Guide to Buying a Suitable Mattresses for You

Few purchases are as intimate — or can impact your life as much — as the one you make for a new mattress. This is nothing short of furniture that we spend a third of our day on, that affects our physical health and mental clarity. By simplifying the process into a few considerationsof knowing your body's requirements, you can end up with that good nights sleep rather than a nightmare about bed closets.

1. Know Yourself

First and foremost, being brutally honest about your body, and how you sleep. Your sleeping position (whether you're a side, back or stomach sleeper) dictates what sort of support your spine requires. For example, sleepers who sleep on their sides need a mattress that supports the shoulders and hips without disrupting to alignment of the spine. This usually requires a cushier top layer above a firm core to account for pressure sensations. Back sleepers usually prefer more of a medium-firm feel to hold the natural curve of the lower back, and stomach sleepers (often most vulnerable to “sleep creasing”) generally require something firmer (so their hips don't sink in). How much you weigh is another critical factor, with higher weights tending to squeeze mattresses more leading to compressing or sagging if your support system/rail isn't strong enough and lighter body types might feel hard firm mattresses are too rigid and want something plushier.

2. Know Mattresses

Armed with a better sense of what you are looking for in a mattress, you can then venture into the world of mattress construction. The three main versions — innerspring, memory foam and hybrid — all provide different experiences. The traditional innerspring mattress features a network of individual steel coils that deliver the classic bounce thanks to great airflow, strong edge support and durable can be noisy for active sleepers rarely offer motion isolation as well good bounciness, great ventilation system. It can, however, lack sleep isolation and not be the best choice for couples when one partner moves around a lot. Memory foam is known for its contouring characteristics and ability to minimize motion transfer. They're excellent pressure relieving beds, but can hold heat occasionally. Often manufacturers add gel infusions and open-cell designs to newer models to help with cooling. Hybrid mattress is meant to bring the best of both worlds perhaps foam or latex on top and a pocketed coil support below. The combination of foam and springs aims to deliver the contouring, pressure relief of foam with the springiness and support that you get from springs, making it a potential benefactor for more sleepers.

3. Know the Firmness and Softness

And, of course, you have to go through the murky waters of firmer and softer, too. It's important to note that firmness is a measure of initial comfort, it applies to the top layers of the mattress; support, however, refers to how well a mattress keeps your back in alignment. A mattress may be hard, soft, supportful or unsupportive. Which is why if you have an opportunity to test a mattress in person, take it. We suggest wearing comfortable clothes to the store, and lying on each mattress for 10-15 minutes in your typical sleep position. And don't get shy or pressured — this is a big investment.

So to conclude, we can say that buying a mattress is an investment for you and your health. Well, if we listen to our bodies, understand the science behind mattress design and engineering, and take advantage of trial periods offered by some companies, we can cut through the marketing jargon and get you not just a mattress but a relationship with good rest. The best mattress is the one you don't notice beneath your body, helping you wake up refreshed, realigned, and ready to tackle the day, or if it's bedtime when you get up.