Buying guide · Mattresses
All Mattresses buying guides at a glance. Rated on a single, consistent scoring grid, based on verified retailer data and published results from independent test institutes.
The best mattress for most UK sleepers is a medium-firm model that keeps your spine aligned in your usual sleeping position, stays cool through the night …
Choosing the best Simba mattress comes down to three differences inside one UK range: how deep and how heavily sprung the model is, whether its comfort …
The best foam mattress is an all-foam build that stays cool enough for you, sits close to medium-firm and comes with a trial long enough to …
The best Silentnight mattress is the model whose support system and comfort layer suit the way you sleep, because the brand builds its range in distinct …
The best air mattress for a spare room is a raised bed with a built-in mains pump, while a camping air bed needs a pump that …
Choosing an Emma mattress in the UK comes down to pocket springs or all-foam, a feel between medium-soft and medium-firm, and how much comfort depth you …
The best memory foam mattress gives you the slow, pressure-relieving contour of visco-elastic foam without trapping heat, sits close to medium-firm and comes with a trial …
The best IKEA mattress for most UK buyers is a zoned pocket sprung model, chosen on construction and depth as much as on IKEA's own firm …
The best TEMPUR mattress for you comes down to two choices, the line and the depth, because every mattress TEMPUR sells new in the UK is …
The best Hypnos mattress for you depends on three choices built into every model, namely how many turns its pocket springs have, how much wool sits …
A super king mattress measures 180x200 cm in the UK, 6ft by 6ft 6in, which gives each of two sleepers 90 cm of width against 67.5 …
The best orthopaedic mattress for most UK sleepers is a medium-firm to firm pocket-sprung or hybrid mattress that keeps the spine level, because "orthopaedic" on its …
A soft mattress is the right choice if you sleep on your side, weigh less than average or wake with sore shoulders and hips, provided the …
A UK single mattress measures 90x190, and the right one depends less on the brand than on who will sleep on it, whether that is a …
The best mattress for side sleepers lets your shoulder and hip sink in far enough for your spine to stay level while the waist between them …
A firm mattress suits back sleepers, front sleepers and heavier bodies, but every UK brand grades firmness on its own scale, and the best clinical evidence …
The best king size mattress gives two adults 75cm of width each on a 150 x 200cm UK king, and at that width it has three …
Choosing a Dormeo mattress comes down to three decisions that run through the whole range: how much memory foam sits over the Octaspring foam springs, whether …
A UK double mattress measures 135 x 190cm, which leaves each of two sleepers 67.5cm of width, so the right double keeps one partner's movement on …
The best small double mattress for most UK buyers is a medium-firm model sold in the true 4ft size of 120x190cm, matched to your weight and …
The right Sealy mattress depends on three things a model name rarely tells you, namely which spring unit sits inside, how firm the comfort layers are …
