In article , davidlobsterpot601
@hotmail.com says...

On 24/02/2013 15:40, Arfa Daily wrote:

But this all aside, once again as I got involved with moving the hateful
thing, I had to wonder WTF they don't stitch handles onto the 'short'
sides of a mattress ? It's all very nice having them on the long sides
so that you can position the mattress on the base, but when it comes to
moving one from A to B, the only sensible way is with it upright, and
then there is nothing other than the piping around the edge of it, to
grab hold of.

I've been moving the bloody things for more than 40 years now, and I
don't recall ever having seen one with handles on the ends. Does anyone
know of a 'real' practical reason for this ?

I'd assumed it was so you can carry them 'vertically', eg up and down
stairs, like a suitcase. If you're carrying then horizontally, you can
just hold the sides of the mattress?

Just to be annoying, our mattress _has_ handles on all four sides.
Mind you, the d@mn thing is also twice as heavy as any we've previously
had.

Incidentally, was there any good reason for swapping these two beds?

I.E. Good enough to justify the slog involved?

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Sam