written by nicky100 on 13/02/2011
I never had back pain but I was given one of these mattresses as part of a swap. At first I was really pleased, but soon realised that I was continually waking up during the night with lower back pain, and by the morning it was really quite bad. I thought it was just me, that it could not be the mattress, as they are so well thought of. So I persevered for about 3 months and eventually one morning I thought 'I cant stand it any more' sold it on Gumtree, and got my old sprung mattress back. Never been so glad to see the back of anything, and now I sleep fine and my back feels normal. I thought it was just me, but when the carrier arrived to pick it up the driver said he had exactly the same experience with his. (Cynically I think, is that why they market them to people who already have bad backs? then they will never know for sure if it is the mattress!!!)
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Bee's Response to nicky100's Review
Written on: 07/03/2011
We had a similar experience. The only drawback for the first year or so was that it was too warm. After a while it became apparent that the aches and pain we woke up with in our backs and necks were down to the mattress and not to the variety of different pillows we had tried.
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<br/>We spent so much money on the mattress (and pillows and mattress toppers, trying to resolve the problem) that we put up with it for nearly five years but we can't go on any longer - we are constantly tired, achy and cranky. Lack of sleep and dehydration from over-heating also induces frequent morning migraines.
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<br/>We will be buying an old fashioned sprung mattress in the very near future.