Brook + Wilde Sleep is one of the newer mattress companies competing for your money. Their ‘original and best selling’ mattress is called the Lux mattress, which is what we’ll mostly focus on in this guide. It is soft-medium. At the time of writing it costs £600 for a double mattress.
They also sell more expensive mattresses called:
- Brook + Wilde Sleep Elite (£900 in double). Medium-firm.
- Brook + Wilde Sleep Ultima (£1400 in double). Soft, medium or firm.
- Brook + Wilde Sleep Suprema (£1200 in double). Soft, medium or firm.
- and the Brook + Wilde Sleep Perla (£2200 in double), if you’re feeling flushed. Soft, medium or firm.
We’re going to look at customer reviews of the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress as well as seeing how it compares to some other mattresses on the market. We’ll also look at things like discount codes and awards which have been given to Brook + Wilde Sleep.
So, strap yourself in for a journey of exploration and thrills…or at least some fairly useful information.
Here’s our summary before the main review:
Pros
- Generous trial period (200 nights) and warranty (10 years)
- High spring count and larger springs than some rivals
- Available at a discounted price on special dates, such as Black Friday
Cons:
- Trial period and warranty length is beaten by some
- More expensive than some bed in a box brands
- Relatively new brand compared to Hypnos, Silentnight etc.
- Delivery can take longer than some rivals
- Only one sided, so you can’t turn it over
- Only one firmness level (it previously came in four different levels). Upgrade to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Suprema if you want a softer mattress or the Brook + Wilde Sleep Elite if you want a firmer mattress.
An important (and slightly confusing) update
There has been a legal change with Brook + Wilde Sleep that is worth mentioning here.
In August 2023, a company called Brook and Wilde Limited went into liquidation. Meanwhile, a new company started called Brook & Wilde Sleep Limited, selling many of the same products. This is bad news if you bought a mattress from Brook and Wilde Limited before they went into liquidation, as your 10 year warranty is no longer valid.
To confuse things further, the TrustPilot reviews for Brook + Wilde Sleep span both companies. The average review score has dropped a lot in recent months.
I will avoid offering commentary, but thought it was worth explaining what has happened for anyone scratching their heads.
What type of mattress is the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux Mattress?
The short answer is that the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress is a bed-in-a-box hybrid mattress.
However, as this website aims to avoid jargon, I shall immediately apologise for using two jargony terms in the first sentence.
A ‘hybrid’ mattress usually means one that uses springs and foam to give you comfort and support. Such things are quite trendy now whereas it used to be the case that most mattresses were either 100% foam or just used springs.
Good quality hybrid mattresses (like this one) use ‘pocket springs’ which offer more support than old-fashioned ‘open coil’ springs.
Meanwhile, a ‘bed in a box’ just means one that arrives sealed into a large box rather than as a flat mattress. That helps the delivery driver and makes it easier to get it into your bedroom without knocking a picture off the wall on the stairs.
Other bed in a box features
Besides the delivery method, there are other things which ‘bed in a box’ mattresses usually have in common:
- a home trial period, so you can sleep on them for a bit rather than trying them out in a showroom. For example, brands such REM-Fit offer a 100 night trial whilst Emma offers 200 nights, and Simba Sleep, Nectar Sleep and Eve Sleep offers a 365 night trial.
- a long guarantee compared to ‘traditional’ mattresses sold in showrooms
- flashy websites and only a small range, rather than a baffling array of similar white rectangles
The Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux Mattress offers all of these – you get 10 year guarantee and a 200 night trial so you can send it back if it’s not right for you. They’ll even collect it for free (check the terms and conditions here).
I’ll leave you to decide if the Brook + Wilde Sleep website is flashy.
How is the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress made?
You’ve probably spent quite a lot of time staring at diagrams of mattresses with layers showing how it’s made. Mattress brands always seem very keen to show you such things (as an aside, it’s curious that you don’t usually get such detailed diagrams with other stuff that you buy such as a sofa).
