New Mattress

[LFEFox23]

Right guys, need your recommendations for a new mattress!!

 

I’ve had a sh!t lower back for years, waking up with stiffness and pain…

 

Google reviews is saying Simba but a couple have said they sink after 6 months!

[hejammy]

I've had your Simba / Emma, both sunk after a few months. Actually opened one up and realised the build quality is terrible. Then I got a tempur mattress, had it for over 5 years and it's as good as when I first got it. Superb quality, doesn't sink. I too had lower back issues and now not so much. It's pricier for sure. Just go onto your local Dreams and sleep on one. I even use their pillows (Tempur that is) 

[Tommy G]

We have a Simba (bought 8 years ago) and personally think it's great, in fact if I sleep on anything else it gives me a dodgy back. I fell for all their marketing stuff and got the pillows and duvet too. Would 100% recommend. 

[Grebfromgrebland]

If you have back issues do you have a strong enough fitness and well being routine?

 

 

[izzymuzzet]

We've had an Otty for about 7 years. Really good quality, no complaints at all. Still seems to have plenty of life in it and when we need to replace it we will probably get another Otty.

[boots60]

If you're on a budget there's quite a few outside houses in Beaumont Leys

[jgtuk]

Wife recently bought a Tempur divan base and mattress for lotsa £££, I wasn’t impressed but have to admit, it’s the best sleep I’ve ever had. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

I often wake up with stiffness

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, boots60 said:

If you're on a budget there's quite a few outside houses in Beaumont Leys

 

Whilst you're there you could also get a sofa, a TV stand (sometimes with a TV), a bath, some part worn tyres and a bike frame.

Edited Tuesday at 17:39 by Parafox

[NAKC20]

2 hours ago, Parafox said:

 

Whilst you're there you could also get a sofa, a TV stand (sometimes with a TV), a bath, some part worn tyres and a bike frame.

Dont forget a Tesco trolley

[HighPeakFox]

 

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, NAKC20 said:

Dont forget a Tesco trolley

 

Or the rusty dog cage.

 

The list goes on.

 

We mock but going into such homes and seeing the existence therein would need a whole new topic to describe the squalor and neglect I have personally experienced and I wasn't even a social worker, just a passing presence in an emergency.

 

I bet the OP wasn't expecting his question to take such a turn.

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 22:31 by Parafox

[Tommy G]

11 hours ago, Parafox said:

 

Or the rusty dog cage.

 

The list goes on.

 

We mock but going into such homes and seeing the existence therein would need a whole new topic to describe the squalor and neglect I have personally experienced and I wasn't even a social worker, just a passing presence in an emergency.

 

I bet the OP wasn't expecting his question to take such a turn.

 

 

Whats the worst you've seen?

[Parafox]

8 hours ago, Tommy G said:

Whats the worst you've seen?

 

A baby born on a filth encrusted sofa that had recently been the birth place of a litter of kittens and was still damp from the animals placenta. The baby had the umbilical cord intact but separated from the mother. Mum was still bleeding onto the sofa, The human placenta had been delivered. Two dogs were sniffing around it.

 

There was no electricity or central heating. The walls in the room were bare plaster that had the old wallpaper scraped off to burn in the fireplace and had subsequently been smeared with animal excrement. Dog and cat food and bodily waste was trodden into the "carpet" and had hardened off so it was more like lino. 

 

It was a while ago now but I seem to remember there were 3 adults and 5-6 kids ranging from toddler to young teen also living in the property as well as a number of "pets" including reptiles in tanks.

 

I recall being told that the adults slept downstairs as the floorboards in the main bedroom had been ripped up for firewood. The same reason that were no doors or architraves.

 

The baby girl was born healthy, a good weight and size and was full term.

 

We took baby and her mother to hospital for the baby's safety and made a safeguarding referral.

 

I have no idea what became of any of them but it was so tragic and overwhelming at the time.

 

Hand Avenue. FWIW.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 18:51 by Parafox

[Silebyfox_89]

On 28/04/2025 at 22:01, LFEFox23 said:

Right guys, need your recommendations for a new mattress!!

 

I’ve had a sh!t lower back for years, waking up with stiffness and pain…

 

Google reviews is saying Simba but a couple have said they sink after 6 months!

Back to topic.

 

We've got an Emma for 18 months and it is comfy but does get warm in the summer months and struggles to keep cool.

 

If you're hairy or and sweat alot it probably isn't for you.

 

Would've preferred a Simba or Tempur but they were out of our price range at the time.