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A closer look at the Premier Inn Hypnos Mattress
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The Premier Inn Hypnos mattress is a popular mattress at the budget end of the Hypnos range.
It offers the huge advantage of allowing you to actually try it out for a night or two in a hotel, rather than for 30 seconds in a showroom. We’ve put together a few bullet points about how the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress compares to other mattresses, as well as suggesting some similar alternatives. At the bottom of the page you’ll find our thoughts from when we first bought the mattress. |
Image from Premier Inn/Hypnos
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- The Premier Inn mattress is made by Hypnos, which is a UK company with a Royal Warrant, meaning it supplies a royal household. The Queen doesn’t tend to stay at Premier Inns, but she does use the same brand at least. When we checked, the Hypnos brand was scoring an average of 2.9/5 on TrustPilot although that’s for the brand as a whole rather than just for this mattress.
- It’s a medium-firm mattress, according to the Hypnos website. The general rule is that firmer mattresses are best for heavier people and people who sleep on their back or front (the aim is to get a mattress which is ‘supportive’ without being too hard). Lighter people and people who sleep on their sides tend to go for softer mattresses. It’s worth realising that there’s no industry-wide standards for measuring mattress firmness, so different companies have different ideas of what ‘medium-firm’ means.
- It’s a pocket sprung mattress, which is the proper way of making a sprung mattress. Cheap sprung mattresses use open coil springs which are – quite frankly - rubbish in comparison. There are about 1000 pocket springs on the king size version of the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, which is a little on the low side if you’re very heavy but will be fine for most people. The usual range in a decent mattress is about 1000 – 2000 pocket springs.
- The Premier Inn Hypnos mattress is something called a ‘pillow top’ mattress. That usually means you get a pocket sprung mattress underneath for decent support and then a topper which is attached to the mattress for some added comfort. The Premier Inn Hypnos topper uses wool, which is a natural and breathable material. The main downside of a ‘pillow top’ mattress like this is that you can’t turn it over, so you just rotate it round every so often. Some guides I’ve read suggest that mattresses last longer and won’t get dips and sags as quickly if you can flip them over regularly.
- The Premier Inn Hypnos mattress comes with a 5 year guarantee, which is somewhere in the middle for a pocket sprung mattress (the usual range is between 1 year and 10 years). Posh mattress brands like Vispring come with a 30 year guarantee and most ‘bed in a box mattresses’ come with 10 years or ‘forever’ in the case of the Nectar Sleep mattress.
- As mentioned earlier, the main advantage of the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress is that you can actually try it out for a whole night or two. The only thing that competes with this are the large number of mattresses which now offer a home trial period of 30, 60, 100, 200 or even 365 nights. Some will give you a refund if you don’t like it, whilst others will just let you swap it for a different mattress.
- The Premier Inn Hypnos mattress costs £465 for a double mattress (at the time of writing). That makes it cheap by usual Hypnos standards, as some of their other mattresses cost more than £1000 for a double.
5 medium-firm Alternatives to the Premier Inn Hypnos Mattress
There’s a lot to be said for buying a mattress you’ve tried before, but here are five highly rated alternatives to the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress.
We’ve picked out five which are all described as medium-firm, just like the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. We've picked mattresses which have similar or better specifications, or offer something similar for a cheaper price:
We’ve picked out five which are all described as medium-firm, just like the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. We've picked mattresses which have similar or better specifications, or offer something similar for a cheaper price:
1. Sleepeezee Memory Comfort 1000 Pocket Pillow Top Mattress - £699
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This Sleepeezee Memory Comfort mattress has a remarkably similar specification to the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. If they met in the street they’d probably have a double-take.
For a start, they’ve both got 1000 pocket springs and a pillow top layer. They’re both medium-firm mattresses and they both come with a 5 year guarantee. They both have a ‘Royal Warrant’ and they are similarly priced if you wait for the sales. The Sleepeezee mattress is 26cm deep whilst the Hypnos mattress is 27cm deep. But what about the differences? |
Sleepeezee also has a Royal Warrant and offer a 60 night trial period
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When we checked, the Sleepeezee brand was scoring higher on TrustPilot with an average of 4.2/5 compared to 2.9/5 for Hypnos. We struggled to find customer review scores for the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress but this Sleepeezee mattress was scoring just above 9/10 after about 450 reviews.
Unlike Hypnos, you get a 60 night trial with a Sleepeezee mattress so you can swap it for another model if you aren’t happy (note that you can’t ask for a refund, but you can swap it). You’ll get a good idea after a night or two with the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, but there is some advantage to trying out a mattress for a few weeks and seeing how your body feels.
The main difference is that this Sleepeezee mattress has a ‘pillow top’ layer which is made from memory foam rather than wool which is used in the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. Memory foam offers a bit of extra comfort on top and most mattress experts and guides reckon that memory foam offers ‘more support’ than springs (John Lewis & Partners guide).
