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A Review of Mattress Types
Mattresses come in a bewildering array of materials, sizes, thicknesses, and combinations thereof. But there are a few basic categories – foam, latex, spring for the mattresses, and box spring or slatted bed bases for the foundations. Then there’s mattress toppers or pillowtops! Review the types of mattresses below:
Foam Mattresses
Designed to contour to your body, foam mattress contain high resilient and/or memory foam which contours to your body and resumes its shape. Foam support your body no matter the position and absorbs movements so that you don’t feel your sleep partner’s movements. With natural materials like wool and silk covering mattresses, temperatures are kept even and moisture is wicked away from your body. Removable, washable covers make cleaning a snap.
All IKEA Foam mattresses start with the letter F: FIDJETUN, FINNVIK, FJORDGARD, FLOKENES, FLORVÅG, FONNES, FOSSING, and FÅVANG – all part of the SULTAN family which bear the 25 year limited warranty. FORSEN, FAGERAS, FORSBACKA, FOLLEBU, and FANGEBO have been discontinued.
Latex Mattresses
Designed for precise support, latex mattresses yield to pressure points such as elbows, shoulders and hips – similar to foam, but lighter and springier. The mattress cushions movements, allowing for full relaxation and undisturbed sleep. Naturally porous, latex circulates air and wicks moisture away from your body. The most flexible of all the mattresses, these go well with adjustable slatted bed bases.
All IKEA latex mattresses start with the letter E: ELSFJORD, ENGENES, ERFJORD and as part of the SULTAN family, they carry the 25 year limited warranty. EVJE and ENEBAAK have been discontinued.
Spring Mattresses
Spring mattresses are designed to evenly distribute weight and eliminate pressure on any particular part of your body. Air circulation is good in spring mattresses, keeping you cool and dry during the night. Choose top layers of foam, latex or natural materials to customize your sleep.
All IKEA Spring mattresses which start with the letter H: HAGAVIK, HAMNVIK, HARESTUA, HEIDAL, HERAND, HJARTDAL, HJELMÅS and HUGLO are covered by the 25 year warranty. JAREN and JAVNAKER are not. HASSELBACK has been discontinued as has HOGBO, HEDFORS, and HEBERG. ALBY, ALEKULL, and ARNO have been discontinued.
Review of Foundation Types
Boxspring Foundations
In the United States at least, the boxspring is the traditional type of foundation for a mattress. It lifts the mattress up higher and provides support through the use of a sturdy wood frame, with springs in the middle. IKEA boxsprings carry the 25 year limited warranty, except for the JÄRLEBO which has no warranty.
Check out the OXEL line for Box Spring Covers: OXEL Box Spring Covers
Slatted Bed Bases
In Europe, the slatted bed base is a common type of support for a mattress. It’s low-profile, and lends itself to adjustable applications. Keep in mind that wide bed slats require a mid-beam to make them structurally sound. Except for SULTAN LADE, all IKEA slatted bed bases carry the 25 year warranty, however those with motors for adjustable bases – the motors are covered by a five year warranty.
Review of Mattress Topper Types
Foam or Latex Mattress Topper: Foam and latex mattress toppers simulate the existence of an actual foam, memory foam or latex mattress. Ranging from 1 5/8″ thick to 2 1/2″ thick, foam and latex toppers provide cushiony support for a fraction of the price of a full mattress. Memory Foam Toppers: SULTAN TAFJORD. Foam Toppers: SULTAN TJOME, SULTAN TARSTA. Latex Toppers: SULTAN TVEIT, SULTAN TOLG.
Natural Material Mattress Topper: These mattress toppers or mattress pads provide an extra measure of softness and even protection for the mattress below. SULTAN TRANDAL
None of the IKEA mattress toppers are covered by warranty. TIMAN, TALLIDEN and TORSMO have been discontinued.
