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A mattress generally does not have enough rigidity to allow it to be carried by the far ends like that. If you put handles at the head and foot and carried it t
by dpark 11y ago
A mattress generally does not have enough rigidity to allow it to be carried by the far ends like that. If you put handles at the head and foot and carried it that way, it would likely sag so badly that you'd be dragging it the whole way.
Edit: Nevermind. It works fine so long as you turn the mattress on its side like everyone does when they actually move a mattress. The diagram made me think of carrying it flat, which really only happens when assembling the bed.
- pavel_lishin 11y agoEvery time I've transported mine, I've ended up carrying it exactly like that, having to grip the ends with my hands, and it's never sagged in that way.
- dpark 11y agoI don't think I've ever owned a mattress that wouldn't have sagged too much if carried like that, unless maybe I was going to carry out overhead to keep it off the ground. You must be buying much stiffer mattresses than me. In fairness, I've not moved my current mattress (a memory foam mattress), so maybe that one would work? It's a bit more rigid. But of course no handles at all. Edit: Nevermind. You're going to turn the mattress on it's side when you actually carry it, and then it will be rigid enough. Handles on the ends work fine for this case, just not the nonexistent case where someone inexplicably tries to carry the mattress flat for more than a few feet.
- Roodgorf 11y agoWhat? It would sag when you have it turned on it's side vertically? That's like, bean-bag level sag.