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Consumer Reports
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7 Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers, Lab-Tested by Our Experts - Consumer Reports
November 28, 2025 - If your go-to sleep position is on your side, you’re in good company; nearly three-quarters of people sleep that way. But it’s not always easy to find a good mattress for that sleep position. The best mattresses for side sleepers should keep the spine aligned while offering pressure relief for the shoulders and hips, a combination for waking up pain-free.
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Consumer Reports
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9 Best Mattresses of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed - Consumer Reports
1 week ago - Support: A great mattress should help keep your spine aligned throughout the night. For this roundup, we chose mattresses that performed well all-around for both side sleepers and back sleepers. But keep in mind that a mattress with a low score for, say, back-sleeper support may be a good choice for side sleepers.
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Consumer Reports
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7 Best Innerspring Mattresses of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed - Consumer Reports
6 days ago - For Consumer Reports’ full slate of mattresses tested, go to our comprehensive ratings and reviews. CR members can also take advantage of our personalized mattress finder. And if you need shopping advice, check our mattress buying guide. These two innerspring mattresses suit a wide range of sleepers and earn the highest marks in our most important tests. With only one side of the body bearing all the weight, side sleepers especially appreciate cushy pressure relief along with good spine support.
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Consumer Reports
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7 Best Foam Mattresses of 2026, Tested by Our Experts - Consumer Reports
6 days ago - Best Foam Mattresses: Best Overall Top Firm Pick Top Soft Pick Best for Side Sleepers Best for Back Sleepers Best Value Best for Couples ... If these mattresses appeal to you, then you have lots of models to choose from, no matter what your budget is. Perhaps thanks in part to the rise of direct-to-consumer boxed brands, CR’s latest member surveys have found that foams are the least expensive mattress option compared with the two other mattress categories we test—innerspring and adjustable air. And as CR’s Martin Lachter reports, this represents a significant shift from approximately 12 years ago, when high-end Tempur-Pedics dominated the foam market.
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Consumer Reports
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5 Best Pillows of 2026, Lab-Tested and Reviewed - Consumer Reports
1 week ago - The Plank by Brooklyn Bedding Premium Shredded Foam pillow impressed evaluators in every test, surpassing the Coop, which had held the No. 1 spot in our ratings for years. It offers top-tier support for both back and side sleepers, which, along ...
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Bogleheads.org
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New mattress Update - Bogleheads.org
July 5, 2024 - The recommended firmness was based on what keeps the spine in alignment best given the position the person typically sleeps in. I'm a side sleeper, so bought a Casper Original hybrid mattress. It was rated the top mattress for side sleepers by Consumer Reports.
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Consumer Reports
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Best Soft Mattresses of 2025 - Consumer Reports
1 week ago - These highly rated models from Temper-Pedic, SleepFresh, and Zoma provide great support for back and side sleepers. Photo: Getty Images · A soft mattress isn’t for everyone, and yet the term “soft” has long been associated with a comfortable, luxurious bed.
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Sleep Advisor
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Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers (2025) | Expert-Tested
We rate a mattress’s firmness on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being incredibly soft and 10 being as hard as the floor. Side sleepers should typically look for a mattress between 5 and 6.5 on this scale—that’s soft to medium-firm. All of ...
Published   September 19, 2025
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Consumer Reports
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Best Firm Mattresses of 2026, Tested by Our Experts - Consumer Reports
1 week ago - By Type Best Firm Mattresses Best Soft Mattresses From Consumer Reports' Tests Best Foam Mattresses From the Most Comfortable Brands · By Sleep Style Best Mattresses for Couples Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers Best Mattresses for Back Sleepers Best Mattresses for Hot Sleepers
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Consumer Reports
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Choose the Right Mattress for Better Sleep - Consumer Reports
3 weeks ago - That alignment, or support, depends on not just the mattress itself but also how it interacts with the weight of your body, how that weight is distributed, and your sleep position. We assess each mattress for its ability to support side and back sleepers as well as large and small sleepers.
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The Good Trade
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10 Best Organic Mattresses For Non-Toxic Sleep - 2026 - The Good Trade
1 day ago - The company also provides environmental scholarships for college students, gives back to environmental and social nonprofits, and offsets 100% of its carbon emissions via TerraPass. For us side sleepers, we especially love PlushBeds memory foam ...
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NCOA
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9 Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers 2026: Discover Our Top Recommendations
2 weeks ago - The overall best mattress for side sleepers is the Nectar Premier, as it achieved the highest scores for side sleeping in our tests. Side sleepers also reported having the most comfortable night’s rest on this mattress.
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Sleepopolis
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Best Mattress for Side Sleepers (2025): We Tested 500+ Beds
2 weeks ago - Shelby Harris, side sleepers need lots of pressure relief at their hips and shoulders, where they place the majority of their weight. Mattresses with plenty of cushioning, sinkage, and body contouring can help prevent pain, while strong, supportive cores can promote proper spinal alignment.
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Mattress Nerd
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Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers (2025) | Mattress Nerd
Our expert mattress testers chose the Helix Midnight Luxe as the Nerd’s Pick for the best mattress for side sleepers due to its plushy comfort layer and supportive coils which provide support and pressure relief when side sleeping.
Published   1 month ago
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Good Housekeeping
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9 Best Mattresses for Side Sleepers of 2025
2 weeks ago - After testing over 200 mattresses, the Tempur-Pedic's Tempur-Cloud Mattress came out on top. The bed contours beautifully to your body to help maintain spinal alignment with a versatile medium firmness, according to our consumer testers.
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Sleep Foundation
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The Best Mattress for Back Pain in 2025: Expert Tested
Designed by Saatva specifically for those who need extra pressure relief, our testers reported that the Rx delivers on their claims. The memory foam lumbar pad promotes spinal alignment, which can reduce lower back strain.We found the medium soft (4) surface relieved the most pressure for side and back sleepers under 230 pounds. The mattress compressed too much for stomach sleepers over 130 pounds, putting pressure on the lower back.
Published   3 weeks ago
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Sleep Foundation
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Best Mattress for Heavy People: Expert Tested and Approved
3 weeks ago - ... Our side sleepers weighing more than 230 pounds awarded the Plus Luxe excellent ratings. The medium firm (6) feel and deep foam layers provided ample cushioning for the hips and shoulders but none of us reported excessive sinkage.
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Sleep Foundation
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The Best Mattress for Side Sleepers in 2025: Expert Tested
Ultimately, our Test Lab experts crowned the Helix Midnight Luxe as the best mattress for side sleepers, thanks to its ideal balance of mid-range firmness and comfortable foam layers.
Published   3 weeks ago
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Mattress Clarity
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Best Mattress For Heavy People (2026) - We Tested 500+ Beds
On a scale from 1 to 10, with 1 being the softest, we rated this mattress 6.5/10. This is the industry standard for medium-firm. ... Great pressure relief for side sleepers over 230 lbs.
Published   1 day ago
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Mattress Clarity
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Best Mattress for Side Sleepers (2026) | Medically Reviewed
The Helix Midnight is our best mattress for side sleepers, thanks to its versatile and appealing medium-firm feel, high support level, and excellent performance in our tests for pressure relief.
Published   1 day ago