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Mattress
Reviews & Ratings Summary -- Based
on Data From Over 4,750 Actual Owners
Page last updated March 3, 2009.
What
You Need To Know
The big picture to know is that memory foam, air, water and
latex mattresses rate significantly higher than innerspring
beds in regard to both comfort and durability / longevity, according
to our research involving thousands of mattress owners.
About
Our Research
The sources for the research data include at least 4,750
reviews / comments of actual mattress owners collected mainly
from at least several hundred online message boards.
Click here for
more information on our research methodology and why it is highly
credible.
Be sure to
visit our mattress
comparison. Also, you can use the box below to search
our mattress research findings:
Comfort
Ratings By Mattress Type
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Mattress
Type
(sample
size)
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Percent
of owners indicating mattress
type is comfortable
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80% |
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61%
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87% |
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81% |
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65% |
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79% |
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The maximum
margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.
Comfort
Ratings
By Mattress Brand
(Each
of the following mattress brands has a sample size of at least
80)
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Mattress
Brand
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Percent of owners indicating
brand is comfortable
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83% |
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Bragada
(memory foam) |
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84% |
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87% |
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62% |
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67% |
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60% |
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61% |
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82% |
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79% |
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37% |
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61% |
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80% |
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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 / number of owner reviews
are currently too small to provide a fair comparison. However,
we provide the limited owner experience information about
them that we have collected because, for the mattress shopper,
having some information is better than having none.
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