About Big Jo’s

Some of us need a bigger bed.

Portrait of Johannes “Big Jo” le Roux, founder of Big Jo’s Beds

I’m 2 metres tall and 125 kg. I’ve been looking for a bed I properly fit on my whole life.

A standard 188 cm mattress is 12 cm shorter than I am. An extra-length one is exactly my height, with nothing to spare. So I stopped looking and started building.

Why 210 cm?

Standard mattress12 cm too short188 cm
Extra-length mattressNothing to spare200 cm
Big Jo’s mattress10 cm to spare210 cm

At 2 metres, a standard mattress is 12 cm short and an extra-length one leaves nothing to spare. Big Jo’s gives you 10 cm.

Big Jo’s starts with the things big and tall people actually check: the length, the support and whether the base is up to the job. The mattress is 210 cm long and 160 cm wide, with a reinforced high-density core, an ultra-high-density foam layer and a latex comfort layer. It sits on a matching heavy-duty base.

It’s firm, it’s made to order in Cape Town, and it comes in Flax or Charcoal: woven fabric, simple stripes and a small sewn-on label. A bed you fit in should still look good in your room.

Big Jo is my nickname, so the name was easy. I’ve built a brand before as co-founder of The Duchess, but this one is personal. If you’ve ever slept diagonally to fit, or let your feet hang off the end, it’s for you too.

Johannes “Big Jo” le RouxFounder, Big Jo’s Beds

Big Jo’s mattress and matching base in Flax: natural woven sides with clay stripes and a cream top, in a bedroom.

Best sleep for big people.

Meet the bed