Mattress of amazon, good or bad idea?

IC3 · 22 Apr 2014 at 12:55

Mattress from amazon, good or bad idea?

As the title, is it a good or bad idea? I went to dreams yesterday and found from the scale of 1-5 that 3 suits me the best. I was thinking of something like this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silentnight...d=1398167613&sr=8-10&keywords=double+mattress

or

http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B0071M651I/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

JBuk · 22 Apr 2014 at 12:58

I'd rather try something out before buying

Hilly · 22 Apr 2014 at 12:59

If you've tried the mattress and you're happy, then sure. Go for it.

If you're just buying one because of the "scale" then I wouldn't as it might not suit you. It's not just a scale, which is hardness, it's all about the amount of springs, if there's any springs at all, is it memory foam etc etc etc.

Find the mattress you want in a shop, then buy it for -25% online.

Jono8 · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:00

A mattress of Amazon you say? Are they made in the rainforest?

Russinating · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:01

Bad. Just go to www.factory-beds-direct.co.uk

arknor · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:01

I bought my bed and mattress from http://www.mattressman.co.uk
I'd imagine amazon is as good as anywhere else though

Cosimo · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:06

Only buy one if you've tried it beforehand.

iKettles · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:12

You will probably want to avoid the rolled memory foam mattresses, they have very little support and can supposedly be worse for your back than a hard mattress. I bought this from Amazon last week:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silentnight...-17&keywords=silentnight+memory+foam+mattress
It is awesome. I'm sure there will be a double equivalent.

Russinating · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:14

Cosimo said:
Only buy one if you've tried it beforehand.

Why? Laying on a mattress for 5 minutes tells you precisely nothing that the specs won't already.

benjii · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:15

hilly said:
If you've tried the mattress and you're happy, then sure. Go for it.

If you're just buying one because of the "scale" then I wouldn't as it might not suit you. It's not just a scale, which is hardness, it's all about the amount of springs, if there's any springs at all, is it memory foam etc etc etc.

Find the mattress you want in a shop, then buy it for -25% online.

This. We recently went matress shopping and were tempted to do the same thing, but the difference between matresses on the same scale is huge.

anything I don't mind · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:40

Id recommend silent night entry level mattress, I paid £160 for mine and its best mattress ever had.

This is similar to what i got.
http://www.mattressman.co.uk/mattresses/silentnight/special-sleep-double-mattress.aspx

If you want memory foam
http://www.mattressman.co.uk/mattresses/silentnight/memory-3-sleep-double-mattress.aspx

V4NT0M · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:45

From what I've heard it's best not to go for memory foam mattresses unless you're paying top dollar.

Cosimo · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:50

Russinating said:
Why? Laying on a mattress for 5 minutes tells you precisely nothing that the specs won't already.

Specs won't tell you how it feels, how hard the springs are, how bumpy it is, and the give in memory foam. The same specs will also vary between manufacturers. Specs won't give you advice either. You'd be a fool to just go by specs but if comfort doesn't matter to you then why not....

rhysduck · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:51

Russinating said:
Why? Laying on a mattress for 5 minutes tells you precisely nothing that the specs won't already.

Rubbish.

They all feel different. I'd never buy a mattress without laying on it first. You're going to be spending 7+ hours on it a night, I'd want to make damn sure it was comfortable.

pitchfork · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:56

Russinating said:
Why? Laying on a mattress for 5 minutes tells you precisely nothing that the specs won't already.

Hogwash. If that was true we wouldn't benchmark pc components would we?

Mattresses aren't about spec, they're about preference for different tasks and body types.

V4NT0M · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:58

pitchfork said:
different tasks and body types

hehe

MrMoonX · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:59

I want a mattress of amazon

diamount · 22 Apr 2014 at 13:59

JBuk said:
I'd rather try something out before buying

To try a matress fully you would ideally need a night's sleep with it. However trying it before makes sure that it is intially comfortable.

Cosimo · 22 Apr 2014 at 14:02

MrMoonX said:
I want a mattress of amazon

An amazon mistress might be more fun....

Russinating · 22 Apr 2014 at 14:02

Cosimo said:
Specs won't tell you how it feels, how hard the springs are, how bumpy it is, and the give in memory foam. The same specs will also vary between manufacturers. Specs won't give you advice either. You'd be a fool to just go by specs but if comfort doesn't matter to you then why not....

rhysduck said:
Rubbish.

They all feel different. I'd never buy a mattress without laying on it first. You're going to be spending 7+ hours on it a night, I'd want to make damn sure it was comfortable.

pitchfork said:
Hogwash. If that was true we wouldn't benchmark pc components would we?

Mattresses aren't about spec, they're about preference for different tasks and body types.

Your points are still completely moot given you're suggesting a 5 minute lay down in the middle of a shop to ascertain all of that information.

However the guys I linked to offer a 30-day no question/quibble guarantee so you can actually use it and return it. No shop will do that.