About Us

Lee has joined us to be the head of our Contemporary Division at John Ryan.   Lee has been with us behind the scenes now for nearly 3 years watching us offer an unrivalled service to people looking for a high quality mattress without the jargon or sales hype.

When we first started we dismissed Memory Foam beds due to the low quality and problems that occurred frequently with them.  Times have however changed and the materials / construction methods have come on leaps and bounds.  We are not too proud to now say that our opinion of Memory Foam and derivatives has changed.

Rather than dismissing this we made the decision to uncover the Memory Foam, Hybrid Foam and Latex market.  We want to provide you, the customer, with a no hype guide in this incredibly secretive and confusing world.

We have recently been proudly accepted into the Guild of Master Craftsmen something we are hugely proud about.  This membership, combined with the fact all our products are hand crafted in England, confirms that John Ryan By Design mattresses are really cut above the rest.

Lee’s mission was simple:

• To uncover each material, the properties, advantages and drawbacks used in Contemporary beds
• Find the best suppliers possible
• Ask all the questions that currently have no answers for consumers
• Ask all the current questions and make sure the answers stack up
• To rigorously test all of these claims
• To create a range of Memory Foam, Hybrid Foam and Latex beds that simply can’t be beaten in terms of quality, price and comfort
• To offer a clear, no hype no nonsense guide for consumers looking at Memory Foam, Hybrid Foam and Latex beds
• To become your trusted advisor

Don’t just take our word for it at John Ryan here is what Lee has to say:

“I’ve always been a problem solver, in fact its what gets me out of bed in the morning.   I’ve been completely bowled over by the amount of misleading information when it comes to beds, in particular Memory, Hybrid and Latex Foam.  The selling tactics, misleading information and extortionate price range had me shaking my head.  As a consumer I could not fathom out what was what and what would be suitable for whom.

So that was it, I’ve been on a mission for the past year, as your consumer champion to hunt down every detail, scrap of knowledge and uncover the truth.  I’ve knocked on factory doors, scientists labs, sales managers car windows and numerous other places to uncover what the differences are between the hundreds of materials and structures.

What I provide is an honest and completely unbiased account of this particular industry.  As part of John Ryan we have crafted a range of mattresses that fall into the Contemporary range of mattresses.  We believe these models can compete with the likes of Dunlopillo. Jensen, Tempur, Velda, Sleepvendor etc, all companies who consider themselves to have top of range offerings.

John and Ryan’s passion for truth within this industry is infectious. I will be talking to you as though I was talking to my mum. Using all my research and problem solving to cut to the chase with you.  I’m passing this on to you absolutely free of charge.  I know from experience where you’re Google searches will take you, and the sheer mass of unfathomable half truths to get you to buy a mattress, any mattress!

 Let’s remove the jargon and have a proper conversation about the kind of bed you really want” 

Lee- John Ryan Contemporary