Silentnight Sleep Now Range Review
Silentnight's boxed range and its answer to Emma and Otty, from a company manufacturing in Barnoldswick since 1946.
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Silentnight's boxed range and its answer to Emma and Otty, starting at 169 pounds. It is cheaper than every direct competitor and made by a company that has been manufacturing in Barnoldswick since 1946, which is a genuinely unusual combination in this category.
Buy it if
You want a boxed mattress from a manufacturer with an eighty year trading history, at the lowest price in the category.
Avoid it if
You need a long trial, or you are buying through a third party retailer and expect the comfort exchange.
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| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Rolled and boxed mattress range |
| Price from | £169 |
| Delivery | 48 hours on much of the range |
| Manufacturer | Silentnight Group Limited, number 7525259 |
| Manufacturing since | 1946, Barnoldswick, Lancashire |
| Comfort exchange | 60 nights, buying direct only |
The scores
Sensible budget engineering from a manufacturer that will outlast its own guarantee.
One hundred and sixty-nine pounds from an established UK manufacturer is genuinely cheap.
Entry boxed construction. Adequate at average build, limited beyond it.
Depends on the model. The foam-led options in this range run warm.
Budget boxed mattresses rarely reinforce the perimeter.
Foam-led construction handles this well.
Sixty nights direct. The eighty year trading history is worth more than the number.
Eighty years of trading is the actual argument
I have made the point across this site that most bed-in-a-box brands have not existed as long as the guarantees they offer. Silentnight is the opposite case and it does not get enough credit for it.
The company has been manufacturing in Barnoldswick, Lancashire since 1946. It is Silentnight Group Limited, company number 7525259, and it holds B Corp certification. Against Emma, founded in the UK in 2017, or Otty in 2016, that is a different kind of proposition entirely.
What that buys you practically: a guarantee from a company that has honoured guarantees for decades, a supply chain that will still exist when you need a spare part or a replacement, and manufacturing scale that keeps the price down.
What it does not buy you is the construction of a specialist bed-in-a-box brand at the same price point, and that trade is the whole decision.
Buy direct, or lose the thing worth having
The exchange is direct only
Silentnight's 60 night comfort exchange applies when you buy from Silentnight. Buying the same mattress from Argos, Dunelm, Amazon or Very usually gets you a standard returns policy on an unused mattress, which is not the same thing at all: you cannot sleep on it and then change your mind.
Third parties are frequently cheaper. If you are confident about firmness, buy wherever is cheapest. If you are not, the exchange is worth more than the difference.
Decoding which Silentnight you are looking at
Silentnight's range naming is genuinely confusing and retailers make it worse by inventing their own descriptions. The short version:
- Sleep Now. The boxed range, delivered fast, entry priced.
- Just Sleep. Budget rolled range, sold heavily through third parties.
- Studio. Hybrid rolled range, a step up from Just Sleep.
- Miracoil. Open coil. The springs are linked, so motion travels across the bed. Avoid for couples.
- Mirapocket. Pocket sprung, with the number indicating spring count in a king size. This is where the range gets good.
If you take one thing from this page: Miracoil and Mirapocket differ by two letters and are fundamentally different products.
A correction worth making
Commonly repeated, and wrong
Silentnight's Miracoil and Mirapocket ranges are routinely confused, including by retailers listing them, and they are not variants of one another. Miracoil is an open coil system where the springs are linked together, so movement on one side of the bed travels across it. Mirapocket uses individually pocketed springs that respond independently. For a couple that difference matters more than any other specification on the mattress, and the names are two letters apart.
Should you buy it?
Yes at 169 pounds if you want the cheapest boxed mattress from a manufacturer with an eighty year record. Buy direct so you keep the comfort exchange.
If you can reach 265, Origin's Hybrid gives you 26 centimetres and up to 3,000 pocket springs, which is a different class of construction. The trade is that Origin was incorporated in 2021 and Silentnight has been going since 1946.
Questions people ask
Is Silentnight a good mattress brand?
It has been manufacturing in Barnoldswick since 1946 and holds B Corp certification, which means its guarantees come from a company that has honoured guarantees for decades. What it does not give you is the construction of a specialist bed-in-a-box brand at the same price.
What is the difference between Miracoil and Mirapocket?
They are fundamentally different products two letters apart. Miracoil is an open coil system where springs are linked, so movement travels across the bed. Mirapocket uses individually pocketed springs that respond independently. For a couple that difference matters more than any other specification.
Should I buy Silentnight direct or from Argos?
Direct, if you are unsure about firmness. Silentnight's 60 night comfort exchange applies only when buying direct. Third party retailers usually offer standard returns on an unused mattress, which means you cannot sleep on it and then change your mind.