The Best Online Mattresses for Couples
Just as there's the perfect mattress for each person, there's also the perfect mattress for each couple. Whether you and your significant other are looking for a mattress that can suit both of your different sleeping preferences, a mattress that's well-suited for more intimate moments, or a mattress that will allow one restless sleeper to not disturb the other, there are some good choices available.
Here are our favorite mattresses for couples.
Nectar Premier Copper
- Side sleepers
- Back sleepers
- Stomach sleepers
- Trial Period
365 Days
- Warranty Period
Lifetime
- Return Fee
Free
- Shipping Fee
Free
The Nectar Premier Copper is a luxurious foam mattress specially designed for hot sleepers. It is absolutely recommended to you if staying cool is an issue for you or your partner, or if you simply want a high-end memory foam mattress that feels great in all sleeping positions and is especially supportive and comfortable while on your back or stomach.
The Nectar Premier Copper has a medium-firm feel. It also has a high cushioning depth, moderate responsiveness, and isn't bouncy at all. Once you lay on top of it, you will slowly sink into it until your body is cradled by the mattress. This makes for a very comfortable sleep, and while it's not great for changing positions, it works well enough during sex since it is still responsive enough for you and your partner to not have to exert yourself too much to move on top of it. This is doubly true thanks to the Premier Copper's firmness.
From a pressure relief standpoint, though, this mattress is a marvel. It was designed with pressure relief and comfort in mind every step of the way, hugging your curves and evenly supporting your body. The foam does a fantastic job of letting your hips and shoulders sink in for optimal spinal alignment and lumbar support. This is even more noticeable on your back and stomach, making for a hugging sensation that will quickly lull you to sleep.
You're also not going to get better motion isolation from any other all-foam mattress. You could plop your full weight on top of it without your partner waking or even noticing. And, even though it's a foam mattress without a sturdy coil layer, it nevertheless features strong edge support thanks to its durable foam, allowing you and your partner to make use of the entirety of its surface area.
And, as was mentioned earlier, the cooling capabilities of the Premier Copper are simply exemplary. This is primarily due to the heat-conductive copper fibers woven into its top fabric, which actively cool you throughout the night.
The Nectar Premier Copper is, on paper, quite expensive, with a Queen-sized version of the mattress costing more than two grand. I would have said that this is a downside of the mattress if it wasn't for Nectar's frankly ludicrous discounts. You can easily purchase the aforementioned version of the Premier Copper with a whopping $600 discount year round, which would make it one of the more affordable high-end mattresses on the market.
Size Options
Saatva Solaire
- Side sleepers
- Back sleepers
- Stomach sleepers
- Trial Period
365 Days
- Warranty Period
Lifetime
- Return Fee
Free
- Shipping Fee
Free
Like the Brooklyn Bedding Custom, the Saatva Solaire is a customizable mattress that can be adjusted according to your needs. Unlike the Brooklyn Custom, though, the Solaire isn't customized on order — it is a hybrid mattress that incorporates foam and no-sink vulcanized air chambers that maintain even firmness throughout the mattress, and can even be inflated separately on the two sides of the mattress (on Queen-sized and larger versions), letting both you and your partner sleep on your own firmness level.
The Solaire comes with two attached remote controls that let you change its level of inflation at the press of a button, from Medium-Soft all the way to Medium-Firm. The Solaire Customizable also has a plush feel, a bit of sink, a little bit of surface bounce, and is moderately responsive no matter which firmness level you set it to. This makes it good at pressure-point relief no matter its set level of firmness, which makes it ideal for combo sleepers who prefer switching positions throughout the night.
It also makes the Solaire Customizable great for sex, as changing positions on it is rather effortless. This quality does increase the firmer it gets, but it's always above average. And, even when the two sides are inflated to completely different softness levels, repositioning is easy from one side to the other, and the divide between the mattress' two halves is barely felt.
Furthermore, since the mattress is basically two mattresses in one, motion transfer is nearly nonexistent. The motion isolation quality of the Solaire is absolutely top-notch, and makes it by far the best choice for couples when one or more partner is a light or restless sleeper.
Lastly, the construction of the Solaire allows for good edge support, especially the firmer it is, as well as fairly low heat retention, though that is not its best quality. This is mainly due to its moisture barrier, which protect the mattress' internal mechanical components (this does prevent bacterial growth, though, which makes the mattress quite hypoallergenic and long lasting). It's quite expensive, though, but if you have the money for it, its quality is well worth the price.
Size Options
Helix Midnight
- Side sleepers
- Back sleepers
- Stomach sleepers
- Trial Period
100 Days
- Warranty Period
10 Years
- Return Fee
$100
- Shipping Fee
Free
If you're not planning to spend a fortune just so you and your sleep partner have a comfy bed to lay in, then the Helix Midnight should be right up your alley. This high quality hybrid mattress has fantastic value for money, and is especially great for sexually active couples who are looking for a good bed for nighttime activities.
Let's start with why the Helix Midnight is so great for intimacy: The mattress has a medium feel, quite a bit of sink and is fairly hugging. You'd understandably think this will make it a poor choice for sex, but you'd be wrong. The Midnight feels very solid under your weight, and while it conforms to your shape, it doesn't fully do so, leaving you on top of it rather then swallowing you into it. The Midnight is also very responsive, even if not very bouncy. This combination of softness and responsiveness lets you and your partner stay comfortably in one position and quite effortlessly change positions when needed.
Of course, you can always opt for the firmer Helix Twilight if you want a bouncier mattress that's even better for intimacy. You'd be giving up a bit of softness, but if a firmer mattress is more suited to your needs anyway than by all means, go for it. The Helix Midnight's medium feel and sinkage best suits side sleepers, so if you and your partner rather sleep on your backs and stomachs, you should think about getting the Helix Dusk instead.
