I'm due to replace my 90x200cm (Euro size) IKEA latex mattress that was really a bit too thin at the best of times but it's also completely worn out now, and it's hurting my shoulders, hips and thighs. Some nights it's like sleeping on a camping air mat that has inexplicably half-deflated during the night.
The big problem is, I'm really struggling to find (m)any mattresses that are 200cm or longer. Many of you know I'm quite tall. My IKEA mattress sits on a custom 215cm rigid (unslatted) base that was made for me many years ago when I had a matching, quite firm, foam mattress. The space beyond the foot of the IKEA mattress is filled with a cardboard box that just happens to be the right size.
Sometimes I sleep stretched out on my back, which means my feet hang off the end of every hotel bed I've ever slept in. The rest of the time I sleep somewhat curled up on one side or the other, so I can happily get away with an ordinary 190cm mattress. Thing is, I sleep in all three orientations, multiple times a night. I don't need anything beyond a standard single mattress, and I haven't the space for some fancy King size bed just to get the length.
I've been to all the bed places near me, and they all offer paltry trial periods like 40 days, 60 days, no refunds, only credits. And frankly they all feel like used car salesmen in there.
I quite liked the IKEA HÖVÅG medium-firm mattress but just when I finally resolved to buy one (yesterday) they told me they aren't doing the Euro size anymore, and were due to end the whole range in a couple of months' time. I liked the feel of a Slumberland Rollo Hybrid Duo that I found in Bensons, but it's only 190cm.
What's a gal to do? Eve don't do a Euro or longer single, nor do Simba, Emma, Nectar, Hypnos, John Lewis, Ergoflex or any others. For what it's worth I found the Simba way too firm, while John Lewis had one or two pocket sprung mattresses I loved but the price was simply too high. JL consistently tops my customer service scoreboard though. Archers allegedly has a Sareer, of whom I've never heard, "gel-lex" mattress in 200cm, and I'm wary of too much memory foam topping because it makes it hard to turn over in bed. I thought that pocket springs with a decent top layer would be the way to go.
Any ideas, folks?
Ironically, the best night's sleep I ever had was at the Abode hotel in Manchester, and I pulled off all the sheets to find out what mattress it was. It turned out to be a Vispring bed. I note that they have a tantalising "extra wide & long" category.