About Hästens
What to know before you buy one
The questions everyone asks and that the brand itself cannot answer: where does that price sit, what does it really cost, and is it worth it?
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The questions the brand doesn't answer
What it costs, where that price sits, which model suits you, and whether you need it at all. Written by a party that sells Hästens — and that also gets paid if you decide not to.
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Five ways in
The models
Which bed is which
Per model: what it is made for, who it is meant for, and which question it answers. Including the models we don't have in a suite.
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What are you putting it beside?
Model against model, and brand against brand. We only sell one of them, and we say so every time.
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How long it lasts, and what you do for it
A bed that has to last twenty years asks something back for twenty years. Not much, but regularly.
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Why there is a sauna next to the bed
The bed is half of it. The other half is what you do in the hours before — and there is more to gain there than most people think.
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About Hästens
Why is a Hästens so expensive?
The price of a Hästens comes down to four things: scarce natural materials, a build time counted in days to months per bed instead of minutes, a lifespan carrying a warranty of up to twenty-five years, and a small dealer network without a discount culture. Converted to a cost per night it works out lower than most people expect — and that is the only sum that matters.
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What does a Hästens cost?
The collection runs from roughly twelve thousand euros to well over a hundred thousand, depending on model, size, base, legs and fabric. Hästens publishes no standing price list; prices are quoted per configuration by the dealer. Discounts are unusual, and the price you hear is as a rule the price you pay.
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Which Hästens model suits me?
With Hästens the hard question isn't which brand, but which model. The difference between models sits mainly in the number of layers of horsehair and pocket springs, and that difference is barely felt in a showroom: it only reveals itself after a few hours of lying down. Anyone choosing seriously therefore compares at night, not on a shop floor.
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Is a Hästens worth it?
For some people yes, for others no — and that depends less on the bed than on you. If you sleep badly through pain or restlessness, spend eight hours a night in it and the bed stays for twenty years, the arithmetic is favourable. If you already sleep well, or you move house every few years, you are mainly buying a beautiful object.
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Hästens reviews: what do people who actually sleep on one say?
Online reviews of expensive beds are all but useless: they come from people who have just bought and are defending their own decision, from shops with an interest, or from someone who lay on one for ten minutes. What you want is someone who slept a whole night on it with nothing to sell. That source barely exists — and it is precisely what we are going to measure.
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Hästens warranty: what is and isn't covered?
The Hästens warranty runs up to twenty-five years and covers the construction: the frame and the springs. What it doesn't cover is the gradual change in comfort — the slow softening and the hollow forming where you lie every night. That distinction is the most important thing to know about the warranty, and it is where nearly all disappointment comes from.
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Hästens delivery and assembly: what to watch for
A Hästens arrives in parts and is assembled in your home. The practical question isn't whether it fits in the bedroom, but whether it gets there: stairwell, the turn in the hallway, door width and lift depth are what most often goes wrong. Have the measurements taken before signing, not on delivery day.
The models
Hästens Herlewing
The Herlewing sits in the upper part of the collection: more layers stacked than the classic entry models, and therefore a bed you sink into rather than lie on. You won't feel that difference in ten showroom minutes — it only reveals itself after hours. At SleepSpa this model isn't in a suite; the 2000T and the drēmər are.
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Hästens Marwari
The Marwari is named after a horse breed, as several Hästens models are, and belongs to the upper part of the collection. It is a bed for anyone who has already asked "is there more?" and wants to see it answered. At SleepSpa it isn't in a suite; anyone wanting to feel the difference starts with a night on the 2000T as a reference point.
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Hästens Superia
The Superia is among the beds many people enter the collection with without starting at the very lightest model. That makes it often the bed the hardest question is about: does the step up justify itself? You only know that after a night, not after ten minutes.
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Hästens Vividus
The Vividus is the furthest Hästens goes: one bed, a build time counted in months, and a price in a different category from the rest of the collection. Almost nobody buys this bed without having slept on it first, and almost nowhere in the world can you. At SleepSpa it isn't in a suite either.
The models
Hästens Grand Vividus
The Grand Vividus is the most expensive bed in the world you can order: a set of mattress, base and headboard, designed with Ferris Rafauli and built by hand in Köping over more than six hundred hours. Introduced in 2020, first bought by Drake. In Europe it costs roughly half a million to six hundred and thirty thousand euros, depending on size and finish. At SleepSpa you can lie on it by special request, alongside the 2000T and the drēmər in the fixed suites.
Comparing
Hästens 2000T or drēmər?
The 2000T is the classic reference bed of the collection; the drēmər is more contemporary in design and in feel, with the same starting point on the inside. Which of the two is better depends entirely on the sleeper — and we deliberately publish no verdict on it, because we can only substantiate one once guests have slept a night on both.
Comparing
Hästens or Auping?
Auping builds open and ventilated, in the Netherlands, with a model that is taken back in full and reused, in a price class several times lower. Hästens builds closed and layered, by hand, from natural fibres, for several times more. We sell Hästens — read this page with that fact beside you.
Comparing
Hästens or DUX?
Both brands come from Sweden, sit in the same high segment and promise decades of life, but they build differently: DUX works with continuous spring layers and replaceable top layers, Hästens with hand-layered horsehair. In practice DUX often feels springier and Hästens more enveloping — and that difference is settled by your body, not by a table.
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How long does a Hästens last?
The construction of a Hästens carries a warranty of up to twenty-five years, and in practice well-cared-for beds reach it. What determines lifespan isn't the material but the care: a bed that is turned and rotated regularly doesn't sink in the place you lie every night. Keep to the care schedule supplied with your bed.
