GIVE IT A REST

A guide to knowing when it’s time to change your mattress and the best options on the market.

The average person spends 26 years of their life sleeping, and conventional wisdom (and hygiene) would dictate that it’s not spent on the same mattress. But when is it time to retire your mattress?

Under normal conditions, mattresses should be replaced every six to eight years. This is a general guideline, but time’s about up for your faithful mattress if one or more of the following apply. For starters, your mattress is negatively affecting your sleep, and you find that you sleep better at hotels, friends’ houses, etc. The state of your physical well-being is another clue, whether it’s an increase in allergies and asthma or regularly waking up with muscle or joint stiffness. Finally, the actual state of the mattress will give you an inkling. When you change your sheets, you notice it’s saggy or damaged in certain areas or makes more noise than usual (noisy springs are common in old innerspring mattresses).

When you’ve determined it’s time for a change, these are some of the best options in the market.

KING LIVING PLUS SIZED

King Living’s Sleep+ mattresses are engineered for maximum comfort and can be fully customised to your preferences. Every layer of the Sleep+ mattress stretches and yields to the human body, conforming to each unique body contour. In addition, it features zoned pocket springs throughout, based on the trusted KingCell Pocket Spring system used in King Living sofas for over 30 years. This creates a ‘hammock’ effect as the Sleep+ responds, reacts, and conforms to offer restful sleep.