255,836retailer reviews analysed
1,075mattresses covered
45brands with 150+ reviews
This report ranks UK brands on what 255,836 retailer reviews say about them: praise rates and complaint rates across seven categories, from sagging to sleeping temperature.
Every figure comes from bulk reviews published on retailer product listings. Reviews submitted here on WantMattress.com are excluded from the numbers, which removes any route for us to influence the results. A brand needs at least 150 reviews to appear, and a category needs at least 10 mentions before it can rank.
One number never tells the whole story. A brand can top a praise table and still show up among the complaints in the same category; when that happens, both placements stay published. The method, the full keyword lists and the thresholds sit at the foot of the page.
Key findings
The headline facts in the current data, each computed from the tables below when the figures are refreshed. Every rate is a share of the 255,836 reviews analysed.
- Value for money is praised in 5.21% of reviews, and the price is complained about in 0.11%.
- The most common complaint is firmness not matching the description, in 1.78% of reviews, ahead of overheating at 1.46% and sagging at 0.83%.
- Overheating comes up in 1.92% of hybrid reviews and in 0.09% of open coil reviews.
- Sagging complaints by construction run from 0.48% of memory foam reviews to 1.13% of latex reviews.
- 7 of the 78 mattresses with 500 or more reviews have no review that mentions sagging.
- Among brands with 150 or more reviews, the sagging complaint rate runs from 0.29% (The Dreams Workshop) to 2.63% (Origin).
Brand league table
Ranked by average rating, with review volume as the tie-break and the weight behind each score. Ratings cluster tightly at retail, so the category tables below separate brands far better than the headline number.
| # | Brand | Average rating | Reviews analysed |
|---|
| 1 | Panda | 4.9/5 | 494 |
| 2 | Willow & Eve | 4.8/5 | 387 |
| 3 | Simba | 4.8/5 | 100,310 |
| 4 | Rest Assured | 4.8/5 | 1,637 |
| 5 | Layezee made by Silentnight | 4.8/5 | 224 |
| 6 | Spring King | 4.8/5 | 311 |
| 7 | Shire Beds | 4.8/5 | 279 |
| 8 | The Dream Team | 4.8/5 | 16,588 |
| 9 | SleepSoul | 4.7/5 | 3,062 |
| 10 | Luna | 4.7/5 | 1,366 |
| 11 | Deluxe | 4.7/5 | 380 |
| 12 | Shire | 4.7/5 | 160 |
| 13 | Sealy | 4.7/5 | 9,999 |
| 14 | Origin | 4.7/5 | 7,149 |
| 15 | Millbrook Beds | 4.7/5 | 3,127 |
| 16 | Sleepeezee | 4.7/5 | 5,994 |
| 17 | Dura | 4.7/5 | 453 |
| 18 | Silentnight | 4.7/5 | 32,173 |
| 19 | Romantica | 4.7/5 | 2,533 |
| 20 | Horizon | 4.7/5 | 606 |
| 21 | Nectar | 4.7/5 | 10,109 |
| 22 | Mattress Online | 4.7/5 | 7,477 |
| 23 | Otty | 4.7/5 | 4,072 |
| 24 | TheraPur | 4.7/5 | 3,738 |
| 25 | Relyon | 4.7/5 | 604 |
| 26 | Highgrove | 4.7/5 | 537 |
| 27 | Slumberland | 4.7/5 | 8,787 |
| 28 | Sweet Dreams | 4.7/5 | 179 |
| 29 | The Dreams Workshop | 4.7/5 | 9,388 |
| 30 | Flaxby | 4.7/5 | 1,549 |
| 31 | Tempur | 4.6/5 | 3,495 |
| 32 | Harrison Spinks | 4.6/5 | 315 |
| 33 | Flexisleep | 4.6/5 | 210 |
| 34 | Bensons for Beds | 4.6/5 | 2,282 |
| 35 | Bodyshape | 4.6/5 | 687 |
| 36 | Hyde & Sleep | 4.6/5 | 748 |
| 37 | Mlily | 4.6/5 | 416 |
| 38 | iGel | 4.6/5 | 3,423 |
| 39 | Hypnos | 4.6/5 | 778 |
| 40 | Staples & Co | 4.6/5 | 1,711 |