IKEA Bed Information
IKEA Bed, Mattress, Bedframe, Boxspring, Slatted Bed Base, Mattress Topper and Crib and Cot Mattress information is located here: IKEA Mattress and Bed Information: IKEA Mattresses
IKEA Mattress Quality
IKEA mattresses are tested like many of IKEA’s products for durability. On most of IKEA’s mattresses, there is a 25 Year Limited Warranty.
- Body Testing: IKEA tests the main body of the mattress to simulate various sleeping positions by moving a weight up and down the bed and in different positions 10,000 times.
- Edge Testing: IKEA tests the edges of the bed to simulate sitting on the edge of the bed when getting in or out, or when dressing. A 220 pound weight is raised and lowered onto the edge of the bed 20,000 times.
IKEA Mattress Reviews
SULTAN HEIDAL: “This is a firm mattress, but I have found it v comfortable. Transports heat and moisture v effectively.”
SULTAN HJELMÅS: quiltmaster: “Excellent quality. Flippable. Hard to find similar warranty for anywhere near the price elsewhere.”
SULTAN ALSARP: Tigratrus: “Love it. Excellent use of space in an unexpected location.”
SULTAN ERFJORD: “Conforms nicely to body. More conforming and softer than the Evje.”
SULTAN EVJE. yage: So far it’s been very comfortable and we’ve been using it with the Lade slatted bed base
IKEA’s Mattress Warranty
IKEA offers a Twenty Five Year Limited Warranty on most mattresses. The SULTAN LADE’s electric motor has a Five Year Limited Warranty. Warranties do not apply to SULTAN Mattress Pads or Slatted Bed Bases or Children’s Mattresses.
The mattress warranty covers the SULTAN mattresses and bed bases against defects in material and workmanship as follows:
- Wooden frame and springs in the wooden base spring mattresses
- Springs in reversible spring mattresses
- Foam core in foam mattresses
- Latex core in latex mattresses
- Wooden frame and slats in slatted bed bases except for SULTAN LADE. The electric motor in the electrically operated beds carry a 5 year warranty.
Love It or Exchange It
IKEA offers additional surety that you’ll be happy with your mattress – you can exchange a mattress once in ninety days if you’re not satisfied with your purchase. The Love It or Exchange It policy is as follows:
Return your mattress with your receipt to the store and select your new mattress. We are unable to exchange your mattress if your merchandise is found to be dirty, stained, damaged or abused.
You’ll also have to provide a Photo I.D. as a condition of the exchange.
IKEA Mattress Removal Offer
From January 11th through March 7th, 2010 when you purchase a new mattress and pay for delivery, IKEA will remove your old mattress for free!
Tags: IKEA Bed Bases, IKEA Bedrooms, IKEA beds, IKEA Mattresses, SULTAN
Oh, a good information I have read. I like mattress. I will buy some for my house.
IKEA is a terrible mattress store. Most of their mattresses are just junky, as they are purchased and created in places like India and China. If you want a chinese or indian mattress “desinged” by Ikea, by all means, purchase it. they have a draconian return policy — they will not accept back opened mattresses! I got stuck with a $200 foam pad mattress after it did not fit my bed frame (which I bought from ikea itself)! They have this lame-brained love-it-or-exchange it plan, which, if you read the fine print, is only one exchange within 90 days. That’s not love it or exchange it! That’s take a chance or we’ll give you one more spin! A real return policy would include the possibility of refunding the mattress. They have no such policy. Believe me, if you buy a mattress there, you better get ready to be stuck with it. They just have cheap, padding-stuffed crap. Avoid them for anything you can’t return, including their furniture, since it won’t be accepted back once you assemble it.
Alex K says he was dumb enough to buy a mattress pad that was the wrong size for his bed frame, and then completely craps on Ikea because he is too stupid to use a tape measure..
and he is prejudiced as well, as if am Indian or Chinese person could not manufacture to Ikea’s specifications..ok one exchange in 90 days.. how many times are you going to exchange your mattress Alex??
I have been sleeping on Ikeas mattresses for over 30 years, great value, great products,
great warranties, i dunno, what more do you need.
just take your time, and find the right mattress for your needs, you can always exchange it!
