The average person spends 26 years of their life asleep, so, if you’re buying a new mattress, it should be from a brand you can trust. We surveyed 2,851 Which? members about their mattresses to compile our definitive guide to the best and worst mattress brands. We have results for 17 mattress brands, including key high street brands such as Dreams, Ikea, John Lewis and Silentnight, as well as some of the most popular bed-in-a-box brands – Emma, Eve Sleep and Simba.
Nectar
Nectar offers one of the best values for mattresses available in the UK. Their mattresses focus on a universally comfortable medium-firmness, and foam-focused design that offers 100% carbon neutrality, certified by ClimatePartner. With 3 mattresses offering both all-foam and micro-spring technology, they offer benefits like added cooling with open-cell technology and spine-cradling zoned support. With a generous 365 day home trial, forever warranty, and low entry price, this brand is a must to consider.
Simba
Simba is a very popular online mattress company that has its roots in the thread business. Over the years, they developed mattresses based on data from over 10 million sleepers with 180 million data points. This wealth of industry and customer data helped them create four well-rated mattresses, the Simba Hybrid®, Simba Hybrid Pro®, Simba Hybrid Luxe®, and their newest Simba Hybrid® Essential. Customers report loving the Hybrid Pro the most for its balanced pressure relief and support.
Emma
Dreamcloud is a high value for the money luxury pocket sprung mattress. Similar to other pillow top style mattresses available at mattress retailers, the Dreamcloud’s claim to fame is its fluffy top layers. However, shoppers appreciate that the design is more focused on long term support than common retail options. Overall, customers describe a well-balanced medium-firm comfort similar to the feel of a luxury hotel, but with added support.
Eve
Eve is one of the most popular online mattress offerings in the UK. Their mattresses are designed and manufactured in Britain, based on over 70,000 prototypes before arriving at their first designs. They now offer three different lines to choose from, in both pocket sprung hybrid and foam designs. Overall, they get good reviews from customers with some complaints about customer service in some cases.
Dormeo
Dormeo is a popular mattress brand in the UK and Europe with over 50 mattress models to choose from. They revolutionised the industry with their creation of the Octaspring® all-foam coil, which provides targeted support while ensuring essential cooling and pressure relief. Since then, they have added pocket sprung, traditional all-foam, and latex mattress varieties too. Customers generally like their mattresses, but there have been some complaints about durability.
Silentnight
Silentnight is one of Britain’s most popular budget mattress brands. It has ‘Superbrand’ status as a nationally recognised name. In terms of mattresses, they focus on pocket sprung and all-foam mattress varieties in a selection of firmnesses, and offer eco-friendly options too. Their most popular mattresses are often slimmer pocket sprung choices. They have good scores on initial comfort, with some limited customer feedback about durability over time
Relyon
Founded in 1858 by a family of wool merchants, Relyon manufactures both luxury and budget mattresses that are sold online and across retailers in the UK and Europe. Relyon creates pocket sprung and all foam mattresses that feature both synthetic and natural fillings such as wool, silk, and cashmere. In some cases, customers have positive feedback when it comes to initial comfort, but there were some who also brought up durability concerns.
Hyde And Sleep
Hyde and Sleep is a subsidiary of Dreams Ltd, the well-known mattress retailer. The Hyde and Sleep is the Dreams answer to the mattress in a box revolution. Rather than providing one ‘universally comfortable mattress,’ Hyde and Sleep has three mattress firmnesses to choose from. With layers of foam and extra support from springs, Hyde and Sleep gets good initial reception from customers.
Sleepeezee
Sleepeezee is a pocket sprung mattress brand that features a variety of lines sold at popular retailers across the UK. Their mattresses offer a wide array of comfort layer options, such as natural fillings, proprietary fibres, and Staycool™ gel. With a multiplicity of firmness options, most customers have good things to say with some disagreements about feel and durability in some cases.
John Lewis
John Lewis & Partners is a high end department store chain that is based in the UK. In terms of mattresses, they sell mostly high priced and high end name-brands, but also have some budget-friendly options available. Many of the mattresses sold have concerns about durability and value for the money. Read on to learn more about their full offering and which mattresses may work for you.
DreamCloud
Dreamcloud is one of the largest mattress retailers in the UK. They have over 200 stores and offer mattresses from both UK name-brands and global mattress makers. When it comes to customer experiences, they get good ratings for their selection, but there are some complaints about quality and durability of some mattresses. Read on to learn more about their selection.
Inofia
Inofia is a British home furnishings retailer that has 150+ stores in the UK. When it comes to mattresses, they sell both budget friendly mattresses from brands like Silentnight and higher end mattresses from brands like Sleepeezee. Their mattresses and customer service get good scores from customers overall, but there were some concerns about value and durability.
