I Stayed In Every Capsule Hotel in Britain

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[@Paddyman8869]

10:46 I think the bed is so high because next doors bed is under it to save space

[@RosePostedThis]

Good content, but gen AI is theft - thieving from creatives not unlike yourself.

[@kollinkoko]

"What would my dream capsule look like?" *turns it into a hotel room*

[@EdChapman23]

Pretty much 😂

[@DavidisWarpd]

Looks like the premier inn hub hotels.

[@bleukreuz]

He turned the small pod into a normal sized room. Because at first I thought, why would you need miniature chair in there, you won't even be able to sit on it without hitting the ceiling and also hurting your back!

[@andremp03]

The first one looked like a slumlord's idea of a capsule hotel

[@Maerahn]

So... lemme get this right... For £29 a night, you get a noisy, sweaty coffin that looks like it came from Wickes? For £43 a night, you get sweaty shipping container with Blade Runner vibes? For £112 a night, you get a train sleeper compartment for tall people with a crappy bed? Yeah.... think I'll just take my chances with a Travelodge. Thanks for taking one for the team, Ed!

[@rustledjammies8769]

Travelodge can drop as low as £19 some days in some areas for a normal room. Sunday is usually the best day for it! Handy af if you need to "get a room" ;)

[@wastelanderone]

The Gatwick Central Travelodge which I stay at regularly for work is like £60 a night most nights lmao

[@peterjones6640]

@@wastelanderonePremier Inn at North Terminal provided you book well ahead is around £90 a night ( OBs rate varies)

[@Steve-ln3kl]

They could have at least tried to decorate the cheap one, slap a bit of paint on so it's less like a plywood coffin.

[@Leanne_w]

I would rather sleep on the floor of the airport. Rather than the first one 😂 In fact all of them, I could deal with the last one if it was cheaper

[@Alex-cw3rz]

The purple of the gatewick just makes it feel like a dystopian Premier Inn, where they would have a robotic Lenny Henry behind the front desk

[@IF665]

For the one in Gatwick, I think the bed is so high is because you got the "top bunk" so to speak, the room next to you will get the "bottom bunk".

[@JustAnotherPerson4U]

Can you get the bottom bunk by choice? I would prefer to be closer to the ground because it's cooler since heat rises.

[@LiamTravels]

​@@JustAnotherPerson4Uthanks for the lesson in thermodynamics

[@VenusBijou]

It's kind of funny how the simple addition of inexpensive things like different coloured lights and a fancy fan control immediately makes someone feel as if the accommodation is more luxurious!

[@rosiefay7283]

But he was uncomfortably hot in the first pod, and still a bit warm in the second even with the ventilation on full, so the ventilation really was useful.

[@ThisWontEndWell]

The first one was basically a dog kennel with a mattress.

[@EdChapman23]

A memory foam mattress though 😍

[@Leanne_w]

Don’t insult a dog kennel like that

[@DanHancock]

Fair play, the first ad read I’ve sat through and not skipped forward 😂

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[@jaqwatson9425]

Same as

[@yarrrghhdontouchitdontouchit]

@@EdChapman23: You smashed it Ed, great format.

[@sorscha1308]

I stayed at the Yotel in Heathrow a few years ago. If this one's anything like that one, the bed is that high because the stack these slightly higher up or lower down to maximise space. Someone will be sleeping in another bed just under yours. Their room will be at a lower level, so they're not sleeping on the floor or anything but it will make that room a bit more 'accessible' for non-youths.

[@suzieque9934]

That wasn't a breakfast it was more like a kids pack lunch 😂

[@dtuk22]

True....aka its naff

[@danielmalinen6337]

Some see and have also proposed the capsule hotel concept as a solution to the housing crisis because "they would be the future of rental housing" and "rents for smaller apartments would be more affordable" and "tenants currently want smaller apartments." However, I believe that living in rented capsule apartments is not healthy for people and mental health, because capsule hotels are not meant for permanent living, but for temporary overnight stays. And that's why I'm afraid of the plans to build rental apartments for the poor and students with a capsule hotel concept.

