Our sleep squad zeroed in on the Nectar as the best Amazon mattress for people who like to sleep curled up in the fetal position or sprawled out to one side like a tabby. Our nights of testing proved that the high-density memory foam slowly shifts to cradle the hips and shoulders, relieving the pressure that often causes numbness. One of our testers, a lifelong side sleeper, says they felt like it was built with them in mind, thanks to the deep body contouring and targeted pressure relief.
While the Nectar isn’t the coolest mattress on the list—memory foam isn’t beating the “sleeps warm” allegations here—the mattress has a heat-wicking quilted cover that felt crisp in our tests. Like the DreamCloud Hybrid Mattress, the Nectar Memory Foam Mattress comes with a 365-day night trial and a lifetime warranty to give you plenty of time to give it a thumbs up or down.
Like the perfect pair of Birkenstocks, the budget-friendly Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid blends comfort and support to delight you, your partner, your dog, or whoever else is invited to the party.
Our Tester’s Take
Hybrid mattresses have been found to improve sleep quality, which is basically what we’re all searching for—right? We think Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid is an award-worthy Amazon hybrid mattress thanks to its mashup of contouring memory foam for comfort and individually wrapped coils for deeper support. Our testers also found that it excels at edge support, which means the sides of the mattress don’t sag when you lie on them. This is great if you like to spread out and use all the space on your bed—and it also tends to be a green flag for overall durability.
For a truly customized feel, the mattress comes in four different firmness options, so you can bring home the one that best matches your sleep position and cushioning preference. Another thing we love is that Brooklyn Bedding is a certified small business brand on Amazon that designs and assembles all of its products in the U.S. This means you not only pay a lower price for high-quality bedding because there’s no middleman, but you also get to support a smaller company here in the States.
With its supportive memory foam layers and pressure relief for the lumbar region, the Leesa Studio is a firm mattress with just the right levels of structure and sinkage. Side sleepers will probably think it feels like a camp bunk in Sparta, but back sleepers will love the stiff support it gives to the lower back and spine.
Our Tester’s Take
Whether you splay out like a starfish or collapse into bed with your legs straight and arms down at your sides (fun fact, known as “military position”), sleeping on your back has been shown to improve spinal alignment and keep your back in a more neutral position, which can lead to less back pain over time. For back sleepers to secure these solid gains, they need a bed with a little bit of cushion through the hips—but not so much “give” that their hips sink out of alignment.
The Leesa Studio might not have blown us out of the water compared to some of our pricier picks, but we found it to be a solid Amazon mattress that delivers for back sleepers in particular. Our back-sleeping mattress tester confirms it’s a stellar choice for the slumbering sea stars and soldiers among us, saying, “The top layer of memory foam lets your lower half sink in, but the transition layer and support layer keep them from sinking in too far. The memory foam on top also provides a good deal of contouring.”
Stomach sleepers will also get a kick out of the firm support for hips, shoulders, and spine. Based on its high-quality materials and our testing, we also think it’s a super-durable Amazon mattress and should stand the test of time. Just note it’s not the best mattress for couples—we found it has sub-par edge support, so you won’t enjoy as much usable space on the mattress. It also shows so-so motion isolation, so you might be awakened every time your partner stirs.
The Siena Memory Foam is a great option for those who don’t want to overthink their mattress purchase. Although it’s an all-foam mattress, it still has a supportive, medium-firm feel with ample pressure-relief.
Our Tester’s Take
Mattress shopping can be overwhelming, but that’s where the Siena Memory Foam comes in. It’s not the fanciest or most comprehensive mattress on the market, but it is a solid option at a decent price. The bed is composed of five layers of memory foam, ranging from a responsive gel layer to a support foam layer to a thicker foundational layer. It’s ten inches tall, which is a little thinner than our 12-inch preference, but the stacks of foam help make up the difference when it comes to propping up your joints and cushioning your lower back.
Our testers note that the bed does have a firmer feel, which makes it ideal for back or stomach sleepers. They even recommend the Siena for a kid’s room. The queen size only weighs about 68 pounds, so it’s easy to flip on your own or transport onto another bed frame. Just keep in mind that the cooling power is average, and the bed probably won’t last as long as a higher-end option, but that’s to be expected for a budget memory foam option.
The Tuft & Needle Original is a strong contender in the competitive memory foam mattress genre. It combines adaptive, contouring foam with denser supporting layers that back sleepers will love.
Our Tester’s Take
Mattress brands have been trying to perfect the art of memory foam since 1992 when Tempur-Pedic first brought the NASA invention to bedding—and if you ask our sleep squad, Tuft & Needle dominates the other memory foam mattresses on Amazon. When asked about her test drive of the Tuft & Needle Original, our tester highlighted its qualities for those of us constantly having to relearn that old “lift with your knees” chestnut due to a bad back. “When I lay on my back on this bed, the top foam layer hugged my lumbar region and provided good pressure relief, while I got good support and spinal alignment from the dense foam base,” she says.
