Based on the general consensus I’ve seen on this sub, we should avoid “bed-in-the-box” type products, and spend more to invest in a quality mattress. That being said…

We’re looking to buy a mattress for our guest bedroom. We’d rather avoid spending too much. If we were to invest in more expensive options, we’d just buy a king-size tempur-pedic for ourselves and put our current queen size tempur-pedic in the guest room. We were looking at the Casper because it’s affordable, but it seems most people didn’t love it as their daily driver. Would a mattress topper have solved issues, or do we really need to spend THAT much to get a quality mattress for a guest that I might sleep on a couple of night’s per week?

For reference: I’m about 200 lbs, sleep on side and back. My wife is also a combination sleeper. Trying to keep it around 500 for a budget mattress.

What would you do in my situation? Any better budget suggestions? Thanks in advance!

I have an original Casper from 2015. It’s not nearly as comfortable as it used to be and I think I need more support as I get older. I have lots of pressure points on my back and shoulder. I posted earlier about nice pillows improving things some, but I’m still stuck on the actual mattress.

I originally came to this sub hoping to confirm my plans to buy a Tempur Proadapt hybrid soon, but now I’m not sure what I want or what will work. I don’t feel certain I’ll choose something that makes it better that’s worth the price. So I’m wondering people’s thoughts and experiences on using toppers for a Casper. Will it buy me some time and improve things or no without something quality to rest on? Can cheaper memory foam be improved? Would latex help?

75% side sleeper, 25% back 190 lbs Queen bed Super sturdy metal slat frame Don’t really sleep hot

Thank you!

I have a Casper Original Hybrid and need a recommendation for a topper. Currently the bed is too firm for side sleeping but ok for back sleeping. I’ve tried a few options;

• Zinus 1.5” foam topper: too soft for both positions but especially back sleeping and very hot.

• Newentor dual topper: Medium and soft, had it on the soft side but made my bed firmer.

• Casper topper: Also made my bed feel firmer.

Now I’m using the Endy topper with a thick quilted pad on top and a square of memory .75” foam in my shoulder area. The Endy topper on the soft side feels basically the same as my mattress so I may return it and go back to just the thick quilted topper which is still not enough. Any suggestions as to what I could try? I was thinking maybe just a 1” piece of foam could do it but I’m not sure.

Female, 5’4 and 143lbs, back and side sleeper. I can’t stick to one position. I’m mainly having issues with it being too firm for my shoulders.

I bought a quite expensive mattress that on the store floor felt incredibly comfortable (memory foam top with inner spring, so a hybrid). However, after taking it home, it never broke in the same as the store model (talking like six months of constant use), and remained way too firm for me.

I've fussed around with mattress toppers but ended up being disappointed in all of them. I thought maybe it'd be worth it to ask somewhere for advice before I go buying yet another topper; I do not have the money that is required to get a whole new mattress, and spending on toppers is a headache too. But I really need to figure this out, since I just gave up on my latest topper, and being back on the mattress directly is cutting down on my sleep tremendously.

Information; I am stuck side sleeping and have fibromyalgia/a lot ofchronic pain and an unstable pelvis plus SI joint problems (most of my sleeping pain comes from my hips and lower back). I am very happy with my pillow situation and the top half of my body is supported by that. My mattress itself is in working condition, albeit too firm for me, and my bed frame is metal slatted.

The mattress toppers I have tried are egg carton which ended up breaking down pretty quickly and becoming too soft, a generic two inch memory foam which didn't seem to make much difference, and then I switched to an all latex which worked for a while and then didn't... it's hard to describe but it got too sinky in a way that felt it was worsening my hip alignment and a weird push back sensation or something. Plus it slid EVERY night unlike the first two, to the point it was a huge headache. I am considering just getting one of those feather like duvet covers and seeing if that is enough but I don't know if that's the right call.

Any thoughts would be super appreciated, by my back and my wallet! Thanks so much