The Shire Seattle Pocket 1000 Mattress is fine for the money: a turnable, medium-firm pocket-sprung mattress with a hand-tufted damask cover. The only knock against it is the count, because 1000 pocket springs is a little light. Light side sleepers wanting a soft top: look at something with a deeper comfort layer. If you want a turnable bed on a budget, take it seriously.
Traditional build, modest spring count
Shire builds the Seattle around pocket springs, each one in its own fabric pocket so it moves independently, with white fibre fillings either side. It's hand-tufted, double-sided and 26cm deep, with a damask cover and a wire edge border. Shire's own grade for it is medium to firm.
The tufting is the traditional finish, buttons through the mattress that hold the fillings in place. It's mostly romance, but it's a sound way to stop fibre shifting. The bigger plus is that it's double-sided. Turn it as well as rotating it, and the wear is shared across both sides.
Good value, say the owners
Read the reviews here as a guide to Shire's whole range, because the listing shares them with other Shire models. Most describe good value. The few low ratings are vague, or come from owners who hadn't slept on it yet.
One rung up
Stretch the budget if you can, because the Luminaire 3000 adds three times the springs, turning handles and a viscose cover. That extra buys finer support and an easier mattress to turn.
What to buy instead
Firm sleepers on the same budget could look at the Highgrove Solar Pocket 1000, which is firmer and also double-sided, or the Luminaire above.
