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Shopping for a new mattress can feel very personal. Your sleeping position and body composition play a huge role, meaning that a comfortable mattress for others might not translate into a comfortable mattress for you. Of course, your preferences for a cooling, bouncy, responsive, or contouring mattress also come into play, making things even more complicated. Luckily, that doesn’t mean mattress shopping is a shot in the dark. Below, we’ve rounded up the best mattresses for most people with options for different sleeping positions and preferences
Best Overall Mattress – Tuft and Needle Mint
If you aren’t interested in paying top dollar but still want a mattress that performs well across the board, consider the Tuft and Needle Mint. Like the Casper Snow, it has a medium feel, but features an all-foam construction with a layer of polyfoam for support and poly- and memory foam comfort layers that are much denser and higher-quality than the foam in the Casper, so it should resist sagging much longer. The trade-off is that the Tuft and Needle isn’t quite as supportive as our top pick, particularly for light to average back and stomach sleepers. That said, it still offers good support and great body conformity, so this mattress is an excellent choice for average-weight and heavier side sleepers, a good option for back and stomach sleepers in the lighter and heavier weight categories, and a decent option for everyone else.
This mattress’s biggest advantage is its fantastic motion isolation. You don’t feel smaller movements, like when a small pet hops onto the bed, and even larger movements, like when your partner rolls over, aren’t felt across the mattress. Instead, motion dissipates quickly, so it’s less likely to wake you. At the same time, it’s very responsive, making it easy to change sleeping positions. You also sink quite deeply into the soft upper layers, though they don’t contour you very closely. While it’s not quite as cooling as the Casper, it’ll keep you from overheating as you fall asleep and throughout the night, even if you sleep hot.
Best Budget Mattress – Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid
If you’re looking for the best mattress at a budget-friendly price, consider the Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid. This medium hybrid is often available for less than $1000. It has a layer of pocket coils for support and polyfoam comfort layers. While polyfoam isn’t typically very contouring, these layers are very soft and give the mattress a very enveloping feel. Like the Beautyrest Mattress, this mattress doesn’t offer universal comfort, but it can be a fantastic choice depending on your body weight and sleeping position. It provides better body conformity than support, so it’s best-suited to average-weight and heavier side sleepers, while lighter sleepers and back and stomach sleepers should consider other options.
Compared to the Beautyrest, this budget option offers only slightly worse performance across a few key areas. You’ll feel a little more of your partner’s movements across the mattress, but smaller movements still go mostly unnoticed, and motion doesn’t last long or leave you bouncing around. It’s also a bit less responsive, but again, not by much, so it’s still very easy to move around or change sleeping positions. While this mattress only keeps you decently cool as you fall asleep, its cooling performance ramps up after that, providing impressive cooling for the rest of the night. Unfortunately, it also uses mostly low-quality foam in its construction, so it’s not a durable option, but it’s a more digestible compromise at this price point.
Best Mattress For Side Sleepers – Helix Midnight Luxe 2025
The best upper mid-range mattress for side sleepers that we’ve tested is the Helix Midnight Luxe 2025. This Medium hybrid mattress is best suited for average-weight and heavier people, as it’ll offer decent support, while its soft upper layers allow your arm and shoulder to sink in, relieving pressure when sleeping on your side. The plush quilted top and memory foam upper comfort layer create a slightly hugging feel, but it’s still responsive and quite bouncy, so you don’t feel stuck in place.
It offers great cooling, so it shouldn’t make you feel overheated, even if you’re usually a hot sleeper. The mattress’s sides are reinforced with firmer coils and are difficult to compress, so you can comfortably sit or sleep near the edge of the bed. Its motion isolation performance is good overall, as well, although larger movements can make the mattress bounce or wobble for a moment. It’s also moderately durable, but lower-quality foam in the quilted layer may lead to permanent indentations sooner.
Best Firm Mattress And Mattress For Heavy People – Sleep On Latex Pure Green Organic
If you find that some supposedly firm mattresses aren’t firm enough for you, you might want the Sleep On Latex Pure Green Organic, the best extra-firm mattress we’ve tested. This mid-range all-latex mattress offers impressive support for most people. Unlike many mattresses, even Firm ones, it’s supportive enough for heavier back and stomach sleepers, as well as average-weight and lighter ones. As you might expect, it doesn’t offer enough pressure relief for most side sleepers, although if you’re in the heavier weight category, it has decent body conformity, so it’s a suitable option if you spend just part of the night side-sleeping. It’s also very durable, since it’s entirely made of high-quality latex.
Its latex layers give it a springy, responsive feel that makes it easy to change sleeping positions. You’ll hardly sink into it, but it’s very contouring, which helps add a bit of pressure relief. It’s cool enough for hot sleepers and has very sturdy edges, making it a good option if you need a solid surface when getting in and out of bed. Motion dissipation isn’t its strongest suit, but it’s still good, so you won’t feel every movement from your partner. Also, while it’s certainly supportive enough for lighter back and stomach sleepers, you can find softer mattresses with similar support but a plusher overall feel, which you might prefer.
Best Cooling Mattress – Purple Mattress
If you’re looking for a cheaper mattress with outstanding cooling, go for the Purple Mattress. This all-foam mattress’s comfort layer is made of the same Gel-Flex material as the Purple RestorePlus Hybrid’s. While its foam support layer may hold onto more heat than that mattress’s coil layer, it’s still an exceptionally cooling mattress. This ‘Medium-Firm’ mattress offers great support for lighter people, making it a good option for back and stomach sleeping. While it doesn’t offer enough pressure relief for lighter side sleepers, it’s also a good option for side sleepers in the average and heavier weight categories.
Its responsive, bouncy feel makes it feel easy to move around on, despite its all-foam design. It’s also decently durable, since its polyfoam layers are made of good-quality foam. While its motion dissipation isn’t great, it still offers a good performance for sleeping with a partner. While it offers good edge support, if you need very sturdy edges for getting in and out of bed, it’s not ideal.