So you’re on a hunt for the best mattress-in-a-box. Welcome to our world. We’ve spent countless hours researching, talking about, and sleeping on leading online mattresses far and wide, answering questions from how to choose the right mattress type for you to how to clean it and what to put it on. We’ve even philosophized about Amazon’s best-selling mattress and accessorized our dream sleep setup. You can see the full results of our long-standing obsession in our Guide to Good Sleep, but the ultimate conclusion of our collective efforts is this: There is no such thing as a “one size fits all” mattress.
This is primarily because there is no such thing as a single type of mattress customer. Are you a hot sleeper? A stomach sleeper? A tosser-and-turner? There are so many sleeping positions, sleep styles, and body types—and all of them factor into the kind of mattress that will feel good to you.
But even if you’re able to conclude that, say, you’re a back sleeper, lover of memory foam mattresses, and in need of a serious firmness level, the right purchase may not be obvious—there are way too many direct-to-consumer mattress companies to choose from for that kind of clarity. Given that a high-quality mattress can cost over $1,000 and should last you a decade or more, this is an investment you definitely want to get right.
That’s where we come in. We sleep-tested leading online mattresses so we could provide clarity and insight into which bed-in-a-box might be right for you.
How We Reviewed Mattresses-in-a-Box
Editors at Clever, along with some trusted colleagues at Architectural Digest, identified some of the buzziest beds-in-a-box available and spent hours assessing the luxe bells and whistles of each product. Then, each tester claimed the mattress they were most interested in sampling to see how it measured up IRL. Most of us spent at least a week on our new mattress, taking notes and catching z’s. (Sleeping for work? It could definitely be worse.)
Full disclosure: Most of the companies sent us their mattresses to review for free, but we did take price into account when contemplating whether or not we’d recommend a mattress-in-a-box to someone else. Our reviewers considered everything from delivery process to comfort level, and then we compiled our mattress reviews in one place.
Here is the complete list of the mattresses we reviewed. Click through if you’d like to jump straight to a specific mattress:
- Allswell The Brick
- DreamCloud Luxury Hybrid Mattress
- The Propel Hybrid by Brooklyn Bedding
- Purple Hybrid Premier
- Nest Bedding Sparrow Signature Hybrid Memory Foam Mattres
- Layla Hybrid Mattress
- Cocoon Chill Memory Foam Mattress
- Nolah Evolution Hybrid Mattress
- Amerisleep AS3 Mattress
- Happsy Organic Mattress
- The Coddle Mattress
- Leesa Hybrid Mattress
- The Lull Mattress
- Casper Nova Hybrid
- The Mattress by Parachute
- Mint Mattress by Tuft & Needle
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Helix Midnight Luxe
- The Nectar Memory Foam Mattress
- Original Mattress by Casper