[@sarahtyster7342]

yes, are the mega rich queuing up for capsule apartments? no? then you know it's probably shit. you are right. it's just about profit.

[@jfwfreo]

Instead of copying capsule hotels, what we (as in countries like the UK, USA, Australia etc with housing problems) should be doing is copying those tiny apartments they have in Japan. Having seen many KZbin videos showing off such apartments I think they (if they did them properly) would be great for people who don't need a lot of space and don't own a lot of stuff.

[@danielmalinen6337]

@@jfwfreo If the building costs can be kept low. In Finland, we tried mini-apartments and built a few apartment buildings with 10 and 15 square meter apartments as a test. But the rents of these mini-apartments rised so high that no one rents them for 700-900 euros a month, when you can rent a 30-square-meter apartment for 500 euros. Even the marketing of mini-apartments as luxury didn't attract residents to move into them.

[@MrMcChuckles95]

Sounds like some Tory nonsense to me

[@sarahstrong7174]

CLAUSTROPHOBIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cecillekinnear4585]

You could sleep in a washing machine at a laundromat and be more comfortable. This is very funny. You have me hooked.

[@Evo2Infallibility]

It's like sleeping in an MRI machine, but with higher amounts of radiation.

[@markt5703]

😅

[@JesmondBeeBee]

I watched loads of videos of Japanese capsule hotels (and train sleeping compartments) a couple of years ago. (They're relaxing, don't judge me! 😂) And if I'd had to guess what a British version would be like, the first one you stayed at was definitely that!

[@Leanne_w]

Fr 😂

[@Bessie66]

Waking up in the middle of the night forgetting for a few seconds where you were - capsule accommodation, stuff of nightmares!

[@markylon]

I'd be interested in knowing the Carbon Dioxide levels in them, especially the first one.

[@SomeoneBeginingWithI]

Might be interesting to go back in the winter and see what the temperature is like then

[@xIDarkSideIx]

That first one looks like a bloody dogs kennel been lobbed together with some cheap ass mdf... 😐😐😐😐

[@EdChapman23]

😂😂😂 They wouldn't allow dogs to stay in there!

[@dutchdykefinger]

@@EdChapman23 :')

[@RustyPetterson]

@@EdChapman23 The first one was made out of PLYWOOD, not MDF. You kids don't seem to realise how expensive plywood is nowadays. But yeah it looked like shit lol.

[@7ha7person65]

You made the sponsorship actually engaging and funny and relevant to the video well done lol

[@KleioChronicles]

There’s no chance you want to sleep in a capsule without some proper ventilation. Having at least minimal soundproofing instead of just a thin piece of wood. The real question is if the capsule hotel is better than a hostel. Why choose a capsule over a normal hotel room for the same price? Maybe it makes more sense in a big expensive city though as you’re unlikely to find hotels at a low price. They should have the best capsules for sleeper trains though.

[@flowermeerkat6827]

There is no way in hell, I'd stay in any of them. Props to you for doing it.

[@GothicFlowerZ]

A vision of a swan in a puddle saying ‘better get a Travelodge’ just popped into my mind while watching this. 😅

[@hcstubbs3290]

Jeez, that last one is insane. I stayed in a single hotel room with a TV and a private shower, sink, and toilet four minutes on a bus from Gatwick airport for £50 the night before a flight. It also had free breakfast, but I didn't get to eat it as my flight was too early. I then stayed in a private room in capsule hostel in Malaga and I had loads of space for £20 a night. That hostel was so lovely.

[@slowsuperb18t]

I thought id seen it all with the knife and fork for food but an APPLE 😂😂😂 great video again bud keep it up.

[@MarkThomas-nx1dg]

£29 a night to sleep in a glorified coffin lol

[@felixhenson9926]

Honestly, the cost of London hotels, that is still not bad lol.

