Memory foam mattress

The Dogs Bollix

I don't know where to put this post.

But i need a new mattress this weekend. But i dont know where to go. Im going for a memory foam because they are rolled up and you can carry them home with you. Otherwise you would be waiting for a delivery. Which i really can't. I have woken up with bad back pain twice during the week.

Does anyone own a memory foam mattress and are they comfortable? Would they hold the shape of my ass if i was to sit up in bed?

Sheep Lover

I got an erection in the bed once and the mattress never recovered, to this day there's a 3 inch pin hole in the bed.

NachoBusiness

Never buy a memory foam mattress.

I had a new girlfriend recently and when I got up and went to the jacks in the middle of the night, the fcuker went and told her what I'd been up to the week before with her sister.

The Dogs Bollix

Sheep Lover wrote: »

I got an erection in the bed once and the mattress never recovered, to this day there's a 3 inch pin hole in the bed.

A ha ha ha

Notavirus.exe

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

Does anyone own a memory foam mattress and are they comfortable?

I have a nice mattress and there's room for one more...

LaVail

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

I have a nice mattress and there's room for one more...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIrp9PnnmHk

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Memory foam mattress are useless Buy a decent one.

dan1895

Whats good for me may not be good for you. Go to a showroom and try out some different types. Don't restrict yourself to memory foam either. Good luck.

artanevilla

Memory foam is crap. Slept on one once, awful nights sleep. Normally I'm a great sleeper.

Not your typical AH answer...

I got one in IKEA not too long ago. Just be aware that when you unwrap it, it takes a day or two to expand and settle, and it smells quite bad for that time.

Mesrine65

Mattress Mick, yer only man

kneemos

Mattresses are like assholes...

The Dogs Bollix

Karsini wrote: »

Not your typical AH answer...

I got one in IKEA not too long ago. Just be aware that when you unwrap it, it takes a day or two to expand and settle, and it smells quite bad for that time.

Oh right, so it might be better getting one delivered if i have to wait anyway.

frozenfrozen

kneemos wrote: »

Mattresses are like assholes...

they have to be flipped over every now and again

Boom_Bap

What you want is a memory foam mattress topper.
it'll let you test out memory foam and might sort out your problem. You basically put the topper on top of your existing matress.

If your existing matress looks like it should be on a bonfire or on the side of the road around the back of the airport, then go for a proper matress.

Go to shops, lie down, try them out, have a jump on some beds. That's all you can do.

My personal advice is go expensive. You spend what, 40% of your day on the matress, it's important.

Rubberlegs

Erica Echoing Duck wrote: »

Memory foam mattress are useless Buy a decent one.

Second this. Waste of money. A good firm mattress is what you need. If you are really keen to try memory foam, you could try out one of the mattress toppers at a fraction of the price.

Mesrine65

EZ Living Furniture have a sale on orthopaedic mattresses at the moment OP

http://www.ezlivingfurniture.ie/209-the-respa-collection

The Dogs Bollix

Mesrine65 wrote: »

EZ Living Furniture have a sale on orthopaedic mattresses at the moment OP

http://www.ezlivingfurniture.ie/209-the-respa-collection

Thank you

Now, what do i do.

I'm renting... Do i haul the mattress along with me every time i move. Let a landlord pick a crappy one. So crappy and old that i googled the name on the tag and nothing comes up. You can normally find the name online, so its pretty old, if nothing is coming up.

Or memory foam, where at least it can be rolled up and brought along with me again.

As said already...memory foam mattresses are terrible. Buy a pocket sprung one instead

The Dogs Bollix

TheTorment wrote: »

As said already...memory foam mattresses are terrible. Buy a pocket sprung one instead

I'll try them in the shop first.

I've a pillowtop support mattress with a feather topper about 3 inches thick, so comfortable and soft. You just need to shake out the topper every week when you change your bedding, as it does compress over the week. The mattress isn't mine but the topper can go with you when you move.

eternal

Would you ask your Landlord for a mattress cos mine is gone completely.

NachoBusiness

kneemos wrote: »

Mattresses are like assholes...

Guinness Book of Records lists Kim Kardashian as being the person with the largest of both?

The Dogs Bollix

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

I'll try them in the shop first.

That's what suckered me.

I lay on a mattress in a shop for a few minutes and seemed fine. Paid around €700 for it. Within a week I knew Id made a mistake.

Have it a year now. I'm kinda used to it but it makes me horribly hot so I sweat something terrible (cue the AH witty jokes) but the wife hates it. She has back pain from sleeping on it. We are changing it at the end of the month.

If you're near Wexford you can have it

Rubberlegs

^^^^. My back pain got worse with a memory foam mattress. Worst investment ever

corner of hells

Sheep Lover wrote: »

I got an erection in the bed once and the mattress never recovered, to this day there's a 3 inch pin hole in the bed.

Was it your own erection or someone's else's ?

TheBody

Lots of people recommend Big Mickey over here:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057307031&page=12

I have one in my room in my Mother's house. Hated it when I first got it. But was great after I got used to it! I look forward to going home to that bed.

dan1895

73Cat wrote: »

^^^^. My back pain got worse with a memory foam mattress. Worst investment ever

For you. It really is a personal preference

Toots

I got this one in Ikea, and I know it looks really thin and crappy, but it's honestly the most comfortable mattress I've ever slept on. I love my mattress! Although my husband wasn't keen on it initially - it took him a good while to get used to it.

BBDBB

Mammys advice - always spend the extra to buy a decent bed and a decent pair of shoes cos if you're not in one, you're in the other