Anyway, if you’re interested I’ll give you a short summary of what’s inside the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress so you can see what you’re getting for your money. Don’t worry, there isn’t a test at the end.
How the Lux mattress is made:
- The Brook and Wilde Lux Mattress has two layers of springs. One layer is 1000 ‘normal’ sized pocket springs which do most of the work supporting you. As mentioned earlier, pocket springs are the superior type of spring that you can get on a mattress. The cheaper alternative is an ‘open coil’ mattress, but you wouldn’t expect to see those on a mattress of this price. Most guides I’ve read suggest that 1000-2000 full size pocket springs is the normal range on a good mattress with heavier people getting some benefit from a number towards the top of that range. There are also 2000 mini springs which add a bit of comfort, but it is the larger springs which make the real difference. The poshest and most expensive Brook + Wilde Sleep mattress has a colossal number of springs (The Brook + Wilde Sleep Perla) but that will cost you a lot more.
- Another layer on the Brook and Wilde Lux mattress is made from memory foam. Fans of memory foam like the way that it offers consistent support all over. However, some people find that memory foam makes them feel a bit warm. Modern mattresses try to counter this with various clever techniques. In this case, it uses ‘cooling memory foam’. The pros and cons of memory foam have been explored in some details by scientists. Their interest has tended to be from a hospital or care home setting, but the findings do have some relevance for your bedroom.
The good news about memory foam
In one study by DeFloor and Schujimer in 2000, researchers from Belgium looked at different materials for operating tables in hospitals. The idea was to try and stop patients getting pressure ulcers from lying still for too long. They couldn’t find a material that completely stopped the problem, but they did find that the memory foam mattress (referred to as a ‘visco elastic polyurethane mattress‘) did manage to ‘reduce interface pressure significantly better’ than most other materials. This ability to spread out pressure points is a positive because too much pressure on any part of your body whilst you sleep isn’t a good thing.
How firm is the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress?
The Brook + Wilde Sleep is a ‘soft-medium’ firmness mattress.
Up until 2024, it was available in a range of four different firmness levels including soft, medium, firm or extra firm. This was unusual in the ‘bed in a box’ market, which usually offers one firmness level which aims to be suitable for a significant number of people.
For a lot of people, the soft-medium tension model will be about right. As a general rule, people who sleep on their sides and people who are lighter than average get on better with softer mattresses (more on this thrilling subject shortly).
If you want a Brook + Wilde Sleep mattress but still want the choice of firmness levels, you can upgrade to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Ultima, Brook + Wilde Sleep Suprema or Brook + Wilde Sleep Perla.
They are more expensive, but there are sometimes offers which make them much more affordable.
What you need to know about mattress firmness
If you’ve not lost interest and started looking at a more exciting website about cats or fast cars then I’ll explain a bit about mattress firmness. There are three things you need to know:
- Heavier people tend to need firmer mattresses than lighter people to get into a supportive and comfortable sleeping position. If a heavier person lies on a soft mattress they’ll sink in too much whilst a lighter person on a firm mattress won’t sink in at all.
- Your usual sleeping position is also important. If you’re the sort of person who mostly sleeps on their side, then you will need a slightly softer mattress than someone who sleeps on their back or front.
- To add to your confusion, there’s no global agreement on what a ‘soft’ ‘medium’ or ‘firm’ mattress should feel like. Theoretically, one company’s ‘firm’ mattress might be the same as another company’s ‘medium’ firmness mattress. For that reason, a trial period or a quick lie down in a mattress showroom is a good idea.
A lot of mattress companies award firmness scores out of 10, but it has limited use as there is no agreement between companies about what the numbers mean. Brook + Wilde Sleep say that this firmness ‘will accommodate most body weights and could be the ideal choice if you and your partner can’t decide between a firm or a soft mattress.’ Their sleeping guide says this model is good for ‘Back and side sleepers / those who change positions during the night’ and then goes on to say that they consider this firmness level to be ‘our ‘happy medium’, meaning that it’s a great choice for those who want to feel comfortable in any position, all night long.’
