How To Tell If A Mattress Is Any Good?

How To Tell If A Mattress Is Any Good?

Picking out a good quality mattress can be hard, especially if you're looking for something specific. Learn how to determine which mattress is good and which is not.

 

When it comes to picking a good quality mattress, it’s not only about the mattress itself but it’s also about what that mattress represents in your life - in other words, good sleep. Good sleep is vital for us to function optimally in many areas of our lives, and therefore choosing a good mattress is really important.

 

At Dial-a-Bed, getting you the best night’s sleep possible is our mission – and that means different things for different people. In this guide, we help you to know if a mattress is any good, how to choose a good mattress, and why quality sleep is so important.

 

The Importance of Good Sleep

 

When you talk about the importance of a good mattress you're also talking about the importance of good sleep. The effects of good sleep (and bad sleep for that matter) have been studied and researched for years, and scientists can now link good sleep directly too;

 

  • Improved productivity during the day
  • Improved concentration and memory
  • Lower chance of weight gain
  • More vitality and energy for athletic performance
  • Lower risk of heart disease and other lifestyle diseases
  • Lower risk of depression and anxiety.

 

Now, can you see why telling a good mattress apart from bad ones is going to be key? A good mattress equals a good night’s sleep which, in turn, equals better quality of life.

 

Features Of A Good Mattress

 

In our opinion, a mattress needs to tick a few boxes to be placed into the good (and even great) range:

 

Support/Firmness

 

A good mattress brand or range will offer you a variety of choices when it comes to firmness and support. A good mattress will never be soft but rather medium to firm in order to offer the best lumbar support possible.

 

Comfort

 

Support and comfort are two different things. You need a firm bed that offers you good lumbar support but that doesn't have to mean it can't be comfortable. A good mattress brand will offer a feel of the mattress that is comfortable, inviting and pillow-soft.

 

Value For Money

 

At Dial-a-Bed we always say that cheaper isn’t always better. When it comes to a good mattress, we firmly believe that the cost of the mattress needs to offer you value in terms of what it can do for you. If you’re on a tight budget, a value mattress can still be priced right and offer you great support and comfort. So, make sure you shop around.

 

Long-Lasting

 

Most of us intend for a bed or mattress to last quite a while. A mattress needs to offer durability as this is one of its features for it to be rated "good" in our books.

 

How to Choose A Good Mattress

 

It can be daunting to know what a good mattress is amongst the variety of good mattress brands out there. That’s where Dial-a-Bed comes in, we’ve done the due diligence on all of our brands that we stock and we’ve made sure that they produce quality beds that deliver on what they promise. When you want to choose a good mattress, come to Dial-a-Bed, and here’s why:

 

  • Choice – we stock some of the best bed brands in the business, like Sealy, Simmons, Forty Winks and King Koil. Our range is wide enough to meet every kind of budget and we’ll help you find the mattress that works for you.
  • Testing Areas – in every Dial-a-Bed store, we offer a Comfort Testing Station, where you can test a range of bed brands and types before buying.
  • 100-night Free Trial – we offer a 100-night comfort exchange that enables you to buy a bed – online or in-store – and take it home. If you are not happy with it within 100-nights, we'll collect it and help you find a more suitable brand instead.

 

For a range of the most comfortable mattresses, each designed with the latest in sleep technology, and engineered to suit your unique sleep style, shop online now with Dial-a-Bed.

 

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FAQs

 

How to choose a good mattress?

A good mattress must offer support, comfort, durability, and value for money in order for us to think it is GOOD.

 

What is a good mattress?

A good mattress will offer you the support you need for your body at night whilst still being soft and comfortable. It also needs to offer a long-lasting guarantee and be cost-effective too.

 

Is a memory foam mattress good?

Memory foam is a design of mattress that is supposed to be firm yet supportive to the body. We stock a wide range of memory foam mattresses at Dial-a-Bed now.