How to tell if my existing mattress would work with an adjustable platform?

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I am hoping to find out if my mother’s mattress will work with an adjustable platform. It is a Spring Air model number 210898-1050, the website was no help and support hasn’t even sent a confirmation of email received. If that isn’t enough information, I was thinking of taking a 2x4 and putting it under the mattress and lifting towards the front and back to simulate an adjustable platform to see if the mattress bends good or bad? I was hoping to save some money by buying a used adjustable platform. Thank you for any help. (I tried to post a couple of .jpg images, but even after getting them under 800 pixels it says: Image MIME type (%s) is not allowed (%s). If the pictures would help anyone in answering, then let me know and I will contact support for more help. I did as much as I could with the help file alone.)

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Hey TDKinDallas,

Welcome to The Mattress Underground :slight_smile: ! Thanks for your question.

Thanks for including the Spring Air model number of your mother’s mattress, TDK. Where did she purchase the mattress and how old is it/ what size? If you can check with her and get the model name, that will be more helpful than the model number in this instance. Some images would be good too, not sure what issue kept them from uploading but if you have the same problem, please send screenshots of what you are encountering and I’ll get that to our support team for review. I look forward to your reply and thanks :wink: .

Sensei

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I couldn’t find any other tags or markings on it and she has no idea. I tried using a 2x4 to hold it up at different areas and heights and it didn’t look to good. I also tried just picking up one end to see how well it would fold and it bunched up a lot, so I don’t think it will work. Thanks for replying. :slight_smile:

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a quality mattress will have a solid bottom to support the weight and adjustment of the mattress to an adjustable base.

GhostBed is “all about that base” and its mattresses have that side part built in to help keep the mattress in place.

You can search online and compare by feeling your mattress to see if it has the support needed too hold the bottom bar on the adjustable base to stay in place and no move around.