Why our sleep experts loved it
The Dream Team Frome Pocket Wool Mattress is Dreams' firm, natural option for people who are sick of overheating on memory foam and want to go back to a more traditional, double-sided mattress. On paper it is a simple recipe, pocket springs, British wool and a modern recyclable comfort layer, but the execution is firmly premium, with pricing to match.
It sits in Dreams' Dream Team collection as a non-foam, naturally breathable mattress, designed to give you that slightly old-school feel of a proper mattress you can flip, rather than a one-sided hybrid with a chunky pillow top. The core promise is straightforward, firm support from pocket springs, comfort from generous wool and temperature control from both the wool and the Platinum 3D layer.
Where I think it immediately divides opinion is price. At full RRP it is around £999 for a double, with singles lower and larger sizes higher, and it is often discounted as part of Dreams' regular promotions. That means it feels too expensive at full price in a crowded market, but much more reasonable when you catch it on sale, which is realistically how many shoppers will buy it.
Construction & materials
The Frome is a pocket sprung mattress with natural wool comfort layers and a synthetic, but eco-conscious, Platinum 3D comfort and support layer. The core is a full-height pocket spring unit that provides the main support, with the natural and Platinum 3D layers sitting above and below it on each side.
The star ingredient is British wool sourced from the Black Country. Wool is one of the oldest mattress materials for a reason, it is naturally breathable, very good at wicking away moisture and able to buffer temperature, feeling warm when the room is cool and less clammy when the weather is muggy.
On the Frome there are deep wool layers on both sides of the mattress, so you are lying on wool whichever way up it is, much closer in spirit to a traditional natural mattress than to a foam-topped hybrid.
Sitting with the wool is Platinum 3D, a 100% recyclable, non-foam comfort material that has an open, three-dimensional structure. Dreams describe it as giving the feel of a million tiny springs, which is a neat way of saying that it behaves a bit like a layer of micro-springs, adding resilience and airflow without the weight and complexity of extra metal coils.
It is also pitched as an eco-friendly alternative to foam, free from conventional foam's added fire-retardant chemicals, and its open structure allows air and moisture to move through the mattress far more freely than dense foam can manage.
The cover is a standard modern fabric rather than a showy damask, and the mattress is tufted to keep those wool layers from shifting around. In a double it is approximately 23cm deep and weighs around 40kg, so it is not ultra-deep or hotel-thick, but it has enough body to feel substantial and heavy enough that you know there is a decent amount of filling inside.
Crucially, the Frome is fully double-sided. Both main faces are designed to be slept on, with wool and Platinum 3D on each side and the spring unit in the middle. You can flip and rotate it to spread out wear, something that has quietly disappeared from many modern mattresses and is a genuine selling point here if you care about longevity.
Firmness & feel
Based on its specification, the Dream Team Frome Pocket Wool Mattress is a firm mattress. It is rated with a firm comfort support level and the whole product is pitched towards back and stomach sleepers who need their hips and lower back kept well supported rather than deeply cushioned.
You are held up on top of the mattress rather than sinking into it, but the wool stops it feeling unforgiving. On first lying down most people will feel the tension straight away, there is a bit of surface give from the wool, then a quick hand-over to the pocket springs and Platinum 3D layer, which push back and keep you in alignment.
You do not get that slow, melting-in sensation that you get with memory foam. Instead, the feel is responsive and slightly buoyant, more like a traditional pocket sprung mattress with a bit of extra liveliness from the Platinum 3D layer mimicking those 'million tiny springs'.
If you are average to heavier in build, the combination of firm springs and slightly springy comfort layers will probably feel secure and supportive, especially if you mostly sleep on your back or front. Lighter-weight side sleepers may find that their shoulders do not drop in quite as easily as they would on a medium or medium-firm mattress, particularly if they are used to thick foam, but the wool does take some of the edge off the firmness and feels nicely cushioned under bony hips and shoulders once it has relaxed and warmed under you for a while.
