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I've found Ikea to be a great place to buy a mattress. No shady sales tactics or aggressive salesmen, several models you can physically try out in the store, a

I've found Ikea to be a great place to buy a mattress. No shady sales tactics or aggressive salesmen, several models you can physically try out in the store, and good quality/value.

Fezzik 9y ago
Seconded. Their latex mattresses are amazing if you are looking for a firm mattress, and priced significantly cheaper than anything else on the market. I have owned two over the last 14 years and both have been amazing: assisted in easing back pain and making my sleep more restful.
- sliverstorm 9y ago
  Is there a lot of nuance to latex? Or are they pretty similar/competitive with other latex mattresses?
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  - Fezzik 9y ago
    I can't say I did a lot of research beyond price (Ikea was cheapest) and comfort (they all felt the same to me). This seems like a pretty good article about latex mattresses though (the photo part-way down of tapped rubber trees bummed me out): https://hubpages.com/living/Warnings-Wisdom-on-Buying-a-Latex-Mattress-by-a-Mattress-Sales-Expert https://hubpages.com/living/Warnings-Wisdom-on-Buying-a-Late...
amelius 9y ago
Except for tall people.
- woolvalley 9y ago
  Doesn't Ikea sell the standard mattress sizes? Do you mean a lack double & single tall mattress sizes?
pcthrowaway 9y ago
I went in there a couple of years ago, and bought a full-sized Sultan Havberg after trying a few out (it looks like they don't sell this anymore, but you can find it in their product catalog - http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/buying_guides_fy15/Mattresses_bg.pdf http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/buying_guides_fy15/Mattress...) At the time it felt fine, but when it arrived I found it nearly impossible to sleep on. I could feel the springs pressing into me as I inevitably rolled around over them. I guess you get what you pay for. Fortunately a friend of mine whose girlfriend was moving in was giving away a memory foam mattress topper, which has turned it from one of the worse beds I've owned into the best bed I've owned. It's really hard to anticipate how a mattress will actually feel when you try to sleep on it, and I recommend not skimping on one.
- xapata 9y ago
  Next time ask the IKEA staff which one they buy. I forgot the name, but I bought one after a clerk in that department said, "We all own this one." It's amazing. Sometimes I wake up in the morning marveling at how comfortable I was.
  - scotty79 9y ago
    Not sure if that's the one but I bought Hamnvik there. It was so nice that right after carying it up to our 3rd floor me and my girlfriend fell aslep on it in the middle of the day for no reason. Unfortunately it lasted just few years. They have 10 years warranty though.
    - gknoy 9y ago
      > me and my girlfriend fell aslep on it in the middle of the day for no reason. Unfortunately it lasted just few years I love that an un-careful reading of this accidentally implies a Rip Van Winkle style experience, where you and your GF fell asleep for a few years.
- floater123 9y ago
  I bought my mattress about 20 years ago (probably new forms of life evolving in it by now), one of those memory foam overlays gave it a new lease on life for about AU$200. Very comfortable. That and a down pillow and I'm hard pressed to leave bed at times. Essentially just looks like some plastic foam, whether it's worth that price I couldn't say.

I've found Ikea to be a great place to buy a mattress. No shady sales tactics or aggressive salesmen, several models you can physically try out in the store, and good quality/value.

Fezzik 9y ago

Seconded. Their latex mattresses are amazing if you are looking for a firm mattress, and priced significantly cheaper than anything else on the market. I have owned two over the last 14 years and both have been amazing: assisted in easing back pain and making my sleep more restful.

sliverstorm 9y ago
Is there a lot of nuance to latex? Or are they pretty similar/competitive with other latex mattresses?
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- Fezzik 9y ago
  I can't say I did a lot of research beyond price (Ikea was cheapest) and comfort (they all felt the same to me). This seems like a pretty good article about latex mattresses though (the photo part-way down of tapped rubber trees bummed me out): https://hubpages.com/living/Warnings-Wisdom-on-Buying-a-Latex-Mattress-by-a-Mattress-Sales-Expert https://hubpages.com/living/Warnings-Wisdom-on-Buying-a-Late...

amelius 9y ago

Except for tall people.

woolvalley 9y ago
Doesn't Ikea sell the standard mattress sizes? Do you mean a lack double & single tall mattress sizes?

pcthrowaway 9y ago

I went in there a couple of years ago, and bought a full-sized Sultan Havberg after trying a few out (it looks like they don't sell this anymore, but you can find it in their product catalog - http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/buying_guides_fy15/Mattresses_bg.pdf http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/buying_guides_fy15/Mattress...) At the time it felt fine, but when it arrived I found it nearly impossible to sleep on. I could feel the springs pressing into me as I inevitably rolled around over them. I guess you get what you pay for. Fortunately a friend of mine whose girlfriend was moving in was giving away a memory foam mattress topper, which has turned it from one of the worse beds I've owned into the best bed I've owned. It's really hard to anticipate how a mattress will actually feel when you try to sleep on it, and I recommend not skimping on one.

xapata 9y ago
Next time ask the IKEA staff which one they buy. I forgot the name, but I bought one after a clerk in that department said, "We all own this one." It's amazing. Sometimes I wake up in the morning marveling at how comfortable I was.
- scotty79 9y ago
  Not sure if that's the one but I bought Hamnvik there. It was so nice that right after carying it up to our 3rd floor me and my girlfriend fell aslep on it in the middle of the day for no reason. Unfortunately it lasted just few years. They have 10 years warranty though.
  - gknoy 9y ago
    > me and my girlfriend fell aslep on it in the middle of the day for no reason. Unfortunately it lasted just few years I love that an un-careful reading of this accidentally implies a Rip Van Winkle style experience, where you and your GF fell asleep for a few years.
floater123 9y ago
I bought my mattress about 20 years ago (probably new forms of life evolving in it by now), one of those memory foam overlays gave it a new lease on life for about AU$200. Very comfortable. That and a down pillow and I'm hard pressed to leave bed at times. Essentially just looks like some plastic foam, whether it's worth that price I couldn't say.