Best Places To Buy A Mattress In 2023

Aug 22, 2023

Although there are plenty of ways to buy a bed nowadays, the best places to buy a mattress are often online. Instead of selling beds in a traditional brick-and-mortar store, many top-rated retailers like Saatva, Nectar and DreamCloud offer their best mattresses online. These online brands ship the beds right to your door—often with generous trial periods—so you can test out the mattress from the comfort of your own bedroom.

The overall best place to buy a mattress is Saatva, thanks to its complimentary white glove delivery ... [+] and free mattress removal.

But beyond the delivery method, there’s more to consider when thinking about the best place to buy a mattress. You’ll want to think about mattress type (memory foam or hybrid?), firmness level and other features like a cushy pillow top or cooling materials. Our sleep experts took all of these factors into consideration when compiling this list. So if you’re ready to invest in a new mattress but aren’t sure where to look, you’ve come to the right place. These are our top places to buy a mattress that prioritize both quality and convenience.

Saatva

Trial: 365 nights (one year) | Warranty: Lifetime (though after year three you’ll pay a $149 processing fee)

If you’re looking for a quality mattress, Saatva is a great place to start. The company offers nine different mattresses, including hybrid, memory foam, latex and adjustable options, as well as beds designed for heavier people and children. Its bestselling mattress, the Saatva Classic, comes in three firmness levels, “Plush Soft,” “Luxury Firm” and “Firm,” so you’re able to select what’s best for you.

While Saatva is an online company, you can try its mattresses at any one of its eleven showrooms across the US. If you’d rather test out a mattress in your own home, Saatva’s lengthy year-long trial period gives you plenty of time to make a final decision. As far as delivery is concerned, the company offers free white-glove delivery, so you don’t have to lug any boxes up the stairs or so much as lift a finger when the bed arrives.

Nectar

Trial: 365 nights (one year) | Warranty: Lifetime

Nectar mattresses are among our readers’ all-time favorite beds. They’re designed to accommodate a variety of sleepers, as the company’s three mattress options each come in memory foam and hybrid version. Of the brand’s lineup, the Forbes Vetted team’s overall favorite is the Nectar Premier Copper Mattress— it’s the company’s tallest, coolest and most supportive bed.

Similar to Saatva, Nectar’s mattresses come with a year-long trial period and lifetime warranty. However, what sets Nectar apart is its bed-in-box style of delivery, which allows you to skip mattress delivery scheduling or excess set-up fees. In fact, Nectar is on our list of the best mattresses in a box you can buy. Nectar’s mattresses are also CertiPUR US-certified, and the company gives you the option to add a fresh set of sheets, a pillow, and a mattress protector to your order, too.

DreamCloud Sleep

Trial: 365 nights (one year) | Warranty: Lifetime

If you’re looking for a hybrid mattress that balances the marshmallow comfort of memory foam with the buoyant support of an innerspring mattress, consider shopping one of DreamCloud’s luxurious offerings. The company offers three different mattresses, all of which are delivered bed-in-a-box style: the DreamCloud Hybrid, Premier Hybrid and Premier Rest Hybrid Mattress. While each mattress differs slightly in firmness and feel, they all provide the best-of-both-worlds feel hybrid mattresses are known for.

Like both Saatva and Nectar, DreamCloud mattresses come with a 365 night trial period and lifetime warranty for your peace of mind.

Tempur-Pedic

Trial: 90 nights | Warranty: 10 years

It’s only fitting that our pick for the best place to buy a memory foam mattress is the brand that’s practically synonymous with the material these days. If you love the sink-in, body-hugging feeling of memory foam, Tempur-Pedic is the way to go. Once found only in stores, Tempur-Pedic now offers three mattress models you can purchase online. Each one is available in two structures: medium (all-foam) or medium hybrid. The two higher-end mattresses, the Tempur-Adapt and Tempur-Breeze, are also available in soft and firm.

Mattress Firm

Trial: 100 nights | Warranty: 10 years

With mattresses starting at $745 (when not on sale), Tuft & Needle is one of the most affordable places to buy a mattress. The brand has three mattress offerings, two of which—the Original and the Mint—are all-foam options. The foams used in these offer some of the same benefits of traditional memory foam, like limited motion transfer and pressure relief. The third mattress is a hybrid version of the Mint, and offers similar features as the original two in addition to greater support and airflow thanks to its coil base.

