| Everyone wants to know: What's the most | | | | premature sagging. |
| comfortable mattress? | | | | 8. Kingsdown (innerspring) -- Like the other |
| There's good reason to want to know the answer. | | | | innerspring mattresses, it too did not score highly |
| An uncomfortable mattress can bring misery and | | | | because of premature sagging. |
| long, sleepless nights. A comfortable mattress, by | | | | 7. Sealy Posturepedic (innerspring) -- This mattress |
| contrast, can bring years of blissful and rejuvenating | | | | had the highest comfort rating among innerspring |
| slumber. | | | | mattresses and had the fewest reports of |
| The answer largely depends on each person's | | | | premature sagging among innersprings. |
| personal preferences. In other words, it's unlikely that | | | | 6. Tempur-pedic (memory foam) -- All of the |
| one mattress would be comfortable for everyone. | | | | memory foam mattresses in the research scored |
| As a group, however, people tend to find some | | | | well, including this mattress. However, some of its |
| mattresses more comfortable than others. | | | | owners said that its comfort was undermined by |
| How do I know this? My research team has spent | | | | premature sagging and retention of body heat. |
| hundreds of hours scouring through dozens of online | | | | 5. Sleep Number (air bed) -- This mattress, the |
| message boards collecting data from thousands of | | | | research found, generally has owners who either |
| people about what they think of their mattresses. | | | | passionately love the bed (the majority) or |
| The results are interesting and may not be what you | | | | passionately hate the bed. |
| expect. | | | | 4. Novaform (memory foam) -- This mattress was |
| According to the research results as of early 2008, | | | | rated by the clear majority of its owners to be |
| let's look at how popular mattresses rank in terms of | | | | comfortable as well as affordable. However, it did |
| comfort, counting down from number 10. (The type | | | | have problems that were similar to those of |
| of mattress is indicated in the parentheses.) | | | | Tempur-pedic. |
| 10. Simmons Beautyrest (innerspring) -- This | | | | 3. Waterbed -- Although waterbeds are currently not |
| mattress, like all of the innerspring mattresses | | | | as popular as memory foam and air mattresses, the |
| included in the research, did not score very well | | | | clear majority of waterbed owners liked the comfort |
| compared to other types of mattresses. This is | | | | of their bed, as well as the durability. |
| mainly because many owners, according to the data, | | | | 2. Comfortaire (air bed) -- The vast majority of |
| indicated that the bed had premature sagging. | | | | Comfortaire mattress owners found it to be |
| Premature sagging is loss of support to a degree | | | | comfortable and durable. |
| that notably lessens the comfort of the mattress | | | | 1. Bergad / Isoform (memory foam) -- Over 90% of |
| and takes place within three years of purchase. | | | | the owners of this mattress found it comfortable |
| 9. Serta (innerspring) -- Like the other innerspring | | | | and generally without some of the issues that the |
| mattresses, it did not score highly because of | | | | other memory foam mattresses had. |