| 41 | Simply Bensons | 4.6/5 | 692 |
| 42 | Sareer | 4.5/5 | 375 |
| 43 | eve | 4.5/5 | 2,715 |
| 44 | Emma | 4.5/5 | 1,047 |
| 45 | DreamCloud | 4.4/5 | 1,841 |
Durability: sagging and shape retention
Most praised for holding their shape
- ORIGIN 0.73% 52 of 7,149 reviews
- Eve 0.37% 10 of 2,715 reviews
- Sealy 0.36% 36 of 9,999 reviews
- Otty 0.32% 13 of 4,072 reviews
- Simba 0.17% 168 of 100,310 reviews
- Silentnight 0.16% 51 of 32,173 reviews
- The Dream Team 0.07% 11 of 16,588 reviews
Most complaints about sagging and dips
- Origin 2.63% 188 of 7,149 reviews
- Staples & Co 2.28% 39 of 1,711 reviews
- DreamCloud 1.14% 21 of 1,841 reviews
- Flaxby 1.1% 17 of 1,549 reviews
- Eve 1.07% 29 of 2,715 reviews
- Sealy 1.03% 103 of 9,999 reviews
- Simba 1.0% 1,002 of 100,310 reviews
- Romantica 0.99% 25 of 2,533 reviews
- Bensons for Beds 0.92% 21 of 2,282 reviews
- TheraPur 0.86% 32 of 3,738 reviews
Temperature: sleeping hot or cool
Run hot at night? Start with the mattresses for hot sleepers listing.
Most praised for sleeping cool
- TheraPur 2.62% 98 of 3,738 reviews
- iGel 2.22% 76 of 3,423 reviews
- Simba 1.44% 1,445 of 100,310 reviews
- Millbrook Beds 1.38% 43 of 3,127 reviews
- Flaxby 1.29% 20 of 1,549 reviews
- ORIGIN 1.19% 85 of 7,149 reviews
- TEMPUR 0.94% 33 of 3,495 reviews
- Nectar 0.69% 70 of 10,109 reviews
- Otty 0.47% 19 of 4,072 reviews
- Slumberland 0.47% 41 of 8,787 reviews
Most complaints about overheating
- Panda 2.83% 14 of 494 reviews
- iGel 2.78% 95 of 3,423 reviews
- TheraPur 2.78% 104 of 3,738 reviews
- Simba 2.58% 2,592 of 100,310 reviews
- Tempur 1.97% 69 of 3,495 reviews
- Eve 1.73% 47 of 2,715 reviews
- Otty 1.55% 63 of 4,072 reviews
- DreamCloud 1.36% 25 of 1,841 reviews
- Luna 1.32% 18 of 1,366 reviews
- Emma 1.24% 13 of 1,047 reviews
Back pain and support
For a bad back, the back pain listing filters the range.
Most praised for support
- Sealy 3.9% 390 of 9,999 reviews
- Horizon 3.8% 23 of 606 reviews
- Relyon 3.64% 22 of 604 reviews
- Rest Assured 3.42% 56 of 1,637 reviews
- ORIGIN 3.12% 223 of 7,149 reviews
- Luna 3.0% 41 of 1,366 reviews
- Sleepeezee 2.82% 169 of 5,994 reviews
- Millbrook Beds 2.78% 87 of 3,127 reviews
- SleepSoul 2.71% 83 of 3,062 reviews
- Simba 2.67% 2,682 of 100,310 reviews
Most complaints about aches and support
- TEMPUR 0.72% 25 of 3,495 reviews
- Nectar 0.56% 57 of 10,109 reviews
- iGel 0.41% 14 of 3,423 reviews
- Simba 0.38% 379 of 100,310 reviews
- SleepSoul 0.36% 11 of 3,062 reviews
- Sealy 0.34% 34 of 9,999 reviews
- Origin 0.25% 18 of 7,149 reviews
- The Dream Team 0.24% 39 of 16,588 reviews
- Slumberland 0.23% 20 of 8,787 reviews
- Sleepeezee 0.23% 14 of 5,994 reviews
Odour and off-gassing
Most praised for arriving fresh
- Luna 1.1% 15 of 1,366 reviews
- Mattress Online 0.19% 14 of 7,477 reviews
- Simba 0.14% 139 of 100,310 reviews
Most complaints about smell
- Luna 2.56% 35 of 1,366 reviews
- Eve 0.99% 27 of 2,715 reviews
- iGel 0.96% 33 of 3,423 reviews
- Otty 0.66% 27 of 4,072 reviews
- Simba 0.52% 520 of 100,310 reviews
- Millbrook Beds 0.45% 14 of 3,127 reviews
- Slumberland 0.38% 33 of 8,787 reviews
- Mattress Online 0.37% 28 of 7,477 reviews
- TEMPUR 0.31% 11 of 3,495 reviews
- TheraPur 0.27% 10 of 3,738 reviews
Firmness accuracy
Unsure which firmness suits you? SnoozeScore narrows it down.
