What is the best mattress brand to buy?
#1 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.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 Dreams
Dreams 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.
#5 Leesa
Leesa is no longer operating in the UK or Europe as of April 2020. Leesa is an online mattress company that has developed one of the most popular all-foam mattresses. Their Leesa mattress is exclusively made of high quality foam layers, while their Leesa Luxury Hybrid mattress is a high-end hybrid with pocketed coils for extra support. With their own blend of proprietary technology, their mattresses sleep universally comfortable at a medium-firm profile. With a very affordable entry price, a powerful social impact campaign, and a UK-made stamp of approval, customers have great things to say about their Leesa mattresses.
#6 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.
#7 Hyde And Sleep
Hyde and Sleep is a subsidiary of Dreams Ltd, the well-known mattress retailer. The Hyde and Sleep mattress 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.
#8 Dunlopillo
Dunlopillo makes a variety of pocket sprung and latex mattresses for customers in the UK and Europe. With a focus on eco-friendly, sustainable latex and latex foam mattresses, they offer moderately priced divans and mattresses. In terms of customer experiences and feedback, most found their mattresses comfortable initially, but there were some reports mentioning issues about firmness and longevity.
#9 Dunelm
Dunelm 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.
#10 Dreamcloud
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.
#11 Hypnos
Hypnos beds is a British family-run manufacturer of beds and mattresses since 1904. Specialising in luxury pocket sprung mattresses with natural and sustainable fillings, Hypnos beds are available for purchase at local retailers throughout Britain and worldwide. Additionally, Hypnos has held the Royal Warrant marking excellence in British craftsmanship and design since 1929. For those looking for a regal experience, Hypnos is a brand to consider. Still, there are some concerns about durability raised by some customers.
#12 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 three well-rated mattresses, the Simba Hybrid®, Simba Hybrid Pro®, and Simba Hybrid Luxe®. Customers report loving the Hybrid Pro the most for its balanced pressure relief and support.
#13 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.
#14 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 2 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.
#15 Emma
Emma is a popular British mattress in a box company. They offer 2 different mattresses: the Emma Original Mattress and Emma Premium Mattress. Their mattresses are made with quality foam (and pocket springs in the Premium Mattress), sporting high marks from happy customers overall. Those that had complaints mostly mentioned durability and delivery. Looking for other versions? See our North America Emma Mattress reviews.
#16 Tempur
Tempur® mattresses became famous with the memory foam mattress revolution that they helped create. Over the years, their mattresses have grown to include pocket spring varieties along with their slow response foam options. They remain popular with customers and receive mostly good customer sentiment despite their higher prices, but there are recent reports of degrading support in some cases.
#17 Harrison Spinks
Harrison Spinks is a fifth-generation family business creating high-end and bespoke mattresses available throughout the UK and internationally. They specialise in luxury pocket spring mattresses with high-quality natural fillings that are all finished by hand. With their own Yorkshire farm providing some of the natural fillings that go into their mattresses, Harrison Spinks has a commitment towards sustainability and the environment. Recognised twice by the Queen's Awards For Enterprise, Harrison Spinks mattresses are worth looking into if you're looking for a luxurious and majestic experience. Still, it's worth noting that there have been issues raised by some customers when it comes to durability over time.
#18 Ikea
IKEA is one of the most well-known affordable furniture brands with their multiple showrooms throughout the UK. Their mattresses offer very low prices with both sprung and foam designs. While most customers report happy initial comfort, there are significant complaints about sagging, firmness, and long term comfort about certain mattresses offered.
