Mattress Buying Guide
Struggling to choose the right mattress? Investing the right one for you is crucial to getting the best night’s sleep.
However, there is not a catch-all ‘best mattress’ and there are a number of different factors to consider before making a decision. In our mattress buying guide, we'll show you how to choose a mattress that is best suited to your needs. We'll take a look at
Types of Mattress
There are a number of mattress types available on the market, each with their own qualities. So, let’s begin by taking a look at what they can offer.
Memory Foam Mattresses
Memory foam mattresses offer fantastic support by moulding to your body and offering a personal level of comfort that other products can't. Memory foam 'remembers’ its shape, which means it can be laid on night after night yet will return back to its original form.
Another great benefit of this material is that there is no transfer of movement, so couples are less likely to disturb each other when moving during the night.
Memory foam mattresses can have different comfort levels simply by having different thicknesses of layers — the thicker the layer, the softer the mattress. At Dormeo, we are memory foam experts, and you can find out even more in our guide to memory foam.
Pocket Sprung Mattresses
Pocket sprung mattresses are a step up from traditional open spring mattresses as, instead of a continuous piece of metal coiled into several springs, they are made from many individual springs sewn into fabric pockets.
Pocket sprung products have become the traditional type of mattress, but do not mould to your body like next-generation materials, such as memory foam and latex.
Here at Dormeo, we do offer a pocket sprung mattress, but we tend to use the benefits of pocket springs mixed with other sleep technologies in our hybrid mattress range to ensure you get the best of both worlds.
Octaspring Mattresses
The ultimate innovation in sleep technology, Octaspring mattresses combine foam and springs for a sleep experience like no other. This design offers a number of advantages over others through the use of pressure-relieving, supportive memory foam alongside our very own Octaspring technology for improved breathability.
Many premium mattresses achieve their soft feel by using deep layers of memory foam, but these can retain heat and get rather warm at night.
Thanks to the natural airflow between each octaspring, Octaspring mattresses are eight times more breathable than traditional memory foam. This means you can get the same luxury memory foam feel but stay cool through the night.
Hybrid Mattresses
Hybrid mattresses blend together a combination of sleep technologies, normally by layering them throughout the core of the mattress to produce a mixture of comfort, support and feel.
These mattresses can feature the likes of memory foam, pocket springs, and latex to create an advanced design that could be the perfect solution to your needs.
We recommend fully exploring the features and benefits of any individual hybrid mattress to ensure it matches your specification.
Latex Mattresses
Latex mattresses include a layer of latex foam, which has similar properties to memory foam, but offers a different sleeping experience that some may prefer.
Latex foam does mould to the shape of your body but doesn't provide the precise contouring of memory foam, so will not give the same level of personalised support.
However, it does return back to its natural state quicker and has slightly more spring to it, providing a firmer feel. It's also more breathable than memory foam, so it will provide a cooler sleeping environment.
Latex is also hypo-allergenic and anti-microbial, so it is perfect for allergy sufferers.
Rolled Mattress
Often known as a ‘mattress-in-a-box’ or ‘bed-in-a-box’, rolled mattresses are modern designs that can be easily compacted and stored in a more manageable way than traditional designs.
The main benefit of buying a rolled mattress is the added convenience for delivery and setup. Rolled mattresses can be delivered to your door as a parcel and then all you need to do is open the box, unroll, then wait for the mattress to recover.
Also, as rolled mattresses can be vacuum packed, it means they are eco-friendly during transport and retain excellent hygiene.
Dual Core Mattresses
Dual Core mattresses allow partners with different sleep preferences to share a bed in comfort. They contain two separate foam cores that can be flipped to give the choose of firmness on each side.
The two different halves of the mattress allow partners to enjoy their own personalised sleep experience.