Most praised for matching the description
- Spring King 4.82% 15 of 311 reviews
- Highgrove 2.05% 11 of 537 reviews
- Relyon 1.66% 10 of 604 reviews
- Emma 1.62% 17 of 1,047 reviews
- Simply Bensons 1.59% 11 of 692 reviews
- Millbrook Beds 1.57% 49 of 3,127 reviews
- Mattress Online 1.46% 109 of 7,477 reviews
- Luna 1.46% 20 of 1,366 reviews
- ORIGIN 1.43% 102 of 7,149 reviews
- Bensons for Beds 1.36% 31 of 2,282 reviews
Most complaints about firmness surprises
- DreamCloud 3.86% 71 of 1,841 reviews
- eve 3.35% 91 of 2,715 reviews
- Horizon 3.14% 19 of 606 reviews
- Origin 2.98% 213 of 7,149 reviews
- Hypnos 2.96% 23 of 778 reviews
- Panda 2.63% 13 of 494 reviews
- Nectar 2.61% 264 of 10,109 reviews
- Otty 2.58% 105 of 4,072 reviews
- Emma 2.58% 27 of 1,047 reviews
- Millbrook Beds 2.27% 71 of 3,127 reviews
Value for money
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Most praised for value
- Spring King 17.68% 55 of 311 reviews
- Layezee made by Silentnight 16.96% 38 of 224 reviews
- Shire Beds 14.34% 40 of 279 reviews
- Romantica 10.58% 268 of 2,533 reviews
- The Dreams Workshop 10.46% 982 of 9,388 reviews
- Mattress Online 9.94% 743 of 7,477 reviews
- SleepSoul 9.73% 298 of 3,062 reviews
- Simply Bensons 9.68% 67 of 692 reviews
- Dura 8.61% 39 of 453 reviews
- Deluxe 7.11% 27 of 380 reviews
Most complaints about price
- iGel 0.44% 15 of 3,423 reviews
- Slumberland 0.15% 13 of 8,787 reviews
- The Dreams Workshop 0.13% 12 of 9,388 reviews
- Simba 0.12% 123 of 100,310 reviews
- Sealy 0.11% 11 of 9,999 reviews
- Silentnight 0.06% 20 of 32,173 reviews
Delivery and service
Most praised for delivery
- Flexisleep 13.81% 29 of 210 reviews
- Willow & Eve 13.18% 51 of 387 reviews
- Otty 12.57% 512 of 4,072 reviews
- Panda 11.94% 59 of 494 reviews
- Dura 11.7% 53 of 453 reviews
- Deluxe 11.05% 42 of 380 reviews
- Highgrove 10.99% 59 of 537 reviews
- Shire 10.0% 16 of 160 reviews
- Emma 7.26% 76 of 1,047 reviews
- Sareer 6.67% 25 of 375 reviews
Most complaints about delivery and service
- Otty 1.13% 46 of 4,072 reviews
- Origin 0.84% 60 of 7,149 reviews
- Eve 0.66% 18 of 2,715 reviews
- Simba 0.24% 245 of 100,310 reviews
- Sleepeezee 0.17% 10 of 5,994 reviews
- Slumberland 0.16% 14 of 8,787 reviews
- Nectar 0.12% 12 of 10,109 reviews
- Sealy 0.12% 12 of 9,999 reviews
- The Dream Team 0.1% 16 of 16,588 reviews
- Silentnight 0.05% 17 of 32,173 reviews
Praise and complaints by construction
Rates by the type of mattress, using the same praise and complaint lists as the brand tables. A construction needs 2,000 reviews to appear here, and a figure needs 10 mentions behind it. Hybrid mattresses supply 65% of all reviews (165,218 of 255,836), so the figures for the smaller groups rest on far fewer reviews.
