The Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500 Pocket Mattress is a perfect fusion of responsive care and sublime comfort - a sign of its quality craftsmanship. As the name suggests, with an alluring blend of 1000 supportive pocket springs and soft white fibre fillings, this mattress is a gateway to a perfectly content slumber. But let's look deeper into its design, unique features and see how it stacks up In sleep.
How we assessed it
This is a firm pocket-sprung mattress and little else: 1500 pocket springs under soft white fibre fillings, tufted through, 25cm deep and rated extra firm, the retailer's firmest grade. With synthetic fibre as the only comfort filling, you get very little sink and springs that push back. "Ortho" in the name tells you it's firm and not much more. One owner who found it very hard at first wrote that they soon got used to it, or that "it gave a bit", which is what a tufted fibre filling does as it beds in.
Design and Features
Designed with careful attention to your comfort and support needs, the Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500's design is impressive for its several features. With a whopping 1500 pocket springs, individually nested, this mattress offers unrivalled body support and pressure relief. The pocket springs, encased within their unique fabric casings, are designed to move independently, catering to your body's precise needs.
An added bonus is the mattress's orthopaedic focus. With an extra-firm feel, it is an incredibly suitable choice for back sleepers who need thorough spinal alignment and relief from common back pains. This mattress ensures you do not sink in excessively, balancing comfort and firmness in an effective manner.
The Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500 doesn't ignore the importance of a cooling sleep environment. Its well-ventilated structure, thanks to the integrated air vents, promises a breezy, comfortable night - a boon to those who tend to sleep hot or live in warmer climates.
Have we mentioned the cushioning? This mattress pampers you with a catered blend of lush synthetic fibres that create a cocoon-like comforting effect. Plus, this mattress is double-sided, allowing you a longer lifespan with regular flipping and rotation.
Mattress Comfort
The Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500 Mattress veers into an extra-firm category, but it's not the equivalent of sleeping on a slab of stone. With an overlay of soft white fibre fillings, the mattress strikes a balance between support and comfort. It forms a tailor-made, moulded cradle around your body contours, taking the pressure off your delicate joints and providing relief.
However, it is biased towards back sleepers or stomach sleepers aiming for optimal spinal alignment in their sleep. If you're a side sleeper, it's not the one for you.
Suitability
Back and stomach sleepers, this is your cue for a round of applause. The Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500 Pocket Mattress is directed towards your needs with its firm, supportive structure. If you have orthopaedic concerns and prefer a firmer surface that keeps your body posture in the ideal alignment, this mattress will fulfil your expectations.
Side sleepers will find it too firm, because they need more cushioning around their shoulders and hips, so look elsewhere if you mostly sleep on your side.
What customers thought
Owners mostly write about their backs. One called it "very good for wife's bad back". Another, who had back and hip pain on an old mattress, wrote that "Initially the mattress felt very hard", then soon grew used to it and is now "sleeping much better and waking without pain". Someone else praised the "Excellent support to the back".
Comfort gets a mention too: one buyer got it for an adult daughter, who "has a good nights sleep every night" after swapping from her old mattress. Owners also praise the staff who sold it to them, from the "good advice" one owner got to a delivery that "was arranged and executed seamlessly".
The Verdict
After careful analysis, our verdict is that Bodyshape Ultra Ortho 1500 Pocket Mattress has done a solid job of balancing support with comfort. It meets the manufacturer's promise of an affordable, high quality sleep solution. Its well-structured design featuring 1500 pocket springs, a soft white fibre comfort layer, and hybrid functionality puts it high on the comfort ladder, particularly for back sleepers or those with orthopaedic concerns.
However, remember that its extra firm feel is not a universal delight. Side sleepers should shop around for something softer. But if you're a back sleeper or someone seeking orthopaedic care and looking for a sleep surface that matches your needs at a reasonable price point, this mattress is worth buying.