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1. Memory foam mattresses are fairly popular -but not for the reasons you might expect. Although they do offer your body support and can be pretty comfy (especially when they have a layer of pocket springs on the inside), they're actually extremely hot things to sleep on: they're made of man made materials which made us sweat like beasts. We think the real reason for their popularity is that they're heavily promoted by manufacturers and retailers as they can get away with charging more for them. They are made very cheaply in countries like Malaysia . and then in the UK as unsuspecting customers fall prey to retailers' use of names and descriptions like "cool flow system". We think this is a mug's game and that handmade Mattresses are the only way to go.
   
2. Traditionally mattresses have always been constructed so that you need to turn them every few months to stop them sagging in the middle. But this is only because until recently no one had ever thought of designing one which didn't need turning. After all, if 16 million in the UK officially suffer from a bad back, why the Dickens would anyone want a heavy mattress that you have to pick up and turn? The sleepy UK bed industry has only recently developed and promoted "no turn" mattresses. Their extra facility doesn't add anything to the cost of their manufacture, but retailers still try to charge more for them. Cheeky monkeys, we say.
   
3. Here's a line we kept hearing: "You can tell a mattress has good individual pocket springs as when you place a glass of red wine on the bed and then lie down it won't spill." Is the marketing person who came up with this idea insane? Of course it spills. What actually makes an individual pocket spring good or bad is entirely dependent on the quality of the materials used. Unfortunately, unless you see the mattress being made for yourself or are able to compare the internal components of various mattresses with your own hands, you can't really be sure of the quality until you've worn the bed in. Which is why it's important to trust the person selling you the bed and to ensure that they actually sleep on the same one every night themselves.
   
4. Almost all bed retailers we met do not sleep at home on the products they sell.
5. Labelling a mattress as "orthopaedic" is a bit like Gillette bringing out a new shaving cream "for sensitive skin." Apart from kids, who amongst us hasn't ever had a bad back or wouldn't describe their skin as sensitive? The only thing such a bed label does is confirm that the mattress will be firm rather than soft, and also give the retailer an excuse to charge you more. Which we think is a bit off.