Durability: sagging and shape retention
| Construction | Reviews | Praise: holding its shape | Complaints: sagging |
|---|
| Hybrid300 mattresses | 165,218 | 0.17%276 mentions | 0.92%1,519 mentions |
| Pocket spring411 mattresses | 34,701 | 0.12%41 mentions | 0.69%241 mentions |
| Open coil122 mattresses | 32,317 | 0.21%69 mentions | 0.67%218 mentions |
| Memory foam107 mattresses | 10,569 | 0.23%24 mentions | 0.48%51 mentions |
| Latex54 mattresses | 3,622 | under 10 mentions | 1.13%41 mentions |
Temperature: sleeping hot or cool
| Construction | Reviews | Praise: sleeping cool | Complaints: overheating |
|---|
| Hybrid300 mattresses | 165,218 | 1.1%1,811 mentions | 1.92%3,180 mentions |
| Pocket spring411 mattresses | 34,701 | 0.48%165 mentions | 0.66%230 mentions |
| Open coil122 mattresses | 32,317 | 0.08%26 mentions | 0.09%30 mentions |
| Memory foam107 mattresses | 10,569 | 0.44%47 mentions | 1.14%120 mentions |
| Latex54 mattresses | 3,622 | 0.55%20 mentions | 0.75%27 mentions |
Back pain and support
| Construction | Reviews | Praise: support | Complaints: back pain or poor support |
|---|
| Hybrid300 mattresses | 165,218 | 2.37%3,917 mentions | 0.33%552 mentions |
| Pocket spring411 mattresses | 34,701 | 2.21%767 mentions | 0.12%42 mentions |
| Open coil122 mattresses | 32,317 | 2.62%848 mentions | 0.15%50 mentions |
| Memory foam107 mattresses | 10,569 | 2.01%212 mentions | 0.46%49 mentions |
| Latex54 mattresses | 3,622 | 2.68%97 mentions | 0.33%12 mentions |
Firmness accuracy
| Construction | Reviews | Praise: firmness as described | Complaints: firmness not matching the description |
|---|
| Hybrid300 mattresses | 165,218 | 1.03%1,702 mentions | 1.77%2,921 mentions |
| Pocket spring411 mattresses | 34,701 | 1.51%523 mentions | 1.87%649 mentions |
| Open coil122 mattresses | 32,317 | 1.55%500 mentions | 1.67%540 mentions |
| Memory foam107 mattresses | 10,569 | 1.06%112 mentions | 1.63%172 mentions |
| Latex54 mattresses | 3,622 | 1.16%42 mentions | 1.63%59 mentions |
Odour and off-gassing
| Construction | Reviews | Praise: arriving fresh | Complaints: smell |
|---|
| Hybrid300 mattresses | 165,218 | 0.12%193 mentions | 0.45%744 mentions |
| Pocket spring411 mattresses | 34,701 | 0.05%18 mentions | 0.15%51 mentions |
| Open coil122 mattresses | 32,317 | under 10 mentions | under 10 mentions |
| Memory foam107 mattresses | 10,569 | 0.12%13 mentions | 0.32%34 mentions |
| Latex54 mattresses | 3,622 | under 10 mentions | 0.69%25 mentions |
Individual mattresses with the fewest sagging complaints
The ten mattresses on sale now with 500 or more reviews and the smallest share of reviews mentioning sagging or a dip. 7 of the 78 eligible mattresses have no sagging mention at all, so review volume breaks the tie between them. A low rate here says the reviews are quiet on sagging, not that a mattress will never dip, and each one links to its full page.
