Our sleep editors found the best medium-firm mattresses that blend support, pressure relief and comfort. These are the top nine, from Bear, Nectar, DreamCloud and more.

In addition to having tested over 150 beds altogether, we recently retested every bed on this list—along with dozens of others—to name the best mattresses of 2025.

The DreamCloud is a luxury hybrid mattress and ranks as a 6.5 out of 10 on the firmness scale, with 10 being the firmest. It is a true medium-firm mattress.

I set a double version of the Aspire Advanced Temperature Control Mattress in my guest room and slept on it in both the late summer months and also the chillier autumn/winter months.

Since the Layla mattress is a double-sided bed, its construction differs from your average all-foam mattress. It’s 10.5’’ thick and composed of the following materials: ...

Best for medium firmness – Nectar premier hybrid mattress: £599, Nectarsleep.co.uk Best for back pain – Simba earth apex mattress: £1,599.20, Simbasleep.com ...

As one of the few medium-soft mattresses we’ve tested, the Emma Luxe is ideal for stomach sleepers, but its cheap build quality and very high asking price make it hard to recommend to anyone ...

Dusk memory foam 2,000 pocket sprung hybrid mattress, double: Was £579, now £276, Dusk.com Nectar premier hybrid mattress, double: Was £1,213, now £749, Nectarsleep.co.uk open image in gallery ...

Designed for kids ages 8 and older, the 10-inch Leesa Youth Mattress is an all-foam mattress with a medium to medium-firm feel. It’s available in twin, twin XL, full, and queen sizes.