[@kweenbambee]

Aye. I'd rather sleep in a tent.

[@jenn8495]

At least you get some sort of sleep in a coffin

[@Jimmy40k]

I stayed in a Yotel in Schiphol between flights. One of the best night's sleep I ever had. I had a bottom bunk though...

[@dutchdykefinger]

didn't even know we had this in the netherlands lol haven't been to amsterdam in ages though

[@ryanterry6547]

Ed just out here pissing people off cutting an apple with knife and fork 😂

[@sparerib]

"There's a skid mark in the toilet and it isn't even mine!" That had me proper cocking misen laughing mate. 😂

[@peppermintsea9043]

“The naughty chair” Thanks for the laughs.

[@ARK613]

I stayed at a capsule hotel in Kyiv Ukraine. Great experience. It looked a bit like the first one in this video (wooden) , but built a bit better. No fan , but the temperature inside the whole building was perfect. All in , it was $12 USD for the night Would happily stay there again.

[@rockerjim8045]

have you read the news?

[@toe102]

you need to try the Premier inn Hub Hotels see what they are like

[@mariadavies-roberts9322]

I had an anxiety attack just watching the first one. I am not mentally ready for a capsule hotel.

[@Footystickersuk]

The first one literally did look like a coffin! Who eats an apple with a knife & fork😂😂😂 ed you legend!

[@listey]

How else would you eat an apple?

[@sjc5978]

I believe Karl Pilkington eats Oranges 🍊 in the bath.... great minds

[@clarea1801]

He's a trendsetter

[@kristenblount8422]

For the price, I would pick the middle one if it had a better air conditioner. The airport one was definitely the nicest, especially with the private toilet & shower, but I'm not sure it's worth it unless you need to be at the airport for some reason. They missed a trick by not offering that freeze-dried astronaut ice cream though 😂

[@Doctor.Kästien.Louis.Rosenberg]

5:14 Full of Gregg’s Sausage Rolls 😂

[@jblen]

Capsule hotels are a good idea if they're actually cheap, but in practice all that going to happen is they're going to charge regular prices for a capsule pod and then raise the price for a proper hotel.

[@wastelanderone]

The Gatwick Central Travelodge which I stay at regularly for work is like £60 a night most nights lmao

[@kweenbambee]

These are horrible. We shouldn't be considering coffins as the future of basic, affordable shelter. This isn't good for physical or mental health. It would be healthier to stay in a tent for any amount of time.

[@WhichDoctor1]

Yeah, the sci fi versions of these were imagined because of severely limited space of spaceships and such. We are currently living on a whole ass planet. There is more than enough room for people to have more than a couple square meters to themselves. The only limiting factor is the insanely inflated costs of property. And that’s an entirely invented problem. We could choose to arrange things so that isn’t an issue if we wanted to. And personally I think that’d be a better idea than us all being forced to sleep in coffins with RGB lights

[@West.Ham1964]

Actually I've got a fairly early flight at Gatwick in about a month. That room looks OK for a cheaper option for that area, no frills. No TV either though, sadly. Mind you, now I've looked online it does say the standard rooms come with a smart TV.

[@EdChapman23]

There is a TV, not sure about it being a smart one though didn't try

[@razzo15]

I love the whole capsule idea. They just need to get it right. The warmth would put me off though. Good vid and most random breakfast 🤣

[@SlideIX]

Entertaining video and useful review. I enjoyed learning about the uk’s capsule hotels and might give the second one a go in the future (during winter when I want my room to be warm)

[@Paula_Shelton]

This channel just started popping up on my recommended and I love it! Really great content.

[@unknownfuture.]

iv stayed in a Capsule in london bridge st christopher's inns hostel, I was going to stay for the week but it was during summer and I just could not sleep it was far too hot in them boxs, and plus it was so noisy too! Had to book a hotel halfway and got some of my money back. Dont know why they charge 40 odd when you can just get a room for less.

