If you ever caught air while jumping on a bed as a kid (or adult—no judgment), there’s a good chance it was an innerspring mattress. Their support system of springs makes them highly responsive, i.e.
, they bounce back upon impact like a trampoline. This design comes with some potentially sleep-boosting benefits. For starters, bouncier beds are easier to move around on, making them ideal for getting busy with a partner or for combination sleepers who change positions often.
Additionally, “people who run hot at night may prefer innerspring mattresses, which offer better cooling [than denser foam materials] ” because air can move more easily between the coils, Daniella Marchetti, PhD , a behavioral sleep medicine psychologist and clinician at Rise Science , tells SELF. “They also tend to provide more support than foam mattresses for stomach sleepers or those with heavier weight.” But while innerspring mattresses were once the norm, in recent years, memory foam and hybrid options (which are made with both springs and memory foam or latex) have soared in popularity.
(Likely because these squishier beds can be delivered to your doorstep in a box .) So in order to give the people what they want, we decided to include hybrid models with spring layers in our list of the best innerspring mattresses. Below, experienced testers and sleep experts outline the nine mattresses that bounced to the top of the pack because of their responsiveness, pressure relief, temperature regula.