Comfort = good sleep
This may be one of life’s more obvious statements but there is a proven link between mattress comfort and quality of sleep, so getting a mattress which is comfortable for you is worth the effort.
Park and Lee investigated this in 2002 by recording brain waves, face movements and heart activity on six people over several nights (it’s called polysomnography if you’re ever doing a pub quiz). They wanted to know whether sleep quality varied when people ‘slept on a mattress suitable for the body shape or not’.
The result was that ‘the percentage of wake after sleep onset was lower when subjects slept in a comfortable bed’ and that ‘when subjects slept in comfortable beds…sleep efficiency and the percentage of deep sleep were higher’. I admit that it’s not a huge shock that we sleep better in a more comfortable bed…
Which awards has Brook + Wilde Sleep won?
As with some other mattress brands, Brook + Wilde Sleep has won a number of prizes in recent years, including:
- Good Housekeeping Approval 2020
- Which? Best Buy 2019
- A Great British Brand 2021 from Country and Town House
- An ‘Approved’ Award from Good Homes
- Grand Designs ‘Loves’ Award
- Indy Best Buy 2021
- Expert Reviews Mattress of the Year 2022
- Grazia Interior Awards Winner
What reviews do customers give the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress?
The reviews that we’ve found online are actually for the Brook + Wilde Sleep brand rather than for the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress specifically.
However, it’s still quite a useful bit of information as Brook + Wilde Sleep only make a handful of products. We looked up the TrustPilot score for each UK mattress brand we could find and came up with this league table in 2024.
- Ergoflex – 4.7/5
- Simba Sleep – 4.5/5
- OTTY – 4.4/5
- Happy Beds – 4.4/5
- Sleepeezee – 4.2/5
- DreamCloud – 4.2/5
- Nectar Sleep – 4.2/5
- Emma Mattress – 4.2/5
- Hypnos Beds – 4.1/5
- REM-Fit – 4.1/5
- Silentnight – 4.1/5
- Dormeo – 4.1/5
- Harrison Spinks (manufacturers of the John Lewis & Partners Natural Collection, Somnus and Herdy Sleep) – 4.0/5
- Eve Sleep – 3.9/5
- Sealy – 3.9/5
- Vispring – 3.9/5
- Tempur – 3.7/5
- Brook + Wilde Sleep – 3.2/5
- Mammoth – 3.1/5
- Dunlopillo – 3.1/5
It’s worth mentioning that we couldn’t find a few mattress brands on TrustPilot such as Rest Assured whilst a brand such as Vispring has a relatively small number of reviews to go on. Harrison Spinks makes the John Lewis & Partners Natural Collection, Somnus and Herdy Sleep.
What trial period does Brook + Wilde Sleep offer with the Lux mattress?
The Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress comes with a ‘200 Night Comfort Trial’. The Lux mattress isn’t sold in shops, so the idea is that you buy it online and then sleep on it for at least a month before deciding if it’s right for you.
For a long time, the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress came with a 100-night trial before it was doubled in 2022. We see this as a big positive as it potentially allows you to try the mattress in summer and winter. Mattresses perform differently in cold and warm weather – particularly ones which use memory foam.
There are some terms and conditions, such as keeping the mattress in its ‘original perfect condition’. There are also rules such as how many times a household can take the offer, so it’s worth reading the Terms and Conditions.
Generally though, the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress comes with a better trial period than some mattress brands as there is the option of a refund if none of their mattresses are right for you. This isn’t the case with every mattress brand. For example, some mattress brands charge you a return fee or only give you the option of an exchange. See our guide to mattresses with trial periods for a more detailed comparison.
Rival trial periods
It’s also worth noting that there are some rival mattresses which offer a longer trial period. For example, you get a whole year to try out the Nectar Sleep Mattress (£600) and 200 nights to try out the Emma Original Mattress (£299) and other mattresses in the Emma range. The Simba Sleep Hybrid Mattress (£809) also comes with a 200 night trial. It has hopped around from 100 to 365 nights and then settled on 200 nights.
