In New York's luxury mattress market, Vispring and Savoir Beds often appeal to the same type of buyer: someone who is not simply looking for a mattress, but for a long-term sleep investment made with natural materials, hand craftsmanship, and real heritage behind it.
Both brands are British heritage makers — over a century old, entirely handcrafted, and built on a shared rejection of the foam-and-synthetic logic that dominates most of the modern mattress industry.
But the similarities can be misleading.
Vispring and Savoir approach luxury sleep from very different starting points. Vispring is rooted in pocket-spring innovation, technical support, and natural responsiveness. Savoir is rooted in the world of grand hotels, personal fitting, and traditional hand-tied construction.
One feels more engineering-led. The other feels more hospitality-led.
That difference matters because a luxury bed is not only about materials or price. It is about how the mattress supports the body every night, how it is built to perform over decades, and how well the brand's philosophy matches the way you actually sleep.
This comparison looks at Vispring and Savoir side by side across construction, feel, customization, pricing, warranty, lead time, and the ownership experience in New York City.
The most important technical divide between Vispring and Savoir sits directly inside the mattress core and changes how the bed supports your body.
Vispring relies on independent pocket springs. They manufacture all of their springs in-house using highly resilient vanadium steel wire. Each spring is individually wrapped in a breathable calico cotton pocket and hand-nested into a tight honeycomb pattern. Because the springs move independently, they map precisely to the curves of your body, providing targeted support to your shoulders, hips, and spine while reducing motion transfer so sleeping partners are less likely to disturb each other.
This same independently pocketed spring philosophy extends into Vispring’s sprung divans, creating a fully integrated sleep system where the engineering commitment is consistent from the base to the surface.
This vertical integration is unusual in the luxury mattress industry and it matters for one simple reason: when Vispring claims a 30-year guarantee, they are guaranteeing springs they built themselves to their own specification. There is no external supplier whose quality control sits outside their oversight. It is a statement of total confidence in a component they control completely.
Savoir relies on traditional hourglass springs. Following their original 1905 design, Savoir uses open, hourglass-shaped coils as a deliberate heritage choice. Instead of moving independently inside fabric pockets, these coils form an open network. This layout creates a very stable, unified support system across the entire mattress plane, delivering the classic, uniform feel of a traditional five-star luxury hotel suite.
The history of each company shapes how they approach bedmaking today, dividing them between pioneering engineers and bespoke hospitality designers.
Vispring was founded in 1901. Its legacy traces back to 1899 when James Marshall invented the pocketed spring. Founders John Nolon and Frederick James acquired the patent rights and established the company in London, pioneering and commercializing the technology that became the global standard for premium mattresses. Today, they handcraft every bed in Plymouth, England. Vispring is a highly trusted global brand available in 68 countries through more than 650 retailers. In 2024 Vispring received the King’s Award for Enterprise Excellence — one of the most prestigious honours awarded by the British Crown — recognizing over 125 years of consistent craftsmanship, quality, and global reach.
Savoir was born from a specific hospitality commission. In 1905, the founders of London’s legendary Savoy Hotel ordered a proprietary custom sleep system to create an exceptional sleep experience for The Savoy’s most discerning guests. The bed became so famous that The Savoy purchased the factory to keep the design exclusive to the hotel. Savoir did not bring these beds to the general public until 1997. They remain a highly exclusive boutique brand focused on historic London craftsmanship traditions.
While both brands build entirely to order, they use different methods to personalize the mattress to your body and bedroom design.
Vispring uses a structured personalization matrix. They offer four distinct spring firmness choices (soft, medium, firm, and extra firm) and easily accommodate couples with split-tensions on the left and right sides. Their bespoke program lets you customize the divan base, leg styles, heights, and storage layouts. They offer over 20 headboard designs and more than 100 standard upholstery fabrics, but will also happily build the bed using a customer’s own supplied material.
Savoir focuses on deep, personal architectural fittings. The process relies heavily on a trained specialist who takes physical measurements, discusses your exact sleeping positions, and custom-tailors the bed from scratch. Because of their hand-built frame design, Savoir offers deep bespoke depth, allowing them to easily craft mattresses in non-standard, arbitrary shapes and sizes for unique architectural spaces or antique frames.
A Savoir bed delivers the unified, stable feel of a traditional five-star hotel suite, which makes sense given its origins at The Savoy. The open hourglass spring network creates a consistent surface across the entire mattress plane, enveloping and supportive in a way that reflects the brand’s hospitality heritage.
