Top memory foam mattresses compared

About Top memory foam mattresses compared

Memory foam mattresses vary more in the terms than in the foam. This ranking covers 53 brands, and the main trade-off runs between the price you pay up front and what arrives with the mattress: delivery charges, removal of an old mattress, a sleep trial and a warranty. Currency matters as much as the figure. Some of these brands sell in the US, where prices are quoted in dollars, while the UK brands quote in pounds, so a cheaper figure in a single market is not a cheaper mattress. Entry price and renewal price also sit in different places. A modest entry price can still carry a long warranty, and a higher price can include removal and free delivery. We use the queen size as the comparison point throughout, and each entry below names the markets a brand sells in, the depth of its foam and the firmness options on offer.

How we picked

Every brand here is scored on cost, offer and trust, weighted at 40%, 40% and 20%. Cost weighs the entry price against what this category generally charges. Offer weighs the sleep trial, the warranty, delivery charges, return fees and old mattress removal. Trust weighs certifications, how many support channels are open and how long the company has traded. Figures come from each brand's own product, delivery, returns, guarantee and warranty pages, joined to our dataset of 53 mattress brands, which supplies the medians and ranges used in the criteria below. Partners that serve your country are listed first in this ranking, then the rest by score. Prices are read from the queen figure each brand publishes, and currency follows the brand, because a trial length and a warranty in the UK are not the same promise as a US equivalent.

Our top picks

1. 1. Parrot Uncle

   Parrot Uncle earns a place in this ranking on entry price. The Artemisia memory foam mattress is $369 for a queen, below the €931.39 median and among the lowest figures in the group, with 25.4 cm of foam depth, Certipur-US certification and free delivery. Firmness options run soft, medium firm and firm and the range covers memory foam, hybrid and innerspring. The trade-off comes after the sale: the sleep trial is listed at 0 nights and warranty cover is 1 year, the shortest in this ranking against a 10 year median. Sealy below pairs removal with far longer cover.

   • Free delivery threshold: $0
   • Return window: 30 days
   • Finance: Yes

   Pros

   • Furniture prices begin at $99, and a queen mattress is $369.
   • Returns run 30 days, the same window most brands in this comparison offer.
   • Finance is available, so a sofa or bed can be split into monthly payments rather than one large outlay.
   • The range covers sofas, armchairs and beds, so most of a room can be ordered from one storefront.
   • Mattresses carry certipur us certification and come in soft, medium firm and firm feels.

   Cons

   • The warranty is 1 year, short against the 5 year median for brands in this group.
   • Assembly is not included, so the sofas, armchairs and beds listed in sofas, armchairs and beds arrive for the customer to build.

2. 5. Casper

   Casper takes the next place in this ranking on breadth of feel and steady cover terms. Firmness options run soft, medium and medium firm, so it suits sleepers who cannot settle on a single feel, and old mattress removal and free delivery are included. The Casper foam mattress is $899 for a queen, among the higher dollar prices here, while the 100 night trial matches the category median and the 10 year warranty clears it, with a $0 return fee. Foam depth is 27.9 cm, support runs across email, phone and chat, and it sells in US and CA. hiccapop below is a specialist crib option, and far shallower.

   • Queen-size price: $899
   • Sleep trial (nights): 100
   • Warranty: 10 years

   Pros

   • A trial of 100 nights runs well past the site median of 60 nights.
   • Free delivery is included at a minimum order of $0, and old mattress removal is offered with it.
   • A warranty of 10 years sits above the site median of 5 years.
   • Support runs on email, phone and chat, so a question about delivery or cover reaches a person.
   • Bedding spans sheets, duvets and duvet covers, so a whole bed setup can come from one brand.

   Cons

   • Assembly included: no, and the return fee is $0, so nothing in the delivery covers a frame build.
   • Casper sells into US and CA only, so buyers elsewhere sit outside its delivery and cover terms.
   • A rank of 17 out of 50 brands on queen price means the headline number is not the cheapest on the list.
   • Firmness options run soft, medium and medium firm and stop at medium-firm, a narrower ladder than the 81% of the site that carry a firm setting.

3. 6. hiccapop

   hiccapop sits in this ranking as the specialist option, and its specifications show why. The Dual Sided crib mattress carries soft and firm firmness, a depth of 15.2 cm and Certipur-US certification, with a return fee of $0. The trade-off is in the terms and the audience: the sleep trial is listed at 0 nights, support runs on email and help centre only, and the range serves US rather than adult sleepers across several countries. The lifetime warranty is among the longest in this ranking. Layla below covers more markets and offers a trial.