It’s funny that your comment came uo today Russ R because I just bought the favang mattress today along with an Ikea Tromso loft bed.
The specifications for the mattress I bought is 74 1/2″. The frame has a stated length of 74 1/2″.
First off Russ, I would like to know how you use a tape measure to measure the length of a rolled up foam mattress before you buy it unless of course you wanted me to measure out the mattress at the ikea bin. I had no clue that the mattress I bought would be two inches too short. I measured it with a tape measure unrolled because I am not as talented as Russ.
If I was as talented as Russ, I would not have to drive 100 km back to my nearest ikea store to get an exchange for a too short mattress. I would rather have a refund for both the frame and mattress that has not been used and does not meet specifications that Chinese and/or Indian workers should be able to follow (btw, I am a Chinese guy whose parents were born in Calcutta) but I don’t think Russ’ boss will authorize it. I am truly regretting my wife’s insistence on going to ikea today.
Russ I suggest you take your tape measure and stick it up your Ikea manager’s butt to measure how far up your brown nose has gone because it truly sounds like you are a regular ikea employee of the month.
Quite frankly, I think Alex and Marshall are the same person. I have owned several IKEA mattresses and have never found them to be anything but standard sizes. We have one IKEA bed frame and three non-IKEA bed frames, and all of the mattresses fit perfectly.
If the mattress you purchased truly is two full inches shorter, that’s a manufacturing defect and you should be able to demand a refund. I would.
Love my IKEA mattress with Latex Topper, for 6 years now! I prefer it to the other more expensive and consumer rated/recommended mattresses that I own. Personal preference, I am sure, but I do sleep better on it. IKEA’s is one of three bed sets we own for our grown family guests. Good Luck finding what suits you best.
was very excited to buy the memmory foam mattress last night from ikea….although I know it takes 3 to four days to regain its shape…so far the box spring also bought last night is way longer than the mattress itself. my boyfriends feet are hanging off the ends, he is not a tall guy. box spring and mattress both fulls. hoping that changes soon
I bought the latex eljsford mattress, king size, over two years ago now. I have environmental allergies and couldn’t be in the same room as a “memory foam” mattress. I had no troubles with the eljsford mattress – it did not alert my allergies – meaning it did not gas off in any way I could detect. I really love this mattress, and it is a firm mattress. I’m in the market now for a mattress topper to add a bit of softness to it, but I’ve very happy with the Eljsford. I am concerned about reviews for some of that mattresses that refer to fire retardants – that stuff is way too toxic to want to spend a third of one’s life around. Ikeas descriptions to do not include references to fire retardants. WHY NOT??
I have had no concerns with the size of the mattress vs the size of my bedframe (Malm) nor the size of my sheets, purchased elsewhere. The Eljsford was at least half the price of any other latex (which means natural rubber) mattress I could find. I gave the memory foam mattress away to a friend who let it gas off for a year in her attic, then she threw it out – still stinking.
Full size beds are not very long, they are more for teenagers or kids.
Purchased one HJARTDAL mattress as NEW, UNUSED and SEALED item. After delivery I discovered that I received it with a 10cm incision, 2-3cm deep. After 5 days from delivery I haven’t got the exchange and the CSR (which sucks BTW) offered me the only alternative: to wait until the store will receive it. In Toronto another store is operating and is having the item, but transfers between them is impossible.
This is a sample of you may get:
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BEWARE of IKEA OFFER, and buy IKEA only if is for FREE!
Bought an ikea sultan heidal 12 months ago. Foam has sagged and feels worse than the 20 year old mattress that I replaced. Worst sleeping experience ever. Don’t purchase these mattresses. They are extremely low quality. When you look at the mattress you can see the “dents” where my wife and I sleep. We’ve even flipped it and both sides are worn out.
Best matrasses. Low price, high quality.
Purchased HASSELBACK 3.5 years ago, and completely failing now, should have lasted at minimum seven years. You get what you pay for, at Ikea, it would be for a mattress which will only last you less than four years… Low quality, beware.
