Zip and Link Mattress | Everything Explained

They are two mattresses joined with a zip to create one mattress, usually super king or king. This purpose allows you to have two mattresses of different firmness levels that can be zipped together to form one super king mattress or king size mattress. This makes zip and link mattresses ideal for differently weighted sleepers. They function and look like one mattress but can provide individualised support and comfort for two different sleepers.

Zipped mattresses can help open your potentialities with a diverse amount of customisation options. Whether for a guest house, spare room or your main bedroom, they offer versatility for your sleeping requirements. They provide many benefits, including split tension springs if you and your spouse need varying tensions in your bed. In addition, the zips are recessed so that you won’t sense them, and it makes turning or rotating your mattress far easier.

There are two main zip and link mattress sizes. However, you can get custom sizes made to your exact requirements if need be.

King size zip and link mattress

• (5’0 x 6’6) – Comprising of 2, 2’6″ x 6’6″ mattresses makes a standard kingsize.

Zip and link mattress super king size

• (6’0 x 6’6) – Comprising of 2, 3’0 x 6’6″ mattresses make a standard super kingsize.

Roll together eliminated

• The zip function prevents roll together as the natural weight of two people can cause the springs to compress, causing a tangible ‘roll’ for the sleepers – because zip and link mattresses are two separate mattresses, the centralised compression and roll together are eliminated. A zip and link are also ideal for people of different body weights as one-half can utilise a firm tension spring, for example, and the other half can be a soft tension spring.

Room to manoeuvre

• Suppose you have a narrow staircase; you may struggle to get a super king or king size mattress to the bedroom. First, zip mattresses are much easier to move as they can be delivered individually as two single mattresses. Secondly, when joined, the mattresses can also be separated to use them separately and have two single beds, depending on your requirements.

No. The zips are located on the sides at the top and bottom of the mattress to connect the mattresses. They are manufactured so that the zips are just under the seam on the edge of the mattress. When joined together, the seams fold over the zipper. What you will be conscious of is the apparent join of two mattresses butted together. The use of a one-piece topper will help mitigate this and provide additional comfort and protection.

You only need to zip the top side of the zip and link mattress. It’s a pretty quick process. If you have a double-sided zip mattress, then when you’re turning it over, unzip them. Turn and rotate each mattress and then zip back together with the side you’re not going to be sleeping on.

Zip links are very comfortable. This is because each mattress comes in various types and with different firmness levels, meaning each person can choose their ideal comfort level.

Zip and link mattresses have many benefits, such as allowing split tensions and splitting the mattresses for two separate people. They are astonishingly flexible. If using zip and links for a spare room, then our 1500 Cotton or 1500 Wool mattresses are ideal for spare rooms as they suit a wide range of sleepers.

If you’re looking for the supreme, then our Winstons No1 or Hybrid Latex in a Zip and link will give you the most comfortable night sleep with tailored comfort grades.

Zip & link mattresses are also a smart option if you have access concerns in your house, particularly old period properties. As this size mattress comes in two separate parts, they make delivery very easy. Suppose you and your partner are two different body weights. In that case, they will allow each sleeper to have the perfect mattress comfort grade rather than compromise.

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