   • Price from: $24.99
   • Sleep trial (nights): 0
   • Return window: 90 days

   Pros

   • The certification is stated plainly as certipur us and the range offers soft and firm firmness choices, so a shopper can match the product to a sleeper without guesswork.
   • 90 days to decide, with return postage at $0, against a 30 day median for bedding brands on the site.
   • The range spans memory foam and airbed with a listed depth of 15.2 cm and a memory foam fill, so floor bedding and a body pillow sit with the same maker.
   • The operator is named as Keezio Group, LLC with headquarters in US, and the only market listed is US, so a warranty claim has a legal entity to name.

   Cons

   • There is no sleep trial, since the trial period is listed at 0 nights, which leaves the 90 day return window carrying the whole decision.
   • Support runs on email and help centre only, so a question that needs a voice on the line has no route.
   • The range is pillows, against sheets, duvets and duvet covers at Coop Sleep Goods, so anything beyond a pillow means shopping another brand.
   • The only market listed is US and the headquarters is in US, so the range is not aimed beyond its home market.

4. 7. Layla

   Layla is in this ranking on trial length paired with market reach, which separates it from the brands around it. The trial runs 120 nights with a return fee of $0, ahead of the 100 night median, and support runs across email, chat and phone. Firmness options run soft and medium firm and foam depth is 26.7 cm, with Certipur-US certification and free delivery. It sells in US and CA and was founded in 2016. The lifetime warranty is among the longest listed in this ranking. Parrot Uncle below costs less at the entry price, but the sleep trial is listed at 0 nights.

   • Sleep trial (nights): 120
   • Warranty: Lifetime
   • Height (cm): 26.7

   Pros

   • An in-home trial of 120 days, against a site middle of 60 nights for trial length.
   • A lifetime warranty, putting Layla at 1 of 73 brands on that measure.
   • Free delivery, plus a return fee of $0 and a return window of 30 days on bedding.
   • Support runs on email, chat and phone, so a trial question can reach a person by phone.

   Cons

   • Firmness stops at soft and medium firm, so a buyer after a firmer feel has no ladder to climb here.
   • The range covers memory foam and hybrid only, which leaves latex and innerspring shoppers with nothing at this store.
   • A lifetime warranty is a headline figure, so the exclusions decide what it is worth.
   • Shipping stops at US and CA, so buyers outside the US and Canada are buying into another market.

What to look for

Entry price against the category

The median queen price across this ranking is €931.39, and the range runs €208.03 to €5,173.20 across the brands here. Entry prices in pounds and in dollars are not directly comparable, so read each figure against its own market rather than against the list.

How long you can test it

The median sleep trial in this ranking is 100 nights, and across the category trial lengths run 0 to 365, with the middle band sitting 14 to 120. Memory foam takes time to settle, so a longer trial matters more here than with a spring.

Warranty length after the trial ends

The median warranty across this ranking is 10 years, and the full range runs 1 year to lifetime. Foam density and cover quality matter here, because a topper cannot rescue a sagging base, so read the length of the term next to the depth of the foam.

Certifications on the foam and cover

Certipur-US appears on 81.8% of the brands in this ranking and Oeko-Tex on 30.3%. Certification covers the foam and the textiles rather than the durability claims attached to a warranty, so check what the standard tests before reading it as a lifespan signal.

Delivery and removal costs

Free delivery comes as standard on 78.8% of the brands here, and old mattress removal on 75%. Since a mattress cannot travel through a normal parcel carrier, delivery terms can matter as much as the mattress, and a return journey costs money wherever removal is not included.

Support when something goes wrong

A help centre is offered by 92.2% of the brands here, phone support by 84.3% and chat by 68.6%. Claims sit inside the warranty term, so a brand with fewer channels can mean a slower answer when a foam layer starts to soften before the warranty runs out.

Frequently asked questions

Top memory foam mattresses compared by country

• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Spain
• United Kingdom
• United States

Brands compared head to head

• Parrot Uncle vs Laybrook
• Laybrook vs Vaya
• Laybrook vs Luxe Mattresses
• Vaya vs Luxe Mattresses

The data behind this ranking

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