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February-6-09

Some Things to Consider When Buying a Bed

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When shopping around for a bed for your own or a family member’s use, you will naturally want to get the best possible deal for the money. Beds can be quite expensive, and good quality ones in particular can command a fairly high price. Even so, you may want to give more thought to the actual construction of the bed and not merely consider its price. Remember: you are purchasing a bed from which you want to get a lot of use. Buying cheap will likely cause you to buy another bed much sooner than expected.

Keep in mind, the bed you see in stores that is sold as a set can be quite expensive, compared to buying the mattress and box spring separately. Of course, these sets offer the convenience of a mattress and box spring that are perfectly matched to each other–and likely colour-coordinated–but there is certainly no reason why you should not be able to find a similar combination on your own when you purchase them separately.

It would be a good idea to shop for a bed with the person that you intend to be sharing it with. You will then be able to test it side-by-side, to see how your combined weight affects the bed’s performance. You will ideally want a bed that doesn’t move too much with either partner’s movements and doesn’t force you to roll towards each other.

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  1. Dave_Source Said,

    A good rule of thumb is buy cheap buy twice.

    Cheap metal framed beds are usually made from cheap metal which will bend out of shape rather quickly.

  2. Yammin Said,

    Hi

    cheap monkey metal from China has usually been recycled many times which is why its alot weaker

  3. Dave_Source Said,

    Point well made Yammin, the more you recycle metal the weaker it gets

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