Best mattress for side sleepers with shoulder and hip pain
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When you sleep on your side, you need a mattress that's soft enough to give pressure relief to your shoulders, back and hips but firm enough to offer spine alignment. This quality can be found in a variety of mattresses from memory foam, innerspring and hybrid beds, meaning you've got a lot to choose from.
CNET's sleep team has tested around 300 beds. Our years of testing and researching everything about sleep has allowed us to round up the best mattresses for side sleepers according to our experience.
The beds chosen below were top-rated among the editors during testing. We analyzed everything from firmness, feel, motion isolation, edge support and temperature. We also take overall comfort, versatility and special features into account. Read on for our top choices.
What's the best overall mattress for side sleepers?
We tested more than two dozen models to find the best mattress for side sleepers.
My fellow mattress testers and I slept on more than two dozen models to find the best mattress for side sleepers. We found the best overall to be the Layla hybrid mattress. It's a soft an airy memory foam mattress that just about anyone can sleep on because it has a flippable design. So you have two chances to get the firmness right.
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Our take - Unlike a majority of mattresses on the market, you can sleep on either side of the Layla Hybrid mattress. It has a soft and airy memory foam feel that's almost like cotton candy. Side sleepers will love the soft mattress side, and the firm side accommodates all sleeping positions.
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Type
flippable hybrid mattress
Firmness
Medium to medium firm: (6)
Warranty
10-year limited warranty
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mixed foam hybrid mattress
Firmness
5 or medium (for heavier folks)
Warranty
lifetime warranty
Our take - The Amerisleep AS5 mattress appeals to a true memory foam mattress fanatic who loves an extra plush feel; it has dense, slow-responding foam that envelopes your body, making you feel like you're getting a big hug from your mattress. The cover is also machine washable and infused with a performance and sleep-boosting fabric that is supposed to promote better sleep and make you feel more energized when you wake up.
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Type
memory foam mattress
Warranty
20-year limited warranty
Our take - For side sleepers looking for a safe, comfortable soft mattress, the Helix Sunset is a great choice. It has a simple hybrid mattress design that combines pocketed coils with reinforced edges for stronger edge support and two layers of comfort foams that feel soft, airy and plush.
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Warranty
15-year limited warranty
Our take - It somehow manages to be soft and firm and the same time, giving your hip and shoulder the pressure relief they need along with ample support. Its gel-like comfort layer gives nicely underneath your pressure points and also helps you sleep cooler.
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Type
hyper-elastic polymer mattress
Warranty
10-year warranty
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Our take - Many brands use marketing language that claims to have a cooling mattress, but only a handful of those claims turn out to be true. Enter Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Lux. It's a thick hybrid mattress designed with multiple avenues of cooling tech and a plush, cozy feel perfect for side sleepers. You also can choose between multiple firmness levels.
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Firmness
Soft: (3) Medium: (5) Medium firm: (7)
Warranty
10-year limited warranty
Our take - It's ideal for people who weigh under 230 pounds and want an affordable foam mattress that isn't going to break the bank. This bed feels like neutral foam with traces of memory foam underneath, but it's quicker to respond to pressure than your typical memory foam mattress.
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