Every brand in the data
The full corpus, listed alphabetically. Brands in grey have too few bulk reviews to rate; their figures stay unpublished until they clear the entry bar rather than appear on a thin sample.
- Alexander and Cole 2 reviews · below the review threshold
- Alpha 1 reviews · below the review threshold
- Archers 21 reviews · below the review threshold
- ASC 65 reviews · below the review threshold
- Aspire 134 reviews · below the review threshold
- Bedmaster 37 reviews · below the review threshold
- Bensons for Beds 2,282 reviews · 4.6/5
- Bodyshape 687 reviews · 4.6/5
- Breasley 12 reviews · below the review threshold
- Deluxe 380 reviews · 4.7/5
- Dormeo 1 reviews · below the review threshold
- DreamCloud 1,841 reviews · 4.4/5
- Dreams 77 reviews · below the review threshold
- Dunlopillo 84 reviews · below the review threshold
- Dura 453 reviews · 4.7/5
- Elle Decoration 4 reviews · below the review threshold
- Emma 1,047 reviews · 4.5/5
- Emma Mattress 8 reviews · below the review threshold
- eve 2,715 reviews · 4.5/5
- Flaxby 1,549 reviews · 4.7/5
- Flexisleep 210 reviews · 4.6/5
- Furniture Village 124 reviews · below the review threshold
- Gainsborough 1 reviews · below the review threshold
- Harrison Spinks 315 reviews · 4.6/5
- Highgrove 537 reviews · 4.7/5
- Horizon 606 reviews · 4.7/5
- Hyde & Sleep 748 reviews · 4.6/5
- Hyder Beds 46 reviews · below the review threshold
- Hypnos 778 reviews · 4.6/5
- iGel 3,423 reviews · 4.6/5
- Jay-Be 29 reviews · below the review threshold
- jaybe 134 reviews · below the review threshold
- Kaye and Stewart 11 reviews · below the review threshold
- Kayflex 28 reviews · below the review threshold
- Kaymed 27 reviews · below the review threshold
- Komfi 107 reviews · below the review threshold
- Layezee made by Silentnight 224 reviews · 4.8/5
- Little Big Dreams 69 reviews · below the review threshold
- Luna 1,366 reviews · 4.7/5
- Mammoth 22 reviews · below the review threshold
- Mattress Online 7,477 reviews · 4.7/5
- Millbrook 19 reviews · below the review threshold
- Millbrook Beds 3,127 reviews · 4.7/5
- Mlily 416 reviews · 4.6/5
- Nectar 10,109 reviews · 4.7/5
- Origin 7,149 reviews · 4.7/5
- Otty 4,072 reviews · 4.7/5
- Panda 494 reviews · 4.9/5
- Relyon 604 reviews · 4.7/5
- Rest Assured 1,637 reviews · 4.8/5
- Romantica 2,533 reviews · 4.7/5
- Sareer 375 reviews · 4.5/5
- Sealy 9,999 reviews · 4.7/5
- Shire 160 reviews · 4.7/5
- Shire Beds 279 reviews · 4.8/5
- Silentnight 32,173 reviews · 4.7/5
- Simba 100,310 reviews · 4.8/5
- Simmons 2 reviews · below the review threshold
- Simply Bensons 692 reviews · 4.6/5
- Sleep Story 80 reviews · below the review threshold
- Sleepeezee 5,994 reviews · 4.7/5
- SleepSoul 3,062 reviews · 4.7/5
- Slumberland 8,787 reviews · 4.7/5
- Sophie Conran 30 reviews · below the review threshold
- Spring King 311 reviews · 4.8/5
- Staples & Co 1,711 reviews · 4.6/5
- Sweet Dreams 179 reviews · 4.7/5
- Tempur 3,495 reviews · 4.6/5
- The Dream Team 16,588 reviews · 4.8/5
- The Dreams Workshop 9,388 reviews · 4.7/5
- The Handmade Bed Company 18 reviews · below the review threshold
- TheraPur 3,738 reviews · 4.7/5
- Uno 4 reviews · below the review threshold
- Vispring 73 reviews · below the review threshold
- Wentworth Mercer 36 reviews · below the review threshold
- Willow & Eve 387 reviews · 4.8/5
- Woolroom 123 reviews · below the review threshold
How these numbers are made
Reviews are matched against a fixed list of praise and complaint phrases per category. A review counts once per category and direction, however many phrases it hits. Keyword matching has known limits: a review saying "no chemical smell" matches an odour complaint phrase as well as a praise phrase, and rates in each direction are reported independently rather than netted off. The phrase lists are published in full below, and the same lists run against every brand.
