Best Memory Foam Mattresses of 2024

Our Expert’s Take on Why the Nectar is Best Overall

Lying on the Nectar, you get that classic memory foam feeling of slowly sinking into the bed. The comfort layer has an infusion of gel for cooling and pain relief, while the thicker support layer is made up of high-density foam. Back sleepers should experience exceptional contouring and side sleepers should feel little to no pressure on their shoulders and hips. In fact, we’ve chosen the Nectar as one of the best mattresses for hip pain. Also, if you’re prone to sleeping hot, Nectar offers two more memory foam mattresses with advanced cooling features: the Nectar Premier mattress and the Nectar Premier Copper mattress.

What We Love About the Nectar

• The Nectar is very affordable. It goes for under $1,000 for a queen, which is much cheaper than many mattresses of comparable quality.
• For light- and average-weight side and back sleepers the Nectar provides a great amount of pressure relief and support. It can cushion side sleepers’ hips and shoulders and keep back sleepers from sinking too far below the surface. 

What to Keep in Mind About the Nectar

• The Nectar is a bad choice for most stomach sleepers. Stomach sleepers require a higher firmness in order to keep their hips stable and their spines aligned. 
• While the Nectar provides enough support for many average- and lightweight sleepers, we wouldn’t recommend it for many people over 230 lb. Instead, we suggest you consider a mattress made specifically for heavyweight sleepers, like the Titan Plus Luxe. 

Other Customer reviews

The Nectar mattress has an average score of 4.7 out of 5 based on 50,525 reviews from the company website. Customers appreciate the pain relief that the pressure relieving Nectar provides. Some, on the other hand, found the Nectar far too firm for comfort. 

Read our full Nectar mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses 2024 for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

If you sleep with a partner, you want to find a mattress that works for both of you. A hybrid memory foam mattress like the Helix Midnight is a great option! The Helix Midnight is a medium-firm mattress that should be a good fit for multiple sleeping positions. Even if you and your partner sleep in different positions, the Helix Midnight will offer the comfort and support you both require. The top layer of memory foam will also help to cut down on motion transfer so you and your partner don’t disturb each other when you move around at night!

What We Love About the Helix Midnight

• This mattress is great for back sleepers, thanks to its middle-of-the-road balance of comfort and support. While on your back, it allows your hips to sink into the mattress a small amount, but keeps you propped up enough for your spine to remain properly aligned. 
• The Helix Midnight has nice responsiveness, meaning it’s easy to move around on. This is an important factor if you change sleeping positions throughout the night, and makes it a great mattress for sex.

What to Keep in Mind About the Helix Midnight

• While the Helix Midnight does utilize memory foam, it might not provide the sinking, hugging feel that memory-foam shoppers are after. That’s because this mattress includes a layer of individually-wrapped coils that adds support and bounciness, but also keeps it from feeling like an all-foam bed. 
• Stomach sleepers will likely want something firmer than the Helix Midnight so that their hips don’t sink into the mattress. Consider the Plank Firm Luxe if you sleep on your stomach. 

Other Customer reviews

The Helix Midnight has an average score of 4.5 out of 5 based on 6,412 reviews from the company website. Customers seem to love the sleep they’re getting on the Helix, with several specifically mentioning the solid edge support. Some were unhappy that their mattress arrived dirty or even damaged. 

Read our full Helix Midnight mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Couples for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

If you’re an active person or if you consider yourself an athlete, know that the Bear Original mattress was built just for you. The special ingredient is the Celliant fiber in the mattress’ cover. It purportedly helps sleepers’ blood circulation and recovery. Thanks to its gel-infused memory foam, this mattress also has the impressive ability to cool down hot sleepers. This is great for athletes who like nighttime workouts, but don’t want to overheat when it’s time for bed.

