giddyup Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I think it's due to the material used to fill them, coconut fibre if I'm not misled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I think it's due to the material used to fill them, coconut fibre if I'm not misled. This is an innerspring mattress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob8891 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Did you check to see if there's a sleeping Thai lady firmly attached to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 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.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtklay Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I'd like to know the answer myself. I can't even lift my mattress to change the sheets, much less turn it over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 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, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lannig Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Lead springs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Lead springs ? More springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Sounds like a mattress that can take a good pummelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman20 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 bed bugs ??????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everett kendall Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 It is the ROCKs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deli Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Probably the sales staff is still sleeping on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always18 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennalder Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 There's more foam in the average Thai bra than there is in a mattress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RolandRat Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ableguy Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 A fat wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey4u Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 In a word - "Thainess". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Wonderful Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodcourt49 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodcourt49 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inquisitorial Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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