Author: The Sleep Guy

  • What’s The UK’s Best Pillow Top Mattress? Top 5 | 2025

    What’s The UK’s Best Pillow Top Mattress? Top 5 | 2025

    A pillow top mattress is one where a comfortable topper is permanently attached onto the mattress. Various materials are used for the comfort layer on a pillowtop mattress. Some use natural materials such as latex and wool whilst others use synthetic fibres. Should you get a manmade or natural pillow…

  • What’s The Best Latex Mattress In The UK In 2025?

    What’s The Best Latex Mattress In The UK In 2025?

    A latex mattress is a sustainable and natural alternative to a memory foam or pocket spring mattress. The best latex mattress will be supportive whilst also being more breathable than a foam mattress. They’re also good for people with allergies to dust mites. So why aren’t all mattresses made from latex? Well, latex…

  • What’s The Best Wool Mattress In The UK In 2025?

    What’s The Best Wool Mattress In The UK In 2025?

    A wool mattress is what you’d call a ‘traditional’ choice for a mattress. They’re made in a tried-and-tested way. My mother would probably want a wool mattress after watching a feature on Countryfile about sheep shearing. Wool is a naturally breathable material which can add a bit of comfort to…

  • 5 Best Bed In A Box Mattresses 2025 – Which To Buy? Which To Avoid?

    5 Best Bed In A Box Mattresses 2025 – Which To Buy? Which To Avoid?

    Buying a bed in a box is a convenient alternative to traipsing around a mattress showroom on a retail park on a Saturday morning with three reluctant children. Your mattress is usually delivered quickly and you can carry it up the stairs without knocking the mirror off the wall. You…

  • What’s The Best Pillow Spray? Our top 5 choices in 2025

    What’s The Best Pillow Spray? Our top 5 choices in 2025

    The market for pillow sprays and pillow mists has grown quickly over the last few years. If you have a hard time winding down at bedtime, a sleep spray can help you relax and sleep more soundly. Each pillow spray has a different blend of essential oils, to help prepare…

  • Which Simba Mattress Is Best? Reviews + UK Discounts

    Which Simba Mattress Is Best? Reviews + UK Discounts

    Those of you who have been studiously following the mattress industry for several years (Ed: er, that’s just you) will remember when Simba just sold one mattress. It was a simple time when kids played outdoors and helicopter parenting was where your parents spun you round (Ed: get on with…

  • Join Our Campaign For Carbon Footprint Labelling On Mattresses

    Join Our Campaign For Carbon Footprint Labelling On Mattresses

    The production of a new double mattress creates a carbon footprint which is roughly equivalent to a petrol car driving 300 miles from London to Newcastle.* Several factors influence the carbon footprint. Some mattresses are imported, whilst others are made in the UK. Mattresses also use a variety of different…

  • 10 Best Mattress Retailers Online 2025

    10 Best Mattress Retailers Online 2025

    There are bucket loads of bed and mattress retailers online now. They ranging from top quality retailers which sell a couple of brands, through to the online megastores which have a huge range and low prices.  Here’s our selection of the 10 best mattress retailers in the UK: 1. Amazon –…

  • 5 Best Double Bunk Beds and Triple Sleepers 2025

    5 Best Double Bunk Beds and Triple Sleepers 2025

    A ‘double bunk bed’ is usually one with a double bed on the bottom and a single bed on the top. You’ll also see them referred to as ‘triple sleepers’. You can also buy something called a ‘triple bunk bed’ which is three single beds piled on top of each…

  • Is An Orthopedic Mattress The Best For A Bad Back?

    Is An Orthopedic Mattress The Best For A Bad Back?

    Sandi Toskvig and Alan Davies could fill a whole episode of QI discussing mattresses. Admittedly it would not be a ratings-winner but there are numerous myths and misconceptions about the mattress market. They have also gone past series M but let’s not worry about that. For example, how many springs…