[@stellahulott210]

Absolutely loved this, and by coincidence I stayed in cabin no. 28 at Gatwick earlier this week but just on a minimum 4 hour layover. But I had a low bed. It was also bloody freezing in there. But fun! As for having a plunge pool in your dream cabin, LOL, you legend! ❤❤❤

[@beaudavies1737]

The last one didn't look too bad but wouldn't pay that price 😂

[@cariad561]

They're an upgrade on a bed in a hostel dorm, I probably would stay in them on that basis

[@Hayley_7426]

I stayed in a capsule hostel in Edinburgh and thought it was great; it was very spacious and cost about £100 for 4 nights. I also sleep with ear plugs though

[@meganjohnston41]

Your comedic timing in this one was extra on point 😂 you're awesome

[@EdChapman23]

Gracias 😊

[@bleukreuz]

6:43 Teryiaki chicken yumm 10:28 THe bed is very tall because that's where the neighbouring room's bed is. Think of it as a bunk bed but only one bed (top/bottom bunk) is accessible from each room.

[@FurryWulfz]

I dunno who is paying £100+ to stay in a coffin when they can just go to a hotel.

[@ImpureForce]

To be fair he didn't pay £100+ to stay in the coffin; third room doesn't compare to the first one. And airport hotels are very expensive so £112 is one of the cheapest rate. You pay for the convenience.

[@samuelconnolly347]

This is true, but Crawley is a very short train journey from Gatwick and trains run late. You can find relatively affordable hotels there - much less than the airport.

[@darrenbertram7289]

Last time I stayed at the Yotel it was only £59 ("proper" hotels being £150.) T'was ideal if you had an early flight. Wouldn't spend £112 on it though.

[@loxdixon]

Impossible to know for sure, but I think that drawer at the Gatwick place may have been a step up to the bed. Hope this helps!

[@EdChapman23]

I realised eventually 😅

[@hilarybramley7529]

This was horrific, I'll have nightmares, now. The price of the Gatwick one is approaching a "normal" hotel. Glad to see you eating actual food.

[@r5gtturbo197]

You should have gone to France got a tan , then held onto the underside of a truck back to England , the government would have give you a proper hotel room free 🤷‍♂️ First capsule was like a dog cage

[@rugglez]

After seeing the first one .... I've got some MDF here and a couple of stools. All I need are some mattresses and I can build my own hotel! Have to make sure not to paint or decorate it to keep the same vibe though.

[@rugglez]

Just walked past a couple mattresses on my way back from the shop. Jobs a good un!!!

[@PaulFlooks]

If I wasn't claustrophobic when I went in one of those, I would be when I came out!

[@deborahnlarryclifton]

Fantastic video as always Ed. You soon put the shower gel amd shampoo in their place! I love your honesty, and the fact you are so humorous without even trying! Thank you, and keep them coming x

[@primordialdoll]

There’s a capsule hotel in Edinburgh which is good, it’s called CoDe

[@swanchamp5136]

I've stayed in a version of a Yotel that was a proper hotel, they called it mission control there as well, though the toilet and shower were in cubicles and the shower door leaked water into the room there as well, must be standard for Yotel shower design. The bed though was queen sized and it had a reclining function. Pretty good for about £220 for 3 nights.

[@RionTokymaka]

I’d put forward the Shark Hotel at Thorpe Park as a capsule hotel. They’re marketed as cabins, but 2 people staying there is a nightmare. One has to stay on the bed so the other can move around the ‘cabin’ freely. Don’t know how people manage with kids as well in there. You’ve also got the Star Gazing pods at Alton Towers.

[@iDrxpGaming27]

I’ve never slept in one and now don’t want to 😂

[@Lighting_Desk]

Wait capsules are a thing in the UK

[@jasonmarriott4869]

The knife and fork for the apple 😂. Pure irritation shot for the comments that. Class.

