We spend around 33 years of our lives in bed. That may sound ridiculous but it’s true and highlights one important thing you need to consider: the quality of your bed.
Yet if you’re buying a new bed, you need to know your stuff. There’s a lot more to beds than you might think, so what bed shopping mistakes do you need to avoid?
In this guide, we’ll take a look at what mistakes people often make when they’re comparing bed prices and types of beds, and what you can do to avoid them and end up with a bed that you love.
Are you ready to learn more? Then read on!
1. Impulsive Purchasing
Many people, when browsing through the different beds in the store, get the urge to buy the first comfortable mattress or bed that they find. The fact is, this is a terrible way to shop for a new bed.
You’re going to be sleeping on your new bed for years. It needs to be the best one that you can afford – not just the first one that you find that seems okay. So buying a bed should be a considered purchase.
Take a good look around the store and make a shortlist of all the beds that you like the look of. Then go away and consider all the pros and cons of each bed, be it a Murphy bed, a four-poster, or a California King.
2. Looking at Price Alone
Price is a good factor to gauge quality but it’s far from the only factor. A bed that is $2000 is likely to be better than one that’s $300, but it isn’t a guaranteed thing.
You should take a look at a range of beds across a broad price range. Don’t be put off cheap beds: you may find an absolute bargain.
Come up with a maximum price that you’re willing to pay and look at everything under that price that meets your requirements.
3. Check Your Dimensions
One mistake that a small number of people make when buying a bed is buying one that is too big or too small. Too big is, perhaps, the more easily avoidable issue, here.
You should measure the space where the bed is going to go. Make sure that the bed that you’re looking at can actually fit there. Never just eyeball it, as this could be a costly mistake depending on refund policies.
When we say the bed is too small, we mean that it can be too small for you. If you’re a particularly tall person, you don’t want your feet to be dangling off the edge of the bed if you can help it.
If you don’t know your own height, take a measurement and then make sure that the bed is a couple of inches longer than that, if possible.
4. Buying Blind
If your bed comes with a mattress or you’re looking at buying a mattress at the same time, make sure that you test the mattress. As you’re going to be spending so much time on this mattress, you need to make sure that it’s right for you: not too firm, not too soft, you’re looking for that Goldilocks moment.
If you buy blind, without testing the mattress, you’re much more likely to end up with a bed that you don’t like or a mattress that you need to replace at extra cost.
5. Not Taking Your Bedroom Decor Into Account
A bed will stand out like a sore thumb if it doesn’t match the bedroom’s decor. Everything from the color of paint on the walls to the materials of the rest of your furniture needs to be taken into account.
Take a look around your bedroom and think about what kind of a bed would look good there. This may sound vain, but the truth is that you’re going to be seeing this bed a lot. It will be your constant companion at the beginning and end of each day: do you really want to start and end your day on such a wrong note?
6. Getting Suckered in by Sales
A great discount can be difficult to ignore. You might look at a bed and see that it’s half-off, and if it cost that much before, you may think it must be a great bed.
Not necessarily. We’ve already talked about how more expensive beds aren’t necessarily better than cheaper ones, but there’s more to it than that.
A bed that’s on sale is not selling at full price, or they would be selling it at that price. It may have been marked up too high by the store, and they’ve realized and cut the price. There may be quality issues with this kind of bed, and they want to get rid of their stock.
We’re not telling you to avoid all sales. You may find an amazing bargain! Be cautious though, and remember that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
7. Looking at Big Name Brands Only
There are some major players in the world of beds and you may assume that if the bed is from a big brand, it’s automatically going to be good. If only things were that simple.
Sometimes a bed made by the big brands is actually a lot worse than one made by a smaller brand. Take a look at a big variety of beds: don’t stick with the major brands only!
Bed Shopping Mistakes: Solved
There are a lot of different bed shopping mistakes that people make, but we hope that you now feel more informed and able to make better bed decisions! For more interesting and informative articles like this, check out the rest of our blog!