Some people don’t like the sinking feeling of memory foam and find it makes them hot, but other people like the consistent cushiony support. Memory foam is also good for allergies as it doesn’t collect dust in the same way as natural fibres.
Unlike Hypnos, you get a 60 night trial with a Sleepeezee mattress so you can swap it for another model if you aren’t happy (note that you can’t ask for a refund, but you can swap it). You’ll get a good idea after a night or two with the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, but there is some advantage to trying out a mattress for a few weeks and seeing how your body feels.
The main difference is that this Sleepeezee mattress has a ‘pillow top’ layer which is made from memory foam rather than wool which is used in the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. Memory foam offers a bit of extra comfort on top and most mattress experts and guides reckon that memory foam offers ‘more support’ than springs (John Lewis & Partners guide).
Some people don’t like the sinking feeling of memory foam and find it makes them hot, but other people like the consistent cushiony support. Memory foam is also good for allergies as it doesn’t collect dust in the same way as natural fibres.
2. Happy Beds Signature 2000 Pocket Sprung Pillow Top Natural Fillings Mattress - £319
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Admittedly this Happy Beds Signature 2000 mattress doesn’t have the prestige of a Hypnos mattress, but in some ways it actually has a better specification and it is considerably cheaper (about £150 cheaper when I checked).
The similarities with the Hypnos Premier Inn mattress include that they are both medium-firm, pocket sprung, pillow top mattresses which are made in the UK. The Happy Beds Signature 2000 mattress also makes use of natural materials including wool. |
The Happy Beds Signature 2000 uses wool, just like the Hypnos Premier Inn mattress
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Much like the Hypnos Premier Inn mattress, it can’t be turned over because of the pillow top layer so you just rotate it round to make it last longer.
The main differences between them are that the Happy Beds Signature 2000 has a much higher pocket spring count, so it should theoretically provide more substantial support particularly for heavier people.
It is also a bit deeper at 33cm, compared to 27cm for the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. Both are perfectly decent depths for a mattress though, so I wouldn’t worry about that too much. It’s worth realising that a 33cm deep mattress will need extra deep fitted sheets unless you want to take your eye out whilst trying to squeeze your usual sheets onto it.
As for reviews, on the Happy Beds own website the Signature 2000 was scoring about 4.6/5 whilst on Amazon it was scoring 4/5 when we checked. At the time of writing, the Happy Beds brand as a whole was scoring 3.2/5 on TrustPilot compared to 2.9/5 for Hypnos.
It comes with a 5 year guarantee, which is the same as the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress.
The main differences between them are that the Happy Beds Signature 2000 has a much higher pocket spring count, so it should theoretically provide more substantial support particularly for heavier people.
It is also a bit deeper at 33cm, compared to 27cm for the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. Both are perfectly decent depths for a mattress though, so I wouldn’t worry about that too much. It’s worth realising that a 33cm deep mattress will need extra deep fitted sheets unless you want to take your eye out whilst trying to squeeze your usual sheets onto it.
As for reviews, on the Happy Beds own website the Signature 2000 was scoring about 4.6/5 whilst on Amazon it was scoring 4/5 when we checked. At the time of writing, the Happy Beds brand as a whole was scoring 3.2/5 on TrustPilot compared to 2.9/5 for Hypnos.
It comes with a 5 year guarantee, which is the same as the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress.
3. Nectar Sleep Memory Foam Mattress - £549
**Nectar January Sale: £125 off any size mattress + 2 free pillows + free delivery + 30% off bedding until 19/01/21**
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The Nectar Sleep mattress makes our list as another medium-firm mattress. It’s quite different to the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress but it has a couple of lovely jubbly advantages.
Rather than using pocket springs with a fixed topper, it uses layers of foam including memory foam to provide support. Memory foam type materials were first designed to keep astronauts snug and have been developed to give a hugging and supportive feeling whilst you sleep. Some people aren’t so keen on the sinking feeling, but they are better for allergies and generally seen as more supportive than springs. |
Nectar Sleep's mattress is medium-firm and comes with a 'forever' warranty
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But why would you switch from the familiarity of a pocket sprung mattress?
Well, the Nectar Sleep mattress is one of several modern mattresses which comes with a) great reviews b) a generous risk-free trial period and c) a long guarantee. There are many mattresses offering those three nowadays (e.g. OTTY, Eve Sleep, Simba Sleep) but the Nectar Sleep has the longest home trial (365 nights). The idea is that you can send it back for a refund if you don’t like it. It also has the longest warranty we’ve found (‘forever’ which I think you’ll agree is a long time – the small print explains what is covered).
The Nectar Sleep brand also scores well on TrustPilot (4.3/5). It costs a bit more than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, but there are sometimes deals and discounts if you keep your eyes peeled.
