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Head-to-head Mattress Comparison → Based on Data From Over 8,300 Actual Owners

Page last updated May 15, 2010.


   


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Bodi-
pedic		 Select
-a-
Firmness		 Spa Sen-
sations 		Nova-
form		 Bragada Night Therapy
1,122
136
1,505
 722 648 531
310
134
 121
113
259
605
487
560
425
346
191
180
129
Comfort rating*
79%
85%
80%
 82% 80% 82%
78%
70%
 82%
80%
79%
66%
78%
65%
63%
61%
60%
59%
42%
Durability / longevity
Good-
Excellent
Good-
Excellent
Good
 Fair Fair Fair
Fair
Fair
 Fair
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Excellent
Poor-
Fair
Fair-
Good
Poor-
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor
Less pain
Good-
Excellent
Good
Good-
Excellent
 Good-
Excellent		 Good-
Excellent		 Good-
Excellent
Good-
Excellent
Good
 Good-
Excellent
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
Good-
Excellent
Fair
Fair
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Poor
Price
(queen)		 $700-
$4000		 $700-
$5500		 $1300-
$6300		 $420 $385-
$580		 $400 $550-
$800		 $660-
$2375		 $400 $800-
$1620		 $200-
$1800		 $200-
$1200		 $550-
$3400		 $600-
$3000		 $600-
$3000		 $800-
$4200		 $800-
$3000		 $1110-
$4000		 $650-
$2200
Value Good Good
Good
 Good Good Good-
Excellent
Good
Fair-
Good
 Good-
Excellent
Good
 Good Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good		 Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Poor-
Fair
Adjustable firmness
Yes
Yes
No
 No No No
No
No
 No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Firmness Soft-Firm Soft-Firm Medium-
Firm		 Medium-
Firm		 Medium-
Firm		 Firm Medium-
Firm		 Medium Firm Medium Soft-Firm Medium-
Firm		 Medium-
Firm		 Soft-
Firm		 Soft-
Firm		 Med-
Firm		 Soft-
Firm		 Soft-
Firm		 Soft-
Firm
Lightweight
Good
Fair-
Good
Poor-Fair
 Fair Fair Fair
Fair
Poor-Fair
 Fair
Poor-Fair
Poor
Fair-
Good
Poor-Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Fair
Dust mite resistant
Fair
Fair
Fair-
Good
 Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
 Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Good-
Excellent
Poor-
Fair
Fair-
good
Poor
Poor
Poor
Poor
Poor
Poor
Motion isolation
Good
Good
Excellent
 Excellent Excellent Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
 Excellent
Excellent
Poor-
Good
Poor-
Fair
Good-
Excellent
Fair
Poor-
Fair
Good-
Excellent
Fair
Fair-
Good
Fair
No initial odor
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
 Poor-Fair Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good
Poor-
Fair
Fair
 Fair-
Good
Poor
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
No noise Fair Poor-Fair Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Excellent Fair Poor-
Fair		 Excellent Poor-
Fair		 Fair Good Good Good Fair-
Good
No sleep-
ing hot
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
 Fair-
Good		 Fair Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
 Fair-
Good
Fair
Good
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Good
Good
Sex friendly
Fair
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
 Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
 Fair-
Good
Fair-
Good
Fair
Fair
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Good
Fair-
Good
Warranty Fair-
Good 		Fair-
Good
Good Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Good Fair Fair Fair-
Good		 Fair-
Good		 Fair Good Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair
No turning
/ flipping		 Good Good Fair-
Good		 Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair-
Good		 Excellent Poor-
Fair		 Fair-
Good		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair		 Poor-
Fair
Customer
service		 Fair-
Good		 Good Good NA NA NA NA Poor-
Fair		 NA Poor-
Fair		 NA NA NA Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair Fair

* The maximum margin of sampling error is ±4 percentage points.



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.