Have you had your mattress for 10 years or more?

[angelrich]

we had mattress for 10 years and it was too heavy in weight I think 25 % of the weight of a 10 year old mattress will be dead cells and dust mites I guess ?what's yours suggestion?

[Brinjal]

Mattresses are heavy. Do you vacuum your mattress regularly.

[WF8MAN]

You could go the whole hog and buy dust mite killer and also give it a good hoover. Perhaps it's time to give it the last rites and invest in a brand new one!

[WF8MAN]

You could go the whole hog and buy some dust mite killer+give it a good hoover. Perhaps it's time to give your mattress the last rites and buy a brand new one? (It is 10 year old)

[Mosaic]

This sounds like one of those urban myths that the internet distribute so effectively.
A good quality mattress has to have some weight because of the products used in its manufacture.
The notion that skin and mites would account for 12 kilos extra weight for a 50 kg double mattress is bonkers.
However, being of a suspicious bent I am now bracing myself for a link for a 'hygienic mattress'.....

[boxtops]

Turn it regularly - hoover it. What do you mean, too heavy in weight?

[boxtops]

...but I'm sure you're going tell us :-)

[daffy654]

I am also wondering when an advert for a mattress selling website is going to be advertised.

[WF8MAN]

My mum had her mattress for over 20 years. It mad a lovely bonfire!

[AB Editor]

Aren't you going to be ten years older than the last time you had to shift it? Depending how old you are this might account for perceived extra weight.

[rowanwitch]

I think the recommendation is to change it more often than that anyway mines due a change but it is soooo comfortable

[B00]

We had ours for about 15 years (oh the shame!) it was truly knackered by the end to the point where getting into bed became a kind Russian roulette- would we get impaled by a broken spring or not?

[Old_Geezer]

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday dear mattress,
Happy birthday to you.
Yippee ! Yey ! My, haven't you grown !

[jno]

I used to sleep on bare boards, but after 20 years the accumulation of dead cells and dust mites underneath me has actually made it quite comfortable

[anneasquith]

i slept in a drawer for years :(

[tonyav]

anneasquith, you don't know you were born, 16 of us had to sleep in a shoe box, and be glad of it lol.

[Mosaic]

Shoebox? You were lucky, we ad it rough.
25 of us slept on a dishcloth ont' middle o' M6

[tonyav]

LOL, are you from Yorkshire.

[WF8MAN]

tonyav, I've been telling someone from Pontefract for the past few weeks to get on answer bank. I told them again on the 20th Feb. Ah well, it might be a coincidence that angelrich signed up for the first time on that date. I could be totally wrong!