Buying a new mattress for two people can be tricky because each one will want their common bed to meet their particular sleep patterns, comfort needs, and unique support. Different needs for couples present unique challenges during the mattress buying process. Read on below, for learning about tips that will help couples to find the ideal mattress.
Before you begin the shopping process, each of you should decide what you’re looking for in a new mattress. Ask questions such as:
- Do you both like your mattress to have a firm feel? Or alternatively do you both like to feel a hug from it?
- Do you both sleep hot?
- What’s your budget?
- What level of comfort do you both enjoy most?
- Have you got a specific material preference… e.g. latex, memory foam, coils, hybrid?
Mattress Firmness
The firmness level of your mattress ultimately determines how well the bed in question will suit your requirements. Because your weight places pressure of its own on your body, you’ll need a mattress that can not only provide adequate support, but also help relieve such pressure. The support in your new mattress will help maintaining spinal alignment, and avoid a sinking feeling or quicksand.
Aside from your weight, the most common position in which you sleep also carries relevancy when choosing the firmness of your mattress.
For example, if you typically sleep on your back, you’ll require firmer support than side sleepers. This will help maintaining spinal alignment while you sleep.
On the other hand, if you sleep often on your side, you’ll require a mattress that offers more cushioning for your hips, shoulders, knees, etc. This will mean a thicker mattress (10 to 12 inches) will become a better choice for your needs.
In general, medium-firm, firm, and extra firm mattresses will suit best the sleeping needs for most people.
Is the New Mattress Supportive?
The most important feature of the new mattress is the support it’ll provide.
No matter the way you like to sleep, or body size, the mattress that’s most appropriate for you must keep your spine properly aligned, because it is the most important factor that will determine the quality of your sleep.
A mattress that doesn’t provide enough support for your preferred sleep position and weight, or a sagging bed won’t provide you with the restorative sleep you need to wake up feeling good.
- For side sleepers, a fully supportive mattress should keep your spine straight, while still accommodating the extra width at your hips and shoulders.
- For back sleepers, proper alignment should accommodate for the natural curve of your spine, and the new mattress should yield to the extra weight of shoulders and hips, while supporting properly your neck and lower back.
- For stomach sleepers, a firmer mattress should keep your spine from arching unnaturally, which might cause headaches and lower back pain.
The best option is to select a new mattress that has a generous home sleep trial period (at least 3 months) and hassle-free returns – the reason being the fact that you won’t know if the mattress is gonna offer you the right support until you sleep on it for a few weeks. So, while you can research issues like spinal alignment and support (and even watch videos on YouTube), both you and your partner might respond differently to several mattress types.
Mattress Thickness
The thickness of the new mattress is relevant for couples because it can affect how well the mattress holds up over time, especially if one partner in the relationship is over-weight, thus requiring a thicker mattress for enjoying the same support and comfort, over extended periods of time, when compared with lighter-weight people.
You should have in mind the body weight of both partners and then select the thickness that will provide with the adequate comfort and support, in order to get the best night’s sleep…
- Those who weigh more than 275 pounds, will feel the most comfort on a 12-inch thick mattress.
- Those who weigh between 225 to 275 pounds will feel the most comfort on a 10-inch thick mattress.
- And those who weigh less than 225 pounds will feel the most comfort on a 9-inch thick mattress.
Mattress Size
Selecting the right size mattress makes a big difference in sleep comfort for couples. Most couple like to have their own space in bed – meaning that a queen or king size mattress is often the only plausible choices.
Also, when considering your appropriate mattress size, try evaluating the size of both partners sharing the bed. While a full-sized mattress can work well for a single person with a larger frame, it can become a tight fit for couples who are of larger size.
If either sleeper is larger in size, then a king mattress may be the best option, and if one person is taller than average, a cal king mattress may be the best option.
Finally, consider also the sleeping styles of both people sharing the bed. If one person prefers to stretch out while sleeping, or even sleep diagonally, then a king size mattress may be the best option.
The right mattress size will ensure that you get a good night’s sleep and enough room to sleep comfortably.
Split-sized Mattresses
A split mattress is becoming very popular among couples. Split mattresses have the same dimensions as its usual size, except that it’s made in two separate pieces. For example, the split king mattress is really two Twin XL mattresses, side by side. Bed frames typically hold the two sides together and couples never even feel the split in the middle. Split mattresses have much less transfer movement than a standard size mattress, so if one sleeper is notorious for all night tossing and turning, the other sleeper won’t be disturbed.
Split sized mattresses also allow each sleeper to have their own preferred thickness and/or firmness on their side of the common bed. For example, couples can have firm on one side of the bed and soft on the other side. This is ideal for couples who have different sleeping styles. Split-sized mattresses also work extremely well with split sized adjustable beds, for better sleep. Check them here.
Adjustable Beds for Couples
Some people have specific health conditions that require them to sleep with their head and/or legs elevated. That obviously doesn’t mean that both partners will be comfortable sleeping that way.
But split-sized adjustable beds allow each partner to choose his/her preferred sleeping configuration without disturbing the other one, and each side of the common adjustable bed can operate independently, with its own remote control.
And both sides of the bed can also be synchronized together, if so desired by the couple.
Motion Isolation
If you’ve got a partner who frequently goes to the bathroom in the middle of the night, or often tosses and turns too often during the night, that’s when the motion isolating capabilities of your new mattress does matter.
Natural latex mattresses are outstanding choices for isolating motion, whereby they’re very buoyant and offer zero motion transfer. The key issue here is to select your new mattress that has enough motion isolation, in order to make sure you don’t disturb each other during the night.
Mattress Customization
Most people purchase mattresses that are pre-fabricated and sold as it is.
It is one thing that sets the Botanical Bliss mattress apart from so many others on the market.
Each new mattress is handcrafted and customized just for you, according to your specifications.
What this means is that couples can choose to have one side of the mattress as Firm and the other side of the mattress as Soft, in order to accommodate the diverse comfort needs of each partner. This way, everyone sleeps comfortable and happy!
Furthermore, you’ll have 100 nights to make sure it’s the right fit for the couple. If one requires more softness or firmness on either side of the bed, the manufacturer will send you an additional layer to add to one side (or both sides, if need be) to help each individual partner get the best night’s sleep.
And because the layers aren’t glued together, you can add or remove them at will and they are held firmly in place by the luxurious organic cotton cover.