Well, the Nectar Sleep mattress is one of several modern mattresses which comes with a) great reviews b) a generous risk-free trial period and c) a long guarantee. There are many mattresses offering those three nowadays (e.g. OTTY, Eve Sleep, Simba Sleep) but the Nectar Sleep has the longest home trial (365 nights). The idea is that you can send it back for a refund if you don’t like it. It also has the longest warranty we’ve found (‘forever’ which I think you’ll agree is a long time – the small print explains what is covered).
The Nectar Sleep brand also scores well on TrustPilot (4.3/5). It costs a bit more than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, but there are sometimes deals and discounts if you keep your eyes peeled.
4. Silentnight Sofia/Classic 1200 Mirapocket Mattress - £379
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Silentnight is probably an even more famous mattress brand than Hypnos in the UK.
We’ve picked this pocket sprung mattress as an alternative to the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, as it costs about the same and is a similar level of firmness but has a few extra points working in its favour. The Silentnight Sofia 1200 (which you’ll also find called the Classic 1200) doesn’t have the squidgy pillow top layer which you’ll find on the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, but that means you can turn it over which will hopefully give it a longer life. You could buy yourself a mattress topper and attach it, which basically achieves the same thing as a fixed pillow top. |
The Silentnight Sofia is a medium-firm award winner from a big name mattress brand
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The Sofia has won a top award from expert testers including Good Housekeeping and it scores very well with customers, averaging about 9/10 after 1100+ reviews on Mattress Online. Meanwhile, the Silentnight brand was scoring 4.2/5 on TrustPilot when we checked, compared to 3.3/5 for Hypnos.
The 1200 figure refers to the number of pocket springs in the king size version of the mattress, so it’s got a few more than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. I wouldn’t obsess over 200 springs, but it is a slight advantage if you are heavier than average.
You don’t get a trial period with this mattress, but it’s a very popular one so you might be able to find it in stock in a mattress shop.
The 1200 figure refers to the number of pocket springs in the king size version of the mattress, so it’s got a few more than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. I wouldn’t obsess over 200 springs, but it is a slight advantage if you are heavier than average.
You don’t get a trial period with this mattress, but it’s a very popular one so you might be able to find it in stock in a mattress shop.
5. Hypnos Pillow Top Stellar Pocket Sprung Mattress - £1350
**Discount code: 15% off with discount code MATTRESS15**
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If you like the Hypnos brand but want to upgrade from the Premier Inn Hypnos model then you might like the Hypnos Stellar Pillow Top mattress, which is another medium-firm mattress.
It costs nearly three times as much but you’re getting a few improvements for your money, with the biggest factor being that you get 10 years guarantee with this upgraded model (according to the Hypnos website) instead of 5 years with the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress. Regarding the specification, there are 1600 pocket springs instead of 1000. The lower number will be fine for most people, but you’ll certainly get more support from 1600 springs and it’ll make a more significant difference if you’re heavier than average. |
The Hypnos Stellar has more springs and a longer guarantee that the Premier Inn mattress
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The Hypnos Stellar uses some latex in the pillow top layer, as well as wool. Latex is a natural material which comes from rubber trees. It works well in mattresses but is expensive to produce so it tends to bump the price up (most latex mattresses just use a thin layer of latex, apart from the brand Dunlopillo which is the leader in the posh latex mattress market).
The Hypnos Stellar is also a few centimetres deeper than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, which obviously means that they’ve used more materials which increases the price.
The Hypnos Stellar is also a few centimetres deeper than the Premier Inn Hypnos mattress, which obviously means that they’ve used more materials which increases the price.
Finally, here's the waffle we wrote when we first bought our Premier Inn Hypnos mattress:
We recently bought ourselves a new mattress and bedstead.
A simple task you might assume, considering the many hours we spent researching this website. In reality, it took us weeks but we got there in the end.
One option of course is to go with the award winners. We’ve pulled together a list of 10 mattresses which have won awards and get great reviews, but I still remain keen on trying before you buy.
Of course, many mattresses now offer a risk free trial but most of these are foam mattresses (Nectar Sleep, Eve etc) and I personally prefer pocket springs. Well, to be more accurate my wife prefers pocket springs and I was keen that she was happy with the purchase.
Another option is to go to whichever showroom you have nearby and just pick the mattress you find most comfortable.
My issue with that is that it’s hard to get a proper sense of comfort from a 10 second lie down. After you’ve tried out 20 mattresses and disagreed 20 times about comfort you end up back in the car and back at square one.
So, we plumped for the Hypnos mattress which is made for Premier Inn.
For the mattress alone in King Size it was £525 including delivery. It was considerably more if you wanted a divan (about £450 extra), but my wife persuaded me to go for a bedstead instead this time. After much searching we went for the Julian Bowen Ravello, which was about £499 for a King Size and also features in our guide to sleigh bed frames.