Personally, I think it is a real bonus to be able to return a mattress. A swap is better than nothing, but you may end up with something that isn’t right for you after spending hundreds of pounds.
What guarantee does the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress come with?
The Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress comes with a 10 year guarantee. Again, there are some terms and conditions which are worth reading, particularly if you’re having trouble sleeping.
A few years ago, a 10 year warranty was unusually long in the mattress market. However, it’s become common for a ‘bed in a box’ to come with a warranty of 10 years or more. For example, you get a 10 year warranty with brands such as Ergoflex, OTTY, and Eve Sleep.
There are also a small number of ‘bed in a box’ brands that offer a longer warranty such as REM-FIT, which offers a 15 year warranty and Nectar Sleep (£600) and DreamCloud (£1649), which both have a ‘forever’ guarantee.
Another brand worth a mention on the topic of long warranties is posh brand Vispring (£1000+) which offer up to 30 year warranties with their mattresses. They make mattresses in a more traditional way with pocket springs and lots of plush natural materials.
Where can I buy the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress? Do they offer discount codes?
The Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress is only sold via the Brook + Wilde Sleep website. You’ll find that most of their discount codes are promoted on the homepage. If we hear of any others, we will add them at the top of this page.
Will Brook + Wilde Sleep remove my old mattress?
Yes, Brook + Wilde Sleep will take away your old mattress – for a fee.
This isn’t something that is offered by all mattress companies, so it’s a plus point for the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress.
What are the alternatives to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress?
There are lots of decent hybrid mattresses out there, but similarly priced ones include:
REM-Fit 400 hybrid mattress
The REM-Fit 400 hybrid mattress (£899) also uses a mix of springs and foam. It has a higher number of full size pocket springs than you get with the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux (2000 compared to 1000 for anyone taking notes). It also has a longer warranty at 15 years. You get a 100 night trial period, which is inferior to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux 200 night trial. The downside is that it only comes in a medium-firm tension, although they do sell some other mattresses which are softer and firmer which are pricier. Much like Brook + Wilde Sleep, the REM-Fit brand gets glowing reviews on TrustPilot.
Simba Hybrid
The Simba Hybrid (£809) has won lots of awards and gets terrific reviews on TrustPilot and other review sites. It’s a bit different to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux because it uses tiny springs instead of full size pocket springs. It has a similar 10 year warranty and the same 200 night warranty.
How does Brook + Wilde Sleep fare against rivals such as Simba, REM-Fit and Eve?
Let’s analyse the data to see if that helps you make up your mind whether the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux is the right mattress for you.
Here’s the Best Mattresses Guide Supergrid, showing how it scores against the likes of The Simba Hybrid and OTTY Hybrid Mattress.
We picked out a selection which are all competing in a busy marketplace. They all offer a ‘bed in a box’ with a trial period, good length warranty and are priced somewhere around the same area as the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux.
| What’s it called? | How much is it? (Double) | Warranty and trial | How firm is it? | Brand score (TrustPilot) | Sizes available |
| Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux | £600 | 10 years, 200 night trial | Soft-Medium | 3.2/5 | Single, Double, King, Super King |
| The Simba Hybrid | £809 | 10 years, 200 night trial | Medium/firm | 4.5/5 | EU Single, Single, Small Double, EU Double, Double, EU Queen, King, Super King |
| Nectar Sleep Memory Foam Mattress | £600 | ‘Forever’, 365 night trial | Medium/firm | 4.4/5 | Single, Double, King, Super King |
| The Emma Mattress | £299 | 10 years, 200 night trial | Medium | 3/5 | Single, Small Double, Double, King, Super King |
| Ergoflex 5G | £483 | 10 years, 30 night trial | Medium/firm | 4.8/5 | Single, Double, Euro Double, King, Euro King, Super King |
| Eve Original | £499 | 10 years, 365 night trial | Medium/firm | 3.9/5 | Single, Small Double, Double, King, Super King |
| OTTY Hybrid Mattress | £699 | 10 years, 100 night trial | Medium/firm | 4.5/5 | Single, EU Single, Small Double, EU Double, Double, EU King, King, Super King, Emperor |
| REM-Fit 400 | £576 | 15 years, 100 night trial | Medium/firm | 4.1/5 | Small Single, Long Single, Single, EU Single, Small Double, Double, EU Double, King, EU King, Super King |
Conclusions from our comparison
The Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress no longer stands out due to its range of firmness levels. This was one of its selling points, but it has countered this by doubling its trial period from 100 nights to 200 nights.
