Mattress Reviews & Ratings Summary → Based on Data From 16,207 Actual Owners

Page last updated November 16, 2011        

Our mattress ratings and research findings are based on thousands of mattress consumer reviews that were collected using an unbiased, accurate methodology.

What You Need To Know

1. Innerspring beds tend to rate considerably lower than most other mattress types, including memory foam, air, latex and water.

2. Paying more for a mattress does not often result in higher owner satisfaction.

3. Some bed types perform significantly better than others in preventing and relieving pain, including back pain.

Get details and other important mattress research findings here.

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Owner Satisfaction by Mattress Type

Click on a mattress type below for detailed research findings.

Mattress Type
(sample size)
Owner Satisfaction  

Air (permanent use)
(1,809)
   78%
Air (temporary use)
(3,092)
   74%
Futon 
(1,423)
   74%
Innerspring 
(3,153) 
   61%
Latex 
(588)
   78%
Memory Foam 
(5,852)
   81%
Water 
(304) 
   79%

Owner Satisfaction By Mattress Brand

The following chart lists many of the more popular mattresses available. Each bed has a sample size of at least 150 owner / consumer experiences.

Note: Do not assume that you personally will be satisfied with a highest- or top-rated mattress. You should learn about the characteristics, pros and cons of a mattress before buying to ensure as much as possible that it is right for you personally.

Click on a brand below for a detailed research report.

Mattress Brand
(type)
Owner Satisfaction  

Aerus
(memory foam)
   80%
Bodipedic
(memory foam)
   82%
Comfortaire
(airbed)
   83%
Comfort Dreams
(memory foam)
   79%
Kingsdown
(innerspring)
   58%
Night Therapy
(memory foam)
   82%
Sealy Posturepedic
(innerspring)
   65%
Serta
(innerspring)
   63%
Simmons Beautyrest
(coil)
   62%
Sleep Innov/Novaform
(memory foam)
   78%
Sleep Number /
Select Comfort
(airbed)
   78%
Spa Sensations
(memory foam)
   82%
Stearns & Foster
(innerspring)
   57%
Tempurpedic Cloud
(memory foam)
   86%
Tempurpedic (HD)
(memory foam)
   81%

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Additional Mattress Brand Ratings

The mattresses 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. Click on a brand for a detailed research report that is based on consumer reviews.

  Owner Satis-faction Sample size Type
Aerobed 71% 100+ Temporary-use airbed
Angel Bed 75% 34 memory foam
Bed in a Box 90% 43 memory foam
Bob-O-Pedic 73% 72 Memory Foam
Duxiana 64% 69 innerspring
Essentia 81% 16 Latex
Englander 63% 55 innerspring & latex
Heavenly Bed 74% 83 Innerspring
Ikea (innerspring) 61% 54 Innerspring
Ikea (foam) 77% 51 Memory Foam
Ikea (latex) 84% 38 Latex
King Koil 57% 45 Innerspring
Natural Form 74% 44 Air
Nature's Rest 53% 37 Latex
Restonic 58% 83 Innerspring
Sealy Comfort Series 84% 37 Memory foam
Sealy Embody 80% 22 memory foam and latex
Serta iComfort 80% 45 Memory Foam
Simmons Beautyrest NxG 74% 43 Coil / memory foam
Simmons Comforpedic 91% 56 Memory Foam
Sleep Science 70% 91 Memory Foam
Vera Wang 62% 91 Innerspring & Latex