WantMattress Awards 2026

We are excited to present the Best Flippable Mattress Award to the Eve Wunderflip Premium Hybrid Sleep Mattress, a truly exceptional product that sets a new benchmark in versatility and comfort. This mattress has been meticulously designed to offer two distinct sleep experiences in one, with a soft feel on one side and a firmer, more supportive surface on the other. Whether you're seeking a plush, cloud-like embrace or a firmer, more supportive base, the Wunderflip allows you to effortlessly switch between the two, providing a tailored sleep experience that meets a variety of preferences.

The Eve Wunderflip Premium Hybrid Sleep Mattress stands out not only for its innovative flippable design but also for its combination of high-quality materials. The hybrid construction blends the responsiveness of pocketed coils with the comfort of premium foam, ensuring durability, support, and exceptional pressure relief. This thoughtful design extends the lifespan of the mattress and allows users to enjoy a fresh sleep surface with every flip. With this award, we celebrate a mattress that truly adapts to your individual sleep needs, offering unbeatable comfort, support, and longevity for a superior night’s sleep.

The Origin Hybrid Pro Mattress has been awarded the title of Best Hybrid Mattress 2025, a testament to its exceptional design and performance. This accolade reflects the mattress's innovative construction, which seamlessly combines advanced materials to deliver unparalleled comfort and support. Central to its design are the nine meticulously engineered comfort layers, each serving a specific purpose to enhance the sleep experience. From the luxuriously soft PolarSilk Tencel™ pillow top that offers cloud-like comfort, to the ultra-cooling graphite-infused premium latex that regulates body temperature, every layer contributes to a restful and rejuvenating sleep. The inclusion of the proprietary HexaGrid Plus foam provides advanced pressure relief, ensuring that sleepers wake up free from aches and pains. Additionally, the bamboo-infused wool layer enhances breathability and moisture-wicking properties, maintaining an optimal sleep environment throughout the night.

At the heart of the Origin Hybrid Pro lies its sophisticated pocket spring system, featuring over 5,700 individually encased aerospace-grade TitaniumCoil springs. This high-quality spring system offers dynamic and responsive support, adapting to the body's movements and maintaining proper spinal alignment across various sleeping positions. The independent movement of each spring minimizes motion transfer, allowing for undisturbed sleep even when sharing the bed with a partner. This combination of cutting-edge materials and advanced engineering not only delivers a luxurious sleep experience but also ensures long-lasting durability. The mattress's thoughtful construction and commitment to quality have rightfully earned it recognition as the Best Hybrid Mattress 2025, solidifying its status as a leader in sleep innovation.

The iGel NanoTech 2050i Mattress has been awarded the title of Best Cooling Mattress 2025, a recognition that underscores its exceptional temperature regulation capabilities and outstanding value proposition. Central to its cooling performance is the innovative iGel™ Advance technology, which incorporates Graphene—a material renowned for its superior thermal conductivity. This advanced gel formula facilitates heat transfer up to seven times faster than standard memory foam, effectively dissipating excess body heat and maintaining an optimal sleep temperature throughout the night. This rapid heat dispersion ensures that sleepers remain comfortably cool, even during warmer seasons, thereby enhancing overall sleep quality.

Beyond its impressive cooling features, the iGel NanoTech 2050i Mattress stands out in its range by offering exceptional value without compromising on quality. While it may not be the most expensive model available in the lineup, it delivers a harmonious blend of comfort and support through its thoughtfully engineered design. The mattress combines a robust pocket spring system with the iGel™ comfort layer, providing both pressure relief and responsive support. This combination caters to a wide array of sleep preferences, making it an accessible yet high-performing option for those seeking a restorative night's sleep. The recognition as the Best Cooling Mattress 2025 highlights the iGel commitment to delivering cutting-edge sleep technology at a competitive price point.

Dreams' Dream Team Tadley 800 Pocket Memory wins this category by refusing to be a foam-only mattress. It sets a memory comfort layer over 800 individually wrapped pocket springs, so the cradle you buy memory foam for sits on a base that genuinely supports and breathes.