According to my 2007 IKEA Catalog the SULTAN HASSELBACK had a 25 year limited warranty in place. If it’s literally falling apart, you should take your receipt back to the store and consult with the returns department about your next steps.
Sorry you had such bad luck!
Susan
I’m shopping for a mattress, and liked some of the Ikea foam and latex models. I’m trying to decide between one of those and the Costco Pure Comfort.
By the way, the Ikea here in San Diego is a fun store (we bought leather sofa and love seat there) but the service at the return counter is about as bad as it gets. I took a $6 lamp back because it began arcing at the in-line switch, and they gave me nothing but grief. Careful with that end of the business.
I bought a Hamnvik mattress about a year ago and it turned out to be a waste of money. The foam layer on top sagged out of shape so it has dents corresponding to where we lie on it, and the edges sag beyond the edges of the sprung section.
I don’t hate Ikea by any means, I think some of their stuff is great, but some isn’t. This is one of the products I’d advise my friends to avoid.
I bought the latex anti-allergy mattress approximately three weeks ago. This was a huge mistake! I bought it because I have bad allergies and I needed the best bed I could find. Since purchasing this bed, I’ve been waking up sick every day. I spent $1,000 dollars on this bed and now I’m sleeping in the spare bedroom on a cot! I was told by the IKEA at Hicksville there was nothing she could do! Even if I go back, I’m afraid the next mattress will have the same problem! Also, any other mattress is cheaper so I get credit, no money back! I don’t need anything else. Big mistake!!! Everyone in my area are having mattress sales and I picked IKEA! I am a huge fan of IKEA, but unfortunately something is wrong here.
I bought Sultan Favang memory foam mattress three years ago. It was good for at the most one year but really less than that.
It just formed the shape of me in the bed in which I would role into. It caused me pins and needles in my hands as they would not rest upon teh bed but would also role under the body and it contributed to back ache.
Rubbish and should have a health warning. I bought it to go with a slat base so maybe a divan would have better..
In 2006, I bought a Sultan Hassleback mattress from Ikea.
I have to tell you that it was the best mattress I’d ever slept on.
I would like to know why this particular model was discontinued as it was top of the line and I wanted to upgrade to a queen size from my double.
I now sleep on a Sealy inner spring mattress and it’s absolutely horrible in comparison. It’s like comparing apples to oranges.
In the 4 years that I used that Sultan mattress, with my husband beside me every single night, I never once had a problem with it.
It has stayed firm with no issues whatsoever.
Now there’s really no mattress at Ikea that interests me, nothing compares to the one I had.
I’d rate it a 5 out of 5.
My wife and I purchased a SULTAN HASSELBACK mattress, and it has started sagging really badly and the reason we bought it is because of the 25 year
guarantee. We have contacted IKEA and they sent someone round to have a
look at the mattress and they agreed that the mattress was unusable. He then asked my wife how much she weighed and how much i weighed. He then
said that because between us we weigh more than 18 stones (not each but combined weight) that the guarantee is null and void. Also while checking inside the mattress the person unzipped the mattress, and now the zip has gone aswell. DO
I bought a couple of mattresses for use in a rental property. I had assumed that the fire labels would have been attached. We have had an inspection, and it appears there are indeed no labels.
I contacted Ikea …. it took me ages to get through. The staff were unhelpful, to say the least. They had only scant knowledge about their products and the relevant regulations. I was very saddened to hear the Customer Services Manager say that Ikea will not help unless it had to, because essentially ‘time was money….. that’s business’.
Lesson learned …. keep away from Ikea products. They don’t need me or my money!
I purchased an Ikea memory foam mattress one month ago. I was fine for two and a half weeks before the center collapsed. I am unable to sleep on it now, It gives me excruciating back pain, i even purchased one of the top of the line moddels and it is still CRAP!!!!!! I just want my money back for their DEFECTIVE PRODUCT
Editor’s Note: Edited to remove foul language and excessive punctuation and capitalization. You get more credit for speaking calmly and rationally.
