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Our method

Some links on this page earn us a commission if you buy after clicking. It changes neither the ranking nor what is written here — and we say below what we were unable to check.

What we do

We read technical sheets, applicable standards, product-safety recalls published by authorities, tests published by consumer organisations and the specialist press. We cross these sources, we record what they agree on, and we flag where they diverge.

What we do not do

We do not buy the products and we do not put them through their paces ourselves. No page on this site rests on a test we ran. When a page says a bed survives thirty washes, it is because a published test says so, and the link is given.

We do not display exact prices. A price carved into a static page is wrong the next day, and it is the first thing a reader checks. We give a range and the date it was recorded; outside the euro area, only the price band remains.

How the site is paid

Some links on this site earn us a commission if you buy after clicking. Those links are flagged where they appear, not in a footer nobody scrolls to. The size of the commission enters no ranking: the criteria are published below, and none of them is called "revenue".

What we recommend is a CLASS, not a reference

A recommendation that names a model dies with its stockout. We therefore name product classes and the markers that define them; the model quoted is only an example, and every recommendation says what to look for if it disappears.

How we score

A score out of 5, in half points. A 5 does not mean "perfect" but "nothing to fault on the criteria below". Half a point separates two models that daily use genuinely tells apart.

  • 40 % Safety no published product recall, materials meeting the standards cited, no parts a chewing animal can detach
  • 30 % Durability seam strength and filling collapse, from published tests and the manufacturer technical sheets
  • 20 % Upkeep removable cover, machine washing and permitted temperature, stated drying time
  • 10 % Fit sizes covering the common builds, and clarity of the size charts published by the manufacturer

NOT part of the score: design, brand reputation, price, and the size of the commission. Price is given separately, as a dated range, because it moves and the score must not move with it.