Choosing
a mattress you’ll love for the next 8+ years can be stressful enough, let alone
finding one to accommodate two people. When couples are in search of their
perfect mattress, you want to make sure you follow these three rules so you
make sure neither you, nor your significant other is sacrificing any
sleep.
1.) Find
An Appropriate Firmness Level
You
always want to take your sleeper type into consideration when you’re shopping
for a new mattress, and it isn’t any different when you’re searching for a
mattress to share with a loved one. If you and your partner have the same
sleeper type, you’re in luck — you just have to find something that caters to
your sleeping position.
Side
sleepers should consider something soft to cradle their pressure points, while
back and stomach sleepers will sleep more comfortably on a firmer mattress that
keeps their spine in neutral alignment. Combo sleepers can either choose a
firmness level based on their dominant sleeping position, or go for something
in the middle.
If you
have a different sleeper type than your partner, which is highly likely, try to
do what combo sleepers do and find something around a “medium” firmness level.
They tend to be the sweet spot between supportive, but also pressure relieving.
Keep in mind, there are plenty of mail order mattresses
online that come with free trial periods, so you can return your bed and get
100% of your money back if you or your significant other don’t your new
bed.
2.)
Make Sure It Has Good Edge Support
Another
key bed characteristic a couple should look for in a mattress is good edge
support. If you don’t know what edge support is — think back on a time where
you were pushed to the edge of the mattress because of your bed hogging
significant other. Did it feel like you were going to roll off the side, or did
it feel sturdy and supportive? Hopefully it was the latter, which means the bed
had good edge support. The entire perimeter of the mattress should feel
supportive enough to comfortably lay on the very edge, especially if you’re
looking to share a queen or full size bed.
3.)
Look For A Mattress That Isolates Motion
When a
mattress has good motion isolation, you shouldn’t feel or be jolted awake every
time your partner gets up in the middle of the night to sneak a late-night
snack or to use the bathroom. If you share a bed with a partner, all-foam beds
tend to do a better job than hybrid mattresses at isolating motion since they
do not have any bounce from coils.
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McKenzie Dillon is a blogger and sleep
enthusiast for The Slumber Yard, a reviews site that focuses on bedding
products. When she’s not sleeping, McKenzie likes attending comedy shows,
hiking and cooking.