J ai achete un matelas sultan fidjetun 160-200 et quelques mois apres un trou s est forme au milieu. Depuis mon mari et moi avons tres mal au dos et nous dormons tres mal. Le service IKEA de Avignon repond qu il n y a jamais eu de soucis avec ce matelas. Nous sommes degoutes de IKEA…..n achetez pas ce produit.
My wife and I purchased an Ikea Sultan Fossing mattress, slatted base, and bed frame 2 years ago. The mattress was good for less than a year, and it has been gradual decline in support for the past year. I’m a young guy of average build, and I now wake up with lower back pain from the mattress sagging in the middle. I can’t believe the mattress is only 2 years old as sleeping in my 10 year old futon gives me a better night sleep. I would never purchase an Ikea mattress again, they appear to be poor quality.
It looks like the SULTAN “HASTLE BACK” seems like it has design floor. IKEA should be taken to task. Thanks for all your comments, I will be looking at other alternatives.
What? I’m confused. So are the matresses good or not?! I purchased a Sultan Harestua matress. I havn’t recieved it yet but I want to know about its quality and firmness.
I would avoid going into the mattress business like the plague. Most people are just looking for a comfortable pad to lie down on, but I sort of suspect many people are looking for much, much more.
Take your time shopping and don’t truly expect, if you are really hard to please, that what you find at a relatively low cost retailer is going to satisfy you.
Your mattress is not going to turn your life around.
We are just selling our Sultan Heidal after sleeping on it for 15 months.
We went away for a week and sleeping on other mattresses made us realise our Sultan Heidal is stuffed. I get a sore lower back every morning, my wife wakes up with a head-ache. They just don’t last.
Ikea Sultan hasselback. Same here, started sagging badly a year back and now has pot holes all over the mattress. Spoke to CSR, who wanted to bring back the mattress of examination. Told her I have credit card statement of purchase, CSR replied, store can look up the information. she does not have access to the records, Carried the Mattress to the stoughton Store in MA.
Cannot believe the rudeness, Monica, the returns person, who also claimed to be the manager, did not even look at the mattress, did not even say hi.
called my number, 39..I came over, she said do u have the receipt, I said no,..but….and called 40…after calling the number 40, she said, sorry no receipts no returns… did not even talk, listen it was so rude.
That was my last day shopping at IKEA. but somewhere these people should read this. how can u be in business with that kind of attitude.
I have contacted BBB, just to hear from them.
I need to buy a new matress for my husband and I. We purchased one from a furniture store and it is only a year old at this point and its horrible! We can feel the springs and we can barely walk when we wake up. Our backs hurt so bad. I am confused at which one I should get or wether I should be buying a combination of a matress and a matress pad. Can we just get something like the SULTAN FIDJETUN Memory Foam Matress and nothing else and sleep good on that? We need something firm and that will last a decent amount of time. We need some input
Thank you !!!
I was considering buying the SULTAN HALLEN mattress, but can’t find any reviews. Has anyone tried it?
I’ve slept on a new SULTAN FOSSING for three weeks, and so far so good…and by good I mean great. Prior to this I’d been other brand spring mattresses all my life, and for the past three years have been sleeping on a spring mattress with the addition of a 3-inch memory foam topper.
When visiting IKEA I concentrated solely on the foam, latex, and memory foam mattresses. Just as a general observation, I find that if you habitually turn at night the memory foam isn’t necessarily the best choice. With my topper I was waking up to roll over because of the effort required. It’s definitely easier to move on the foam mattresses, and that helped make my final decision.
The FOSSING is a latex/foam combination. The initial comfort in my opinion is excellent. I’m relatively small-framed, 125 pounds, with no back or joint problems. I usually sleep on both my back and side. Since I’m a multiple-personality sleeper, I always need a bed that’s soft enough for my shoulder but firm enough for my back. The FOSSING pulls in the “plush” rating but I find it perfect for my needs. I’ve been sleeping soundly through the night, waking up refreshed, and not waking in the middle of the night to move around.
