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Back pain is not a normal sign of aging. Fight back pain by ensuring you have a really strong core (working out everything between your shoulders and glutes!). Stretch well. I had zero back pain through pregnancy working as a nurse in the hospital. A strong core will always serve you. That said I sleep on a super expensive mattress and it’s amazing. Vi Spring, custom so my side is softer than my husbands side.

I have a ViSpring. My husband and I invested 11 years ago and it’s still perfect. Insanely expensive, though. Worth it for us. Will last a really really really long time.

I have a Vispring zip and link Superking. It’s now around 7 years old and still in perfect nick and the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. It was fecking expensive though.

There is only one answer, Vispring. British made.

Not everyone likes pocket spring mattresses because they don't mold around you. Kudos for getting down to the shop though. Picadilly has the Vispring flagship store for next time. We have two in the house, a firm, and a medium. It's like sleeping in a cloud. I love them. Went for mid range super king and king with divans. Had one for 10 years and it's absolutely perfect. The other 3 years and so comfy. A topper really brings it all together. You don't need one, but it just makes it even better.

No. I know the difference between tufting and quilting. At any rate, there are manufacturers that will give you decorative tufts with rosettes and everything. Regardless. I think we’re effectively saying the same thing and getting hung up on semantics. I think we’re effectively agreeing that we’re not counting that in your list. That said…my Vispring is hand tufted. You can add that to your list.

We have a Vispring and just ordered a second one. All natural materials is important to us, as is a high quality sleep.

I went down this rabbit hole too many times… There is a lot of personal preference, but here’s mine— Never memory foam, make me handicapped, sink in, can’t move bullshit. Latex is a massive step up— sink onto, not into. Aerloom’s higher end beds have micro coils (lots of support) with latex on top. Step up from that— Kluft. Same company, supposedly better product. Aerloom made my back feel 90% better than the very pricey online bed in a box bullshit I had purchased a few years prior. Next step up Vispring. No foam. Springs, cotton, wool, horse hair (if you’re fancy). Feels like an 80s bed, but in a good way. Back pain gone. There is a NY company that makes handmade beds like Vispring, but way less expensive. Didn’t buy because I couldn’t try them out in California. Might be a great mid price option. Google will find them for you. Remember lots of margin in mattresses. Ignore their “xyz” sale and ask for no less than 33% off .

In my old house we had two emperor mattresses.. definitely go for the zip and link. On paper the mattresses were an easy fit but in practice it took a lot of effort to get them in. Unless you live in a very open plan high ceiling'd bungalow. Also we now have a sleepeezee superking with a pillow top. It's as good as the vispring and hypnos that I've previously had. The emperor beds were awful so I wouldn't recommend that supplier.

Tried it in JL Oxford Circus. Felt quite misformed, especially compared to the other ones.