Millbrook Mattress

Because it’s Friday and I’m not really in the mood to review the Millbrook Utopia I’ve been sleeping on this week, I’ve decided to take a lighter look at other people’s bedding problems, and discuss the annoying issue of getting rid of a mattress once you’re done with it.

I found this question posted on the Internet while searching for websites related to beds and mattresses:

I’ve got a 10-year old mattress I need to get rid of. Anyone know what I can do with it?

The answers were as follows. Sadly only the first 3 answers were sensible. The rest are just plain daft.

1. Ring up your local council. They will send someone round to pick it up.
2. Phone your council’s ‘cleansing department’ and ask them to come and pick it up. On the morning of collection, throw the mattress out of the window.
3. Sometimes, the company you buy your new bed from will agree to take your old bed away and recycle it.
4. Put on a yellow coat and knock on someone’s door with a clipboard in your hand. Tell the person who answers they’ve won a mattress in a competition, but they need to arrange collection.
5. Get an angle grinder and cut the mattress up into small chunks. Load a couple of these chunks into your bin each week until there are none left.
6. Take it to the tip – preferably with your wife/girlfriend still asleep on it. That way you can kill 2 birds with one stone.
7. Put it outside on the pavement with a sign that reads ‘for sale – £30’. Someone will definitely steal it.
8. Wrap your old mattress up in the plastic that the new mattress came in, and leave it out on the street overnight. In most neighbourhoods, it’ll be stolen by morning.
9. Drop it off at a local art gallery proclaiming it to be ‘Norwegian landscapes – an abstract perspective’.
10. Wait until November then sneak the mattress on to the local bonfire.

While some of these answers are clearly ridiculous, the first 3 are your best bet. You could also try getting rid of your old mattress on Freecycle or speaking with a local charity organisation (if it isn’t in particularly bad condition).

New to the 2009 range of Millbrook Beds is the Planets Collection. This range of 4 divan beds offers a superior sleeping experience at an affordable price. Created to showcase Millbrook’s emphasis on craftsmanship, these beds use the finest quality materials to provide a great night’s sleep.

The Millbrook Neptune

This bed offers the ultimate in sophistication. It includes the following features:

• 3000 pocket springs (as with all mattresses, this applies to the 5FT Kingsize. Smaller mattresses will have less springs and the Superking will have more)
• Natural layers of soft lamb’s wool, luxurious silk and cashmere
• 4 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders
• The mattress is lovingly finished by highly skilled craftsmen

The Millbrook Saturn

• The Millbrook Saturn offers 2500 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Luxurious natural layers of soft lambswool
• Pure latex layer provides a sleeping surface like no other
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders

The Millbrook Jupiter

• The Millbrook Jupiter offers comfort and quality
• The 5FT mattress contains 2000 pocketsprings.
• Natural layers of cotton and pashmina provide a comfortable sleeping surface
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching provide strength and support

The Millbrook Mars

The Mars is the entry level bed in the Planets range. Like it’s counterparts, the Mars offers comfort and quality, with the following features:

• 1700 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Sumptuous cotton fillings
• Lambswool blended into the fillings to provide a deluxe sleeping surface
• The mattress is finished with 2 rows of hand side stitching.

Sizes

The Planets range is available in 4 sizes:

• 3FT – (90 x 190cm) – Single Bed
• 4FT6 – (135 x 190cm) – Double Bed
• 5FT – (150 x 200cm) – Kingsize Bed
• 6FT – (180 x 200cm) – Superking Bed

A 6FT Zip and Link model is also available.

Storage Options

• In the 3FT Single beds, a non-drawer or 2-drawer storage option is available
• In the 4FT6 and 5FT models, either non-drawer, 2 drawers, 2 drawer conti, 4 drawers or 4 drawer conti options can be chosen
• In the 6FT bed, non-drawer, 4 drawer or 4 drawer conti options are available

Millbrook have a grand reputation for making beds and mattresses in the UK and across Europe. Over the years, they have been able to develop a list of 10 things you can do to best protect your investment and make sure it lasts you for years to come. Follow this list of tips to get the most from your new bed or mattress.

1. Give your bed a couple of days to settle. The first time you sleep on your new Millbrook mattress, you may feel that it is slightly uncomfortable or too rigid for your body. Remember that your old bed was well worn in and it will take a couple of days for your new mattress to feel just right.
2. Turn your new mattress regularly. To make sure there is a consistent amount of settling across the entire surface of your new mattress it is important to turn it regularly. In the case of double-sided mattresses, they should be flipped over every few months for the life of the mattress and rotated monthly for at least the first 6 months. Thereafter you can rotate your mattress about once every 3 months. For non-turn mattresses, it is very important that you do not flip your mattress, as the underside will not have a spring system designed to hold your body weight. These mattresses should simply be rotated every month to even out any settling.
3. Turning a mattress is not a job for one person. Trying to flip or rotate your mattress yourself will not only put you at risk of injuring yourself, there is also a very high probability that you will cause damage to the mattress’ spring unit due to bending.
4. Reduce the probability of fillings settling. Because of the high quality of Millbrook’s mattress fillings, the mattress is more sumptuous than most commercial mattresses, and if left to its own devices, settling of the fillings will occur. Preventing this can be done by turning the mattress regularly as discussed above, and by not jumping or flopping onto the bed.
5. Avoid mattress bending or rolling. The pocket spring units used in the Millbrook mattress range is susceptible to damage if the mattress is bent or rolled. Special care should be taken when transporting your new mattress or moving it e.g. up or down staircases.
6. Mattresses need to breathe. Each night, your mattress will be required to soak up sweat from your body. It is therefore important to let the mattress breathe each morning to (a) allow it to dry out and (b) to remove any stale odours from the mattress and linen. Twenty minutes of breathing should be enough for your mattress each day.
7. Be careful when fitting castors. The castors supplied with new Millbrook beds are of an industry leading quality. That said, they need to be fitted carefully to avoid damage not only to the castor wheels but also to the Millbrook divan base frame.
8. Use a mattress protector. Mattress protectors should always be used on any make of bed. These linen covers are cheap and help protect your mattress against excess fluids and dirt, ensuring your mattress’ lifespan is as long as possible.
9. If you have storage drawers, don’t overfill them. Excess weight or force applied to divan drawers will cause the drawer frames to become damaged as well as causing damage to the divan frame and drawer runners.
10. Do not use detergents or vacuum cleaners on your Millbrook mattress as these will cause damage to it. If you have to clean your mattress with a liquid, use a damp cloth and allow plenty of time for the mattress to dry.