There have been some concerns noted about the “offgassing” of some of these mattresses. I did notice a smell when I unfurled it (it’s roll-packed, hooray easy transport!), but after a few days of airing, and a vacuum (IKEA recommendation to get rid of the odor), nothing bothersome.
The mattress at the store was presented with just the pine slats – I found that upgrading to the SULTAN LAXEBY base also affected the comfort for the better.
Obviously my knowledge is lacking in reference to one of the most popular concerns – the mattress’s longevity. I’ll come back in a year, but until then, so far a great experience and what seems to be a mattress that is well-suited to my needs.
Been sleeping on the Sultan Erfjord Latex (their most expensive one) on the Laxeby bed base for 2 years now and it’s been amazing… but it’s true, you do get what you pay for at IKEA so beware about the lower-end ones.
I just bought an IKEA Hoggla or Huggla, the one at the store seemed fine as I like firm mattresses, however I’m pretty sure it was because it was broken in. When I unwrapped mine at home and laid on it, it was like laying on a concrete slab. I called customer service and they said I can return it for a full refund. I drove an hour to IKEA only to be told at the returns counter that they will not issue me a refund and I can get in-store credit instead. After 30 minutes of going back and forth and telling them that i bought this less than 24 hours ago…they finally issued me a refund. After the horrible and inconsistent customer service I received, I doubt I’ll do any business there ever again. The girl at the counter told me that customer service agents don’t mean anything and it’s always at the store’s discretion…Beware
We’ve just bought an Ikea Hogla king mattress. After the first night I woke up with a pain in my right shoulder and neck. During my second night (last night), I tried to sleep on my left side. Conclusion, I woke up with pain in my left shoulder, neck and back.
To be fair, my wife is enjoying her sleep in this new mattress. I never had any issue to sleep before and I’m 173 pounds.
I had understood that this type of mattress – Spring mattresses – is designed to evenly distribute weight and eliminate pressure on any particular part of our body. Apparently it’s causing me exactly the opposite effect. Does someone have a similar experience? Do I need to learn how to sleep in this mattress? I’m afraid of my third night.
You might try adding a foam topper to the mattress on your side?
Ikea is a TERRIBLE mattress store. I bought the SULTAN FONNES Mattress and it’s like sleeping on a brick. It’s absolutely horrible. And, I lost the receipt so they won’t exchange it.
I purchased a Sultan Hanestad a few months ago. My husband and I were used to a very cushiony old mattress, so it was a major adjustment, to go to most firm. The mattress was okay for me, but harder on him, with his super bad back. SO today we exchanged it for the Sutan Hallen, the other mattress we were thinging of getting originally. SO far I can already tell a difference; excited to see once we’ve readjusted to it. Overall the whole experience has been pretty decent, fingers crossed.
I bought the SULTAN FLOKENESE memory foam mattress. What a piece of junk! It was good for less than a year before it started sagging. I will never buy an Ikea mattress or any of their furniture again. It really is all low quality junk. I accept responsibility, you get what you pay for. I learned my lesson. Save your money and buy a real Tempurpedic.
Looking for a mattress..have been considering an Ikea..from these rewiews most are not that good. one of the problems is when looking at the Ikea site many of the mattresses are not the same names as mattresses in the reviews…over all my research has been that most memory foam mattresses any where are poorly rated…i have been sleeping on cotton futons for years but they also have sufferred the influx and cofusion of options/dealers/kinds/models/scams/quality/imports and pricing issues. Lets face it if you pay alot and you get junk or you pay little and get junk it is all junk…..so my meathod is buy cheap and be prepaired to replace asap in a couple of years or buy big and be prepaired to replace in a couple more years….after fighting with the cotton futon for two years now i am sleeping on a really cheap thin spring mattress probably an ikea…it is only about 4 inches thick…i am heavy and large…this is a matteress that i used for camping….it is several years old and is better than my cotton futon i paid big for….at this point i am considering springs SULTAN HARESTUA $99.00,SULTAN HUGLO $149.00,SULTAN HALLEN Response-coil mattress $219.00 for twin..i will probably buy two twins for my king size loft platform bed….this way i can turn them around any old way i want…I life in San Francisco…the quality of Ikea is put to the test by the amount of throw away furniture you find on the street corner that has been abandoned for the grave yard. do not by one of those couches with the arms that fold up and down for a bed this along with many other items purchesed from ikea often show up on the corner and is idicative of their quality or lack of quality…if you are buying cheap junk be prepared to throw it away soon….and be prepared to replace it
Bought the Ersfjord mattress for my son a few years ago… he’s now longer than me so we purchased a new wider mattress (Also Ikea).
