The 8 Best Memory Foam Mattresses for 2023 – CNET
The 8 Best Memory Foam Mattresses for 2023 - CNET
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It’s easy to understand why the most popular mattress material available these days is memory foam. The best memory foam mattress feature, or at least the most famous, is its ability to isolate movement, limiting the transfer of motion to your partner (or wine glass, if you feel like making your own commercial). But since every company seems to have its own version, it can be hard to know which one makes the best memory foam mattress.
In my experience as a mattress tester, I’ve spent time on many memory foam mattresses. In that tireless research, I have discovered that not all memory foam beds are alike. Some feel firm, dense and heavy, while others are plush, cloud-like and light. I tend to compare foam density to the difference between freezer-stored Cool Whip and the light sort of whipped cream that you spray from an aerosol can: One, you’ll find, is softer and more airy than the other, but both are tasty.
When it comes to the best memory foam beds are, I test for quality, price, comfort, accommodation, and performance using a series of mattress tests. The memory foam beds listed below were chosen based on my experience with testing and their ability to stand out in a sea of mattress options.
What’s the best memory foam mattress overall?
A look at the Nectar Premier in our test facility.
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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.
Video: Best memory foam mattress
Watch CNET video producer Owen Poole review the best memory foam mattresses.
Best memory foam mattresses of 2023
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.
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The Nectar Premier made my list for the best memory foam mattress because it reminds me of a foam TempurPedic mattress; it has that signature memory foam feel, but you won’t have to fork out nearly as much cash for it. It has a dense, slow, sink-in memory foam feel that takes a few seconds to activate. But once it does, the gel infused memory foam starts to hug your body, and offers a relieving feel around pressure points like your hips and shoulders.
Nectar Premier
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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.
Layla Memory Foam
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The AS2 Hybrid memory foam mattress has three ideal characteristics most back and stomach sleepers look for: firmness, support and comfort. As an added plus, the brand’s plant-based Bio-Pur foam makes it more breathable and eco-friendly than other memory foam mattresses.
Amerisleep AS2 Hybrid
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I was surprised to find out how affordable the Bear Original Mattress was when I first tested it out. It reminded me of the more popular bed-in-a-box mattresses like the Casper mattress or Puffy mattress, but retails for several hundred dollars less.
Bear Original
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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.
