How do I make my bed feel like a hotel one?

Hotel beds are so gross. So so gross. I can never sleep properly, I always end up pulling everything off and sleeping fully clothed or with a single thin sheet I request after arrival.
 
robfosters said:
I know the likes of premier inn use super king size Hypnos beds and mattresses. As for the sheets and stuff, just make sure you have good quality cotton sheets and duvet cover and a lower tog duvet. The freshness helps as well. Hotel beds are made fresh every time a new guest arrives, which is every day or two or a few days at most. Most people never get close to changing their linen this often at home.

I absolutely love getting into a freshly changed bed.
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Yes, right after a shower. Lovely.
 
as well as spending a bit of money on a decent mattress/pillow/duvet. I agree it has a lot to do with changing sheets every few days. So get using that washing machine.
 
DampCat said:
Hotel beds are so gross. So so gross. I can never sleep properly, I always end up pulling everything off and sleeping fully clothed or with a single thin sheet I request after arrival.
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You may as well keep the money and just sleep in the car! :D

I have some health problems and spent a long time testing beds and mattresses about 18 months ago and spent 2.5k on a kings size electric adjustable bed. One of the best, perhaps THE best thing I have ever bought.

Definitely worth putting the effort in to finding what works for you.

Edit: I bought bedding from here https://linencupboard.co.uk
 
dowie said:
well at a good hotel you could find say Egyptian cotton with a high thread count

mattress I'm not sure what they use

but I suspect that trying to mimic what a hotel uses will be sub optimal - while they might try for high quality sheets etc.. they'll also want them to be much more durable as they're going to be washed/changed far more frequently than usual (and probably at a high temperature in some big industrial machine every time)

you're probably better off looking at consumer reviews for mattresses and getting yourself a couple of decent sets of sheets/quilt covers etc.. with a high thread count

you ought to be able to do better than a hotel as the hotel has to compromise a bit
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Thread count is a bit misleading because:

1) There isn't a standard way of measuring it and "creative interpretation" happens.
2) It doesn't measure anything other than thread count. It doesn't measure feel, durability, nothing at all other than thread count.

It would be possible to make a crap sheet with a huge thread count - just use multiple layers of very thin crap quality cotton processed badly.

Thread count is OK for a rough guide up to a point, maybe about 400, but if you want a good guide the only effective way is to feel it yourself.
 
Angilion said:
Thread count is a bit misleading because:

1) There isn't a standard way of measuring it and "creative interpretation" happens.
2) It doesn't measure anything other than thread count. It doesn't measure feel, durability, nothing at all other than thread count.

It would be possible to make a crap sheet with a huge thread count - just use multiple layers of very thin crap quality cotton processed badly.

Thread count is OK for a rough guide up to a point, maybe about 400, but if you want a good guide the only effective way is to feel it yourself.
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yeah that's why I didn't specify a particular number but just wanted to make the general point about having a "high" thread count but also that hotels are also going to be concerned about being able to wash the sheets regularly, at high temperature (and probably bleach them a bit too) and so perhaps need to place a lot of weight on durability too when selecting bedding ergo might need to compromise a bit as something that feels better might not be as durable as a hotel requires
 
I stayed in the Sofitel at Gatwick and the mattress and pillows were really good! fortunately there was a brochure on the coffee table of the bedding used, so I googled the company and found prices. the matress was £6k, the pillows were £270 each. After that I decided I probably wouldn't buy a set for my house.
 
peige said:
Bedbugs, they make the bed feel "alive"
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This, plus...

Bodily fluid deposits.

Foam pillows.

Sheets that have been straightened rather than changed.

TV playing loud in the next room until 3am (as opposed to the headboard banging the wall which does stop eventually).

Play a tape of people running up and down the corridor.

Drip, drip sound from the plumbing.

Put a motorised fridge in the room.

Old 21" tube TV.

+ for the American Motel 6 experience add the hum of the power transformer outside the room. Freeway traffic all night...
 
Just checked the link to the Premier Inn bed and it appears to be the one I already own!

Have always loved the Premier Inn beds and thought they were just as good as my bed at home....now I know why.
 
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