The 80cm Ersfjord is now in our guest-room.
I have a lot of problems with my back and I often wake up with pain witch results in changing position a lot during the night.
One night when the problems made it impossible for me to sleep I moved over to the guest-room and tried the Ersfjord mattress… I’m now stuck in the guestroom! :) I sleep all night, I don’t need change position and I really love that mattress.
I have bought a Ford Transit minibuss and my plan is remove the last row of chairs to convert the bus to a camper with a 160cm Ersfjord in the back.
Unfortunately Ikea does have Erfjord this year … I hope I can find one somewhere else.
So what I have gathered so far for Ikea products in the US is that anything beginning with:
F = Memory Foam mattress
H = Spring mattress
E = Latex mattress
The “F” mattress range doesn’t seem to far well in the reviews for Ikea. However, having said that; years ago I crashed at a friends place for about 12 months on a non-ikea memory foam mattress (cost about AU$2000) and discovered I don’t like memory foam mattresses in general. They mould to your body after about a year and it feels like the mattress is “grooved” to your sleeping position. Which is too bad since when I first settle down I like to be a bit cat-like and turn a couple of times before I get comfy. Really frustrating, but it did help me move on : )
Most of the “H” mattress reviews seem to have mixed responses depending on the price. Having spent most of my life on various spring mattresses (not Ikea) I am completely over the concept and them.
The best reviews from around the internet on Ikea mattress products seems to be around the “E” range. I’ve never slept on a latex mattress, “renowned” brands are expensive, seem to prefer a firmer mattress. If it is too firm, I’ll get a latex or memory foam topper (both of which are relatively inexpensive and can therefore be thrown out if they don’t work). The top “E” range is expensive-ish but should give me an idea on whether latex is my/our thing.
By the way, I have a Lycksele single bed and mattress in the spare room (picked the medium firmness mattress) and everyone that sleeps on it sleeps really well on it and absolutely love it. I love it for when I sleep in there to avoid waking my husband if I am having a restless night.
By the way the Ikea returns people in the States sound really bad, I’m sure not all of them are, I guess you don’t usually hear about the ones that happen as expected.
Anyway, I wish for everyone a good night’s sleep and fantastic service – no matter where you go. Cheers, Michaela, Australia
Purchased a HASSELBACK just over 3 years ago, was ok to start with then started sagging after the first year even after turning it over every month (recommneded by ikea) now causing back aches and stiff neck. Have to flip it over every other week, should have lasted more than 5 years. Called ikea who sent round a hired rep who then told ikea its normal wear and tear, called ikea CS and they refused to do anything further as the 3rd party rep reported as wear and tear. While i have read other reviews by people who have the same problem but a different outcome. I thought i had peace of mind with their 25 year warranty but the warranty is not worth the paper its written on.
We purchased a Hasselback mattress about 6 years ago which now looks to be sagging a little. Is it OK to flip it over? I seem to remember reading you couldn’t do this but can’t find any of the original documents!
Thanks
Our Sultan Heidal sagging badly after 3.5 years. We flipped it every three months – obviously poor quality
We just returned a Finnvik memory foam and are thinking about getting a Hogla spring instead, but after reading through all the bad reviews, I am scared. My husband likes firm mattresses, while I prefer softer ones. The Hogla felt pretty good in the store, not too firm. They were out of stock the day we were there, so we have to wait two weeks to get it–annoying! Great point that the floor models seem softer than new ones. Something to think about.