Some rivals offer the same firmness level across its range (e.g. Eve Sleep). Others offer different firmness levels on different models (e.g. REM-Fit).
As mentioned earlier, you can still buy a Brook + Wilde Sleep mattress with a range of firmness levels. However, you’ll need to pay a lot for this choice.
How does the trial period with the Brook + Wilde Sleep mattress compete with Simba, Emma and others?
From what I remember, there was a time when Brook + Wilde Sleep’s Lux mattress only offered the option to swap your mattress for another firmness level. However, it is now on a par with the likes of Simba Sleep and Nectar Sleep in offering the option of a refund.
The Brook + Wilde Sleep trial period is now longer than OTTY and REM-Fit but is shorter than Eve Sleep and Nectar Sleep. It is the same as Simba Sleep’s 200 night trial.
How does Brook + Wilde Sleep rate on its warranty length compared to rivals?
Brook + Wilde Sleep’s 10 year warranty is generous within the mattress market as a whole, but it is matched by several rivals including Simba Sleep, Emma, Ergoflex, Eve and OTTY. It’s also beaten by REM-Fit and Nectar. The latter offers a ‘forever’ warranty which we altered to 25 years for the purposes of creating a useable graph.
(n.b. some mattress brands have different length warranties for their budget mattresses which were added to their range at a later date, but we’ve included their standard model which is similarly priced to the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux. Also note that warranty smallprint varies significantly).
How does the Brook + Wilde Sleep compare on spring size?
You’ll notice that several mattresses on our Supergrid are described as being ‘hybrid’ but there’s a curious difference in how they are designed.
Our bar chart below shows the relative size of the largest springs on a number of ‘hybrid’ mattresses. In the case of the Emma Hybrid and The Simba Hybrid the springs are very small and only make up somewhere around 10% of the mattress’ total depth.
Meanwhile, the Eve Original Hybrid, Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux and OTTY Hybrid Mattress have much larger springs which are more comparable to the springs that you would find on a ‘pocket spring’ mattress. Notably, the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux mattress also has mini springs. Overall, the depth of these mattresses is somewhere between half and three quarters springs, with the remainder being foam.
I wouldn’t say that there is a ‘better’ option as lots of very highly rated mattresses don’t use any springs at all (e.g. Nectar Sleep, Ergoflex 5G). However, it worth realising that if you purchase the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux then you are getting a mattress, which is a hybrid mattress with more of a lean towards being a pocket sprung mattress whereas if you purchase the Emma Hybrid or The Simba Hybrid then you are buying mattresses which have more of a lean towards being foam mattresses.
How does Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux compare on choice of sizes?
Here’s an area where I think Brook + Wilde Sleep is behind its rivals. You’ll note that it is available in single, double, king size and super king but there aren’t any other choices. I suspect this is a necessity of Brook + Wilde Sleep offering several different firmness levels, but rivals such as REM-Fit 400 offer multiple alternatives including small double and several EU sizes.
We dug a little into the data on this on Google Trends and found that ‘small double mattress’ is actually comparable in popularity to ‘super king size mattress’ amongst UK Google users. Double, single and king size are way ahead in popularity but this data suggests that there are a significant number of shoppers for whom the Brook + Wilde Sleep Lux won’t be suitable because of the limited size choices.
