We slept on the Emma. We have not published an ÅNNELAND test.
Emma scores, quotes, and measurements on this page are copied from the published Original review. IKEA figures are the live ÅNNELAND listing on ikea.com/ie (article 004.817.54) — height, firmness label, prices, 10-year guarantee, Sleep on It terms. No invented tester numbers for ÅNNELAND. Emma has also refreshed the Original name since we slept on it; outlet Original+ is usually the stack in that review.
The short verdict
If you are torn between "just get an Emma" and "IKEA will do", stop comparing coil counts. Emma will collect a miss and refund you. IKEA will let you try the floor model, then exchange the slept-on mattress once in a year — same size, clean, no cash. That is the buy-or-skip call. The Emma we scored is still the default hybrid for 60–90 kg side and combo sleepers who buy online. ÅNNELAND is the default if you need a Dublin or Cork lie-down and you accept a swap instead of a refund.
Choose the Emma Original if…
- You want a mattress we actually scored: 4.2 overall, 4.3 comfort, 4.5 motion isolation.
- A full refund matters more than a longer calendar. 200 nights, free collection, money back — not a store credit.
- You are a side or combo sleeper between 60 and 90 kg. That is Aoife and Siobhán's band on the published review.
- You live nowhere near Ballymun or Cork and you do not want a €40 IKEA collection on a swap.
Choose ÅNNELAND if…
- You want to lie on it first. IKEA Dublin and Cork have the floor. Emma is a box at the door.
- A year to decide on feel is worth more than cash back — and you will use the one allowed exchange, same size.
- The live Double ticket (€599 when we checked) is the number you can pay without waiting on an Emma sale.
- You can get a Standard 135 × 190 onto the frame you own — not every IKEA bed is that size.
Health & medical disclaimer
Comfort quotes from our testers — and from IKEA's own product-page reviews — are not clinical findings. No mattress treats or cures pain. If you live with ongoing spinal, joint, or muscular pain, speak with your GP or a chartered physiotherapist before buying on the back of a comparison. See our back pain and side sleeper guides.
Trial vs exchange — the actual decision
Longer is not kinder. Emma's clock is shorter and pays cash. IKEA's clock is a year and pays another mattress. Read the trial policies guide if you want the Irish consumer-rights layer underneath both shops.
Emma — 200 nights, refund
- Starts the day it is delivered. Buy on emma-sleep.ie for the full 200 nights (the Original review flags Wayfair at 100).
- If it is wrong, you get a full refund. Collection is free. Emma's own help pages say allow up to 14 days after pickup for the money.
- No store. No lie-down first. The trial is the showroom.
IKEA — 365 days, exchange
- Sleep on It: one exchange within 365 days. Same size only. Mattress not dirty, marked or damaged. Proof of purchase required.
- Pay the difference if you step up; IKEA refund card if you step down. Terms: if they cannot find a suitable alternative, no cash refund.
- Collection listed at €40 in IKEA Ireland's Sleep on It terms; replacement delivery can cost extra. Or take it to the store yourself.
Unused is a different door. IKEA's ordinary 365-day returns still cover products in new, unused condition with original packaging. Once you have slept on ÅNNELAND, you are on Sleep on It, not a till refund. Do not mix those two policies when you budget the risk.
Spec comparison
Emma cells mix advertised spec with what we measured. IKEA cells are the live listing. Empty test cells stay empty.
IKEA Ireland · live listing
ÅNNELAND hybrid, medium firm
24 cm · 5 comfort zones · Standard Double 135 × 190 cm · article 004.817.54
We do not have a product photo of the unit in our test room. Use the ikea.com/ie page for the current gallery and store stock.