If you’d prefer to test out your bed before you buy, the company has eight brick-and-mortar stores across the US. For those who prefer to order online, shipping is free. Bonus: If you return your mattress, Tuft & Needle donates it to a charity or non-profit organization of your choosing.

Avocado Green Mattress

Trial: 365 nights (one year) | Warranty: 25 years

Avocado is the leading retailer for sustainable, organic mattresses. The company offers nine different beds (which include crib mattresses and a vegan mattress). Its top-rated option, the Avocado Green Mattress, is a hybrid that uses a number of organic materials, including latex, cotton and wool.

The company has nearly every certification you can think of for its materials and business practices. It holds GreenGuard Gold Certifications for its mattresses and bedding, meaning the products meet low chemical emissions limits and are safe for indoor spaces. It’s also a Certified B-Corp, which demonstrates the company meets a variety of social and environmental performance criteria. That’s just to name a few of Avocado’s certifications, though—you can learn about others on its website. For socially and environmentally minded consumers looking for a bed in a box, Avocado is tough to beat.

Helix Sleep

Trial: 100 nights | Warranty: 10 to 15 years (depending on the model)

Helix has a remarkably large selection, with six mattresses in its basic Helix lineup, which are all also available in a “Luxe” configuration for an additional cost. The Luxe models have a few extra features, including a more breathable Tencel fabric cover, enhanced contouring and an additional two inches in height. The company’s most awarded mattress is the Helix Midnight Luxe, a hybrid that has a medium feel that the company claims is not too soft or too firm.

If that doesn’t suit you, the company has the softer Helix Sunset and Helix Moonlight. If you need something that’s a step beyond medium and falls into the firm category, look into the Twilight and Dawn. Helix also offers the Dusk Luxe, which it claims is great for couples who have different preferences. The company also offers a “Plus” mattress for big and tall sleepers, as well as a kids option. All that’s to say: There’s an option to accommodate anyone and everyone’s preferences at Helix.

Awara

Trial: 365 nights (one year) | Warranty: Limited lifetime warranty

The best latex mattresses are durable, eco-friendly and pressure-relieving. With beds ranging in price from $1,099 to $1,699 (when not discounted), Awara provides all of these qualities for a more affordable price than its latex counterpart on this list, Avocado.

The company offers two hybrid mattresses that are each built with natural Talalay latex, organic New Zealand wool and organic cotton. Like Avocado, Awara has a plethora of certifications, including Greenguard Gold and Standard 100 by OEKO -TEX, which guarantee that the materials used are not only organic and free of toxins, but ethically-sourced. Awara also offers a 365-night trial period and limited lifetime warranty, similar to other brands on this list.

Stearns & Foster

Trial: 90 nights | Warranty: 10 years

Stearns & Foster is synonymous with luxury thanks to its large offering of premium beds. Of the company’s four mattress options (the Studio, Estate, Lux Hybrid and Reserve), multiple are constructed with proprietary innersprings coils and Tempur-Indulge, an exclusive memory foam developed by Tempur-Pedic specifically for Stearns & Foster mattresses. In fact, the Stearns & Foster Reserve is ranked as our overall favorite luxury mattress due to its hand-tufted pillow-top, pressure-relieving memory foam and ventilated base.

Further, Stearns & Foster crafts each bed in the U.S. and offers complimentary white glove delivery, which includes removing your old mattress.

Big Fig

Trial: 120 nights | Warranty: 20 years

Plenty of mattress companies offer beds designed for heavier sleepers, but few brands are focused on this type of mattress, exclusively. Big Fig carries just one mattress that’s specifically designed to hold more weight, as well as an adjustable base and mattress foundation that also provide greater support.

The brand’s mattress, the Big Fig Mattress, is designed accommodate up to 550 pounds per sleeper (aka on either side of a queen or larger). Its cover is made with technology that’s heat-activated, and intended to provide cooling and combat sweaty nights. It comes with a 120-night trial and 20-year warranty, during which the company says it will repair or replace a product at no charge.