What We Love About the Bear

• The Bear does a great job of isolating motion, thanks to its dense foam layers. This means that if you sleep with a partner they can toss and turn on their side of the bed and you’ll be less likely to feel it on your side.
• The Bear mattress features technology that can help promote muscle recovery, making it a good choice for athletes. The mattress cover has celliant fabric woven into it, which may help encourage blood circulation and shorten rehab time for sore muscles. 

What to Keep in Mind About the Bear

• Like many memory foam mattresses, the Bear doesn’t stay very cool. Its foam layers trap heat rather than allowing it to escape. If you’re interested in a memory foam mattress that does a good job of staying cool, consider the Emma. 

Other Customer reviews

The Bear mattress has an average rating of 4.4 out of 5 based on 10,148 reviews from the company website. Customers call out this being a great mattress for kids as well as adults. Unhappy customers complain that the mattress is too soft and retains heat.

Read our full Bear mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Athletes for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

The WinkBeds GravityLux features a zoned construction where the center is firmer than the rest of the mattress. This makes it feel softer when side-sleeping, and firmer when back-sleeping and stomach-sleeping. It also contains a proprietary AirCell memory foam that’s more responsive than standard memory foam, so it should be easy for combination sleepers to move around at night.

What We Love About the WinkBeds GravityLux

• We were impressed with the GravityLux’s cooling ability, especially considering its all-foam construction. The foam is infused with cooling gel, and the cover is made of Tencel fabric, both of which make things a little bit more breathable. 
• This mattress is available in three different firmnesses. In general, we suggest the soft version if you’re a side sleeper, the medium version if you’re a back sleeper, and the firm version if you’re a stomach sleeper. That said, your body type and sleep preferences may make finding the appropriate firmness a little more complicated. 

What to Keep in Mind About the WinkBeds GravityLux

• The GravityLux has very weak edge support. Even a small amount of weight along the mattress perimeter causes it to sag. If you rely on the edge of your bed for sleeping or sitting, then we suggest the Helix Midnight Luxe.

Other Customer reviews

Based on 256 reviews from the WinkBed website, the GravityLux has an average rating of 4.8 out of 5. Two of the most recent positive reviewers call out that the mattress helped immensely with their back pain. There really aren’t any completely negative reviews, though there are some that rate it a 3 out of 5 or a 4 out of 5, indicating that some customers aren’t as over the moon.

Read our full WinkBeds GravityLux mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Combination Sleepers for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

One of the best perks of the Emma mattress is that it comes in different options! Though we’ll be focusing on the all-foam Emma Original, we wanted to point out that the Emma also comes in a Hybrid version, so foam lovers who want a more responsive feel can still find their perfect Emma mattress.

The Emma is slightly firmer than average, and though it’s all foam, it’s equipped with features to help keep sleepers cool at night. The foam in the Emma mattress is made with proprietary materials and is infused with graphite to help dissipate body heat. The Emma also helps with cooling since it’s ventilated, which helps promote airflow throughout the mattress and prevents overheating.

What We Love About the Emma

• The Emma has a unique feature that makes it one of the few all-foam mattresses that’s great at staying cool. The thickest foam layer is ventilated, so it allows heat to escape instead of trapping it. 
• This is a great mattress for couples, and not just because it can help mitigate the effects of all that body heat. The Emma isolates motion very well, so as your partner flips and flops around or gets in and out of bed for a glass of water you’ll be less likely to feel those movements on your side of the bed.

What to Keep in Mind About the Emma

• The Emma does not provide much support, and that goes for the entire surface of the mattress. The edges sag under just a little bit of weight, and our heavier mattress testers sunk uncomfortably far into the mattress.
• Despite this mattress having great qualities for couples, it’s not the best mattress for sex. The dense foam makes it a bit difficult to move from one position to another. If this is a dealbreaker for you, we suggest the hybrid version of the Emma.

Other Customer reviews

Based on 65,032 reviews from the Emma website, this mattress has an average rating of 4.7 out of 5. Many users are thrilled with the Emma’s ability to keep them cool throughout the night. Some, however, have had very negative experiences with the delivery process and the Emma customer-service team. 

