The Mobile Mattressman.

When choosing your mattress, you should be looking at making it last you for the longest possible time coupled with lasting comfort. Getting an orthopaedic mattress means that the springs are as strong as you can get, therefore more durable to your weight being on it night after night.

All mattresses with Bonnell springs / cage sprung fall into the budget or economy ranges of nearly all manufacturers.

Soft - Medium - Firm?
Remember. This can be quite a nonsense - Comfort levels depend on price paid. A firm mattress in a cheap range is totally different from a firm mattress in a top of range.

The firmness of the base spring system will normally always be the same. It all depends on what waddings and felts are used to cover the springs and ultimately the final comfort layer, which determines it soft medium or firm.

For cage sprung mattresses It is usually best practice to choose the strongest spring you can get as this is the most important part of the mattress. Most mattresses that are described as orthopaedic means that the mattress will be on the firmer side of the scale. However, there are some that have been manufactured to provide a softer sleep surface by use of softer waddings, foams and felts for the comfort layers.

Alternatively, you should be looking at a mattress that contains pocket springs with a soft comfort layer such as memory foam or latex.

If your budget cannot stretch to a pocket sprung mattress then carefully consider what type of comfort layer you choose on your orthopaedic mattress. Remember, the springs are just the support. A lower gauge spring such as 13g or 13.5g will not offer the longevity of a 12.5g spring.

Remember, the springs are only the support part of the mattress and they will only be supporting your bodyweight. What provides the comfort is your choice of comfort layer.

A comfort layer is the final layer of padding just underneath the fabric. This will play a major part of how comfortable and how long lasting the mattress will be.

Comfort layers can be memory foam, lambswool, cashmere, polyester wadding, High Density foam, latex etc, or indeed a combination of these.

What comfort layer/s you choose will have an impact on the price of the mattress. The better the comfort layer, such as latex, the more expensive the mattress will be.