Investing in a new mattress is an important decision so you might be interested to know a bit more about pocket sprung mattresses in order to understand whether this mattress type will fit your needs! This is another handy guide for mattress shoppers, feel free to send feedbacks!

1. How to Choose the Right
Pocket Sprung Mattress?

2. What is a pocket sprung mattress?
Pocket sprung mattresses feature
springs that are individually housed
in their own fabric pocket, allowing
each of them to work
independently of the others
This is as opposed to a traditional
coil mattress in which the main
body is made from rows of coils
that are connected by a thin wire
above and below

3. This is a pocket spring unit

4. Why choose a pocket sprung
mattress?
• It avoids the “roll together”
Because a effect when sharing the
mattress with a partner as
pocket sprung the individual springs react
mattress to the weight applied
directly to each one.
features many
• Pocket springs also absorb
benefits! shocks when having kids
jumping on the bed as for
an example.

5. And also…
• It supports your spine. • In terms of moulding to
Pocket springs only react to your body shape a pocket
the weight that is applied sprung mattress is half way
directly to each between a traditional coil
one, meaning each part of sprung mattress and
your body is given just the memory foam. While not
right support moulding to the shape of
your body as much as
• It relieves pressure points memory foam, the pocket
as each part of your body is springs provide more
given more tailored support balanced support than coil
pressure points are less sprung mattresses.
likely to occur

6. What to look at ?
Springs
• They are housed in pockets and are
smaller than standard springs found in a
traditional coil sprung mattress in the
equivalent size.
• As a rule of thumb a pocket sprung
mattress has between 600 and 4000
springs and coil sprung mattresses have
roughly 300.
• It is generally considered that the greater
the number of springs in a mattress, the
more support and comfort it will offer
the sleeper.

7. What to look at ?
Spring count
• It is important to consider
the number of springs best
for you when choosing a
mattress.
• You need to base your
choice on how much you,
or you and your partner
combined, weigh.
• As a rough guide you
won’t need 2000 pocket
springs unless your
combined weight is over
25 stone. So for someone
weighing 8-15 stone a 600-
800 spring mattress should
be just right

8. Buying tips
It is widely accepted in the
mattress and bed industry
that the number of springs
mentioned in description of Consider choosing a
a mattress refers to how pocket sprung mattress
many springs there are in 5 that incorporates a layer
foot (standard UK sized of memory foam or latex.
kingsize) mattress
.
When pocket springs are
used in conjunction with
either of these the
benefits of both are
magnified.

9. We are here to help
If you would like to get
further information about
pocket sprung mattresses or
have any other questions feel
free to visit our website at
www.wedo-mattresses.co.uk
And ask our experts in
mattresses!