Best Amazon Mattress Reviews

Why Shop On Amazon For A Mattress?

You’ve already decided to go the online route in your mattress-buying endeavor. Maybe that’s because you like the bed-in-a-box concept. Maybe you want that industry standard risk-free trial period. Maybe it all comes down to the convenience of being able to shop for a mattress from the comfort (or discomfort, more likely) of your current, soon-to-be-replaced bed.

Narrowing down the search to beds available on Amazon has the benefit of easy and familiar navigation, Amazon pricing (which can differ from the MSRP), and that nifty little “compare to similar items” button. Of course, you can check out online mattresses by visiting the company’s website, but if you want to see a variety of brands all in one place, Amazon can do that for you.

Amazon also houses reviews from verified buyers. And being a consumer review business over here, we’re pretty big proponents of doing your research and comparing mattresses.

Our Amazon Shopping Tips

Tip One: Read everything. Seriously, read everything. Most online/bed-in-a-box mattresses come with the industry standard free shipping, risk-free trial period, free returns, and extended warranties. But if you decide to go the Amazon route, as opposed to ordering directly from the company, it’s a good idea to double check all of those things. Sometimes, purchasing a mattress on Amazon will negate that 100-night trial period that a lot of brands offer on their website. If that’s the case, you’ll most likely be stuck with Amazon’s 30-day return policy as your “trial period.”

Also, we have heard that you might have to jump through some extra hoops in order to return a mattress via Amazon. So again, it might be a good idea to email the seller before you actually purchase a mattress to inquire about how they handle trial periods, returns, and warranties via Amazon.

Tip Two: Pay attention to the seller. Just because you’re looking at nice, pretty, studio-shot photos of a mattress, doesn’t guarantee that’s what you’ll actually get. There are heartless scammers out there, people. Don’t let yourself be a victim of their disreputable ways. Check out the seller ratings and read the comments. Be safe, not sorry. Be conscious, not conned.

Tri-Tip (get it?): Don’t be seduced by low, low prices. You can find really affordable stuff on Amazon, but you still get what you pay for. Going for a cheaply priced bed on Amazon can save you a lot of money, and you’ll technically have a new mattress, but don’t expect to get something well-made. There might be a few exceptions, but as a general rule, assume the quality will match the price.

Tip Four: Do your research outside of Amazon, as well. Amazon reviews are convenient and can be a good place to find red flags, like we mentioned, but they’re rarely comprehensive. It’s always a good idea to look for information on products from sources other than the seller or maker. And seeing as you’re here at the Slumber Yard, you’re already doing that. Look at you go.

Sleeper Type

Regardless of where you decide to do your mattress shopping, you’ll want to have a general idea of what kind of bed is comfortable for you. This is especially true when shopping online for a bed because you can’t actually feel the mattress, so you have to know what to look for in the description and reviews.

Here’s a breakdown of the basics, the need-to-know, the general info that all people who sleep on beds should have in regards to sleeper type:

Back and stomach sleepers should look for beds with ample support around your hips and trunk area. You want to be sure you keep your spine in alignment, which means you can’t have an uncomfortable gap under your lower back and you don’t want a bed that sinks too much all over. This generally means something on the firmer side, as opposed to a bed described as soft or medium-soft.  Here are our lists of the best mattresses for stomach sleepers and best mattresses for back sleepers.

Side sleepers need to look for mattresses that provide pressure relief. When sleeping on your side, you still want to keep your spine straight to prevent waking up sore. That means you need the bed to give around your shoulder and hips and you don’t want to have a gap under your stomach. Side sleepers usually need a softer bed than back and stomach sleepers.

Combo sleepers (those who switch positions throughout the night) will want something that caters to both the need for support and pressure relief. Look for a mattress in the middle-ground in terms of softness/firmness and pay attention to the material used for each layer of the mattress. Here’s our list of the best mattresses for combination sleepers.

How Your Weight Affects How A Mattress Feels

Say it with me: Mattresses feel different to different people.

If you’re a heavier person, a mattress may feel quite soft to you, but that same mattress will feel a lot firmer to someone who’s very light. It’s not a complicated thing to understand, it’s just something that can easily be forgotten when you’re reading comments or descriptions, or watching a video review.

Be sure to always interpret descriptions of feel, firmness, and support in relation to your own body. Generally speaking, 225 lb+ is considered a heavier individual, while 115 lb and below is considered very petite.

For reference in regard to our content, when we talk about feel and firmness, we’re speaking from the mixed perspective of people between 150-200 lb, and then we’ll add caveats from our 200 lb+ and sub-100 lb team members.

Caring For Your Mattress

Very few mattresses have a removable cover, which in turn means that very few mattresses have a machine washable cover. That leaves you to spot clean whatever messes you make. You dropped your cup of coffee? Gonna have to spot clean. Sleeper Jr. had an accident? Gonna have to spot clean. You put a wall garden above your bed because you saw it on Pinterest, but now you have damp soil and a straight up #PinterestFail soaking through your sheets? Gonna have to spot clean.

Spot cleaning is easy, though. All you need is warm water and a mild detergent. Use a cloth and press at the stain, but avoid getting the mattress too wet. In the case of most little spills and whatnot, spot cleaning will suffice, but it probably won’t prevent staining.

What Else Should You Look At On Amazon?

Amazon’s got a lot of stuff (A to Z, remember?), so you might as well shop for some other mattress-related goods while you’re there.

Our suggestion is to check out mattress protectors on Amazon. Like we said, very few mattresses have removable covers, so you end up having to spot clean. And even if you do have the option of taking the mattress’s cover off, it’s often a hassle and isn’t actually an added convenience when it comes to cleaning.

But with a mattress protector, you can easily take it off and toss it in the wash. That’s really nice. Plus, it protects your bed from stains and prevents liquids from seeping into the materials. It also helps cut back on general wear and tear, so your mattress can really fulfill its lifespan potential.

You can also find decently priced pillows, sheet sets, bedding, and even bed frames on Amazon. Whatever bed-related stuff you need, I’m willing to bet that you can find it on Amazon. And if you have Amazon Prime, you may be able to get some of those items with Prime benefits.

Foundations And Frames

You have a lot of options when it comes to choosing what you want to put your mattress on. Or more than likely, you already have a bed frame or foundation and are replacing or trying to find your new mattress. Either way, you’ll want to be sure whatever mattress you buy will work with your bed frame situation.

Some bed frames are slatted, some have boxsprings, some are adjustable, and sometimes you just moved out of your parents’ place and your mom kept your bed frame for the new guest room, so you’re putting your mattress on the floor in the one-bedroom apartment you share with two roommates.

And in most cases, with the majority of mattresses that we’ve reviewed, all of those options are fine. But it’s always better to be safe than sorry, and by that I mean it’s better to spend a few minutes checking the company’s website than to end up having to either buy a new bed frame or return your mattress.