Though, no matter what your choice will be, your Helix mattress will have good motion isolation, and the Midnight will be no different. Thanks to the soft and pliable upper layers of the mattress, as well as its individually pocketed coils, the Midnight is very suited for those who sleep next to a restless partner or wake easily from motion.
The Helix Midnight also features a reinforced perimeter of individual coils that greatly bolsters the mattress' edge support, allowing you to sleep anywhere you want on top of it without risking a fall or even being too slanted for a a proper sleep.
While the Midnight is supposed to be a more low-cost option, you do have the option to turn it into a hotel-quality luxurious bed for $400-$900 (price depends on the size of the mattress) by adding the LUXE upgrade. The Helix Midnight LUXE has an added zoned lumbar support, additional comfort layers for cushioning and a more plush feel, which makes the mattress even better for side sleepers. It also features an extra soft mattress cover with better heat and moisture wicking.
Not that the Midnight needed it, mind you. The mattress is a hybrid with lots of small empty spaces for better air circulation, and foams that were designed with heat and moisture wicking in mind. Even without the LUXE upgrade, this mattress is a great choice for people who sleep hot.
Size Options
Brooklyn Bedding Custom
- Side sleepers
- Back sleepers
- Stomach sleepers
- Trial Period
120 Days
- Warranty Period
10 Years
- Return Fee
Free
- Shipping Fee
Free
This mattress is recommended to couples with different needs and to anyone who wants their mattress the be as perfect for their preferences as possible. The Brooklyn Bedding Custom is a hybrid mattress that you and your sleep partner can fully customize to your liking, even making the two halves of the mattress different according to the needs of each of you.
The firmness of the Brooklyn Custom mattress ranges from Soft all the way to Firm, and you have 3 options for the top fabric as well as the comfort layer. It may not have a reinforced outer frame in its coil layer, but the coils are still sturdy enough to support even most plus-sized sleepers at the layer's edge, even when you choose a Soft firmness for the mattress.
The Brooklyn Custom's upper foam layers trap most of the kinetic energy exerted by you and tour partner, and the coils are individually pocketed, which reduces their noise. These make for a fairly quiet mattress with good motion isolation along with quite a bit of pressure relief, letting you and your partner sleep soundly and comfortably even if one of you is a bit restless.
The coils in the Custom also provide quite a bit of bounciness, which allows you and your partner to easily move and change positions on top of it. This is great for more intimate moments, or for those among you who like to change sleeping positions.
And, as with most coil layers, this one enables free flow of air and so reduces heat retention. You can even opt for latex as your comfort layer and cotton as your top fabric for optimal breathability, and thus heat and moisture wicking.
Size Options
| Nectar Premier Copper | Saatva Solaire | Helix Midnight | Brooklyn Bedding Custom | |
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| Medium soft firmness | ||||
| Medium firm firmness | ||||
| Returns policy | ||||
| Free return shipping | ||||
| Returns fee | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
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| Trial period | 365 | 365 | 100 | 120 |
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| Warranty period | 10 | 10 | ||
Rating the Best Mattresses for Couples
While every couple will focus primarily on one or two aspects of a mattress that suit their distinct needs, along, of course, with being comfortable, supportive and affordable, a mattress needs to excel at four categories in order to fully be recommended by me for couples:
- Ease of repositioning - Intimacy can get tiring quickly if a mattress is made to feel like a quagmire. This also helps with changing sleeping positions, which is handy if you like to switch between cuddling and solo sleeping while with your partner.
- Motion isolation - If you don't like waking your partner when you move at night, or vice versa, then you'll want a mattress that allows each of you to move without also moving your partner.
- Heat and moisture wicking - Sleeping with a partner makes the bed significantly warmer, and mattresses with poor cooling can get uncomfortable to sleep in as a couple, especially during hot days.
- Edge support - You'll want to utilize the entire surface area of a mattress with a partner. Otherwise, you'll feel like you're about to fall off when your partner turns and you're slightly pushed away to the edge of the bed.
Each mattress we recommend, while excelling in different aspects, has all the above qualities in good amounts.
Conclusion
Each of these mattresses excel in all four aspects that make a mattress good for a couple. They may be my choices according to my own personal opinion, but they sure do great when shared with a loved one. Have your partner take a look at each and decide together what your next nightly haven will be.
How can I try out these mattresses?
There's a button at the bottom of each mattress appraisal that will redirect you to the mattress company's website, where you can purchase it at a discount. Each of these companies let you try out the mattress for a few months and either keep it or return it for a full refund (though some of them charge a small fee for retrieval). In this way, you can try out any of these mattresses, see if it's to your liking, and return it if it's not.
What are the warranties on these mattresses?
Most of these companies offer at least a 10-year warranty that covers any damage done to the mattress not by misuse or negligence. You can read the review of the mattress by clicking it's company's logo for more details.
Do these mattresses come in a box?
Most online mattresses do, and thus require a day to decompress and off-gas, preferably in a well-ventilated space. Saatva mattresses, however, come as they are, and shipped by professionals directly to your bedroom, and therefore don't need to decompress or off-gas.
Do these mattresses come with a foundation?
No, unless you order one along with them. Most of these mattresses are compatible with any standard bed base, though you can always add one to your purchase if you lack a suitable one in good condition. Check my mattress reviews and their company websites for more details on compatible bases and your options.
Where can these mattresses be shipped to?
These companies currently only ship to the contiguous United States, not including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, etc. They do, however, usually ship to Alaska and Hawaii for an additional fee.
Can they remove my existing mattress when the new one is delivered?
Some companies, like Saatva, do so at no additional cost. Some, like Nectar, do so at an additional cost. Most, though, don't offer this service. Check a mattress' review or its company site for more information in this regard.