Need a new bed. Springs or Foam?

[Pho3nix]

Hi,

As topic above, have lower back pain and I'm not really feeling a difference when I test the beds out at the shops so I'm a little confused as too which is better. Springs or Foam.
Opinions and recommendations would be appreciated.

 

[backstreetboy]

Cloud Nine - the newest range is latex /thread

 

[Pho3nix]

Cloud Nine - the newest range is latex /thread

Latex Foam or just Latex?

 

[PhreakBoy]

I had a casual job in a bed sales shop when I was in school 20 odd years ago.

5 years back I bought a Genessi bed and do not regret it. It's foam layers. Wife and I both prefer firm beds, so went for one without a "pillow-top". The pillow-top is a softer layer sewn to the top of the bed to give a soft feel for sleeping, but you still have the benefit of the firm bed underneath it.

I turn ours every few months just to get rid of any body "denting" that may be there. Admittedly, after turning, the bed feels like a whole different bed again.

Either foam or spring should be fine if you buy a decent bed - don't cheap out. You spend on average 8 hours (or a third of your life) i on your bed.

 

[Pho3nix]

Cloud Nine - the newest range is latex /thread

https://www.themattresswarehouse.co.za/product-category/shop-by-brands/cloud-nine-mattress/

Whats the top of the line here?

 

[Pho3nix]

I had a casual job in a bed sales shop when I was in school 20 odd years ago.

5 years back I bought a Genessi bed and do not regret it. It's foam layers. Wife and I both prefer firm beds, so went for one without a "pillow-top". The pillow-top is a softer layer sewn to the top of the bed to give a soft feel for sleeping, but you still have the benefit of the firm bed underneath it.

I turn ours every few months just to get rid of any body "denting" that may be there. Admittedly, after turning, the bed feels like a whole different bed again.

Either foam or spring should be fine if you buy a decent bed - don't cheap out. You spend on average 8 hours (or a third of your life) i on your bed.

Not looking to cheap out but can't go more than 10k at this point as have other things to get :|
Was hearing issues about springs not being the best because they eventually start to slump inwards.

Can replace the bed in a couple months but need something "decent" for the moment that won't leave my back feeling like *****

 

[shooter69]

https://www.themattresswarehouse.co.za/product/lodestar-cloud-nine-double-bed/

I have lower back issues. Bought this Cloud nine Loadstar bed a bit more than a month ago.

Result : I am in Cloud nine on that Cloud nine. Best bed I ever owned by a long shot!! Your first week would just be to get used to the bed. After that your back will be in heaven.

 

[Akasha]

My foam bed makes my back problems worse. But to be fair, so does my bf's hard spring mattress

 

[shooter69]

Firm or soft? The Foam bed I have is very firm.

 

[Pho3nix]

https://www.themattresswarehouse.co.za/product/lodestar-cloud-nine-double-bed/

I have lower back issues. Bought this Cloud nine Loadstar bed a bit more than a month ago.

Result : I am in Cloud nine on that Cloud nine. Best bed I ever owned by a long shot!! Your first week would just be to get used to the bed. After that your back will be in heaven.

Reviews don't seem too good :|

 

[backstreetboy]

https://www.themattresswarehouse.co.za/product-category/shop-by-brands/cloud-nine-mattress/

Whats the top of the line here?

http://cloudnine.co.za/ranges/eurolatex/ Tudor or Tuscany.

 

[mercurial]

Sjoe. That website makes it harder to choose.

 

[shooter69]

Reviews don't seem too good :|

I do not really care about the reviews much as personal experience trumps it. :crylaugh:

I tested a range of beds over a couple of months by going to the shops and lay on the beds for 10 min each. Not enough time to get real world feel of it but helped a lot. The Genisi bed as described earlier was my second option.

ps. I bought myself a Cloud nine single matress when I was 19 with my first pay check. Years later gave it to my brother who still sleeps on it. The matress is now 11 years old and still feels solid.

 

[SYNERGY]

My foam bed makes my back problems worse. But to be fair, so does my bf's hard spring mattress

Change position?

 

[Drifter]

We have had our Cloud Nine for about 15 years now, and the mattress is still as good as the day we got it.

 

[Pho3nix]

http://cloudnine.co.za/ranges/eurolatex/ Tudor or Tuscany.

Can't see these ones on any of their sales partners. Anyone a dealer willing to give me pricing?

Edit : http://www.thebedcentre.co.za seems to have.

 

[digitalis]

I thought I'd move to foam about 10 years ago. First I had a Cloud Nine. Omg I hated that mattress. Too HOT and back pain from hell.
Got rid of it after about a year.
Then I had a independent pocket coil mattress. Better than the Cloud Nine but i still had back pain. That mattress lasted 3 years.
Now I have a Tempur top of the range. Jeez do I hate this mattress. I wake up in a major sweat every night. Had to install a ceiling fan (best thing ever). Back pain hasn't gone anywhere. I spent so much money on this mattress I'm stuck with it. Every time I sleep elsewhere on a cheap sprung mattress I sleep like a baby.
So my 2cents: F**k foam.

 

[Pho3nix]

I do not really care about the reviews much as personal experience trumps it. :crylaugh:

I tested a range of beds over a couple of months by going to the shops and lay on the beds for 10 min each. Not enough time to get real world feel of it but helped a lot. The Genisi bed as described earlier was my second option.

ps. I bought myself a Cloud nine single matress when I was 19 with my first pay check. Years later gave it to my brother who still sleeps on it. The matress is now 11 years old and still feels solid.

Does he know what you were doing on it :erm:
Will try go to the shop today and give the bed a proper try.

 

[mercurial]

I thought I'd move to foam about 10 years ago. First I had a Cloud Nine. Omg I hated that mattress. Too HOT and back pain from hell.
Got rid of it after about a year.
Then I had a independent pocket coil mattress. Better than the Cloud Nine but i still had back pain. That mattress lasted 3 years.
Now I have a Tempur top of the range. Jeez do I hate this mattress. I wake up in a major sweat every night. Had to install a ceiling fan (best thing ever). Back pain hasn't gone anywhere. I spent so much money on this mattress I'm stuck with it. Every time I sleep elsewhere on a cheap sprung mattress I sleep like a baby.
So my 2cents: F**k foam.

Your body hasn't been gentrified yet.

/runs

 

[Pho3nix]

I thought I'd move to foam about 10 years ago. First I had a Cloud Nine. Omg I hated that mattress. Too HOT and back pain from hell.
Got rid of it after about a year.
Then I had a independent pocket coil mattress. Better than the Cloud Nine but i still had back pain. That mattress lasted 3 years.
Now I have a Tempur top of the range. Jeez do I hate this mattress. I wake up in a major sweat every night. Had to install a ceiling fan (best thing ever). Back pain hasn't gone anywhere. I spent so much money on this mattress I'm stuck with it. Every time I sleep elsewhere on a cheap sprung mattress I sleep like a baby.
So my 2cents: F**k foam.

Why'd you try foam so many times then?.. masochist?