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Are Americans being fooled by the bedding companies into continuing to purchase mattress and box spring sets versus just buying an appropriate mattress for platform use? You don't see box springs outside of the US very much and box springs are made in three different varieties (1. Box covered with fabric (platform) 2. Springs sandwiched between plywood (semi-platform) 3. Springs with plywood on the bottom). A box spring is supposed to keep you from feeling your partner move and (supposedly) helps extend the mattress life.
My personal feelings are that you should buy a high quality mattress with the expectation that it will need replaced in five years. By figuring that you are going to throw it away in five years and knowing that you want to be comfortable over it's lifespan you can then decide how much money you want to spend. This thought process applies to my current knowledge of beds with mattress and box spring. I do not know if a box spring made of springs mounted to one sheet of plywood can outlast the mattress.
What I am interested in learning about is if you change to a platform bed can you purchase an appropriate mattress around the same price point that you were giving for a mattress to be used with a box spring? If you figure that you should replace the box spring every time you replace the mattress if you go to a platform type bed frame you could add that extra money saved by not purchasing a box frame to add to the mattress funds should you need a better one for platform use.
Your thought / experiences?
Thanks
My personal feelings are that you should buy a high quality mattress with the expectation that it will need replaced in five years. By figuring that you are going to throw it away in five years and knowing that you want to be comfortable over it's lifespan you can then decide how much money you want to spend. This thought process applies to my current knowledge of beds with mattress and box spring. I do not know if a box spring made of springs mounted to one sheet of plywood can outlast the mattress.
What I am interested in learning about is if you change to a platform bed can you purchase an appropriate mattress around the same price point that you were giving for a mattress to be used with a box spring? If you figure that you should replace the box spring every time you replace the mattress if you go to a platform type bed frame you could add that extra money saved by not purchasing a box frame to add to the mattress funds should you need a better one for platform use.
Your thought / experiences?
Thanks