It's certainly at the cheaper end of the bedstead market, but for the money I was impressed. It took me a couple of hours to build, but I was being 'helped' by a four year old. It arrived in three huge boxes and could mostly be constructed by one person. Most of the time was spent putting together the sprung slats which arrived as a wadge of wood and a packet of plastic attachments.
One of the main things to look for with a bedstead is the gap between the slats. If they're too far apart then it won't do your pocket sprung mattress much good and it will become uneven. In this case, the slats were nice and close together.
I was a little surprised to find the mattress would take a month to arrive, since I assumed they sold a lot of these things but we weren’t in a hurry so it was OK for my needs.
The advantage of course is that we’ve tried it out in Premier Inns before and have found their mattress comfortable. We’ll have slept on some which are a few years old (not a pleasant thought) and some which are much newer, but that probably provides a more accurate idea of comfort than a showroom mattress.
When it finally arrived I’ve got to admit it was firmer than I had remembered, so perhaps it will soften up with time. There’s no definitive scale for measuring firmness of mattresses but I’d put it down as a medium/firm mattress personally.
It’s also a non-flipper, by which I mean you can’t turn it over. Usually I turn my nose up at those mattresses as it can be a sign of a cheaper product, but in this case it seemed to be to make space for the wool topper.
It’s got 1000 pocket springs, which is right at the lower end of what I consider the ideal range but my wife and I are both as thin as rakes so it provides adequate support. I’d avoid this mattress if you are reading this whilst simultaneously eating a cream cake.
The main selling point for me was the Hypnos brand. Clearly this is at the cheaper end of their range, but they’re one of the best names in the mattress market and have won many awards in recent years.
My feeling is that I’ll probably buy another topper to soften it up a bit. A topper on top of a topper may not be a top idea, but I reckon I’ll give it a go.
A simple task you might assume, considering the many hours we spent researching this website. In reality, it took us weeks but we got there in the end.
One option of course is to go with the award winners. We’ve pulled together a list of 10 mattresses which have won awards and get great reviews, but I still remain keen on trying before you buy.
Of course, many mattresses now offer a risk free trial but most of these are foam mattresses (Nectar Sleep, Eve etc) and I personally prefer pocket springs. Well, to be more accurate my wife prefers pocket springs and I was keen that she was happy with the purchase.
Another option is to go to whichever showroom you have nearby and just pick the mattress you find most comfortable.
My issue with that is that it’s hard to get a proper sense of comfort from a 10 second lie down. After you’ve tried out 20 mattresses and disagreed 20 times about comfort you end up back in the car and back at square one.
So, we plumped for the Hypnos mattress which is made for Premier Inn.
For the mattress alone in King Size it was £525 including delivery. It was considerably more if you wanted a divan (about £450 extra), but my wife persuaded me to go for a bedstead instead this time. After much searching we went for the Julian Bowen Ravello, which was about £499 for a King Size and also features in our guide to sleigh bed frames.
It's certainly at the cheaper end of the bedstead market, but for the money I was impressed. It took me a couple of hours to build, but I was being 'helped' by a four year old. It arrived in three huge boxes and could mostly be constructed by one person. Most of the time was spent putting together the sprung slats which arrived as a wadge of wood and a packet of plastic attachments.
One of the main things to look for with a bedstead is the gap between the slats. If they're too far apart then it won't do your pocket sprung mattress much good and it will become uneven. In this case, the slats were nice and close together.
I was a little surprised to find the mattress would take a month to arrive, since I assumed they sold a lot of these things but we weren’t in a hurry so it was OK for my needs.
The advantage of course is that we’ve tried it out in Premier Inns before and have found their mattress comfortable. We’ll have slept on some which are a few years old (not a pleasant thought) and some which are much newer, but that probably provides a more accurate idea of comfort than a showroom mattress.
When it finally arrived I’ve got to admit it was firmer than I had remembered, so perhaps it will soften up with time. There’s no definitive scale for measuring firmness of mattresses but I’d put it down as a medium/firm mattress personally.
It’s also a non-flipper, by which I mean you can’t turn it over. Usually I turn my nose up at those mattresses as it can be a sign of a cheaper product, but in this case it seemed to be to make space for the wool topper.
It’s got 1000 pocket springs, which is right at the lower end of what I consider the ideal range but my wife and I are both as thin as rakes so it provides adequate support. I’d avoid this mattress if you are reading this whilst simultaneously eating a cream cake.
The main selling point for me was the Hypnos brand. Clearly this is at the cheaper end of their range, but they’re one of the best names in the mattress market and have won many awards in recent years.
My feeling is that I’ll probably buy another topper to soften it up a bit. A topper on top of a topper may not be a top idea, but I reckon I’ll give it a go.
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