| Factor | Emma Original | IKEA ÅNNELAND | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Hybrid — pocket springs + foam | Hybrid — mini pocket springs + memory foam + plush foam | Both are live hybrids. That is not the decision. |
| Advertised height | 25 cm | 24 cm | A centimetre on the spec sheet is not a feel ranking. |
| Height we measured | 24.6 cm | Not measured — no published sleep test | We only publish heights we took on a unit in the room. |
| Advertised firmness | Medium-Soft (IE) / Medium firm (UK site) | Medium firm | Emma's labels did not match our gauge. IKEA's medium-firm is untested by us. |
| Measured firmness | 5.5–6.5/10 true medium (side 5.5 / back 6 / stomach 5) | No gauge reading from us | Do not treat IKEA's 'medium firm' as a 7/10 just because a catalogue card says so. |
| Spring / comfort zones | 5-zone InfinitySpring | 5 comfort zones | Both advertise five zones. Zone count is marketing until you sleep on it. |
| Edge | 3.0/5 — 4.5-inch sit sinkage vs 3.95-inch industry average | Reinforced edge — firmer springs around the perimeter (advertised) | IKEA advertises a reinforced edge. We have not sat-tested ÅNNELAND. |
| Motion isolation | 4.5/5 on the published review | Advertised independent mini pocket springs — no score from us | Siobhán's quote is for the Emma. We did not run a water-glass test on ÅNNELAND. |
| Trial | 200 nights, full refund, free collection (direct on emma-sleep.ie) | Sleep on It: one exchange in 365 days — not a cash refund | This is the split. Emma pays you back. IKEA swaps you once, same size, if the mattress is clean. |
| Collection if it fails | Free pickup on the 200-night trial | €40 collection on Sleep on It; replacement delivery can cost extra | From IKEA Ireland's published Sleep on It terms. Drive it to Ballymun or Cork and the collection fee does not apply. |
| Warranty | 10 years | 10 years (live IKEA Ireland listing) | Both 10 years on the live Irish listings. Older roundups on this site that still say 25 years for ÅNNELAND are out of date. |
| Where you buy | emma-sleep.ie — boxed to the door | ikea.com/ie or IKEA Dublin / Cork floor models | If you need to lie on it before you pay, IKEA wins that job. |
| Double, live / typical | Live from €589 on emma-sleep.ie. Review typical sale €489–€524 | €599 Standard Double on ikea.com/ie | Emma's live ticket moves with promotions. ÅNNELAND's Double was €599 when we checked. |
| Best sleeper types (Emma test / IKEA listing) | Side and combo sleepers, 60–90 kg | Shoppers who want to lie on it in store, then swap once if the feel is wrong | IKEA row is a shopper-job, not a pressure-map result. |
Emma former names: Hybrid Premium (also NextGen Premium on older boxes). IKEA prices and Sleep on It terms move — confirm on ikea.com/ie before you drive to the store.
Scores we can actually stand over
Only the Emma column is a MattressReviews.ie score. Methodology: how we test. IKEA's product page showed 4/5 from 1,092 reviews when we checked — their figure, not ours.
Good — Ireland's best-selling hybrid we tested
No overall from us. IKEA page: 4/5 from 1,092 reviews.
Strong contouring for side sleepers 60–90 kg
Plush foam + memory foam on the listing. Unscored here.
5-zone springs adequate; Ciarán felt softening by week 6
5 advertised comfort zones. No lumbar map from us.
Weakest Original score — heat after 3–4 hours
IKEA warns memory foam can feel warmer. No bedroom log from us.
Water-glass test; Siobhán barely noticed her partner
Mini pocket springs advertised. No partner test from us.
Weakest we measured at this price
Reinforced edge advertised. No sit-sinkage figure from us.
Highest value score on that Emma review
€599 Double is a clear ticket. Value still depends on the exchange, not a 4.6 from us.
Honest trade-offs
Refund versus swap
Winner: Emma, if cash back is the safety net. Winner: IKEA, if a year on the clock and a floor model matter more.
Do not translate "365 days" as "better trial". Sleep on It is one clean, same-size exchange. Emma's 200 nights are fewer nights and a real refund. If you already know you hate boxed mattresses until you have lain on them, IKEA's Dublin and Cork floors solve a problem Emma cannot.
Cooling
Neither of these two is the hot-sleeper mattress.
Original cooling is 3.5/5 on the published review. Oisín noticed warmth after 3–4 hours. IKEA's own ÅNNELAND copy says memory foam reacts to body heat and can feel warmer. If that is the whole reason you are shopping, step out of this pair: Original Pro vs Original or the Elite / Airgrid review. See also best cooling mattress.
Edge and weight
Emma's edge is a known weak spot. ÅNNELAND's edge is an advert until we sit on it.
Original sit-edge sinkage was 4.5 inches against a 3.95-inch industry average. Siobhán said couples drift toward the middle. IKEA advertises firmer springs around the perimeter. That may be the better sit. We have not measured it, so it is not a 4.0 from us.
The Original review is blunt above 90 kg. Both brands' 10-year cover is structural, not "it still feels new". For heavier bodies, start with the heavy people guide rather than hoping ÅNNELAND's mini springs fix a weight problem we have not tested.
Showroom versus letterbox
IKEA if you need to lie down. Emma if you want the box and the refund.
Republic of Ireland IKEA floors: Dublin (Ballymun) and Cork. Belfast is a different IKEA site. Emma ships. IKEA will take the old mattress away for €40 at purchase — Emma still does not. More on the Dublin floor: best mattress stores Dublin. Cork: best mattress stores Cork.
Value
On a sale Double, Emma has often been the cheaper hybrid. On a full Emma ticket, ÅNNELAND can look simpler.
