Dormeo Octaspring Mattress

[phoenix]

Hi Otrex,

Thanks for taking the time to share such detailed, balanced, and insightful comments about your Octaspring … I apreciate it!

It certainly seem like your 8500 is a great “match” for you in terms of PPP … and congratulations on your new mattress (a little belatedly)

As for the bed, I can tell you that the springs are NOT arranged exactly as shown in the literature. In fact, if you remove the mattress cover that it comes with, you can see only one colour of spring all the way around (the densest one). I called to ask about this and found out that the reason is that they want someone sitting on the edge of the bed not to crush the springs down, so the single row of dense springs at the edge allow for edge support (I suppose it keeps you from rolling off the side too). So, don’t be shocked if you cannot see all the different colours… they’re present, just not visible.

The Dormeo website here (click “technology”) and here have pictures that show the firmer edge support that you are mentioning.
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Durability is hard to predict, but so far it’s been quite good after about one year of use. I don’t know if it will last 20+ years, but so far I haven’t noticed much of a change in the original feel/comfort of the foam. I think there is a very sleight imprint in the foam since I sleep in the same position each night, and while you cannot see this imprint, I think I can feel it a bit. No matter, it just makes it feel like the mattress is holding you a bit more snugly, so it’s not too bad of a feeling. Note that an Octaspring Mattress is not made to be flipped or rotated at all. Doing so voids the warranty and the manufacturer claims it’s not necessary and in fact harmful to the mattress to do so.

If a mattress is well inside the comfort/support range that is suitable for someone and isn’t close to the edge of the range that is too soft for them when it is new and it doesn’t have any weak links in the design then it would be reasonable to expect a useful lifetime in the range of 7 - 10 years and with higher quality and more durable materials like latex or higher density memory foam or polyfoam (in the comfort layers especially) it would likely be in the higher end of the range or even longer.

While the 5 lb memory foam and the 2.5 - 3.5 lb polyfoam they use are certainly higher quality and durable materials and there are no obvious weak links in the mattress … the cutaways of the foam springs would probably reduce durability to some degree. It’s also more realistic to think of about 10 years as a maximum reasonable expectation for any mattress no matter what the quality of the materials and then treat any additional time after that as “bonus time” because after about 10 years the limiting factor in the useful life of a mattress will often be the changing needs and preferences of the person sleeping on the mattress and even if a mattress is still in good condition after a decade … a mattress that was suitable for someone 10 years earlier may not be the best “match” any longer.

Having said that … with higher quality materials throughout a mattress and/or for people whose needs and preferences or physical condition or body type hasn’t changed much over 10 years then “bonus time” or even “extended bonus time” with higher quality/density and more durable materials like latex or higher density memory foam or polyfoam or natural fibers is much more likely than with less durable materials. With the most durable mattress constructions and materials it would be more likely that some people would sleep “well enough” on a mattress for 20 years before they cross the threshold into “tolerating” a mattress and deciding to replace it but I think this would be a fairly rare exception in the case of the Octaspring.

Note that an Octaspring Mattress is not made to be flipped or rotated at all. Doing so voids the warranty and the manufacturer claims it’s not necessary and in fact harmful to the mattress to do so.

The Octaspring mattress can’t be flipped because it’s a one sided mattress but like all mattresses it could certainly benefit from occasionally rotating it 180 degrees which can help even out the wear and foam softening and may extend its useful life to some degree (see post #2 here).

Thanks once again for taking the time to share such helpful and detailed feedback.

Phoenix