[@EdChapman23]

I'm glad someone gets it 😂

[@cjrko]

There’s one in Edinburgh as well the code co living

[@Zombie_killer-mq3zr]

You left the best feature out of the Gatwick one… the 24hr Greggs which is right next to where you done your summing up of it! And it’s priced like a normal Greggs too

[@Hollows1997]

I like the idea of the capsule hotel, and honestly think the third one at Gatwick was ideal. That being said, for the same price I stayed at the hub by premier inn, pretty much the same set up just slightly larger and was 2 minutes away from Westminster. Love the concept, but it needs work.

[@Buzerio]

I nearly (but didn't) ended up staying at the Hackney capsule hotel one night when I thought I'd be waiting around for the first train. For £29 it seemed a better deal than waiting ages at the train station and getting no sleep. I guess they make more sense to compare to hostels than proper hotels but I don't think I'd be able to get much sleep in one

[@krimke881]

That last breakfast was complete hokum.

[@Nyctophora]

"You're just a soap" - truth! :D

[@francespayne6510]

I've stayed at the first place several times and it's so cheap and convenient. They provide free ear plugs and it's completely dark, so I always sleep through the night. Yes it's small, but it's a bit like sleeping in a tent really, but there's electricity.

[@JocelynCreek]

The Gatwick one looks useful if you have a very early flight. Thanks for this, i am planning a holiday & it;s useful to know

[@mullac25]

First one was a coffin for living people😂

[@GamerFlair]

Honestly, calling that first one in Hackney a coffin is really unfair. Coffins have way higher build quality.

[@lilyns99]

There’s another one at St Christopher’s Inn at London Bridge. Was paid for by company to stay there for a few hours rest. It was truly horrid. Blaring music from the bar next door made the capsules vibrate and it smelled of damp

[@ferrariboydanf1]

Hi Ed I have only just found this channel in last month. Absolutely loving it going through all your old stuff £ coming your way 😉 I found this video very interesting. I did prefer the last one as it had the toilet and shower in the room I'm a very light sleeper so no windows is excellent. Anyway keep up the good work thanks dan👍

[@Spiritofthecimmarron]

The bed is so high in the last one because the capsule to the left of you has the bed at the bottom underneath yours!! its pot luck if you get the high up or low down bed i believe.

[@Leo-fluffy]

There’s a capsule hotel in Glasgow as well

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

Loved the ad integration. I actually want adobe

[@LillyP-xs5qe]

That breakfast isn't £7 worth, it like £3 at most, at least here in Leicester you can get so much better for less, like a falafel wrap for £4, that will fill you up all day. Or get a large curry in one of the many pure vegetarian Indian restaurants here for £5

[@blitzsah]

For breakfast? We don’t eat curry for breakfast bro

[@Heavygoodz]

hey ed if you're ever flying out of gatwick (or just fancy trying it) check out bloc hotel! similar to a capsule but a little bigger with runway views

[@KelseyBDJ]

When you were reading the labels on them bottles you gave off A Broud in Japan vibes when he reads terrible Japanese English... 😆 😂

[@MattSwain1]

The only one I’d consider would be the last one. You’re paying for the convenience of being right at the airport and maybe if I had an early morning flight it would be worth it (even though I’d begrudge every last penny of the price)

[@ChristianHowes]

"Lovely stuff" this content would be at home on Planet Partridge

[@wearecity]

I stayed in the Gatwick one, last week. The price is a rip off, but the bed I thought really comfortable. The shower was good as well.

[@ryuhayabaker]

Stayed in capsule hotels in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore before and they were perfectly fine. Also stayed in 1 star basic hotels in Sydney and just this week in Girona. Room was basically wide enough for a small dog to lie down. Literally with both you could hear traffic or someone snoring in the next room. Give me a capsule any time.