Never pay Emma RRP. The published Original review still uses ~€391 Single and €489–€524 Double as typical sale. emma-sleep.ie listed the Original from €589 when we checked this page. ÅNNELAND's Irish tickets were €300 / €599 / €699 / €799. Add IKEA delivery if you are not collecting. Add €40 if you need Sleep on It collected later.
What people actually said
Named testers below are from the Emma Original review only. The IKEA block is paraphrased from reviews sitting on the live Irish product page — not our diary.
Aoife — 65 kg, side, runs cold
Emma Original"The foam wraps around my shoulder and hip exactly where it needs to." Shoulder map 8.8/10. Excellent match at her weight on the published review. We have no Aoife night on ÅNNELAND.
Ciarán — 85 kg, back, lumbar sensitivity
Emma, with a caveatImpressed for a month on the Original, then foam softening and hips a fraction lower by week 6. "Not as good as on the firmer Original Lite." If you are shopping this pair for back support, the Emma is a known quantity with that fade noted — ÅNNELAND is still a guess from us.
Siobhán — 70 kg, combination, light sleeper
Emma motionPartner movement on the Original was "a faint ripple instead of the full earthquake." Edge insecurity pushed them toward the middle. Couples who sit on the edge to dress should not assume IKEA's reinforced-edge copy beats a 3.0 we measured — we have not sat-tested it.
Oisín — 95 kg, stomach, runs hot
Neither is his briefOriginal pelvis 5.0/10. "Any stomach sleeper over 80 kg should be looking at the Original Lite or something firmer." Heat after 3–4 hours. ÅNNELAND being IKEA's "top tier" in a shop recommendation does not make it a stomach-sleeper mattress we can recommend.
IKEA Ireland product-page reviews
Not our testersOn the live ÅNNELAND page: one Super King buyer found it firmer than the shop and still smelled it after two months; another called it firm without being hard; a third was heading back to exchange with morning back pain after two months, after staff called it top-tier.
That spread is why Sleep on It exists — and why it is an exchange, not a refund. Treat those as IKEA customers, not as Seán's team.
What is in the stack
Emma Original — 5 layers we measured, 25 cm
- Zip-off cover (~0.8 cm) — washable at 40°C; UltraDry is the Original+ variant
- Airgocell (~2.5 cm) — open-cell, the only cooling help
- MemoryAdapt (~3.0 cm) — 3–5 second contour; also the heat trap
- SupportBase HRX (~2.5 cm) — transition onto the coils
- 5-zone InfinitySpring (~15.8 cm) — 430–900 coils by size; Double 645
Live emma-sleep.ie Original copy now talks about more MemoryAdapt and a comfort-foam edge. That is the refreshed SKU we have not re-slept.
ÅNNELAND — IKEA's published layers, 24 cm
- Soft washable cover
- Plush foam — IKEA: sink-in feel, pressure spread, responsive to movement
- Memory foam — IKEA: slow response; can feel warmer
- Mini pocket springs — independently wrapped, 5 comfort zones
- Reinforced edge — firmer perimeter springs (advertised)
IKEA also lists memory foam at 50 kg/m³ and other polyurethane foams at 33 kg/m³ on the product details. We did not cut a unit open.
Prices we can point at
IKEA column is the live ikea.com/ie ticket for Standard sizes. Emma column mixes the live "from" price with typical-sale bands from the published review. Screenshot the till.
| Size (Irish/UK standard) | Emma Original | IKEA ÅNNELAND |
|---|---|---|
| Single 90 × 190 | Review typical sale ~€391 (RRP €559). Live from €589. | €300 |
| Double 135 × 190 | Review typical sale €489–€524 | €599 · article 004.817.54 |
| King 150 × 200 | Review typical sale €559–€594 | €699 |
| Super King 180 × 200 | Review typical sale ~€629–€671 | €799 |
Emma: free Irish delivery on the review. IKEA: delivery is extra unless you collect; old-mattress removal €40 with a new buy. Packed ÅNNELAND Double is listed at 28.50 kg — still a two-person job up a Dublin stairs.
Warranty is 10 years on both live Irish listings. Emma trial 200 nights refund; IKEA Sleep on It 365-day exchange.
Emma vs IKEA ÅNNELAND — common questions
Bottom line
Buy the Emma Original we tested if you want scores, a refund, and a hybrid that already has an 8-week diary on this site. Buy ÅNNELAND if you need the IKEA floor, you accept one clean same-size swap in 365 days, and the live ticket is the number you can pay today. If the Emma is the one but you sleep hot, this is the wrong comparison — use Original Pro vs Original. More of the range: Emma Sleep Ireland.
Last updated September 2026. Emma scores: Emma Original review. ÅNNELAND specs: live ikea.com/ie listing.
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