Background to the incident.

The high and low beds were bought during the refurbishment phase of the second home, but the mattress was never purchased because the room was vacant.

Recently, during the summer holidays, when the child's middle school year ended and he was home every day, we thought we would find something for him to do and develop some habits in the meantime - like sleeping independently. So it was necessary to adapt to bed-sharing.

Children are used to sleeping with adults and it is difficult to separate them all of a sudden, so the idea was to transition to a high and low bed. During this time, I "stay in bed" on the upper level and the child sleeps on the lower level.

PS: Children usually prefer the upper level for fun and curiosity, but at this age they are such poor sleepers that the owner decided to let them sleep on the lower level for safety reasons, despite the fence.

The purchase of a Best Mattress online was therefore an immediate priority.

 I have bought many mattresses over the years, and I have read the so-called "how-to" guides before buying, but I have still stepped into a lot of holes - which is why I have changed mattresses so often.

After stepping in the pitfalls, I have come up with an iron rule for mattress shopping: always try out the mattress yourself! Mattress must personally try to sleep! Mattress must personally try to sleep! No matter how expensive the mattress is, you have to sleep on it to know if it suits you. And preferably for a few nights in familiar surroundings.

But is a short test sleep really enough? And what can you do with the big piece if you don't feel satisfied after sleeping on it for a while? I'm sure this is the biggest problem that people encounter when shopping for a mattress. 

When I was worried, I came across this product: it claims to be free for 100 days and apart from the standard 1.5m and 2m widths, there is also a 1.2m width for children's beds! 

But it was a new and unfamiliar brand, so I checked the shop's homepage and found that it was the only product on sale - that is, a brand that specializes in mattresses.

I went through the details page and confirmed that it supports 100-day no-questions-asked returns (I quietly took a picture of the Blue Box mattress I bought to teach my kids to share their beds) ▲

How confident does that have to be to make such a promise? As a new brand, this promise seemed too generous, so I always found it hard to believe and wondered if there might be a hidden "pitfall".

So I went to the trouble of messaging customer service to confirm the rules of the free sleep trial, and only when I was sure there were no strings attached did I feel comfortable placing an order! From the moment I placed the order, I wanted to share the experience, so I took notes and collected material throughout.

Unboxing.

The product packaging is very simple, mainly blue and white, in the hot summer, looks quite refreshing

Previously I didn't quite understand why a mattress brand was named "SweetNight". But the moment I took delivery, everything was answered. The advantage of this packaging is that it is very easy to carry, there is no pressure to get into the lift and into the house, and even one person can easily handle it, which is a boon for those who live in old houses and staircase houses.

When the "SweetNight" is opened, there is a mattress "trapped" in a vacuum pack and a blue cloth bag (with accessories).

The so-called accessories are in fact the unique design of the knife used to open the bag. It took me a long time to figure out how to use the knife, which has a unique design. To avoid secondary handling, I first put the Tron belt you on the bed board and then the unboxing was done directly on the bed. During the unpacking process, the knife included in the kit was very handy, sharp and didn't have to worry about cutting the mattress. I bought a blue box mattress in order to train my children to share their beds. A close up of the back of the mattress: the back is made of a large mesh of breathable material, which allows the mattress to "breathe". I didn't notice that the blue color on the side of the mattress was basically the same as the blue colour of the high and low beds in my house when I was shopping, and when I put it on, it was quite natural, just like the original.

Experience.

Before I talk about my experience, I would like to briefly explain my own experience of using the mattress over the years.

The first step I take in determining whether a mattress is good or not is to sit on the edge of the bed. This habit comes entirely from experience: previously I was afraid to buy a poor quality mattress, the mattress itself was not very soft, but the side support was very poor, people sitting on the edge of the bed, the whole mattress will be in a wedge shape tilted over. Before I discarded it completely, I almost slipped off the bed several times when I turned over close to the edge at night...

With a good mattress, your bum sinks in slightly to fit the mattress, but your legs are firmly supported!

A lot of people who see me say "slight sinkage of the buttocks into the mattress" have a preconceived notion that a good mattress is a good mattress if it conforms to the curves of the body - which is another major misconception in mattress shopping!

The most typical is the so-called "latex mattress" without any treatment. Not to mention whether "latex" is really natural and real, when lying on this kind of mattress, the whole person will sink into it, completely unsupported, sleep for a long time, very uncomfortable. Therefore, my second criterion in judging whether the mattress is good or not is to lie on it and feel it. For a good mattress, it is best to have a slight sink in the hips when lying flat, but there must be strong overall support. Slightly sunken hips, fully fitted lumbar area Slightly sunken hips, fully fitted lumbar area. The first thing that I would like to do is to ask myself, "Why do almost all doctors recommend a hard bed for patients with lumbar protrusion?

I am not sure how to answer this question, but as a patient with lumbar protrusion for many years, I feel I have a say in the matter. I really can't understand how a person can really be comfortable lying flat on a hard bed with his or her back hanging overhead. The night is supposed to be a time for the lumbar spine to relax, but suspension means stress, and doesn't this further exacerbate the damage to the lumbar spine?

So even though I've had lumbar prolapse for many years, I was "bent" on choosing a mattress that was both flexible and supportive - in fact, I'm afraid I haven't had a recurrence of the prolapse in the year or so since I got a new mattress! In fact, I'm afraid I did not have a recurrence of my lumbar protrusion for over a year after switching to the new mattress.

In both of these "tests", the SweetNight mattress passed with flying colours and was exactly what the owner expected.

I bought a Blue Box mattress to train my children to share their beds.

In addition to the fact that the bunk bed is designed with two levels, the children are also curious about this new environment. The sloping ladder design also makes the children feel good about it, and they even climb up the bed as if it were a children's playground.

This makes it difficult to put them to bed, but overall it gives the children a natural advantage and convenience in accepting their new environment.

The middle school children are already interested in nature and science, so the owner has bought a whole set of nature encyclopedias, which my son likes to read at bedtime and asks the owner from time to time about the parts he doesn't understand.

Conclusion.

So far, bed-sharing is going well. The children are adjusting quite well to their new surroundings in the high and low beds and the new mattress from SweetNight.

I myself have had a few naps on this mattress and compared to my own previous mattress, this SweetNight is relatively softer - but never in the way of the unsupportive sunkenness that I mentioned above such as a pure latex mattress, but just the right amount of fit.

If someone were to ask me how to buy a mattress quiz, I would definitely advise them to "try it for themselves", and if I were to ask what I've learned about buying one, I would have two things to say.

①The so-called good support, is never simply hard. Imagine putting a hard board on top of a poor quality spring, you will not be comfortable and the edge of the bed will "collapse" as mentioned above.

The so-called "fit" is not just soft, either. Without any treatment of the so-called "pure latex mattress", support is very poor, people will feel completely sunken in after lying on it, can not move, sleep for a long time with back pain, and the spine will also cause fatal injury.

A good mattress, on the other hand, should have good support, but also be able to lie flat on the waist. The best way to find a good mattress is to try it out for yourself!

I didn't really know much about the SweetNight mattress that I got this time. I decided to give it a try because the brand's promise of "100 days of free sleep" coincided with my mattress shopping philosophy - try it, it's a big deal anyway! return the product.