[SA Chris]

Sitting on your bed, who does anything so ridiculous

Mattress should come with a warning - this mattress is designed for lying on and will not withstand repeated sitting.

[slackline]

I now have to choose something of similar value. No doubt that will entail a trip to the store itself 

Or perhaps not

[Paul B]

Does linux come with a firmness replication pad these days?

[slackline]

Does linux come with a firmness replication pad these days?

Yep, but you have to roll it yourself ( I now realise the need to go and run the gauntlet that is Ikea hell, I was thinking of a like for like approach).

[tomtom]

I now have to choose something of similar value. No doubt that will entail a trip to the store itself 

Ikea's OK if you follow TomTom's Ikea survival strategy... all/any combinations may be used...

a. Pick a time when its not popular - 11am on a tuesday for example.
b. Go the wrong way around the one way system in the store - ANARCHY - and work out all the short cuts between sections... bust the system man...  (well it kept me amused for 10 min)
c. Go with the fairer half - take the paper and whilst she saunters past the linnen section etc.. make a beeline for the cafe. Sit down, eat meatballs, drink coffee and say I'll see you at the end. Wait 1 hour then make for the exit like theres a fire. Join better half at the till, then consume pasty looking hot dog and strange berry soft drink.
d. Feign illness/heart problems after parking and sit in the car listening to the radio.

[sidewinder]

My strategy is to try and never let the trolley come to a complete stop.  Also worth getting an Ikea family card for free drinks in the week, somehow free coffee makes it seem less bad.

[Andy F]

I now have to choose something of similar value. No doubt that will entail a trip to the store itself 

Sit down, eat meatballs,

By far the best thing about Ikea. Those meatballs are yummy. Infact, just leave the otherhalf to wander round at will and eat several plates 

Aaron - I've got a medium memory foam mattress/pillow combo and never slept as well (kids interruptions excepted). Spent the most we could afford on it, it's justified the price a thousand times over.

[iain_cbr]

pocket sprung/memory foam factory built combo. Deliciously comfy.

[SA Chris]

a. Pick a time when its not popular - 11am on a tuesday for example.

Do not go to the one in Glasgow on a wet August Bank Holiday Monday for example. It felt like a portal into hell. I was fully expecting Buffy to appear any moment and start kicking the asses of some of the demons wandering about.

[chris05]

Definitely dont go on the weekend, a couple of weeks ago we took 15 mins to get into the carpark and 45 to get out 

On the plus side, even my girlfriend agreed that we should never go again 

[slackline]

Loving my new pocket-sprung (n_pockets = 2500) mattress, very comfortable (I've always like a firm bed and sleep on my back).

[Paul B]

firm mattress with memory foam topper

three pillows available - even if I only need one most of the time

don't sleep  with PaulB; your bed will explode/decompose/collapse

What kind of thickness topper do people have?

[tomtom]

Memory foam topper Paul? if so mines about an inch/2cm... seems fine