What makes Thai mattresses so damn heavy?

[giddyup]

I just bought a new KS mattress, a Sealy, and it weighs a damn ton! I had a Sealy Posturepaedic in Australia that I could easily manage to turn over whenever I needed to rotate it, but this one requires a minimum of two people, and they are struggling. It feels like the mattress has been filled with lead shot. What could make it so heavy, it's only foam and springs for crying out loud.

[Lannig]

I think it's due to the material used to fill them, coconut fibre if I'm not misled.

[giddyup]

I think it's due to the material used to fill them, coconut fibre if I'm not misled.

This is an innerspring mattress.

[Rob8891]

Did you check to see if there's a sleeping Thai lady firmly attached to it?

[NickJ]

It is a firm or med firm matress?....the new Sealy systems have up to 2000 coils, foam and built in toppers. The newer ones seem prettt heavy....I bought one for my gf two weeks ago and nearly died moving it upstairs into her bedroom....hope it sleeps well....

[curtklay]

I'd like to know the answer myself. I can't even lift my mattress to change the sheets, much less turn it over.

[Dario]

Same here, Heavy like hell, whenever I have to change bedsheets, lifting up every corner is a major undertaking. Never encountered that in my home country in Switzerland,

[villagefarang]

It is the density of the coils and depth of the mattress. More coils are actually a selling point as it provides more support with less movement and wave effect across the surface of the bed. I am pretty sure my bed is even heavier than yours but I am not complaining because it is so comfortable to sleep on.

[Lannig]

Lead springs ?

[villagefarang]

Lead springs ?

More springs.

[JHolmesJr]

Sounds like a mattress that can take a good pummelling.

[catman20]

bed bugs ???????????????

[everett kendall]

It is the ROCKs

[Deli]

Probably the sales staff is still sleeping on it

[giddyup]

It is a firm or med firm matress?....the new Sealy systems have up to 2000 coils, foam and built in toppers. The newer ones seem prettt heavy....I bought one for my gf two weeks ago and nearly died moving it upstairs into her bedroom....hope it sleeps well....

There's no way I could move mine anywhere by myself, it's a minimum two man job.

[giddyup]

It is the density of the coils and depth of the mattress. More coils are actually a selling point as it provides more support with less movement and wave effect across the surface of the bed. I am pretty sure my bed is even heavier than yours but I am not complaining because it is so comfortable to sleep on.

No complaints about comfort, but I do like to rotate my mattress every 3 months, ie turn it over and rotate 180 degrees.

[Always18]

Did you check to see if there's a sleeping Thai lady firmly attached to it?

Yes, I found that reducing the number of female occupants to a minimum does help with this "heavy mattress" problem.............

[kennalder]

There's more foam in the average Thai bra than there is in a mattress

[giddyup]

There's more foam in the average Thai bra than there is in a mattress

Well, if you only spend 1000 baht, that's what you get.

[RolandRat]

Sure its a "Sealy" and no the usual local knock off a "Searry" where they use old leaf springs from scrapped vehicles and foam from old sofas and charge you a comparative price.

"Searry very good mister"

[ableguy]

A fat wife.

[giddyup]

Sure its a "Sealy" and no the usual local knock off a "Searry" where they use old leaf springs from scrapped vehicles and foam from old sofas and charge you a comparative price.

"Searry very good mister"

Well if a well known chain store is selling fake mattresses and issuing Sealy warranty cards, I guess anything is possible.

[monkey4u]

Maybe we are all getting older

The old bones aint what they used to be

What I once did all night long now takes all night to do

[ignis]

Found it the other way around........ my old cheapish mattress was very heavy, the new one I bought last year in the Slumberland 80% factory sale is much much lighter... Pocket Sprung..

The old one use to get 2 people in the Village to help turn it + got them back to try to bring it downstairs so could take it to the tip.. we could not manage as to heavy, so it is stood up in one of the spare bedrooms.. going back 10 or so years, feel sure it was just 2 delivery men that took it up, another bedroom the King Size bed mattress is nowhere near as heavy but not as light as the Pocket Sprung.

[giddyup]

Maybe we are all getting older

The old bones aint what they used to be

What I once did all night long now takes all night to do

And this has what to do with a heavy mattress?

[asdecas]

In a word - "Thainess".

[Mr Wonderful]

I bought a 100 percent latex foam mattress here. Was very expensive and quite comfy but too heavy for the maid to make the bed. Might be that lately they add more latex foam because the government is promoting rubber usage.

[rodcourt49]

I think it's due to the material used to fill them, coconut fibre if I'm not misled.

This is an innerspring mattress.

..with all the 'loot' flying around the streets of Chiang Mai lately...there maybe a 'stash' inside..

[rodcourt49]

It is the density of the coils and depth of the mattress. More coils are actually a selling point as it provides more support with less movement and wave effect across the surface of the bed. I am pretty sure my bed is even heavier than yours but I am not complaining because it is so comfortable to sleep on.

No complaints about comfort, but I do like to rotate my mattress every 3 months, ie turn it over and rotate 180 degrees.

..if you turn it over end for end..no need to rotate..half the energy expended..

[Inquisitorial]

we have the same problem it does become a challenge just to change the sheets - also find they are very firm for sleeping on though am getting used to that.