Origins Pocket 1000/1500 vs Hypnos Premier Inn Mattress

Hi Oliver,

Thanks for providing such detail, what a breath of fresh air in this industry of secrets, polyester and cage sprung horrors! It sounds like the 800 pocket springs simply aren’t giving you enough support for your sleeping position Oliver. They sound like they are compressing too quickly and theres not enough upholstery to keep you in a comfortable position.

I actually wrote an article on this very mattress which can be found here if you’re interested in looking at it in more detail. I will, however, add some quick answers here to give you an idea of the comparison.

You may have read on our sites, particularly the knowing your GSM post, that a number of mattresses claim they have silk, cashmere and wool in them but the percentages are completely arbitrary, hidden from the public and effectively useless in the actual amounts contained. 13% cotton for example mixed with polyester is, in my opinion, a waste of time, and only there to state there’s cotton included in the mattress. Unless you are talking 40% blends I would advise that ‘includes’ style statements are just there for marketing.

The wire specs don’t make much sense to me either, because the wire diameter of springs is classed in millimetres, ie the wire thickness.  Soft is usually 1.2mm medium 1.6mm and a firm 1.9mm.  I think they have confused gauge and wire diameter in this instance and mean a 1.6mm spring diameter. As the gauge of 16 would be ultra firm as an Orthopedic spring gauge is 12 gauge so 16 would be punishing, I know it’s not that firm as I slept on one of these mattresses for 3 nights, so I think they have mistaken the specs there. The gauge refers to the torsion, push-pull measurement which tells you how resilient/firm a mattress spring is. The wire diameter is how thick is the wire used in the spring.

If you read the article you will see my comments on the side support in this one, not much I’m afraid! Though that may have been as many sleepers had already been in that bed.

Mixed fibre, polywool, viscose et al are all synthetic fibres and contain no natural content if they did surely any retailer would give you the amount. Polywool, in particular, is really misleading as it’s just polyester teased and fluffed to resemble wool. The majority of the fillings above from their descriptions are synthetic. When they refer to the insulator in the above description I think they are referring to the entire contents of the mattress on top of the spring unit as a 1400gsm insulator pad would be overkill and would actually reduce the movement available to the spring unit.

As for a pillowtop again, please read our article on why they should always be avoided unless they can be removed and shaken as they tend to settle super quickly. You’re far better off with a separate topper than one that’s permanently stitched to the top of your mattress Oliver.

In our Origins 1500 the first layer directly above the insulator is a 500 GSM polyester pad, followed by 750 GSM of very soft polyester to give resilience to the mattress without too much compression which can occur if just wool is used, finished with a 300 GSM wool layer for that soft sinking feeling in the very top later. The wool is the final layer closest to you as you sleep and gives a more breathable top comfort layer compared to polyester etc. For your weight and the fact you are a stomach sleeper I would advise you look at the Origins 1500 as this is the most suitable model based on your criteria.

If you have any other queries please give us a call on 0161 437 4419 to further assist.

Many thanks