Alexa Double Sofa Bed
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- Brand: Bensons for Beds
From £449.99
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- Brand
- Bensons for Beds
- Retailer
- Bensons for Beds
- Delivery time
- Good
- Customer sentiment
- Average
- Guarantee
- Excellent
About the Alexa Double Sofa Bed
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As a spare-room sofa that turns into a double sleep surface, the Alexa is being bought less like a main bed frame and more like compact guest furniture. Simple construction suits occasional use. The repeated owner detail is minimal assembly: legs bolted on, then a fold-down conversion rather than a separate pull-out mattress system. Its velvet finish is the part that lifts the look, with several accounts describing the blue or green upholstery as smarter than expected for the money and close to the product imagery. For a budget-priced double sofa bed, that fabric-led style is on-tier to generous; the compromise versus a dedicated slatted bedstead is that support comes from the folding sofa platform, rather than from a separate mattress sitting on sprung or solid slats. That puts it in the occasional sofa-bed class, not the everyday bedstead class. Practical comments also point to a low opened height, around 23cm in one detailed account, which can be useful for children but less appealing for adults who dislike getting up from near floor level. It needs space to open forward. Its compactness is strongest when closed as a small sofa, not when treated as a permanent double bed.
For grandchildren, short stays and a room that still needs to function as seating, the Alexa’s strengths line up neatly with happier buyer accounts: it looks smart, feels solid as a sofa, arrives needing little assembly, and folds down easily when the mechanism behaves. Adult guests are the harder audience. A double fitted sheet is said to sit neatly once opened, and more than one household adds a topper from the start, which is a telling sign even in favourable feedback. Comfort is where the split becomes sharp: low-scoring reviews repeatedly describe the bed surface as very firm, with some guests still sleeping poorly despite a thick topper, and one account says the metal frame can be felt through the surface. The mechanism is another weak point, because while some find it straightforward, multiple poorer experiences describe force being needed after only a few uses or a section failing to open properly. The low height also divides opinion, helping with children’s sleepovers but frustrating adults, especially taller guests; one longer account notes the bed is workable for a shorter person but less generous for someone over six foot. If the aim is a good-looking compact sofa for occasional guests, this works. If the priority is adult sleep comfort or frequent double-bed use, a proper guest bedstead with a separate mattress, or a higher-spec sofa bed tier, makes more sense.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Buyers find the sofa bed easy to transform with minimal effort.
- The material is praised as visually appealing and high quality.
- Users appreciate the compact size for fitting into small rooms.
- Several owners describe the sofa as supportive and ideal for occasional use.
Cons
- Many users report discomfort when sleeping, even with a mattress topper.
- Owners mention issues with the opening mechanism requiring excessive force.
- A few find the height of the sofa bed too low for ease of access.
- Several customers experienced a lack of helpful assembly instructions.
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Reader reviews of the Alexa Double Sofa Bed
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Looks great and it's clearly well made, but it's very uncomfortable to sleep on. Very low to the ground too, even with the legs. For what it is, I'd say it's overpriced, possibly due to the fact that not everyone wants a green velvet sofa bed. But I did expect more.
Well.made and good.value Good value although delivery time was long. Good bed for the money
Easy to assemble, beautiful design and compact. Ideal for a small room.
I don't buy yet but description is very good. Materials and specifications are nice but delivery is too long and very expensive.
Great piece of furniture. Looks good and well made. Works well as a sofa but not tried it as a bed. Bensons good as a company to deal with. Friendly and professional in store and the delivery team.
Great quality sofa bed perfect for my office/ spare room. Looks great in blue and cushions are comfortable. Sofa is little hard but having sofa beds in the past I know this is the trade off. I feel it may soften up over time but for what I needed a great addition. Easy to switch to a bed and I found this was one of the only sofa beds which was compact but folds to a double bed, and not a small double. Fast delivery and friendly staff made the purchase a positive experience.
Great item and experience from purchase to delivery again. Lovely sofa just what I wanted. I would recommend.
Product bought considered very good and sufficient for purpose bought.
Great product and shop staff are very helpful, we struggled to find a man with a van and they kindly assisted
Lovely fabric. Could be softer but fine for skate bed.
Lovely piece of furniture and looks great in the emerald green. Only thing which could be improved is the height from the floor when as a bed. It is low for some people
Sofa bed in rich blue velvet. Lovely look. Seems good quality fabric. Firm but I'd say comfy and easy to use but I've not yet slept on it. Had a short lie down tho and seems even and supportive. Happy with my purchase.
Love the colour, the size, the material & how simple it was to make it up & to prepare it to sleep in! Faaaaantastic!
Exactly what we wanted. Nice colour in green. Ideal size for what we needed. A little bit hard to sit on but overall comfortable.
We bought this for the kids playroom to double as a spare bed. It looks good and is really comfy.
Simple. Attractive. Good price. Packaging taken away by delivery staff. Does exactly what is says...
Nice comfortable settee but too firm to sleep on without a mattress
Never bought a sofa bed before and I was very cautious as to how comfortable it'll be. This bed was easy to build and is very comfy, not massive but easily fit 2 average sized adults. Looks gorgeous as the sofa. Had lots of compliments
Really pleased with my sofa bed, very easy to put up and down. And looks lovely I put a mattress topper on and it is very comfortable
The sofa bed has served us well as both a bed for our first night in our new house, then as a sofa since. Spot on, just what we wanted. The manager at the shop couldn't have been more helpful, showing us his full range, opening them all out and then helping us to the car with the bed we chose. Great to deal with, very pleased.
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