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Memory foam mattress

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  • #32
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    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?

    I remember getting mine around 9 months ago from Argos. The one I got was 20cm thick and was 279 euros or so.

    There are more luxurious mattresses out there but this is decent and gets good reviews. There's a new 15cm thick one which is just too thin.

    It's served me well so far, medium to firm, good for sleeping, respectable for love making with someone special. (Which I know is of concern to someone with a username such as yours)

    It replaced a mattress which you had to lie gently on or you'd sink through to the Base.


  • #33
    corkgsxr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭corkgsxr


    Took a while to get used to but very nice now.

    Same the gf. She loves it when she's over


  • #34
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    I'll go testing some out tomorrow. Some mixed reviews about them.


  • #35
    FanadMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭FanadMan


    BBDBB wrote: »
    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

    Was going to quick reply to OP with the exact same thing. Is so true. But still more important to have a good mattress because if you wake up with a bad back, good shoes won't fix the problem.


  • #36
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    Thanks for the replies.

    I think i figured my problem and i need to see a doctor and maybe a bed shop too. I've been waking up with a full bladder which is giving the back pain and disappears after i pee. I don't think that is normal.


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  • #37
    starling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    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.

    Yeah this is one of the joys of renting, sleeping on a crappy old mattress that's been sweated into by God knows how many people before you (not to mention other kinds of fluids) or having your own and taking it with you when you move, which some people do (I would, if I had to, but it depends on whether you're willing to go through the hassle. I'd be getting a man-with-a-van anyway so it would make no difference to me).

    I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the landlord is supposed to provide a new mattress for each tenant, but I could be wrong about that, and let's face it even if it's true we all know it's not happening. But if you do move into a flat and the mattress looks like it could've come off a skip, you can always ask the ll to replace it as part of normal upkeep of the flat. He or she is responsible for it (otherwise rented properties wouldn't have mattresses in them). I asked my last landlord to replace the mattress and headboard (an ancient looking padded pink thing that had gone grey with dirt) and he did it immediately, but he was one of the decent ones.


  • #38
    starling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭starling


    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    Thanks for the replies.

    I think i figured my problem and i need to see a doctor and maybe a bed shop too. I've been waking up with a full bladder which is giving the back pain and disappears after i pee. I don't think that is normal.

    Dunno what age you are DB but that can just be a symptom of being over 30, so try not to panic.


  • #39
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    starling wrote: »
    Dunno what age you are DB but that can just be a symptom of being over 30, so try not to panic.

    Old age it is.

    I'm still going mattress shopping though. Cause feck it... All i have is a mattress protector to protect me from the old mattress and god knows who else slept on it.


  • #40
    donutheadhomer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭donutheadhomer


    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.

    That sounds like an objection to wearing a condom


  • #41
    shugy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 409 ✭✭shugy


    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    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?

    best memory foam matress are well over 2000 euro, anything cheaper wont be up to much


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  • #42
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    shugy wrote: »
    best memory foam matress are well over 2000 euro, anything cheaper wont be up to much

    Great. I'm thinking more 300-400 euro.

    I don't know if its the mattress but I'm fecked and sore.


  • #43
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    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.

    Should boards have an annual award ceremony for best worst jokes?


  • #44
    newacc2015
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭newacc2015


    The Dogs Bollix wrote: »
    Great. I'm thinking more 300-400 euro.

    I don't know if its the mattress but I'm fecked and sore.

    I got a latex one in IKEA for like €200-250. I have had it for 6/7 years and its still completely perfect. The cover is removable, so you can wash it in the machine if it gets dirty. It has a 20 year guarantee. Honestly its the best mattress I have every slept on. Its firm, but moulds slightly with your body. Which is excellent because I sleep on my side.

    A €2000 mattress is mainly marketing and the margin to the store. A mattress that costs ten times, the price of an IKEA one, wont last 10 times as long or be 10 times higher quality. I

    Go to IKEA and spend 10 mins lying on the beds. You will find out pretty quickly which one you want. They come in a vacuum sealed bag. So most of them will fit into your boot. Honestly I wouldnt touch a spring mattress again. I find no matter how good the quality is. After 10 to 15 years, the springs are coming though the bed.


  • #45
    newacc2015
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭newacc2015


    starling wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the landlord is supposed to provide a new mattress for each tenant, but I could be wrong about that, and let's face it even if it's true we all know it's not happening

    Why would a LL have to do this? Do you get a new mattress everytime you sleep in a Hotel? Its extremely wasteful to be dumping a mattress once or twice a year. Would you expect a LL to buy quality mattress, if they basically have to be disposable? Even in hotels, they just treat mattress when there is a bed bug infestation

    Here is a handy tip for renting. Buy a mattress protector. Its like a plastic bed sheet. Its a barrier between you and mattress. It will stop the landlord saying you pissed the bed or split water on it. It also puts a layer between you and the mattress, if your not happy with the cleanliness of it.


  • #46
    percy212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭percy212


    Hello landlord.
    newacc2015 wrote: »
    Why would a LL have to do this? Do you get a new mattress everytime you sleep in a Hotel? Its extremely wasteful to be dumping a mattress once or twice a year. Would you expect a LL to buy quality mattress, if they basically have to be disposable? Even in hotels, they just treat mattress when there is a bed bug infestation

    Here is a handy tip for renting. Buy a mattress protector. Its like a plastic bed sheet. Its a barrier between you and mattress. It will stop the landlord saying you pissed the bed or split water on it. It also puts a layer between you and the mattress, if your not happy with the cleanliness of it.


  • #47
    DanielODonnell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 652 ✭✭✭DanielODonnell


    pile of nonsense, our ancestors slept in caves.


  • #48
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    DanielODonnell wrote: »
    pile of nonsense, our ancestors slept in caves.

    This made me laugh so much. What am i meant to do, sleep in a cave for back problems?

    I've been waking up every night for the past two weeks with a sore back. As far as i know the mattress i've got is about 5 years old. So its definitely time for a new mattress.

    I got a new memory foam mattress topper during the week, thinking it might give some relief after waking up. It doesnt solve much except it makes the mattress more comfortable. I can lie down on it and nap for a while before my alarm goes. Whereas i couldn't get into a comfortable position after waking before getting it.

    I went mattress shopping today but there is so little shops to choose from. I'm going mental.


  • #49
    Datallus
    Site Banned Posts: 205 ✭✭Datallus


    Why don't you just turn over the mattress you have already?


  • #50
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    Datallus wrote: »
    Why don't you just turn over the mattress you have already?

    Tried that

    Flipped it over
    Slept upside down in the bed
    Slept on the other side of a double bed


  • #51
    Datallus
    Site Banned Posts: 205 ✭✭Datallus


    Hmmmmm.

    Maybe the problem is your pillows?

    Have you tried changing them.

    How many pillows do you have under your head when you sleep?


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  • #52
    The Dogs Bollix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 360 ✭✭The Dogs Bollix


    Datallus wrote: »
    Hmmmmm.

    Maybe the problem is your pillows?

    Have you tried changing them.

    How many pillows do you have under your head when you sleep?

    Tried that too

    Used to have two
    Got rid of one which made no difference so brought back the second again


  • #53
    Datallus
    Site Banned Posts: 205 ✭✭Datallus


    A new mattress might be an idea.


  • #54
    irish coldplayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭irish coldplayer


    if you're having back problems perhaps a couple of trips to a decent physio might be more beneficial than a new mattress and quite cheaper


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