[kbenson]

> A Broadway musical for a family of 4 costs about 800$. A good mattress costs about that much, but lasts for 20 years.

Am I the only one that read that and thought "Since when does a mattress last 20 years?" That certainly doesn't match my experience, even for mattresses much more expensive than that.

[michaelt]

I think this depends a lot on your build.

My friends who are 250 lbs linebackers have to regularly replace their sofas and suchlike because they're 'worn out' i.e. the springs and foam aren't springing and foaming back into place like they used to. On the other hand, I come from a family of 140 lbs marathon runners, and for us that simply does not happen.

[switch007]

Not sure about the US but that price and statement might have been true 15-20 years ago in the UK.

These days a high quality handmade king size mattress of natural materials starts closer to £2,500 and might have a guarantee of 10 years.

I’m lying on a small, high quality mattress purchase 6 years ago for £1,100 from a small boutique business and it started to dip in the middle a bit about 2 years ago but I think it’s got a 2 or 3 more years life left in it.

£630 ($800) will get you a very cheap mattress today and if it’s both comfortable and lasts 20 years that’ll be like winning the lottery

[pinkgolem]

To be fair there are 2 markets by now

One with in-store shopping & the above mentioned high prices(and 600 is rather on the low side there)

But quit a lot of the mattresses winning the usual testing reports here are around 200€(single 80x200) to 550€(200x220) for a bigger one

Only available online but with nice return terms

[rjmunro]

Here in the UK you can buy a mattress in IKEA for between £99 and £799. https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/cat/spring-mattresses-24828/

[switch007]

I think you’re referring to those modern foam mattresses which are made of horrid manmade materials, are cheaper for manufacturers, have better margins, don’t last as long and are too hot. Lord knows what you’re breathing in

I don’t understand why they’re so popular. Sex is far worse with them too.

Their marketing is so aggressive I think many people don’t even know pocket sprung mattresses exist.

But they’re selling in droves so maybe there’s I don’t get

But interestingly, out of the all the hotels I’ve stayed at in the past few years, I can only recall one that had a foam mattress (which was awful). Wonder why the hospitality industry favours pocket sprung too…

Foam topped I can understand. But all foam/latex… no thanks.

What’s telling is that all the very high end manufacturers use natural materials and pocket springs. They weight a tonne and are supremely comfortable (I stayed at a hotel with a €5,000 mattress. Was like sleeping on a cloud)

[pinkgolem]

>referring to those modern foam mattresses

I mean, I was referring to cheap mattresses winning prices, this year it's a pocket spring + foam mattress called myNap TFK for 300€(Stiftung Warentest Matratzentest 2023)

>foam mattresses which are made of horrid manmade materials >Lord knows what you’re breathing in

Any science supporting that? Anything beeing man made is not an argument

Apart from that, testing for harmful chemicals included in the test report, and did not find a whole lot

>are too hot.

It is a tradeoff, some people like it, some don't...

>Wonder why the hospitality industry favours pocket sprung too… >Was like sleeping on a cloud

To soft seams to be bad for you, to hard too.

I personally hate soft mattresses (and hotels for that reason) they are great for a night or two

But hotels are actually a good data point.

I would be interested to find some study's about it and would have thought manufacturers would plaster them all over there (expensive) products, but dead silence...

>very high end manufacturers use natural materials and pocket springs

I mean, they have to tell you something to justify the higher price. I would be more impressed if they could point to some data and say we have less from xx in the air and that's known bad for you.

[georgesimon]

Depends on which part of the UK. In Northern Ireland you can still get delivery and installation of a Respa bed and mattress-for-life, plus collection and recycling of old mattress all for easily under £1000. I think they're sold under the Silentnight brand in GB[0].

Why do you want all(?) natural materials, that doesn't sound hygienic for something you want to have for more than 10 years?

[0] Not all Silentnight would be Respa though, as far as I know.

[nly]

Definitely can last 10-15

[mejutoco]

Since we are on this topic. Yes, maybe 10 years. And since when does _one_ mattress work for a family of 4?

[paulddraper]

I certainly don't have the same mattress as I did in 2003.