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VÅGSTRANDA Pocket spring mattress, medium firm (305.118.77)

IKEA VÅGSTRANDA Pocket spring mattress, medium firm (305.118.77)

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Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Reddit IconBigJDizzleMaNizzles
4 months ago

IKEA Vagstranda. We've had ours about 5 years. It's brilliant.

4 months ago

Pretty heavy, it's proper sprung mattress not just foam. Dunno if that's what you want or not.

Reddit IconChudwik
4 months ago

The IKEA Vagstranda is decent for the money. Lasts years. Firm is the way to go.

Reddit IconHot-Translator-5591
about 1 month ago

The January/February 2026 Consumer Reports has an extensive article about mattresses. My local library has it online so I didn't have to subscribe. While Consumer Reports is far from perfect, the article can at least help you narrow down your choices so you can decide what to try out in person and what to avoid. I started by looking at mattresses that achieved an overall score of at least 75. Then I narrowed it down by price. We looked at the mattresses with a score of at least 75 that cost $500 or less (queen), since there is no reason to pay more than $500 for a quality queen mattress. We did not want a pillowtop. We did not want foam. Organic was not a concern. These were the five that made the cut: • Siena Essential Premier Hybrid 82 ($424) Online only • Serta Classic Alden Medium Standard 79 ($499) Online only • Ikea Vagrstranda 77 ($499) In store and online • Signature Design by Ashley Chime 12" 75 ($330) No longer available • Serta Sleep to Go Hybrid 75 ($500) Online only Then I only wanted to buy a mattress that I could try out before purchasing, which excluded all the online mattress vendors. The lower priced mattresses are usually online only, even from brands that do sell other, higher-priced models, in mattress stores, department stores, or furniture stores. The exception is Ikea. We went to our local Ikea and they had the Vagstranda available to try in four different firmnesses: plush (soft), medium-firm, firm, and extra-firm. The soft (plush) was way too soft. The extra-firm was too hard. We ended up buying one queen Vagrstranda and one twin Vagrstranda in firm. I could have gone with medium firm as well. They delivered for $39 (and also pick up your old mattress, separately, for free (in California)). But the way the mattresses are vacuum packaged you could also fit one in an SUV. As you know, mattresses have enormous mark-ups and it's rare to go to a mattress store that is not having some sort of "incredible" sale. Ikea does occasionally have 20% off all mattresses, but not at this time.

Reddit Iconlostllama2015
2 months ago

Your post has nothing to do with r/SaaS Anyway, the solution is a double pocket spring mattress. I have a Vågstranda mattress from IKEA. Even when I weighed \~120kg and my wife \~41kg, she didn't feel me turning over at night, etc.

Reddit IconMallForward585
4 months ago

Anneland has memory foam, and all memory foam sinks. If you have the budget, go for a latex mattress which won’t sink and yet provide cushioning for a big person (but get the comfort right from the get go, because latex mattresses do not really break in, and there are various firmnesses of latex). If you don’t have the budget, go for a firm spring mattress. I have the firm IKEA Vangstranda and it is actually what I will call firm (I was surprised how soft most supposedly firm mattresses were, when I went mattress shopping). It probably won’t be the most comfortable at the get go but it does break in. I don’t know how long it will last for him though because I’m light, but for me it didn’t budge much. As an option, you can get the Vangstranda and add a 2in latex topper for cushioning.

Reddit IconPyriel
11 months ago

We replaced out aging spring mattress with an Emma a couple of years back. Hated it, was told to let it bed in. We did, and then hated it even more. We ended up selling it on and buying an IKEA Mattress (A VÅGSTRANDA i think) Good mattress, but a bit firm. So we got a wool topper for it from thewoolroom.com. Heavenly. It does smell for a bit (wool is natural, so it has a it of a farmyard twang for a bit. I liked it :) )

Reddit IconStayGlazzy
3 months ago

You should really think about IKEA mattresses. I bought vagstranda with a thick topper and it’s really good. Buy a soft mattress and just buy a topper later if you need one.

Reddit Icontom_watts
4 months ago

Valevag from Ikea is the only option in this price range that I would recommend. We’ve got Hovags on the spare beds in our house and everyone remarks on how good they are - valevag is the new name for them (and packaged differently with a little less cushioning on the top from what I understand) Edit: from taking a look, the vagstranda is on sale for new year so that would also be worth a look. For that much you can absolutely get a quality pocket sprung mattress - don’t let others tell you otherwise!

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