Sources are bulk review feeds from Dreams, Bensons for Beds, Mattress Online, Eve, Mattress Next Day, Panda, Furniture Village, Emma, Simba, Nectar, Origin, Otty, DreamCloud, Woolroom, Premier Inn and Archers Sleep Centre. Percentages describe those reviews, not the mattresses themselves: "1.2% of reviews mention sagging" is a fact about the review base, and sample sizes are shown against every figure so you can judge the weight of each one. Spotted an error? Tell us and we will correct it. More on how the wider site rates products: how we test.
Every figure counts whole adult mattresses only: refurbished listings (which repeat the new model's reviews), protectors, toppers, and children's, cot and bunk mattresses are left out. The construction tables group each mattress by the construction recorded on its product page: hybrid (listed as a hybrid, or built with both pocket springs and memory foam), latex, memory foam, pocket spring and open coil, taken in that order where a mattress carries more than one. A construction needs 2,000 reviews to appear and a figure needs 10 mentions behind it, or the cell says so instead of showing a rate. The individual mattress table takes mattresses on sale now with 500 or more reviews and ranks them by the share of reviews that mention sagging or a dip, with review volume as the tie-break. The key findings are built from these same tables each time the data is refreshed.
Durability: sagging and shape retention. Praise phrases: holds its shape, kept its shape, no sag, no signs of wear, still comfortable after, still feels new, still going strong, still like new. Complaint phrases: body impression, crater, dipped, dipping, gone soft, has sagged, lost its shape, sagg, sank, sunk.
Temperature: sleeping hot or cool. Praise phrases: breathab, keeps cool, keeps me cool, keeps you cool, nice and cool, sleeps cool, stays cool, temperature regul. Complaint phrases: get very hot, gets hot, overheat, sleep hot, sleeps hot, sweat, too hot.
Back pain and support. Praise phrases: back pain gone, back pain has gone, eased my back, great support, helped my back, helps my back, no more back pain, really supportive, so supportive, very supportive. Complaint phrases: back pain worse, bad for my back, hurt my back, hurts my back, not supportive, pressure points, wake up aching, woke up aching.
Odour and off-gassing. Praise phrases: aired out, no odour, no smell, smell disappeared, smell faded, smell went. Complaint phrases: bad smell, chemical smell, horrible smell, off-gas, smell lingered, smells bad, smelt bad, still smells, strong smell.
Firmness accuracy. Praise phrases: as described, exactly as described, firmness is perfect, just right, perfect firmness, true to firmness. Complaint phrases: firmer than expected, harder than expected, not as firm, softer than expected, too firm, too hard, too soft.
Value for money. Praise phrases: bargain, excellent value, good value, great value, value for money, worth every penny, worth the money. Complaint phrases: not worth the money, overpriced, too expensive for what, waste of money.
Delivery and service. Praise phrases: delivered on time, excellent service, fast delivery, great service, next day, on time, quick delivery. Complaint phrases: arrived late, damaged, delayed, delivery problems, never arrived, poor delivery, was late, wrong item.
Cite this report
ReportMost reliable mattress brands: the UK reliability report
PublisherWant Mattress
Data computed16 October 2026, from 255,836 retailer reviews
Addresshttps://www.wantmattress.com/mattress-reliability
Suggested citationWant Mattress (2026). Most reliable mattress brands: the UK reliability report, data computed 16 October 2026. https://www.wantmattress.com/mattress-reliability
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References
- Bed Advice UK (National Bed Federation): independent guidance on mattress lifespan and care. https://bedadvice.co.uk/
- The Sleep Charity: UK charity guidance on sleep environments and bedding. https://thesleepcharity.org.uk/
