Buying your next mattress: What to look for

The older we get, the more we seek for the perfect mattress. When we were kids, we could sleep on any hard or soft bed, on the chair, sofa, anywhere! 🤣

I never imagined shopping for a new mattress would be this hard. 😅

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Researching & buying a new mattress is a full-time job! But it's worth it! If you choose the right mattress, it'll change your life! It certainly did for me!

7-10 years? My parents mattress seems fine after 25 years 😂

I learned to stay away from pillow top mattresses. They get flat and bunch up over time and prevent flipping the bed over. It's much easier to just buy a separate mattress topper if you want a pillow top.

I own a bed company. We do both bed in a box as well as have stores. You should be able to find a great mattress that you love for under $1000! For anyone saying in store mattress sales are a scam, just remember it costs a lot to rent a place and stock it and and advertise that you exist. Another thing consumers are unaware of is the amount of waste that comes with a free return policy that lots of internet mattress companies offer. 15-40% return rate means lots of mattresses end up in a landfill. Charities can only accept so many mattresses. Bottom line, find a store that offers 100 night exchange and try them out to find the right one. Most stores are not as bad as they are made out to be.

I am on my third search for a mattress. I spent hours and hours on "research" and I'm still not happy with my Birch. I don't remember what my first bed in a box was but it was all foam and wasn't cheap, had it about three years. The Birch (expensive) doesn't have any chemicals, off gassing, etc. It is so soft the company sent me a topper that would make it better - not. So here I am once again searching for something again, I was almost going to settle on one mattress until I found out it had fiberglass as fire retardant. Good grief!!! Sometimes I want to hook up a hammock on my porch and sleep on that.

We have the nectar premier it’s been about 100 days. Sleeps hot with the mattress protector but ok without it. Mattress is medium soft I would say ( I had slept on a 3” memory foam pad for a couple years and it’s definitely not as soft as that. It’s a good mattress overall.

A family member got a Stearns & Foster king size bed. I slept in it once. It was heaven, the best sleep I have ever gotten. The mattress & box spring costed them.. $3000.

I too had a Sleep Number Bed after 4 years it developed a low spot on the right side, I went back to the Sleep Number Store and spoke to the salesman. He suggested I increase the air pressure to 100 on the dial in the morning when I leave for work and when I go to sleep adjust it to my sleep number. Well that suggestion did absolutely nothing so I kept the air pressure to 100 for a week same results no change. The companies claim of a 20 year warranty is false it’s a prorated. To fix the problem I would have to pay $250.00 to replace the 2” memory foam pad and if that didn’t solve the problem I would need to replace the top zippered portion of the mattress and that piece was $450.00. The heart of the Sleep Number Bed is the 2” memory foam pad and the entire zippered top piece (section ) of the mattress. Don’t be fooled by the sales pitch of adjustable settings they mean nothing if the mattress quality is junk.

Dude seriously. I stopped at first question and I changed my mind I'm kit buying a mattress fir st least another year seriously thank you haha. It was a wake up call you're awesome

This crossover is what we didn't know we needed!

Learned a lot! Thank you!

Great video although after watching I am no closer to knowing which is the best new mattress for me. The process is grueling and not enjoyable at all.

This is very useful and everyone should see this

Thank you CNET for all this right useful information

How can anyone buy a mattress online without laying on it (them) in a store? I must be old school. Certain things don't compute without brick & mortar ...

what no mention on how most reviews are bought and stores make it impossible for you to compare mattress/brands? or how most mattresses are a huge scam?

I think my parents brought 1 mattress in their lifetime. Ones when they had their first own bedroom. ( they were sleeping on a pull out couch for atleast 14 years) then brought their first full bedroom suite, bed, mattresses, dresser and bedsides. That was around 1966/67. They had this till 2008 , when mum past away. They never complained being uncomfortable. I suppose it was that German beds were actually 2 single beds joint. So there was never partner disturbance. Were I am on my 4th and got a no partner disturbing mattress now , and absolutely ❤ it.