SimbaHybrid® Essential Mattress - Double 135 x 190cm | Cooling Simbatex® Foam + 1000 Aerocoil® Springs for Pressure Relief | 200 Night Trial

I was a bit hesitant prior to ordering the Simba mattress because I felt I had been there with other mattresses and wondered if I am going to be fooled again by another high profile advertising campaign to purchase an overrated mattress that had no bearing or connection to the advertisement and would feel disappointed/ripped off yet again! But as they say it’s better to live like a lion for one day than live like a sheep for a hundred years and decided to take the risk!I am pleased to report that I am glad I took that risk because this time I feel at last I found the mattress I have been after for a long time! I can’t believe my luck! I slept like a baby and the next morning I felt well and incredibly less back/neck pain than usual! I have had the mattress for 2 months now and still feels great! It’s true it’s warmer at night but I wear less clothes now when I go to bed which makes my girlfriend very happy with me!!Do not hesitate like me, just buy it and wear less clothes when you go to sleep because it’s slightly warm due to the construction & material used to make the mattress!!

First of all, in fairness, lots of people leave good reviews for this mattress. However, do take the time to look at the negative reviews as there is a recurring theme that whilst they often start out well, they don't last! That is what I found.Google "Simba mattress Guardian" for an article on the Guardian website that sums up the issue, or look at quite a number of the reviews for it on the John Lewis website.I bought the Simba king size mattress in January 2018 after our old mattress had finally given up. I tried it out in John Lewis so I knew what it felt like in the shop, and it felt good - just the right mix of softness in the top but supportiveness underneath if that makes sense. I also looked at all the online reviews which generally were very positive, and bought it through Amazon.It was delivered quickly, and at first was great, just like it had been in the shop, and a big improvement on the mattress it was replacing. I can't say I slept extra hours on it, but it wasn't giving me aches and pains as the old mattress had.As we got near the end of the 100 day initial trial period I was starting to have doubts about it, but I thought it was just a case of getting used to a new bed after 10 years on the old one. There wasn't anything I could really put my finger on but I wasn't sleeping fantastically on it, but I decided to keep going with it and thought I would get used to it.As it turned out, it got worse with time, not better. The issue was the mattress - I don't know whether it was the foam, the springs or both - was going soft. The result was it wasn't supporting my hips, which were sinking into it in the night, meaning my lower back was out of alignment. I have never had long-term back pain before sleeping on the Simba, but I did then.We were rotating the mattress as advised by Simba. I am bigger and heavier than my wife, but at 15 stone I am well under Simba's maximum weight under its guarantee (18 or 19 stone I seem to recall). With the mattress being rotated, two soft areas developed where I slept - top left and bottom right, where my torso was lying at each rotation. there was a ridge down the middle where neither of us were sleeping, and firmness around the edges, again where nobody was sleeping and putting pressure on it.By the summer, with the mattress about 6 months old, I was sleeping terribly and had a permanent back ache. By the winter I gave up and tried to return it under its guarantee, because no mattress should go soft that quickly.I was impressed by Simba at that point, because they asked me to send photos of the mattress to show the problem. I did, with photos of objects on the mattress sinking in where the soft parts were and not sinking so much where it was still good. They agreed an exchange under the guarantee.The new one arrived, and again it started out well, but again rapidly developed soft areas where I was sleeping and putting the most weight on it. Again I was sleeping worse and worse, and again I got the back ache.We tried to return it again, but this time Simba sent out their inspector to report on it. He found the mattress to be "within tolerances" and so now Simba won't accept a return.So there are a few things we can conclude:1. I have owned two Simbas, and both have gone soft very quickly, with a ridge down the middle, and giving me bad sleep and back pain.2. A lot of the reviews that are left are positive, but a lot of those are left just a short time after owning a Simba. A lot of those left after a longer period of time are much more negative, suggesting the Simba starts well but does not last.3. According to Simba, this is within tolerances. In other words, they are supposed to be like this!Simba won't accept their mattress isn't up to standard, which is hugely disappointing. We have now bought a different mattress from someone else. We now sleep fine.

I loved this mattress right from day one. I had slept on a Simba mattress while away for a weekend and was impressed enough to come home and order one as my old spring mattress needed replacing. I was having sciatica problems and was very uncomfortable when turning over in bed and would wake constantly in the night. What a difference this mattress has made. It’s not solved my sciatica but I do get a comfortable nights sleep now.Would I change it? No way

have a pull out day bed and also have a bf that stays round relatively often so bought 2 small single mattresses to use for when he stays round. Much more comfortable than the air mattress that we previously used!Went into a mattress store and liked the Emma mattress but they didn't have a small single size (2 foot 6, not 3 ft), luckily this simba mattress was in the prime day deals so I saved £300 buying 2! The sprung memory foam is a lot more comfortable than my old memory foam that was on it's last legs!Arrived on time and in 2 boxes, as a 5 foot 4 woman, I struggled lifting the boxes up the stairs, so my brother had to help and it was a little tricky getting the plastic off but once I got the hang of it, you just let it inflate and you're good to go!Great mattress, really comfy! Hopfully bf thinks the same! Just had to fit a board of mdf between the 2 mattress to give some extra support!

We have had this mattress for a month now and just given it the first turn. I would say that it is firmer than I thought it would be, but having said that, we both find it very comfortable. However this may not suit someone who prefers a softer mattress. I have back and shoulder problems, and have had no recurrence, so far, since having the mattress. It is a very heavy mattress and I think it certainly takes two to turn it, I wouldn’t want to attempt it by myself. We get no disturbance from each other’s movement, which is really great. It seems to get warm very quickly, but neither of us has had a problem by getting too warm and really hope that this will still be the case once the warmer weather arrives. So far, I can say we are very satisfied with our purchase and it’s good to know that we have several more months ‘trial’ should there be any problems.

Good for sleeping

Comfy at the start but after a year it massively dipped and had a big ridge each morning between me and my partner. Amazon gave me refund but I've seen alot of similar reviews about the dipping. Does not last long atall.

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