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Simply so, are bed slats necessary?

In most cases, you do not need a box spring if you're using a bed with built-in wood slats, like those commonly used in a platform bed. Platform bed slats are designed to support your mattress without the use of box springs. Adding them will just give you two foundations and a bed that looks like a Dagwood sandwich.

Subsequently, question is, what type of bed slats are best? Sprung slats have more give and are usually a higher quality and better spaced than rigid wooden slats. Though you're usually better off with a divan. Our mattresses are all suitable for slatted bases.

Similarly, what can I use instead of bed slats?

Foam mattresses tend to work better on solid platform beds than slatted beds, and the same rule applies to another popular alternative. Plywood beds are similar to solid platform beds in that they similarly offer one solid, seamless rectangle of wood on which to rest a mattress.

Can you put a mattress directly on slats?

Slats have been described as the skeleton to support your mattress; however this is not the case for steel slats. They are built to be placed underneath a box spring / foundation but not directly under a mattress. Placing a mattress directly onto metal slats will not work due to excessive spacing between them.