Foam on its own tends to sleep warm and slump over time. The spring layer here keeps the surface responsive and the air moving, while the memory top still gives that slow, shape-following hug at the hips and shoulders. The medium tension keeps it broad rather than niche, comfortable for back and side sleepers alike. Anyone who wants a springy, on-top feel should look at a firmer hybrid instead. For the real memory sensation without the heat and sag of a pure-foam slab, this is the one.

Four and a half thousand individual springs is a serious count, and it is what puts Dreams' Flaxby Masters Guild 4450 Pillow Top at the head of the pocket-sprung class. Each spring sits in its own pocket and compresses only where the body presses, so support follows your shape along the whole length of the bed rather than collapsing under the heaviest part. A plush pillow top finishes the surface, and the soft-to-medium tension makes getting into the bed gentle while the dense spring system carries the structural load underneath. It is a build for people who want highly detailed support without a hard, unyielding lie, and who like a generous, cushioned layer to settle into first.

Press latex and it pushes straight back, where memory foam would dwell and hold the dent. That liveliness, plus better airflow, is why some sleepers far prefer it. Bensons' Staples & Co Revitalise Eco Latex Pocket brings that feel through a latex comfort layer above a pocket-spring core.

Worth being honest about the build: this is a latex comfort layer, not a solid natural-latex core, so treat it as latex responsiveness with spring support rather than an all-latex bed. The eco-conscious materials and latex's natural breathability make it a smart match for warmer sleepers and anyone who finds memory foam too still, and a medium feel keeps the bounce usable in any position. The springs handle alignment; the latex handles the buoyant, quick-recovery surface on top.

A bad back is unforgiving of a soft mattress. Let the hips sink and the spine twists out of line all night, the wrong outcome for someone already in pain. Bensons' Slumberland Air 3.0 Memory is built around a firm, supportive design that keeps the back neutral.

Its firm rating stops the torso and hips dropping into the surface where the load concentrates, while a memory layer softens the contact points so the firmness never turns harsh. That mix of solid support with a little contouring is what most people managing existing pain are after. A plush, sink-in feel this is not, and persistent back trouble is always worth a word with a GP or physio. What it does well is hold an aching back in a level line from lights-out to morning.

Share a bed and the mattress has to please two people who rarely match: different weights, different shapes, and a shared interest in not waking each other. Mattress Online's Luna Memory 2500 Pocket Hybrid earns the category on its spring count. Its 2,500 individually pocketed coils each move alone, so a heavier and a lighter partner get the right support on their own sides without sliding into a shared dip, and the memory layer on top soaks up the bounce when someone turns over. Pitched medium-firm, it finds common ground between partners who lean soft and firm. The pairing that benefits most is a light sleeper next to a restless one.

Children are tough customers for a mattress: still growing, so they need real support, and endlessly energetic, so the bed has to survive years of bouncing. Dreams' Little Star Extra Deep Pocket Sprung Kids is made for both jobs. Its deep pocket-sprung core gives proper, responsive support rather than the flat feel of a budget foam pad, which counts while a child's posture is still forming, and the robust spring layer holds its shape through heavy daily use. The medium tension suits lighter young frames and the constant shifting of a child asleep. For a bed meant to last from one growth spurt to the next, that durable spring core is what carries it.

Allergy-friendly sleep is mostly a question of moisture and air. Dust mites need warmth and damp to thrive, so a bed that breathes and dries quickly starves them of the conditions they like. Bensons' Slumberland Air 6.0 Memory is engineered around that airflow.

Its memory build is designed to move air and shed moisture rather than trapping heat against the sleeper, which discourages the mites and mould that set off symptoms. For anyone whose nights are broken by allergies, a cooler, drier, well-ventilated mattress is a practical defence, working alongside regular washing of covers and a good protector. The medium rating keeps it comfortable across sleeping styles. No mattress cures an allergy, but one built to stay dry and breathable is a sensible foundation to build on.

Bensons' Hypnos Luxurious Earth 01 carries a credential few mattresses can: Hypnos holds a Royal Warrant and supplies the Royal Household, and has built beds to that standard for generations.

The luxury here is in the substance, not the marketing. The mattress is filled with natural materials rather than synthetic foams, which is where its breathability, resilience and depth of feel come from. The firm tension reflects a traditional, hand-finished style of sleep surface rather than a soft modern hug, so it rewards anyone who reads luxury as solid, beautifully made support. Buyers chasing a soft, sinking feel will be happier elsewhere. For heritage craftsmanship and natural filling at the very top end, little else competes.