Read our full Emma mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Cooling Mattresses for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

In the core of the Saatza Loom & Leaf mattress is the so-named “Spinal Zone Gel,” a panel that adds temperature regulation and spinal support, making the bed one of the best memory foam mattresses for those with back pain. That’s especially an important consideration if you’re getting an all-foam mattress rather than a hybrid: In lieu of zoned support and dense foams, you may find your spine slumping, exacerbating aches and pains. And beneath the Loom & Leaf’s gel foam is a 2” layer of denser memory foam that contours to your body, all atop a base of polyfoam.

Altogether, the durable layers of foam earned Loom & Leaf solid scores for overall support (4.5/5), edge support (4.5/5), and motion transfer (5/5). A cotton cover tops off the Loom & Leaf — its breathability helped the bed earn a solid 4/5 cooling score from mattress testers.

What We Love About the Loom & Leaf

• The Loom & Leaf is furnished in multiple firmnesses, Relaxed Firm and Firm, which makes it a viable bed for all sleepers with back pain — side sleepers should enjoy the pressure relief of the Relaxed Firm, while back and stomach sleepers get enough support on the Firm model.
• This mattress uses very slow-moving foams, so motion doesn’t transfer across the sleep surface. Testers said that if you have a partner who tends to make frequent position changes or bathroom breaks, you won’t feel their movements.

What to Keep in Mind About the Loom & Leaf

• Saatva is a luxury mattress brand that doesn’t furnish a humble bed (like, say the Costo-exclusive Casper Select). Of course we think the investment is worthwhile, but know that any Saatva mattress, including the Loom & Leaf, is a steep investment that may be beyond some budgets.

Other Customer reviews

The Loom & Leaf mattress had an impressive 4.9 out of 5 rating based on 595 reviews from the company website when we last inspected. The overwhelming positive reviews cite Saatva’s customer service, and multiple customers said the bed solved their back pain, including this purchaser: “I had to switch out my previous purchase for a memory foam bed (Loom & Leaf), which was a fantastic choice! I have lots of back issues and this bed solved my ‘waking up every day in pain’ issue.”

Read our full Saatva Loom and Leaf mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Back Pain for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

The Brooklyn Bedding Plank is a not-so-standard memory foam mattress. Why? Because it’s flippable. One side of the mattress is slightly more plush, and the other side is ultra-firm (Measuring 9/10 on our firmness scale). Both sides are swaddled in a breathable cover, and you have the option to add an even more cooling panel — an excellent option for hot sleepers since the bed netted a so-so 3.5/5 cooling score from testers in the mattress lab. A dense foam core supports both sides.

The Plank is also under $1,332 without coupons, but can sometimes run as low as $750 with coupons, making it a great value mattress.

What We Love About the Plank

• This mattress is great for particular sleepers, as it accommodates two different firmness preferences. If you usually love an ultra-firm mattress but are feeling sore after a marathon, for instance, being able to use the Plank’s soft side is an excellent perk.
• Thanks to its firm build, the Plank has excellent overall support and edge support. Both categories scored a perfect 5/5 in the mattress lab with testers.
• The cooling cover, which can be added at check-out, is an excellent accessory for hotter sleepers.

What to Keep in Mind About the Plank

• The hard give-and-take and responsiveness of the Plank means it also lacks motion isolation. Consider the Plank Firm Luxe for a bed that better isolates movement across the surface.
• Side sleepers might wake up sore after sleeping on the Plank. Even the softer side is quite firm, especially for lightweight sleepers.

Other Customer reviews

The Plank has an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars based on 3,188 reviews from the company website. As indicated by the high score, customers don’t have too many bad things to say about the Plank. Many of them call out the great support and comfort that the Plank provides. Some dissatisfied customers alternatively found the bed too firm or not firm enough.

