Head-to-head Mattress Comparison → Based on Data From Over 8,300 Actual Owners
Page last updated May 15, 2010.
Click on a link for more detailed information and explanation. Note: This page does not include all mattress brands available on the market; it includes only those for which we have found an adequate number of credible owner reviews / comments.
| 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.
- Adjustable bed bases
- Aerobed (airbed)
- Aireloom (innerspring)
- American Sleep Collection (airbed)
- Angel Bed (memory foam)
- Bed in a Box (memory foam)
- Bob-O-Pedic (memory foam)
- Craftmatic (adjustable)
- Denver Mattress (innerspring)
- Dormia (memory foam, latex hybrid, adjustable)
- Duxiana bed (innerspring)
- ECO (latex)
- Englander (innerspring and latex)
- Flobeds (latex)
- Heavenly bed (innerspring)
- Ikea (innerspring)
- Ikea (foam)
- Ikea (latex)
- Intellibed (gel)
- King Koil mattress (innerspring)
- Marriott Bed (regular foam)
- Miralux (latex)
- Natures Rest
- Restonic (innerspring)
- SAT bed (air)
- Savvy Rest (latex)
- Sealy Embody (latex)
- Serta Pure Response (latex)
- Serta True Response (memory foam)
- Simmons Comforpedic (memory foam)
- Sleep Science (memory foam)
- Sonno Prima (foam & memory foam)
- Stearns and Foster (latex)
- Stearns and Foster (memory foam)
- Sterling (combination)
- Vera Wang (combination)