A Vispring bed feels different in a specific way. The support is more precise and more body-specific. The vanadium steel springs respond independently to different pressure points with a quiet attentiveness that is harder to describe in words than to feel in person. The natural materials create exceptional breathability — wool wicks moisture, horsetail hair allows air circulation, and the absence of foam means the bed never traps heat the way synthetic alternatives do. Vispring’s identity is quieter and more product-led. The product is the brand, which is exactly the point for someone who simply wants the best sleep experience.
Investing in a handmade luxury sleep system involves different cost structures and waiting periods depending on the manufacturing model.
Vispring vs Savoir at a Glance
| Vispring | Savoir | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Origin | Plymouth, England | London, England |
| Spring System Architecture | 100% In-House (Vanadium Steel Wire) | Traditional Hourglass Springs (Hand-Nested & Tied) |
| Starting Price (King set) | Mattress: $6,600 Sleep system: $11,400 (with Divan and does not include a topper) |
From approximately $8,000 |
| Mid-Range Price (King set) | $8,000–$25,000 | $20,000–$50,000 |
| Top of Range | $127,000+ (Diamond Majesty) | $138,000+ (No. 1 Bed Set) |
| Lead Time | 3-8 weeks | 11–12 weeks typically |
| Official Guarantee / Warranty | 30 Years | 25 Years |
* Pricing varies by model, size, configuration, upholstery, base, topper, materials, promotions, taxes, delivery, and showroom location. The figures above are intended as directional comparisons and should be confirmed directly with each brand before purchase.
It is worth noting that Vispring’s entry-level Elite mattress is not a stripped-down version of the brand. It is still handcrafted in Plymouth using natural materials, the same vanadium steel pocket-spring construction, and the same fundamental manufacturing principles that define every model in the collection. The craftsmanship does not begin further up the range — it is present from the first model.
Savoir offers a 25-year warranty, and its mid-to-high tier prices can rise significantly through higher-end and bespoke configurations, reflecting the depth of its hand-built process and customization. This detailed process results in a longer typical build time of 11 to 12 weeks.
Vispring tends to suit buyers who want the most technically precise sleep experience: independent spring support, exceptional breathability, long-term body-specific comfort, and the confidence of a 30-year guarantee backed by in-house spring manufacturing. The brand’s quieter identity appeals to buyers who want the best sleep possible.
Savoir tends to suit buyers who want the deepest possible bespoke process — a personal fitting experience, the historic Savoy Hotel heritage, and the ability to commission a completely custom bed for unusual spaces or antique frames. If the experience of being fitted for a bed the way you are fitted for a suit matters as much as the sleep outcome, Savoir is the natural choice.
Both are exceptional. The right one depends entirely on how you sleep, how you shop, and what you value in a long-term investment.
Both brands maintain footprints in SoHo within walking distance of each other, but their local service programs cater to different client needs.
Savoir operates its showroom at 54 Greene Street in SoHo, with an additional showroom at the New York Design Center. Their locations specialize in long-term design consultations, custom fabric staging, and personal body-fitting sessions.
For buyers in Manhattan, Vispring New York, with its showroom at 459 Broome Street, provides a dedicated service program designed to make delivery and ownership as seamless as possible:
For New York buyers, this local support matters. Brian Benko and the team at 459 Broome Street remain the direct point of contact not only for the first consultation, but for delivery, service, turning guidance, and long-term ownership support.
Savoir remains an exceptional choice for buyers who value deep, haute-couture customization and a historic British hospitality heritage.
The best way to choose between Vispring and Savoir is to experience both in person. Both showrooms are in SoHo, within easy walking distance of each other, with Vispring at 459 Broome Street and Savoir at 54 Greene Street, making it uniquely possible to compare them in a single afternoon. Spend at least 20 minutes on each bed, in a quiet environment, and let the feel of the springs and the response of the materials make the case that no comparison table can.
Vispring New York welcomes private consultations at its SoHo showroom at 459 Broome Street. With nine models available to experience in person, the team helps clients understand not only how Vispring compares to other ultra-luxury brands, but which sleep system is genuinely suited to their body, lifestyle, and long-term needs.
(212) 792-7911459 Broome St, New York, NY1500 Lafayette Road, Portsmouth, NH