Performance & support
Support is the Frome's strong suit. Pocket springs are widely regarded as better for targeted support than open coils, because each spring moves more independently, and that is exactly the experience you can expect here. The individually wrapped springs respond to the weight they are given, meaning there is more give under heavier areas like the hips and less under lighter ones, so your spine is encouraged into a more neutral position across the night.
Because the comfort layers are made up of wool and Platinum 3D, rather than thick visco or standard polyurethane foam, it is also very easy to move around. You can roll from your back onto your side without feeling like you are fighting dents in the mattress, which is especially welcome if you are a restless sleeper. It feels responsive rather than sluggish under you.
Motion transfer is kept under good control by the pocket springs. You will still feel your partner getting in and out of bed because this is not a thick, memory-foam-topped design, but those individually wrapped coils and the springy polyester structure of Platinum 3D do a good job of containing energy so you are not bounced around by every turn. For couples sharing a bed, especially when one person moves more than the other, the Frome should feel calm and predictable, not wobbly.
Temperature regulation
This is one of the areas where the Dream Team Frome really earns its keep. If you have struggled with getting too hot on memory foam mattresses, the absence of thick foam plus the inclusion of both wool and Platinum 3D make this a far better bet.
Wool naturally helps regulate body temperature by absorbing and releasing moisture and by trapping air within its crimped fibres, while Platinum 3D has an open, mesh-like structure that allows air to flow through the mattress instead of being trapped.
The British wool in this mattress is breathable and moisture-wicking, helping keep your temperature more consistently comfortable whatever the season. The construction is very much aimed at providing a cool-sleeping, or at least not over-heating, mattress.
In practical terms that means less of the sweaty, perched-on-top feeling you can get on hot nights with foam mattresses and more of a stable, temperate sleep environment. You will still feel gently cocooned because wool is cosy by nature, but the air movement through the Platinum 3D layer stops that cosiness from tipping over into stuffiness.
If you are a habitual hot sleeper or dealing with night sweats, this kind of construction is exactly what I would steer you towards.
Practical features
One of the practical pleasures of the Frome is that it is genuinely double-sided. You can flip and rotate it as part of a regular maintenance routine, which is still the best way to keep a mattress feeling even and supportive for as long as possible.
It is not a featherweight, at about 40kg for a double and approximately 23cm deep, so flipping will be a two-person job, but the reward is a longer-lived mattress with less body-impression risk than a one-sided design.
Because there is no huge slab of synthetic foam inside, off-gassing is minimal compared with many boxed mattresses. You may catch a faint 'new mattress' smell on day one, but it is unlikely to dominate the bedroom in the way a fresh foam mattress can.
On the service side you get Dreams' 100-night comfort guarantee and free weekday delivery, plus the option to pay for mattress recycling and finance if you want to spread the cost. The mattress is made in the UK, and while its headline price is high, it frequently appears in Dreams promotions, bringing the cost per night of ownership down to a more palatable level over its expected lifespan.
Value is the main catch. At full price the Frome feels steep for a relatively simple firm pocket-and-wool mattress, particularly when some rivals at this price point publish higher spring counts or more elaborate natural blends. When it dips in the sales it makes a lot more sense, and at around the mid-£700s to £800 mark for a double it stacks up well as a cooling, natural-leaning alternative to hot memory foam options.
Final verdict
The Dream Team Frome Pocket Wool Mattress is a very likeable proposition if you want firm support, cooler sleep and a more traditional, double-sided build. It combines established, 'old' technology like wool and pocket springs with a newer Platinum 3D layer that adds resilience and airflow without resorting to conventional foams.
The result is a mattress that feels supportive, quietly luxurious in its simplicity and impressively cool for a firm model.
Its main weaknesses are price at full RRP and the fact that its firm feel will not suit everyone, particularly lighter side sleepers. Caught in a good Dreams promotion, however, it turns into a strong buy for back and stomach sleepers, hot sleepers and anyone who misses the feel of a proper, double-sided pocket sprung mattress with natural wool on both sides.
If that sounds like you, and you are happy with firm support, the Frome is well worth considering, especially when you can grab it in the sale rather than paying the top ticket price.
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