Cheap mattresses rarely contain real memory foam. Spend little and you usually get a thin reflex-foam pad dressed up as the genuine article, so true memory comfort at a low price is a real find. Mattress Online's Bodyshape Classic Memory Foam is one. You get the contouring, pressure-easing feel memory foam is bought for, in a no-frills build that keeps the price down instead of loading on features nobody asked for. A medium feel keeps it usable whichever way you sleep. For a spare room, a child's first proper bed, a rental or a quick replacement, it covers what matters at a price that is hard to beat.

Origin's LumbarCloud takes the headline award by scoring well almost everywhere rather than spiking on a single trait. It is a hybrid, blending a comfort layer with a spring system, but its distinguishing feature is an engineered lumbar zone that firms up under the middle of the body.

That zone targets the spot where ordinary mattresses let the lower back sag, keeping the spine better aligned through the night, while the hybrid build cushions pressure points and keeps air moving through the springs. The medium-firm rating reads comfortably for a wide span of body types and sleeping positions. A mattress of the year has to be broadly excellent rather than narrowly brilliant, and the LumbarCloud earns the title as a genuine all-rounder with one clever piece of engineering on top.

Now and then a bed outperforms what its price tag and specification would lead you to expect, and that gap is what Editor's Choice rewards. Bensons' Simply Memory Foam Pocket Sprung Pillowtop is one of those.

It stacks memory foam and a pillowtop over a pocket-spring core, so the surface feels cushioned and welcoming while the springs underneath flex to the body. The firm base keeps that soft top from feeling wobbly, giving a lie that is plush on contact yet properly held. On paper it is a tidy specification; in practice it scores higher than its price would predict, which is precisely the kind of value this pick is meant to flag. Anyone wanting a generous surface without losing support is well served.

Value and cheap are not the same thing. Best Buy goes to the most quality per pound, and at Dreams that is the TEMPUR EASE 20cm SmartCool, the most sensible way into the TEMPUR name without reaching for the dearer ranges. TEMPUR made its reputation on a dense, slow-responding viscoelastic foam, and the EASE delivers that signature feel at a far more approachable price, with a SmartCool cover to take the edge off the warmth dense foam can hold. A medium-firm balance keeps it well supported rather than soft. This is not the brand's cheapest tier by accident; it is the point where the real TEMPUR experience meets a fair price.

Lie still for long enough and your weight stops spreading evenly, piling onto a few contact points where circulation and comfort suffer. Easing that calls for a surface that lets the heavy areas settle while the rest takes up the slack. Mattress Online's SleepSoul Bliss 800 Pocket Memory Pillow Top is tuned to do exactly this.

The memory pillowtop lets shoulders and hips press in so the peaks flatten out instead of digging, and 800 pocket springs beneath keep the support even from head to toe. A medium rating is the right call: yielding enough to relieve pressure, firm enough that the body never bottoms out. Sleepers who wake with numb arms, sore hips or a dead shoulder are the ones who notice the difference fastest.

A partner who turns over every hour can wreck your sleep on the wrong mattress, where every movement travels across the surface. The answer is a bed that absorbs motion at source, and the Panda Hybrid Bamboo manages it through a bamboo-and-memory hybrid. Its memory layer soaks up the energy of a shift in weight instead of passing it along, so one side staying still while the other moves becomes the normal state rather than a lucky one. A breathable bamboo cover sits on top, and the medium-firm base keeps things stable while the foam does the damping. Light sleepers woken by the smallest stir from the other side of the bed are the clear winners here.

Anyone who has perched on the edge of a cheap mattress and felt it cave knows the value of a firm perimeter. Good edge support means you can sit to get dressed, or sleep right to the side, and still feel held. Mattress Online's Millbrook Wool Luxury 4000 Pocket wins it on sheer spring density.

With 4,000 pocket springs spread across the mattress, support reaches all the way to the perimeter instead of fading near the sides, so the whole surface stays usable rather than just the centre. Natural wool fillings above the springs add breathability and a comfortable top, and a medium-firm setting reinforces the hold out to the edges. Couples making the most of every inch, and anyone who sits on the side each morning, gain the most from a mattress that does not surrender at its borders.

