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Tom’s Guide
Tom’s Guide
Technology
Ruth Jones

I'm a mattress tester — here's how to break in your new bed quickly

Two Tom's Guide mattress testers sat crossed legged on the Birch Luxe Natural mattress laughing and smiling.

At Tom's Guide we have plenty of experience with new beds — we're constantly trying different ones to identify this year's best mattresses to buy online. So we know that it often takes some time to break in a mattress.

If you've bought a new bed in the mattress sales, you might find that the 'fresh out the box' feel isn't the dreamy comfort you were hoping for. But if that's the case, give your mattress a chance to break in before you give up it. Here's how to go about it, plus how long it takes to break a mattress in.

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