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Ranter

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Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 09:39 AM
Post subject: Looking for quality mattress

I'm in a need for a kingsize mattress (180*200), and I don't want one of those chinese hard-sleepers...

Any advise for the stores around would be appreciated.

DesertSpider
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Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 10:34 AM

I thoroughly researched this when I first came here (other people correct me if I am wrong), and one of the only mattresses I found that was comparable to western quality / softness was manufactured by a company called: King Koil (both with 'K's).

There is a large furniture store in Puxi that used to be painted blue and yellow (looked almost identical to Ikea) about 4 to 6 blocks away from the Shanghai Railway Station (the station is North and West of the store). The new store color I believe is white with gold accents - it has 5 or 6 floors of furniture (only the first 3 or 4 are worth looking at, as the upper floors are all gawdy Victorian style with gold plated bed posts and weird stuff).

I can't remember the name, sorry. On one of the floors in the back left side of the store is an entire area dedicated to bedding - the King Koil shop is on the North West corner of the building. I bought three of the Heritage Edition mattresses from there - they have been really great - but they are not cheap.

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Ranter

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Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 11:25 AM

OK...it must be the one in Aumen Lu (Macao Rd.). Thanks Desert, we'll get there and find the King Koil.

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Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 11:29 AM

168 Aumen Lu, name of the store is: Yue Xing Jia Ju

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Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 05:22 PM

Found their website and another outlet closer to us in Hongqiao. There is Wellhome furniture complex next to Shanghai Mart. Found them on the basment . Ended up buying Dunlopillo, though King Koil was the next runner up. Prices for the more comfortable ones were 10 k and up.

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Posted: Jan 06, 2008 - 01:55 PM

Try Simmons or Serta. They have a store in Jinsheng Wellborn in the Gubei area.

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Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 01:28 PM

Our family has bought numerous mattress/ box sets from this place (I think like a dozen or so for our apartments here in SH) . they have a variety of beds and the factory showroom is here in Shanghai so you can go in and try it out. We got just a little off the list price but its WELL worth the taxi ride out. Smile

http://www.dreamland-sh.com/gsgk.htm

Shanghai Dreamland is the local manufacturer of a local top name brand called Aristocrat, and of Asia market Serta mattresses. they are located in Shanghai south of the Stadium.
223 Longcao Road Shanghai, 021-64701567

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Posted: Jan 07, 2008 - 01:54 PM

tempur (tempur-pedic) has a place in SuperBrand Mall. it's pricey tho.

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Posted: Mar 10, 2008 - 01:06 PM

I know a new shop at No. 1261 in Yunshan Road near the Carrefour on Yanggao Road in Jinqiao( Pudong). There are many amazing bedding,patchwork quilt/handmade rug/kid quilt/country quilt/floral quilt/pad/pillow, some of them is the brand product ( not fake thing).The quality is so good.

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Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 05:28 PM

yu888 wrote:

Will the salespersons speak English at Dreamland? For a first-pass English filter I tried calling Dreamland but nobody answered the phone.

Is English spoken at Yue Xing Xia Ju? Thanks.

hautumncloud
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Posted: Aug 01, 2008 - 07:47 PM

I was at Macalline on Meichuan Lu (the intersection where there is a B&Q, Metro and Decathlon). There are a few mattress shop in the Macalline building ~ Aishu, Slumberland etc. The sales people there do not speak English though.

huaner93

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Posted: Aug 04, 2008 - 02:56 PM

go to Yishan road, you have lots of choice there.

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Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 03:36 PM

Yes Yishan lu in Xujiahui - there are several large furniture stores - many floors - bought a Serta myself and never slept better but Slumberland is also very good

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Posted: Aug 06, 2008 - 04:37 PM

Got my mattress yesterday at the JiSheng Wellborn Furniture emporium in Hongqiao. I inspected mattresses in 6 of the roughly 12 shops on the lower level. I was quoted prices ranging from RMB3-8k for a medium-firm US queen sized mattress so it was good to shop around. The salespersons in each shop spoke sufficient English. I ended up buying a Slumberland but to each his/her own. There are a few JiSheng Wellborns around Shanghai. Below is a potentially useful link.

http://en.jswb.com.cn/EN/contact.aspx