Mattresses and beds

Shopping for a new bed, sheets or a bed frame? Here are the standard New Zealand bed sizes in centimetres, plus how…

Choosing the perfect mattress for your age and stage is more than a quest for comfort—it’s an investment in well-being. Whether you’re…

When money’s tight, and your wallet feels lighter than a helium balloon at a kids’ party, you need a great night’s sleep…

By Jo Joiner You spend about a third of your life in bed, which is why your sleeping surface can have such…

Assuming you’re replacing your sleeping surface every 5 to 10 years (the recommended mattress change frequency for good health) you could be looking at around 12 bed shopping opportunities over a lifetime. Because you don’t buy a new mattress very often, we thought you’d appreciate a quick refresher course. 

Noticed a dip where you sleep when you make the bed in the morning? Here’s how to tell normal body impressions from…

By Jo Joiner If you share a bed with a restless sleeper, and you don’t have a mattress that’s coping with it,…

By Jo Joiner Bet you know someone with an electric bed. They’ve probably told you about how much fun it is to…

By Jo Joiner Since the invention of the innerspring mattress, way back in the early 1870s, sleepers have been struggling with this…

By Jo Joiner How to choose the best commercial mattress in NZ Mattresses for hotels, motels and Airbnbs have a lot of…

By Jo Joiner More and more people are discovering the advantages of a memory foam mattress for a good night’s sleep. If…

By Jo Joiner A mattress lasts until it’s no longer giving you a good night’s sleep. That could be after just five…