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To ask what’s the most you’d spend on a mattress?

154 replies

Hairbrush123 · 21/06/2021 20:19

I went into John Lewis earlier and tried all their beds (I am in the process of moving home) and I tried a mattress that blew my mind away. I can’t get over how heavenly it felt to in. It felt like I was sleeping on a cloud. DP said he wouldn’t mind spending so much on a mattress if we keep it for a decade and we haven’t really spent much in the last 18 months anyway. What’s the most you’d spend? Blush

OP posts:
LivingLaVidaCovid · 22/06/2021 07:34

About 5k 😳 but it's a super king and I love sleeping.

I had a Casper and cheap matresses before before and we saved for it.

Anotherinternetmum · 22/06/2021 07:37

£5k Somnus and it’s meant we never wake up with a backache ever!

userchange8945 · 22/06/2021 07:40

Ours was about £1500, worth every penny, we have a basic divan box base but will invest in the mattress. Even when we had very little money in our 20s we prioritised a mattress and paid about £600 which was a lot for us at the time. You spend so much time in it if you have the money it's not the area to be cheap. We never sleep on a bed as comfortable as ours.

MancyNitford · 22/06/2021 07:44

We've just bought a double Otty Hybrid for around £450 in the sale. It's so comfy and no regrets so far. Firm, but soft so you kind of sink in. The hip pain I've acquired from sleeping on our previous mattress seems to be going too. I did a lot of research before plumping for a 'bed in a box' mattress, discounting Emma and Simba because of reviews saying they were too soft. Friends have a Tempur and recommended it, but at over £2k, it was just too much for us.

AmIPeriOrAreYouJustAnnoying · 22/06/2021 07:47

Spent £1k.
It's a small super king.
It's my best possession!

AmIPeriOrAreYouJustAnnoying · 22/06/2021 07:48

And it's lasted 11 years & still sooooo comfy.

Megan2018 · 22/06/2021 07:49

We paid £2500 for ours from J Lewis (Superking). That’s about my limit, although they had loads that were far more.

jackstini · 22/06/2021 08:36

Our Tempur was about £1200 10 years ago. It is still the thing I look forward to most when we come home

My Dad has a £4K Vspring and swears by it

SwimBaby · 22/06/2021 08:41

We repent £3400 on a super king size bed and cushion top mattress from John Lewis, it’s been worth every penny.

44PumpLane · 22/06/2021 09:13

£1500 on a Hypnos Elite super king size from John Lewis, £800 for the bed frame.... That was with 20% off both.

Love my bed!!

Did just buy an amazon £80 headboard though...... another £800 for the matching headboard seemed like utter madness to me!

plumpuddisnice · 22/06/2021 14:50

@MrsSchadenfreude

I got a Sealy Posturepedic online. Was about £250. It’s wonderful. Had a Hypnos before and hated it - made my hips hurt and gave me backache.
I love Sealy mattresses
Skysblue · 22/06/2021 16:30

£1k

Paramaribo · 22/06/2021 16:41

I bought one about a year ago - King size - not sure exactly how much it cost but think it was in the £1-£1.2K bracket. It was extremely heavy! It helped my back a lot but I also found it too firm after a few nights so paid another £200+ for an eve mattress topper (I already had a topper on it but that didn't help much). I thought that was the perfect combo for a few nights... My back is ok now, which is the main thing, but I don't feel it is the most comfortable bed ever unfortunately.

Makegoodchoices · 22/06/2021 16:49

We went for the Tempur one as it felt heavenly when we tested it in store.

Unfortunately it makes me sleep so soundly that I don’t move at all - so I’ve developed back problems as a result. I now have to sleep with a yoga mat under the sheet so that I can move when I wake up. Massive waste of money in the end as the problems weren’t obvious immediately.

Ireolu · 22/06/2021 17:43

We replaced a more expensive one with a super king size one from Costco that was 250. Very cheap but more worthwhile after backache from the Emma mattress.

DeflatedGinDrinker · 22/06/2021 18:18

Mine was about 250 just a few years ago and is awful and needs replacing. You get what you pay for.

Quaggars · 22/06/2021 18:24

MN really is an insight into how the other half lives, innit Grin
1.5k or 2 grand on a mattress?!

I'd spend about 150 pounds

plumpuddisnice · 22/06/2021 18:25

@Makegoodchoices

We went for the Tempur one as it felt heavenly when we tested it in store.

Unfortunately it makes me sleep so soundly that I don’t move at all - so I’ve developed back problems as a result. I now have to sleep with a yoga mat under the sheet so that I can move when I wake up. Massive waste of money in the end as the problems weren’t obvious immediately.

I got a Dormeo mattress that was like this. I just sunk into it so didn't move all night. I returned it and got my money back.

I got this www.mattressonline.co.uk/Product/Sealy-Posturepedic-Pearl-Luxury-Pillow-Top-Mattress-P1444. This is my 3rd Sealy mattress. I love them.

Blossomtoes · 22/06/2021 18:27

@Quaggars

MN really is an insight into how the other half lives, innit Grin 1.5k or 2 grand on a mattress?!

I'd spend about 150 pounds

We’d had our cheap one for about 17 years! We thought our ageing bones deserved something a bit more luxurious. Realistically our current mattress is probably our penultimate one!
bluebeach · 22/06/2021 18:28

Everyone cracks on about it being worth spending lots on a mattress. We spent lots on ours but the comfiest mattress in our house is my daughters ikea one!

kowari · 22/06/2021 18:37

@bluebeach
Mine is ikea too, less than £100. I sleep well, wake refreshed, never have back ache. I often don't sleep as well in other beds, very rarely would I sleep better.

I like a firm mattress even though I am about 50kg. I can't stand sinking into a mattress at all, so can't do memory foam and many expensive mattresses seem to have it.

EBearhug · 22/06/2021 18:39

Mine was £700 in a John Lewis sale, a it's fab (just coming up to 2 years old.) Also, for £30, they took away the old mattress when they delivered (though I don't know if they still do with covid.)

You aim to spend a third of every day in bed, and life without sleep quickly becomes intolerable. It is worth investing time and money on a decent mattress. However, not all good mattresses cost loads, not all expensive mattresses are good. I would happily spend a lot on a good mattress, but you do need to work out what sort you want - firm, soft, memory foam, natural materials, or whatever else. And then you need to lie on them. If the most comfortable one costs, and you can afford it, then spend it, but don't assume it's best just because it's most expensive.

NCTDN · 27/06/2021 15:01

Op what did you decide?

JudgeJ · 27/06/2021 15:31

I recently blew my own mind when I realised that the bed's probably 25 years old and it's still so comfortable, it was about £750 then though, the same or similar, a Relyon, is over £3k now.

TentTalk · 27/06/2021 15:49

I believe you get what you pay for.

Our previous mattress was £1100 for a double 10years ago. It's lasted really well and is the most comfortable thing I've ever slept on. We still have it in the spare room.

We bought a superking bed and got sucked in by one of those Lisa/Simba/emma mattress things and honestly, it was the worst £900 we've ever spent. It started to sag about 12months in and now 3years later it's shockingly bad. Once our extension is finished we're buying a new one and I won't spend less than £2500.