Most mattresses do not break so much as wear out, sagging slowly where you lie until the support is gone. Lasting the distance is the real test, and Furniture Village's The Handmade Bed Co Boutique 3000 holds its shape long after a cheaper bed would have dipped.

Hand assembly around 3,000 pocket springs gives it the structural backbone to keep supporting the body evenly year after year, resisting the soft spots and hollows that cut a budget mattress's life short. Quality materials and careful, by-hand construction are why it endures, with comfort sitting at a steady medium while the spring system carries the long-term load. For anyone who would rather buy once and keep it than replace every few years, longevity is the case it makes.

Dreams' Relyon Bridgwater Dunlopillo Latex comes from one of Britain's long-established bed-makers, and the workmanship shows in how it is put together. Relyon has been building beds for generations, and that experience turns up in the assembly and the finish.

Here it is paired with Dunlopillo latex, a respected and resilient comfort material with its own long pedigree, so careful construction meets quality materials. Build quality comes down to precisely this: the standard of the components and the care of the assembly, separate from how many years it ultimately survives. A medium rating keeps the lie adaptable to most sleepers. For people who value the craft of an established maker over a list of gimmicks, this is workmanship you can lie on with confidence.

On your side, your shoulder and hip carry most of your weight against the bed, and a surface that gets it wrong will either let them dig in or shove your spine out of true. The cure is cushioning aimed precisely at those two points. Dreams' Sleepeezee Matilda Combination is shaped around them.

Its combination comfort layer gives at the shoulder and hip, letting them settle so the spine stays level, while still holding up the lighter parts of the body that need less. A medium tension strikes the balance side sleeping wants: soft enough to relieve those joints, firm enough to stop the body sinking too far. Dedicated back and front sleepers will likely want something firmer underfoot. Committed side sleepers are exactly who this is judged for.

A back sleeper's spine needs the hollow at the lower back filled, not flattened against a board. Support that holds the lumbar curve while letting the hips and shoulders settle the right amount is the goal. Mattress Online's Sealy Advantage Memory Essential is set up to deliver it.

A memory layer over a support core lets the heavier hips and shoulders sink just enough while keeping contact under the small of the back, so the lower back is held rather than arching into a gap. A medium-firm tension provides the steady support back sleeping wants without the hardness of a genuinely firm bed. The payoff is a flatter, better-aligned lie for anyone who spends the night face-up. Heavy-shouldered side sleepers may want more give than it offers.

Above a certain body weight a lot of mattresses simply give way, sinking too far and letting the spine bow once the load passes what they were designed for. Holding firm under greater weight takes high-density materials and a structure that refuses to bottom out. Bensons' Slumberland Orthopaedic Support Luxe is built for that load.

Its firm orthopaedic construction uses dense, robust support to resist compression and keep alignment steady where a softer bed would sag, and the firm rating is central to it, supplying the resistance that stops the torso sinking past the point the spine stays straight. This is support engineered for stability under weight, not a plush, cushioned lie. Heavier sleepers who have watched ordinary mattresses collapse within a year or two are who it is made to satisfy.

Orthopaedic is less a medical promise than a description of the firm, maximum-support end of the range, and that firmness is what this category rewards. Mattress Online's Sealy Steeple Ortho Plus sits squarely in that class. Its firm orthopaedic construction resists sinking and holds the body on a solid, supportive plane, with little of the give found in softer beds. The firm tension delivers the maximum support some sleepers prefer or have been advised towards, a harder lie than the back-pain pick, which leans more on cushioned alignment. It will feel hard to anyone used to plush, which is rather the idea for those who genuinely want a very firm, well-supported surface.

Wool earns its place in a mattress by what it does overnight: it wicks moisture away and lets heat escape, holding the bed nearer an even temperature instead of building up warmth. Bensons leans on that natural-fibre advantage with the Slumberland Naturals Premium Wool.

Its wool fillings bring real breathability and temperature regulation, helping warm sleepers stay cooler and stopping colder ones from waking clammy the way synthetic foams can. Wool is also naturally resilient, giving the comfort layer a substance that wears well over time. The firm tension lends a traditional, well-supported feel in keeping with the natural, hand-filled character of the build. Sleepers who choose natural materials over synthetics, whether for temperature, breathability or principle, are who it speaks to.