’m wrong). HD and Posturefil are mini-springs that supplement the main unit. Somnus is the mid-range brand of Harrison Spinks with Spink and Edgar being the premium brand. As with many companies, Harrisons do manufacture own label mattresses for other retailers – John Lewis and Feather and Black being good and obvious examples. If a mattress is described as having Revolution spring unit you know it is manufactured by Harrisons.

If we look at The JL Classic Angora 9000 we see that the Kingsize has 9000 springs – but how this is broken up between Revolution Spring in Spring and HD springs is unknown. The upholstery is listed as “..locally sourced cotton, with Egyptian cotton, for softness and cool comfort, blended with hemp (a strong natural fibre which provides resilience to give cushioned recovery and breathability). It also contains British wool and fine angora for a luxurious, sumptuous feel.” Again and unfortunately, there are no upholstery weights given – perhaps a call to John Lewis or Harrisons direct may shed some light on this. Is this important to know? With Angora being listed as the model name you would assume that this will be the main component. However, no weight or quantity is afforded in the description, is it 100 gsm (grams per square metre) or 1000 gsm or is it a miserly and utterly useless 10 grams per square metre?

The John Lewis Classic Angora 9000 (Kingsize: January 2013) is retailing at £1999.00. No doubt about it, it looks like a fabulous mattress and no doubt also it is extremely comfortable… However, unless you do adequate comparisons by the actual content you will never know if you could have bought a similar mattress for less from Feather and Black’s own label range or indeed even from Harrisons core range. As an example (without even trying) take a look at Harrisons Bed Tailor collection – The Solitaire 9000 to put the JL Angora into perspective (no available pricing) or even the Feather and Black Fitzgerald Mattress at £1615.00 (Kingsize; January 2013) to see where your money is going.

Hope this helps Tony.

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