The Relyon Vienna Ortho mattress reveiwed

I thought I was being punished for something last week when I was given the Relyon Vienna Ortho mattress to test. I don’t like firm mattresses, they just don’t suit my sleeping style.

So with some trepidation, I spent a week with the Vienna Ortho, and surprisingly I actually liked it. Here’s why I think this firm mattress has more to offer than most other firm mattresses available on the market today.

Pocket springs

If you’ve never slept on a pocketsprung mattress before you really don’t know what you’re missing. Pocket spring mattresses, unlike conventional open coil mattresses, are built using individually packed springs, giving you a more supportive spring base to lie on and helping to ensure you don’t end up feeling every movement your partner makes in the middle of the night.

The Vienna has 1000 pocket springs in the 5FT model and you can feel them working the moment someone else lies on the bed. The build quality of this spring unit is exceptional.

The fillings

On a firm mattress, you almost expect it to be filled with building rubble and poured concrete. Thankfully, that’s not the case with the Relyon Vienna. The fillings are a combination of white fibres, cotton felt and lambswool, which give a very luxurious feel. In fact, if nobody had told me this was a firm mattress, I would never have guessed.

Overall, the Vienna mattress is beautifully finished off. It is hand-tufted and has 2 rows of side stitching for vertical support. Each mattress is also supplied with brass air vents and handles.

The base

There are a number of base options to choose from on the Vienna. The standard bed comes as a platform top base, but a more forgiving sprung-edge base helps to reduce the overall firmness of the mattress.

Storage options are also available in all bases. The smaller single beds have a non-drawer, 2 drawer or 2-drawer Conti option, and the larger units have the added option of 4 standard or Conti drawers.

Brass linking bars are included to hold the bases together in situ and twin wheel castors make it easier to move the bed around your room.

The price

Bedstar sells the 4FT6 Double Vienna bed set for £565 (excluding drawers), making it a very reasonably priced, high quality product. Adding drawers and the sprung edge option will increase the price by around £80.

My overall impression of the Relyon Vienna Ortho

Overall I actually found the Relyon Vienna Ortho to be quite comfortable to sleep on. It was firmer than I’d have liked, but not by much, and the luxurious softness of the fillings and cover almost completely made up for the tension of the spring unit.

The bottom line is that if you like the idea of a firm mattress, this bed is brilliant. It offers support and comfort without breaking your back or your bank balance.