Bedding

[dksid]

I will be buying new mattresses in SG. Does anyone know if US-sized sheets will fit - king or queen? Thanks.

[Strong Eagle]

Widths are the same but all Asian mattresses are five inches shorter than their American counterparts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_size#S ... sian_sizes

[rajagainstthemachine]

Widths are the same but all Asian mattresses are five inches shorter than their American counterparts.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_size#S ... sian_sizes

so this explains why asians have small beds

[JR8]

One of the easier ways of determining such things re: bedding, is to look at the local IKEA catalogues for the two countries. The pages detailing local mattress specs/sizes should answer the question.



http://onlinecatalogueasia.ikea.com/SG/ ... _Catalogue

http://onlinecatalog.ikea-usa.com/US/en/IKEA_Catalog/



p.s. Another thought. I've used fitted US bedding on UK beds. Yes it was a little too big, but I'd just tuck the excess in. If I did that at the top end then it wasn't even visible from under the pillows.

[dksid]

Thanks for forwarding these resources. Very helpful.

[kwy]

I ordered USA dust mite protective bed sheets last year for my king size bed and my kids single bed.
The USA sheets are way bigger.
I knew that would be the case. We just tuck them in underneath.
I remember years ago seeing some places selling USA size beds. You might want to search for them if you are used to the bigger size.

[curiousgeorge]

I remember years ago seeing some places selling USA size beds. You might want to search for them if you are used to the bigger size.

...and you have USA-sized bedrooms here in Singapore.

I recently bought a mattress from Tilam King - far cheaper than the usual Big 4 "S" companies but I couldn't see any difference in comfort (and I had a Simmons previously). They will tailor make your mattress to any size, apparently.

[sundaymorningstaple]

CG,

I'm retiring my 15 year old mattress tomorrow night. I am having a Tilam King delivered tomorrow afternoon! YAY! I've heard good things about them so thought I'd give 'em a try. Everybody I know who owns one raves about them and they are considerably cheaper (you aren't paying for huge advertising budgets and I reckon that helps a bit. I bought it around two weeks ago (17th of Jan).

[sundaymorningstaple]

Hello? This is the tropics.

[PNGMK]

What blankets do you use, friends?

Very light duvet.