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Buying a used Hästens
Second-hand is the only way to get a Hästens substantially cheaper, but you are buying three things you cannot see: how many nights have been slept on it, whether the bed was turned, and how it was stored. The warranty is as a rule not transferable. Work out the remaining lifespan before judging the discount.
Sleep and recovery
Why a sauna before bed works
Your body falls asleep because your core temperature drops, not because you are tired. A sauna or a hot bath, roughly ninety minutes before bed, first drives that temperature up; afterwards it falls further and faster than it would on its own. That is why a sleep spa has a sauna and not a bar.
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The SleepSpa sleep study
Anyone can compare two beds on paper. We are going to compare them on nights: every guest sleeps a full night on one model, and with permission we record how that night went and which model was ultimately chosen. At this moment we have measured zero nights, because we haven't opened. This page exists so that you can already see what we are going to measure, and how.
Comparing
Hästens or Vispring?
Vispring comes from England and works with individually filled pocket springs and natural fillings such as horsehair, wool and cotton — the same material philosophy as Hästens, but with a stronger emphasis on tailoring per sleeper. Hästens puts the emphasis on the layered build as a whole. We sell Hästens, and you may weigh that in.
Comparing
Hästens or Tempur?
These aren't competitors but two opposing views of sleep. Tempur works with memory foam that moulds to your shape through body heat; Hästens with natural fibres and springs that spring back and carry moisture away. Anyone who sleeps warm or turns a lot feels that difference most strongly — and usually in favour of springs.
Sleep and recovery
Does a Hästens help with back pain?
A bed doesn't cure back pain. What it can do is stop causing or sustaining it — and for some people that makes a considerable difference. The question isn't whether a bed is expensive enough, but whether your spine lies straight in it and whether you can change position without waking. If you have genuine complaints, see a doctor or physiotherapist first.
Sleep and recovery
The circadian rhythm: your body clock
Your circadian rhythm is an internal clock of roughly twenty-four hours that determines when you are sleepy or alert. It drives your melatonin, cortisol and body temperature, and it is reset every day by light — above all by bright morning light. A stable rhythm is the basis of good sleep; without that rhythm no bed does what it could do.
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Deep sleep and REM sleep: what happens at night
Every night you go through four to six sleep cycles of roughly ninety minutes. Each cycle contains light sleep, deep non-REM sleep and REM sleep. Deep sleep repairs the body and cleans the brain; REM sleep processes emotion and anchors memory. You need both, and in the right proportion.
Sleep and recovery
The glymphatic system: why sleep isn't an off switch
The glymphatic system is the brain's cleaning network: it flushes waste away through the cerebrospinal fluid, including amyloid-beta, the protein linked to Alzheimer's. That happens almost exclusively during deep non-REM sleep, when brain cells shrink and flow increases sharply.
Sleep and recovery
Adenosine and sleep pressure: why you get tired in the evening
Adenosine is a substance that accumulates in the brain during your waking hours and so builds sleep pressure — your natural, growing desire to sleep. During sleep, adenosine is broken down again, so that you wake up fresh. Caffeine blocks the receptors and postpones that pressure, but doesn't take it away.
Sleep and recovery
What is your chronotype?
Your chronotype is your genetically determined preference for when you sleep and when you are most alert — from the early lark to the late owl. You cannot fundamentally change it, but you can tune your sleeping times, your work and your exertion to it. Roughly half of it is hereditary.
Sleep and recovery
Bedroom temperature and humidity
The ideal bedroom is cool — around eighteen degrees — with humidity between forty and sixty per cent. The coolness helps your core temperature make the 1.2-degree drop needed to fall asleep; the right humidity keeps your airways and skin settled and prevents mould.
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The ideal bedroom: cool, dark and quiet
The ideal bedroom supports your biology on three fronts: cool, around eighteen degrees, so your core temperature can drop; completely dark, so your melatonin rises undisturbed; and quiet, to prevent micro-awakenings. Clean air and humidity between forty and sixty per cent complete it.
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Noise and sleep: making silence in a loud world
It isn't the volume of a sound that wakes you, but its sudden change. A constant background sound — white, pink or brown noise — reduces that contrast, so that a slamming door or passing car causes fewer micro-awakenings and your sleep cycles stay intact.
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NSDR and Yoga Nidra: rest without sleep
NSDR — non-sleep deep rest — and Yoga Nidra are guided protocols that bring you into a deeply relaxed, half-waking state. They restore focus, lower stress and make falling asleep easier, without your actually having to fall asleep. Ten to twenty minutes is enough.
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The evening protocol: ten, three, two, one, zero
A simple countdown to bedtime: ten hours before, no more caffeine; three hours, no heavy meal or alcohol; two hours, no work; one hour, no screens; and zero snoozes in the morning. It tackles the most common disrupters of your sleep one by one.
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Sleeping position and support: what suits you?
The right bed and pillow keep your spine in a neutral line, and what that takes differs per sleeping position. Side sleepers need pressure relief at shoulder and hip, plus a higher pillow; back sleepers more support in the lower back and a lower pillow; front sleepers a firm base and a very thin pillow or none at all.
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How to stop overthinking: emptying your head before the night
Lying awake worrying often arises because your brain keeps holding on to unfinished tasks. Writing down everything on your mind five minutes before sleep — above all a concrete to-do list for tomorrow — gives your brain permission to let go. Research shows this gets you to sleep faster than writing down what you have already done.
And then
Reading gets you this far. Sleeping does the rest.
Everything on these pages helps you sharpen the question. The answer lies in a night.