Author: The Sleep Guy

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