While all the memory foam beds on our list are good picks, the Nectar Premier mattress wins the best overall title. It’s a comfortable memory foam mattress that feels similar to the popular Tempur-Pedic mattress, but it’s a lot more affordable. It has a slow-rising feel that gives your curves and joints a little hug, and extra features that help it regulate temperature better than regular memory foam beds.
On this list, you’ll find the memory foam mattresses that stood out to me as the most comfortable, most supportive, most accommodating or the most affordable. Here are my picks for the best memory foam mattress options the internet has to offer.
Mattress price scale:
$ = Budget: $799 and below
$$ = Average: $800 to $1,699
$$$ = Premium: $1,700 and up
These reflect MSRP or list prices. Sales might make a mattress less expensive, but are always changing.
Type Flippable memory foam mattress Firmness Firm: Medium to medium-firm or 6 | Soft: 3 or medium-soft Trial 120 nights Warranty Lifetime warranty Price $$
The hexagonal, honeycomb-like design and split colors of the flippable memory foam Layla mattress caught my attention right away — it seems the mattress company paid a lot of attention to detail when it came to designing the cover. You also won’t have to play a guessing game to figure out which side is which; the soft side is labeled and colored light gray, while the firm side is charcoal and black. If you find you don’t think one side fits your sleeping style, all you have to do is flip this bad boy around to get a softer or firmer mattress feel.
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Layla Memory Foam
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Type Memory foam hybrid mattress Firmness 5 or medium Trial 101 nights Warranty 25-year limited warranty Price $$
Aside from the fact the GhostBed Luxe mattress features an adorable ghost in the brand’s logo, I liked this memory foam bed for a number of reasons. For one, it has a comfortable memory foam feel similar to the Nectar and the Amerisleep in that it takes a few moments to respond to pressure being applied. Once it gives, however, it slowly hugs your body.
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GhostBed Luxe