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Sleeping Duck vs TEMPUR

Sleeping Duck is the most configurable mattress on this list — medium, firm, or split down the middle, changed by swapping foam pads at home, free and unlimited during the trial — and it scores highest here on comfort and features. TEMPUR offers no adjustment, no trial, and the thinnest build here, but does offer TEMPUR's own material and a warranty stated as full replacement for the whole ten years. Check Sleeping Duck's base restrictions before ordering.

The differences that matter

Sleeping Duck compared with TEMPUR
Specification Sleeping Duck TEMPUR
Entry price From $999 (better of the two) From $1,799
Sleep trial 100 nights (better of the two) No sleep trial
Warranty 10 years 10 years (full replacement)
Overall score 9.1 (better of the two) 8.5
Firmness Adjustable — Medium / Firm / Half-half Medium
Construction Hybrid (Pocket Spring + Foam) All-foam (TEMPUR Material)

Firmness and construction are listed as differences, not as a winner — which one suits you depends on how you sleep, not on which is better made.

Which one is for you

Choose Sleeping Duck if…

You want to tune the feel, or you and your partner want different firmnesses.

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Choose TEMPUR if…

You know TEMPUR material suits you and want the cheapest way into it.

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Pros and cons, side by side

Sleeping Duck

Pros

  • Each side can be a different firmness, and a half-half queen costs the same $1,649 as a single-firmness one
  • Firmness is changed by swapping foam pads at home — free and unlimited during the 100 nights, in soft, medium, firm or extra firm
  • The cover and both foam layers lift out and can be replaced individually, so one worn part does not mean a new mattress
  • A perimeter zone of high-strength steel springs, so the edge holds when you sit on it

Cons

  • A queen is $1,649 — $290 more than Emma and $650 more than Koala
  • A 100-night guarantee, the same as Ecosa and shorter than Newentor, Koala, Origin, Onebed and Emma; returns are capped at two mattresses per household
  • Putting it on a sprung or adjustable base voids the 10-year warranty, as do slats more than 12 cm apart
  • The warranty sets a 140 kg limit per sleeper and only counts sagging deeper than 30 mm as a defect

TEMPUR

Pros

  • The warranty is stated as full replacement for the whole ten years, not pro-rata
  • TEMPUR’s own material is the reference point for pressure-relieving foam, and this is the cheapest way into it
  • The cover unzips and washes at 30 °C
  • Seven retailers stock it, so you can shop the price rather than take one seller’s number

Cons

  • There is no sleep trial at all — neither TEMPUR nor the retailer offers one
  • Medium is the only feel, so if it is wrong for you there is nothing to switch to
  • At 20 cm there is less comfort layer to work with than in a typical 25–30 cm build
  • The warranty does not publish an indentation depth, so the test a claim is judged against is not stated

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