Hi, I´ve been struggling quite a bit over the last year or so to find a good replacement for my old mattress which started sagging after some years (Ikea Forsbacka). I have tried about six mattresses by now (pocket spring and foam), all of which could fortunately be returned, but the one I have now cannot be refunded. With each of these I encountered a different issue, although lack of support for my lower back was a recurring problem. I chose each of these mattresses after doing extensive research on the internet, and most of them received very good ratings from other people/ consumer organisations, so that I thought I must be making a good choice. Now that even my latest choice is disappointing, I am trying to get a bit desperate that I’ll ever be able to find a proper mattress that I can afford (I am a student, so more of less in the “Ikea” price range).
So, the mattress I have now (since June) is this one: ArenasCollection designmeubels, designmeubilair tuinmeubilair deco hotelbedden design verlichting (regular version). Could only find the description in Dutch (I am living in the Netherlands) so here are the specs: 300 pocket springs/ m2, 1.6 or 1.8 mm thick depending on the zone, covered with 2.5 cm of HR38 foam on both sides, and best buy according to a Belgian consumer organisation. The problem I have with this mattress is that is feels very soft around my hips and lower half of my torso, so that it is not very supportive for my waist/ lower back. On the other hand, the part under the lower part of my rib cage is relatively firm, so that I feel a lot of pressure there. It’s acceptable when I go to sleep, but I tend to wake up in the early morning with back pain in that area. I then often move to an old (stinky) mattress that I have lying around (which is also pocket sprung, non-zoned but pretty smelly/ too cold as it has only a thin polyether layer covering the springs) but I would prefer to actually throw that one away and spend the whole night on a proper mattress…
I don’t know if this forum is the right place to ask for advice, also because it seems to mostly cover mattresses that are sold in the US (and, as I pointed out, I live in the Netherlands), but I’m starting to get tired (literally) of this whole mattress thing so was hoping you might give me some good recommendations. Maybe it helps to know that I am female, late 20s, 5’ 6, 150 lbs, sleeping (mostly on my side, sometimes with one leg pulled up) in a queen by myself, and have a bit of a pear shape (ie short legs, quite heavy thighs/ bum, however not particularly wide hips bones compared to the rest). I am starting to think that the problem all the mattresses I tried had in common is the zoning, cause when I sleep on a thermarest air mattress when camping or non-zoned hotel bed I have no issues. However, it seems almost impossible nowadays to find a mattress made of decent materials (not polyether) that is NOT zoned in one way or the other.
Does any of you have some good tips for me on this? Thanks in advance!