Best gel mattresses

The John Lewis CloudGel 3000 is the gel mattress we would buy for most UK bedrooms. Its gel-infused CloudGel foam is zoned in three, firmer under the hips and softer at the shoulders and legs, and it sits over 2,772 springs in a double, which lets heat escape and makes it easy to turn over.

A double costs £1,299 with a 7-year guarantee. The 60-night trial is an exchange for another John Lewis model, and you need to buy a mattress protector in the same order.

The Silentnight UltraGel 1000 gives you a gel-infused comfort layer over 1,000 Mirapocket springs, handmade in the UK, for far less than most of the gel hybrids here. Its medium-firm feel suits most back and front sleepers.

You give up the thicker cushioning and mini-spring layer of Silentnight's 3000 models. In return, a double is £629, you get 60 nights to try it, and the 5-year guarantee becomes 15 years if you register the mattress within three months.

If you sleep on your side and run warm, start with the Sleepeezee Cool Refresh 3200, which Sleepeezee calls its most complete cooling mattress. A cool-touch pillow top covers 2cm of StayCool gel foam and 2,000 mini pocket springs, with 1,200 traditional springs below in a king, and the medium-soft feel lets shoulders and hips sink in.

Expect to pay £1,049 for a double at Mattress Online. The 10-year guarantee is generous, and the 100-night trial is an exchange that starts after 30 nights and needs a protector bought with the mattress.

Soft, medium and firm versions at one price make the iGel NanoTech 3000i the easiest gel hybrid to get right if you are unsure what feel you need. Under a quilted cover with TENCEL fibres sit 40mm of graphene-infused NanoTech foam and iGel foam with gel crystals, over 3,000 springs in two layers.

Bensons for Beds, the only seller of iGel mattresses, lists a double at £1,349.99. It offers no sleep trial, only a paid exchange, so try the three feels in one of its stores before you order.

At 37cm, the Silentnight UltraGel Cool-to-touch 3000 is the deepest mattress on this page, with 2,000 Mirapocket springs and 1,000 mini springs under the UltraGel layer and a cool-to-touch fabric on top. Silentnight sells it in soft or firm for the same £1,029 double price, and the firm version suits back and front sleepers who want firm support that keeps them on top of the mattress.

Check your fitted sheets before ordering, because a 37cm mattress needs an extra-deep pocket.

Most gel mattresses here use springy gel foam, while the Sleepeezee Jessica 1800 Pocket Gel adds the slow hug of real memory foam, 3cm of it laid over 3cm of StayCool gel foam. Underneath, 1,000 SoftTech mini springs and 800 pocket springs stop it feeling sunk-in, and the medium feel suits back and side sleepers alike.

At £999 for a double from Mattress Online, it is the pick for memory foam fans who still want springs underneath.

For the lowest double price on gel memory foam, choose the Soak&Sleep Cooling Memory Foam Mattress, a 22cm all-foam build with a gel-infused top layer over 5cm of memory foam and 15cm of base foam. A double lists at £315, and Soak&Sleep was taking 20% off it in October 2026. You also get a 100-night trial after a 30-night minimum.

Being all foam, it absorbs a partner's movement well but lets less air through than the spring models above it.

Made to order in the UK, the Aspire Cool Blue Relief is a 20cm all-foam mattress topped with 1cm of cool blue gel memory foam, which Aspire says disperses heat up to five times faster than standard memory foam. With 8cm of reflex foam and 10cm of recycled foam under that thin layer, it feels medium-firm and supportive, a better match for back sleepers than side sleepers.

Aspire charges £425 for a double, delivered free to the UK mainland. The trade-off is a 1-year warranty and no return once the hygiene seal is broken, so be sure of the medium-firm feel before you order.