All about bed coils

When you have the right information, buying a mattress doesn’t have to be any more complicated than it already is. There is a massive array of beds and mattresses on the market these days, so when it comes to choosing the right mattress for your bedroom, there is no such thing as having too much information.

While some people, from experience, will know that they prefer to have the coil instead of a foam, it is fair to say that most of us don’t really know what we prefer. Luckily this is where having a knowledgeable assistant, such as those at The Mattress Warehouse, will come in so handy. They will be able to provide you with all of the information that you need in order to make the right choice regarding your mattress.

But even if you have a wonderful shop assistant, it is still best to have some information about the mattress types that you are looking at. In this article, we are going to share some very valuable information regarding the bed coil or spring.

It’s all about your comfort

When you are buying a mattress, your comfort is going to be the most important thing. A mattress is meant to give you the best possible comfort and support, so the first thing that you are going to have to consider before you buy a mattress is the comfort and the support that it is going to be offering you. The springs within a mattress are designed to give you that quality support while it is the layers of fabric and foam around the springs that will provide the comfort.

Should you be looking at a spring mattress, you need to first take into consideration the gauge of the coils. While you are shopping for mattresses for sale you are going to be told the gauge of the coils, or you can always ask the shop assistant to tell you what the gauge is. When the gauge is lower, you are going to have thicker coils. This will then have an influence on the amount of firmness that the mattress is going to be providing.

Coils have come a long way and because of the way that they are made, the gauge of a mattress is mattering less and less. The number of coils that you will have in the mattress is no longer going to play a significant role, as the advancement in the way that the coils are made provides a number of improvements in support. Coils are not that difficult to make and they come in a variety of different shapes and sizes.

The different types of coils

With every description of a mattress, you are going to find a number of coil options. The continuous coils, the pocketed coils, and the hourglass coils are the most common and they are all fantastic for support. Here is what you need to know about these 3 types of coils:

• Continuous coils

These coils get their name from being created from one long continuous piece of wire rather than being individually made. The continuous coils are also s-shaped, unlike the other coils that are available. This type of coil system is exceptionally good for providing beds with a decent amount of stability which helps to make them more durable. Serta beds are among the most popular beds that make use of the continuous coils.

• Pocketed coils

Pocketed coils are fantastic for reducing the amount of movement that a mattress is going to experience when a sleeping person moves during the night. This is particularly fantastic when you are sharing a bed with a partner. These coils are mostly found in your more expensive mattresses as they can be more expensive to make.

• Hourglass coils

This coil system is well-known for reducing the amount of noise that a mattress can make. They are also the most common type of coil to be found within a mattress. The Bonnell coil system is probably the oldest hourglass system of coils on the market and they are relatively cheaper to produce than the other coils on the market.

The difference between foam and coil

It is truly one of the biggest debates in the mattress industry, coil or foam? Coil continues to be used these days because it is far cheaper to buy which means that the mattresses made are more affordable. But there are a few characteristics beyond price. Here are some things that you need to know:

• Both can be affordable, depending on the brand that you are buying.
• Coil mattresses are not always going to relieve all of the pressure your body has while sleeping while the foam bed is going to remove all pressure so that no painful points are experienced.
• Coil mattresses are exceptionally durable.
• Coil mattresses can be flipped and rotated to keep their shape while it is not advisable to rotate or flip a foam mattress.

There are many pros and a few cons to owning a coil mattress. One of the best things that you can do is to pay a visit to the Mattress Warehouse and talk to our expert team. We can give you all of the information that you need to know to buy the right mattress for sale.