Read our full Plank mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Firm Mattresses for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

The Nolah Signature mattress uses a proprietary foam called AirFoam that has some unique properties to help with pressure relief and to help keep you cool at night. While the top layers of the Nolah Signature still offer the slow-moving feel of memory foam, the AirFoam is balanced enough to allow you to move around freely on the mattress without sinking into it.

What We Love About the Nolah Signature

• Unlike the Emma, the Nolah Signature is very responsive. This means it’s a great all-foam option for sex.
• We consider this one of the best mattresses for side sleepers. As we tested, we all felt fantastic on our sides. The Airfoam relieved a ton of pressure in our hips and our shoulders.

What to Keep in Mind About the Nolah Signature

• The edge support on the Nolah Signature is quite weak. Seniors who may have trouble getting in and out of bed will want something with a stronger, more reliable perimeter. We suggest checking out our list of the best mattresses for seniors. 

Other Customer reviews

The Nolah Signature has an average rating of 4.9 out of 5 based on 440 reviews from the company website. Many 5-star reviews point out that the mattress works wonders for back pain. However, some side sleepers say that they don’t receive enough pressure relief on the Nolah.

Read our full Nolah Signature mattress review for more information. 

Our Expert’s Take

Because heavy people need more support, we chose a mattress for them that’s constructed a little different than your typical memory foam bed. Yes, there’s foam in the Titan Plus Luxe, but it’s firmer and more responsive — all the better for properly holding up extra weight. There’s also a layer of coils at the bottom of the mattress to help heavy sleepers keep their spines neutrally aligned.

What We Love About the Titan Plus Luxe

• The Titan Plus Luxe is not an all-foam mattress, because of the layer of individually wrapped coils. But it’s thanks to these coils that this mattress provides so much support, making it a great option for heavyweight side and back sleepers. 
• The coils also add breathability to the Titan Plus Luxe, which makes it better at regulating temperature than most of the other mattresses on this list. 

What to Keep in Mind About the Titan Plus Luxe

• As is the case with most mattresses designed for heavy people, the Titan Plus Luxe doesn’t perform very well for lightweight sleepers. That’s because it’s too firm to allow lighter people to sink into the mattress even a little bit, which is especially a problem for side and back sleepers. If this sounds like you, we suggest looking at the Puffy Cloud.

Other Customer reviews

The Titan Plus Luxe has an average rating of 4.6 out of 5 based on 1,632 reviews from the company website. Some customers are excited to share that the mattress helped with their back pain, while others were disappointed to find the mattress was softer than they expected. 

Read our full Titan Plus Luxe mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Heavy Sleepers for more great options.

Our Expert’s Take

The Leesa is a mattress that has a balanced feel, offering both comfort and support. This is what makes it a good fit for back sleepers. The top layers of foam – Leesa’s LSA200 foam, are contouring, and allow the hips and spine to sink into the mattress comfortably, and the support layer underneath does just what it’s supposed to, offer support to the spine preventing it from sinking too deeply into the mattress.

What We Love About the Leesa

• This mattress works well for back sleepers of any size, thanks to its middle-of-the-road firmness, comfortable foam layers, and supportive construction. 
• The Leesa is quite affordable, considering its quality. A queen can usually be purchased for just over $1,000.

What to Keep in Mind About the Leesa

• If you’re a hot sleeper, the Leesa may not be for you. It doesn’t do a great job of staying cool at night because its foam layers tend to trap body heat. 
• Stomach sleepers, particularly heavyweight stomach sleepers, will likely want a firmer mattress. The Plank Firm Luxe will provide the firmness you need to keep your hips from sinking into the mattress at all.

Other Customer reviews

Based on 19,980 reviews from the Leesa website, this mattress has an average rating of 4.5 out of 5. Many customers excitedly share that the Leesa provides them with the best sleep they’ve ever had. That said, there are some unhappy customers who complain that the Leesa doesn’t provide enough support and even caused them back pain. 

Read our full Leesa mattress review for more information. Or check out our list of Best Mattresses for Back Sleepers for more great options.