Mattress

Honestly go to a local bed store. A lot of it is down to personal preference and he needs to try it out.

Bed World, if you have a store near you is pretty good to deal with and especially if you can get there over this weekend the offers tend to be good around Black Friday.

If you absolutely must buy online then I would try and get a mattress that’s got proper springs on the bottom and a layer of memory foam on top. It gives you the best of both worlds. Baker&Wells, and Healthopaedic are two decent brands to look into that I personally like the comfort of. Or if looking a little cheaper then Birlea’s SleepSoul range have some memory pocket hybrids that are more affordable but still decent quality. Lots of different retailers stock these brands.

Honorable mention to IKEA too. I know a few people who bought mattresses fairly cheap there and were rather impressed with them.

Biggest bit of advice would be to ignore the many brands you keep seeing advertised like Simba, Emma, eve etc.. They don’t tend to live up to the hype and lots of people complain about the quality after a year or so and find there’s a huge dip in the middle where it’s started to collapse.