Springs or Foam? What do you sleep on?

Looking to buy a new mattress – seems to be a dazzling range of choices with memory foam, foam and springs or good old fashioned springs to choose from…. anyone bought a bed recently and have any opinions…..??

Springs all the way, buy the best mattress you can afford, you won't regret it!!

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Springs at home, but I have slept on memory foam at the in-laws.

Not sure which I prefer to be honest!

memory foam top with springs very comfy but not cheap.

Full memory foam for me.

Ours has springs with a think layer of memory foam on top. Was expensive, but worth every penny.

One of these:

http://www.hypnos.ltd.uk/

Just off there now, in fact.

Sweet dreams.

I don't get on with memory foam. Figure, it's fine for the people who lie in the same position all night.

Best advice I can give is, go to loads of showrooms and try them all out. You're making a purchase that you're going to spend a third of your life using, it's worth spending the time lounging around on a few first.

springs topped with memory foam.

and boy is it comfy.

Dried out mouldy remnants of a Chinese, vomit, copy of the Star, few flattened lager cans and various assorted bodily fluids, not all my own. Comfy.

I find memory foam way too hot, Got an aerobed for guests but its just so comfortable that I use it all the time now.

The Mrs?

Just a thought! 😀

Springs

Had a memory foam for a bit but i found it too hot. Plus it was really crap for shagging on – kept on having to use the floor instead to get a bit of purchase instead of sinking in!

Pocket springs with a top layer of memory foam.

My mates sofa. That, and the bitter memories of the 1984 strike 😛

Pocket sprung, none of this foam stuff.

Pocket sprung is definitely the way to go.

memory foam. ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Plus it was really crap for shagging on – kept on having to use the floor instead to get a bit of purchase instead of sinking in!

I understand there are 'instructional' videos which can be found on the internet which may assist you in developing new techniques to overcome this problem.

I know not where to find such things however.

Springs can sometimes fail suddenly during 'active' use.

Hypnos mattresses all the way.

We have had springs, air (Select Comfort) and now have a memory foam and it is, from our perspective, the best mattress ever. Not cheap, but ours is 5 years old and not even the slightest sign of an indentation and it really does conform to your body. We do have a sheeps-wool mattress pad which only makes it better. Damn heavy to move around, but you don't really ever need to turn them.

I've slept on all but foam-only. Much prefer pocket springs with 75mm mem foam, but boy is it expensive in superking! Currently trying to decide between pocket/foam and all foam.

I thought I moved about a lot in bed but actually found that was only because I was never quite comfy, though I'd have sworn I was, sleeping on a decent mem foam bed I usually wake up in the same position I went to sleep.

Pocket sprung for me. Foam is too warm and just does breath enough. We did a bit of research and found that this idea of a firm mattress being better for your back isn't true if you have a healthy back so we treated ourselves to a soft mattress. Lovely. We've even nicknamed the bed, "the 'mallow".

However, the only issue with such a soft mattress is that it can impact on other activities.

Memory foam…sleep like a log night after night.

Pocket sprung with memory foam topper. Not too hot, no roll together but quite expensive

Individually pocketed springs here.

Harrison bed, best 1K I ever spent, HIGHLY recommend.

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Springs but I prefer foam since you don't get bits poking you.

We did a bit of research and found that this idea of a firm mattress being better for your back isn't true if you have a healthy back so we treated ourselves to a soft mattress.

You don't want a "soft" bed at all, you want a bed that is reactive to localised pressure points and absorbs them so that you effectively float. A soft bed will just sag and absorb you (I hate that feeling of sinking into a soft bed) and a rigid one will make your pointy bits dig in, the ideal bed would cradle you like water, applying even pressure all over. This is what springy/foamy beds attempt to do best.

Broken glass and nettles for me.

I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning so now I sleep on a bed of nails. Once Ive woken up, its the last place I want to be lying.

I'd recommend one

It also toughens you up, ready for all the **** backstabbers you come across in life.

Futon on a solid base for me. Nice and firm

http://www.harrisonbeds.co.uk/Home.html

My nan always said "always buy good shoes and a good bed, because if you're not in one you're in the other"

coffeeking, that pretty much describes the pocket sprung bed we got. We conform nicely to it. Feels like none of it is actually masking contact with you.

I have a mate with a water bed. He swears by it.

+1 for Harrison beds.

They even do mattresses with soft one side for petite Mrs Breathe and a firmer side for lardier me.

Nails

any one have experience of latex!!!

any one have experience of latex!!!

yeah, spent a few days on a drip having broad spectrum antibiotics after an infection. hospital beds have a layer of plastic (latex would do the same) and I sweated like crazy despite the numerous layers of bedding on top. gross, I stank of sweat

good quality pocket sprung and rotate them on all planes

I wriggle A LOT and get VERY HOT. Springs.

well i have springs at home, but foam in the campervan, i always find i sleep better in the camper but not sure if thats cos i am parked up somewhere nice or if its actually more comfy.

no help here then 😆