Mattress Reviews & Ratings Summary -- Based on Data From Over 7,125 Actual Owners
Page last updated Feb 2, 2010.
What You Need To Know
Memory foam, air, water and latex mattresses generally rate significantly higher than innerspring mattresses in regard to both comfort and durability / longevity, according to our research involving thousands of owners.
In addition, each mattress type has its own distinct characteristics, advantages and disadvantages that you should know before making a purchase.
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About Our Research
The sources for the research data include at least 7,100 reviews / comments of actual mattress owners collected from diverse, credible sources.
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Comfort Ratings by Mattress Type
| Mattress
Type (sample size) |
Percent
of owners indicating mattress type is comfortable |
| Air (1343) |
80% |
| Innerspring (1839) |
61% |
| Latex (455) |
80% |
| Memory
Foam (3021) |
81% |
| Futon (251) |
65% |
| Water (243) |
79% |
The maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
Comfort Ratings By Mattress Brand -- Alphabetical Order
(Each of the following mattress brands has a sample size of at least 80)
| Mattress
Brand (type) |
Percent
of owners indicating brand is comfortable |
| Bergad
/ Isoform (memory foam) |
80% |
| Bodipedic (memory foam) |
82% |
| Bragada (memory foam) |
82% |
| Comfortaire (airbed) |
85% |
| Kingsdown (innerspring) |
60% |
| Night Therapy (memory foam) |
82% |
| Sealy
Posturepedic (innerspring) |
65% |
| Sealy SpringFree (latex) |
77% |
| Serta (innerspring) |
62% |
| Simmons
Beautyrest (innerspring) |
61% |
| Sleep
Innov/Novaform (memory foam) |
78% |
| Sleep
Number / Select Comfort (airbed) |
79% |
| Spa Sensations (memory foam) |
82% |
| Spring
Air (innerspring) |
42% |
| Stearns
& Foster (innerspring) |
59% |
| Tempur-Pedic (memory foam) |
80% |
The maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
Why no information on mattress models?
Gathering data on mattress models is difficult because, unlike mattress brands, most people do not know their model. In addition, model names can differ from store to store, making a proper comparison difficult, if not impossible, to do.
IMPORTANT -- The above ratings do not guarantee that you personally will find a top-rated mattress to be comfortable and a lower-rated mattress to be less comfortable. Each individual person is different and has different preferences. The above ratings represent an aggregate of owner reviews / comments and are meant to be one factor to consider when looking for a bed. You should, of course, test a bed before purchase to ensure as much as possible that it is right for you personally.
Supplemental Findings
The mattress brands below are not included with the mattresses above because their sample sizes and / or number or sources are currently too small to provide a fair and accurate comparison. However, we provide the limited owner experience information about them that we have collected.
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