The Hulda mattress is a budget model that we tested when it was on sale at £165 in double size. The single was £125, with the king size at £200 and the super king at £250. 

It works out as about half the price of the other foam mattresses sold at JYSK that we tried out, so we were keen to see how it performs. It is considerably thinner than those mattresses, which is obviously where the saving has been made in production. The question is how much it affects comfort on someone of my weight and build (I am 13 stone and about six foot tall). 

Firmness test on the JYSK Dreamzone Hulda PF100 Memory Foam Mattress 

When laying on my back I found this mattress to be ever so slightly too firm for me. There was only a whisker in it and I certainly could put up with it for a few night. Overall, I would give it a firmness rating of 7/10 or 8/10 for this mattress with one being soft and 10 being firm. The model that I tested was labelled as being ‘firm’.

To test this further, I carried out my usual test of lying on my back and putting my hand underneath my spine, with my palm touching the mattress. It was quite easy to get my hand underneath, which suggests the mattresses is a little too firm for me and won’t quite provide the level of support that I need. If you are slightly heavier than me (perhaps 14 or 15 stone) and sleep on your front or back, then you may find it is about right for you. 

On my side, I was not surprised to find that the mattress was much too firm for me and left some parts of my body quite unsupported and exposed. The pressure of my hips and shoulders was too much to be comfortable. Again, this isn’t a criticism of the mattress but merely an attempt to find out whether this mattress is right for my weight and build.

Side support of the JYSK Dreamzone Hulda PF100 Memory Foam Mattress 

Generally speaking, I find that cheap mattresses can perform well in the middle but when you get to the edges they are less supportive. 

That’s particularly the case with sprung mattresses. 

However a cheap foam mattress such as this can perform a fair bit better. That was certainly the case with the Hulda, where I felt that the level of support towards the edge of the bed was actually pretty good. 

We first tested this out by lying on our side right on the edge of the bed. We then sat on the edge of the bed, as if we were tying our shoelaces. I would say that the edge support was ever so slightly below that of more expensive foam mattresses but not as far as you might expect considering the budget price. 

Motion transfer on the JYSK Dreamzone Hulda PF100 Memory Foam Mattress 

It was a similar story in what is known as the ‘motion transfer’ rating of the mattress. This is how much wibble-wobble transfers across the mattress when one person tries to get in or out. 

It’s particularly important if you are sharing a bed with a light sleeper or are a light sleeper yourself. 

It was a bit tricky to test this as we were only testing a single version of the mattress, but we struggled to pick up much motion transfer in our tests. 

We usually test this out by getting two people to lie side by side and then get one person to get up and down. You can do similar tests such as putting a glass of water on the bed but we’ve found our technique works quite well and is more useful as it’s a real life scenario.

Design and specification of the JYSK Dreamzone Hulda PF100 Memory Foam Mattress 

As mentioned earlier this is a thin mattress at only 16cm deep. It only uses two different layers of foam and no springs at all. 

Generally I prefer a mattress that is at least 20 centimeters deep to reduce the risk of feeling a bed frame through the mattress. 

However, in our test we did not notice this to be a problem with this mattress. If you weigh more than me then you may need to be a little more cautious and will be better to use a deeper mattress. 

The memory foam does also not use any cooling gel, which some people find helps stop them from overheating in bed. 

There are one or two positives to a mattress being thinner. It can often be used on the top layer of a bunk bed more safely or can be shoved underneath a bed and used as a spare mattress for emergencies. 

Final thoughts on the JYSK Dreamzone Hulda PF100 Memory Foam Mattress 

You will not be surprised to hear that this is not a flashy or complicated mattress. It does not have lots of bells and whistles and clever design with technical sounding names.

However, for the money I must say that I am impressed with this mattress. It reminds me a lot of the Silentnight Just Relax 3 Zone mattress, which is a big seller that we have tested in the past and have been impressed with.

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