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Picking a good mattress is essential for your comfort and personal style, and it’s also one of the most important things you can buy for your bedroom and sleep. If you want to buy a new mattress or get rid of an old one, there are many things you should think about first, such as hardness, warmth, pressure relief, and more.
Helix Midnight Luxe
Key Features
- Plush pillow top for extra comfort
- A knit pattern that lets air flow helps with cooling.
- Foam that is shaped to fit side sleeping
The Helix Midnight Luxe is our best mattress overall. It has a flexible hybrid design that helps people who sleep on their sides and supports people who sleep on their backs. The mattress has both strengthened steel coil layers and many layers of foam, which is why it is called a hybrid design. One soft pillow on top of the mattress gives it a fancy look and extra support for people who sleep on their sides. Helix has more challenging mattress types to help keep your neck from rolling out of place if you sleep on your back.
Saatva Classic
Key Features
- Extra support for your spine with Lumbar Zone Technology
- Cover made from hypoallergenic organic cotton
- The two coils help remove body heat, and the euro pillow top provides ease and pain relief.
It has been found that hardness is significant for relieving back pain while you sleep. For most people, medium-firm is the best choice for sleep quality. This is a high-end innerspring mattress from Saatva. It comes in three hardness levels: Plush Soft, Luxury Firm, and Firm. Its Luxury Firm hardness level is medium-firm, making it an excellent choice for people with back pain.
All Saatva mattresses have a “zoned” support layer that is stronger under the lower back. If this layer is too soft, it can cause spine twisting and worsening back pain. The brand also sells other beds, like the Saatva RX hybrid mattress and the Zenhaven rubber mattresses, which are medium-firm to firm and made to help with back pain.
Dreamcloud
Key Features
- Cashmere cover that lets air flow.
- A layer of gel memory foam relieves pressure.
- Premier update is offered for better support.
For less than $700, the DreamCloud Original is a cheap mattress with high-end features like a cashmere-mixed cover. As a hybrid mattress, it has many levels of comfort and support, such as coils for extra edge support, gel memory foam to relieve pressure, and a cover that lets air flow to keep you cool.
The medium-firm feel of the bouncy coils makes them suitable for all sleeping positions. It is ideal for people who like to change positions during the night. The DreamCloud also comes in two better versions: the DreamCloud Premier and the DreamCloud Premier Rest. These have extra comfort foam and cooling features.
Nectar Premier
Key Features
- Cooling gel-infused top foam layer
- Six inches of foam are on top of the cushion to keep motion from being transferred.
- On sale as either a memory foam or a combination mattress
The Nectar Premier is one of our best beds for side sleepers. It comes in memory foam and hybrid forms, with multiple foam layers that relieve pressure and mold to your body. Body heat can build up on foam-heavy beds, making them too hot. The Nectar Premier fixes this problem by adding cooling gel to the top layer of foam.
If you want an even better mattress, get the Nectar Premier Copper. It has tiny copper bits that spread heat across the mattress so it doesn’t pool under you. Even though it’s not cheap, the original Nectar memory foam mattress is still a great way to relieve pressure.
Emma Hybrid Comfort
Key Features
- Cover that lets air flow and keeps wetness out.
- Seven support zones are shaped to fit different parts of the body.
- It is made to help people who sleep on their stomachs or back.
The Emma Hybrid Comfort is a cheap hybrid mattress that comes in a box and is sent to your door. Its eight-inch coil base layer helps it keep its shape when two people lie on it, and three foam layers help relieve some pressure and stop movement across the mattress surface if your pet or partner moves around.
The Winkbed
Key Features
- Pillow top for extra comfort
- Additional edge support to prevent sagging
- Design focus on support and airflow
You can go right with the WinkBed combination mattress if you like hard beds. Winner of the WinkBed tester award, Mark Burka, said, “It has the firmest option for those who love a firm bed.” This high-end mattress has four types of hardness: Softer, Luxury Firm, Firmer, and Firmer, which is made for people who weigh more than 230 pounds.
People who like the solid surface of standard innerspring beds will like the Firmer version the most. Even though it feels hard, the WinkBed is made with a Euro pillow top and foam with gel to make it more comfortable. The Firmer type is a good choice for those who sleep on their stomach or back because the pillow top and foam layers are thinner and not as soft.
Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe
Key Features
- Coils, flexible foam, and a cover help air move.
- 5.5 inches of foam to ease pressure
- Available as an option, pillowtop
Many cooling layers in the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe can help you stay calm if you get hot quickly and sweat a lot while you sleep. This high-end cooling mattress has three firmness levels: Soft, Medium, and Firm. It has an excellent cover, comfort foam that breathes, and coils that move air around and keep heat from building up.
Nolah Evolution
Key Features
- Support in zones for specific pressure relief
- The 15-inch mattress is thicker and has seven support layers.
- It comes in Plush, Luxury Firm, and Firm choices, as well as a Comfort+ version for people who weigh more than 300 pounds.
You can get the support of a foam mattress and the springy feel of a coil mattress in one bed. Nolah Evolution is your best bet if you want this particular mix. This extra-thick 15-inch hybrid mattress comes in three levels of firmness: Plush, Luxury Firm, and Firm. It also has the Nolah Evolution Comfort+ mattress, which is made to support people who weigh more than 300 pounds.
Bear Elite Hybrid
Key Features
- Support coil system with five zones
- You can update the cooling cap.
- It is not harmful and uses foams that are CertiPUR-US approved.
The Bear Elite Hybrid is a hybrid mattress with a five-zone support coil system that relieves pressure where it’s needed for people who sleep on their backs. There are three firmness levels: soft, medium, and firm. Back users may choose the medium hardness level for the most comfort. Bear Elite Hybrid also has many cooling features, like memory foam with copper and an extra cooling cover that you can buy for an additional cost.
Titan Plus
Key Features
- 900 steel strips, each wrapped in its protective case
- High-density foam layers to keep it from sliding.
- Cooling cover is available for an extra cost.
Having a mattress that fits your needs doesn’t cave in too much. For people over 230 pounds, the Titan Plus hybrid mattress is a great choice. We gave this ultra-firm mattress a 9/10 on the firmness scale. It has 900 individually-encased steel coils that keep the mattress lasting longer. It also has high-density foam that keeps it from drooping and a layer of cooling gel foam on top that removes body heat.