[@lazygazzzer]

Stayed in a Yotel at Charles de Gaul airport waiting for a connecting flight. What a load of shite that was. Got a family room. It had ensuite toilet and shower with a large glass partition and a see-through curtain for privacy. I used the toilet down the corridor instead. The canteen was a shelf in the reception area with packets of crisps and biscuits and expensive bottled water. The design was meant to be futuristic but lots of things were falling apart and the place wasn't especially clean. It didn't seem well staffed, the few guests there were just clinging to a table by the reception desk wondering where they were supposed to go.

[@DavidPaulMorgan]

ha! check out the EasyHotel on Cromwell Road, London. The test cat refused to enter! there was enough space to put a very small cabin bag next to the bed. the toilet, sink & shower were one very small room. TV remote was 'extra'! no windows. I spent most of the time self-medicating with beer and red-wine in Earl's Court. (working Chiswick)

[@Basauri.48970]

Seen much worse in Earls Court back in the day. Some "hotels" there were straight out the setting of a horror movie only 25 years ago, with the dodgiest and sleaziest looking owners to match the theme. Was a fun place though before gentrification stripped it out of its weird soul.

[@chalayan]

The capsule hotel in hackney looks like a coffin lol. Europe need to learn from Japan on how to do a nice capsule hotel. Yotel is more like a hotel than a capsule hotel. You can convert to full bed and a propoer bathroom, hence it is more expensive. Stayed at Yotel Heathrow for one night and bed is comfy.

[@alastairjones0]

The only real difference between the Gatwick capsule and an actual hotel room is a window. Normal hotels with windowless rooms should market them as space age capsules

[@Beyondthebinarybrain]

For the first one, me and my partner actually stayed there the day before this was uploaded, the guys there were absolutely lovely and sorted out our issue with the fan since ours didn’t work either. Very clean, lovely common area. It is VERY noisy though. And only for a single person, but me and my partner fitted in that small capsule all night 😂

[@lisabudd5979]

The last one was like afirst class airplane or train experience and your humour was very funny 😂

[@VanpyroGaming0]

I'd probably stay in a capsule hotel because finding a room with a single bed in a normal hotel is near impossible

[@ashscott6068]

What the HELL are those prices? I thought the idea of having a room the size of a phone booth, was to save money. I've had all inclusive, 5 star resort rooms the size of a decent apartment, for those prices. AND with a sea view. AND in countries with decent weather.

[@notwithoutpizza4702]

Which countries

[@ashscott6068]

@@notwithoutpizza4702 Egypt, Thailand, Turkey. You'd probably get a really nice room in Vietnam for that price, too...hell most of SE Asia. But even a backpacker's hostel in London is cheaper than many of these, if all you want is a place to sleep. And those are a bit of a rip-off, too.

[@mccuejonathan]

I’ve stayed in a couple of the CityHub capsule hotels in Amsterdam and Copenhagen and they were fantastic

[@chriswyatt9869]

I’ve stayed in a fair few capsule style hotels and hostels in my travels in Asia. They’re ok. It’s nice to have a little bit more privacy but overall the price increase and how damn hot it can get in them, doesn’t really justify them. Also they’re typically not very social places. Just get a normal hostel bunk bed with a curtain for cheaper 9/10. But I do see the appeal occasionally for one

[@sinner9017]

Can literally get a full fry up and a cuppa for 6 pound where I am 😂😂🤦‍♀️

[@denissingleton325]

That spoon rant is like James May’s rant about the wooden coffee splinters on Graham Norton years back hahaha

[@ARK613]

Are wooden ice cream spoons not normal in the UK? In the US , we grew up with those spoons included in ice cream cups. Well, at least those of us old enough to remember life before smartphones. 😄

[@denissingleton325]

@@ARK613 only with us imported products

[@FerretKibble]

The first one is great for anyone who would rather not sleep on a park bench... suspect it's priced for that market too.

[@alastairjones0]

I’ve renamed my b&b reception to ‘Mission Control’

[@Lorondos]

You earned a sub with that 20 second ice cream interlude 😂

[@EdChapman23]

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