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Better sleep is yours with these top mattresses of 2024
Ready to say goodbye to sleepless nights and groggy mornings? Around one third of US adults admit to not getting enough sleep every day, so you’re far from the only one in need of a change. Let that change be a life-changing (and budget-friendly) one by upgrading your bedroom with a new mattress.
But where to start? If you want to do it right, shopping for the perfect mattress is a multistep process. First up is knowing the best time to shop for mattresses.
Next up: Do you know your sleep position? Back sleepers, side sleepers and stomach sleepers all have different mattress needs. From there, you’ll know whether you want a traditional innerspring mattresses or ultra-plush memory foam mattresses like the foam Saatva hybrid?
Behold, the best mattresses of 2024
Here’s a quick look at the best mattresses available right now, depending on your needs.
Want to make your bedroom the best it can be? We have your back with some more sleep essentials to consider.
Read up on the best mattresses of 2024 for sleepers of all kinds, plus must-have accessories and insights from experts on how to find the perfect mattress based on your needs.
Best hybrid: Saatva classic
Saatva
The Saatva classic mattress comes with a plush, luxurious pillow top perfect for soft, cloudlike pressure relief. Shoppers can switch between three comfort levels (plush soft, luxury firm, or firm) to match their individual preferences.
Best for:
- Sleepers looking for a good amount of motion isolation.
- Targeted pressure relief in the hips, shoulders, or spine.
- Back pain relief.
Best budget-friendly: Signature Design by Ashley Chime memory foam
Signature by Ashley Chime via Amazon
Sleepers looking for the best memory foam option should consider this very budget-friendly and highly rated mattress available through Amazon.
This 12-inch memory foam mattress by Signature Design by Ashley is CertiPUR-US certified, which means you’re not just sleeping on foam that’s incredibly comfortable; CertiPUR-US certified foams are also eco-friendly and free of additives such fiberglass that could be hazardous to your health.
Best for:
- Sleepers who prefer a soft feel instead of a firm mattress.
- Sleepers with allergies.
Best for stomach sleepers: Helix Dawn
Helix
The Helix Dawn mattress offers multiple layers of firm yet responsive foam for a next level sleep experience. If you’re a stomach sleeper — or just a fan of mattresses that are super supportive — then shop this mattress from Helix Sleep in queen size for the reduced price of $999.
Thanks an ongoing sale, shoppers can save 25% on all purchases and tack on a free bedroom bundle of three accessories for certain mattress purchases (minimum $330 value). For the Helix Dawn, this includes a free dream pillow set, mattress protector and white sheet set.
Best for:
- Back and stomach sleepers.
- Back pain relief.
Best cooling: Leesa Sapira hybrid
Leesa
The best hybrid mattresses combine layers of supportive springs and plush foam or latex for a balanced, comforting sleep experience. This five-layer cooling mattress by Leesa Sapira is no exception: It includes a breathable hole-punched layer to let air flow through as well as a memory foam layer to help relieve pressure on your back, hips and shoulders.
Want your cooling mattress purchase to make a difference? Leesa also donates one mattress to non-profits for every 10 mattresses sold.
Leesa is currently offering a 30% discount on select mattresses, as well as a complimentary sleep bundle. This sale includes the Leesa Sapira hybrid mattress, which is currently marked down $600 (originally priced at $1,999) and comes with two free pillows and one sheet set.
Best for:
- Sleepers whose body temperature runs hot during the night.
- Relief from chronic pain in areas like the back, hips, and shoulders (depending on your sleep position).
Best for side sleepers: Tempur-Pedic Tempur-Cloud
Tempur-Pedic
This mattress is customizable for your most comfortable sleep. Choose from a medium-firm classic mattress, or a medium-firm hybrid mattress. Both offer motion isolation, so your partner’s movements won’t disturb you. This mattress adapts to your body weight and shape for maximum comfort.
This mattress is available at a 30% discount — shop now to save nearly $600 on a new mattress.
Best for:
- Those who share a bed.
- Side sleepers.
- Light sleepers.
Best memory foam: Nectar Premier
Nectar
This plush memory foam mattress is made with Nectar’s dual-action cooling technology, which reacts to your body’s temperature to help you stay nice and chilly while you sleep. One of Nectar’s most popular mattresses to date, this mattress is also supported by Nectar’s forever warranty policy.
Thanks to an going Nectar sale, this (and other select Nectar mattresses) is currently 40% off the original price of $1,499.
Best for:
- Stomach, side, and back sleepers — this mattress won awards for each sleep position category in 2023 with Sleep Foundation, Mattress Clarity and Sleepopolis, respectively.
More sleep essentials to consider
These expert-recommended sleep essentials will help you achieve a good night’s sleep.
Bedroom lighting: Philips SmartSleep wake-up light
Philips via Amazon
“I believe everyone should have a sunrise wake up alarm,” says Dr. Kristen Casey, a licensed clinical psychologist and insomnia specialist. “It has the option for sound but some of us are able to wake up to light only (how cool!).
“Our circadian rhythm is regulated by consistency and light. Bright light in the morning is important to stop melatonin production and assist with our final awakening.”
The Philips SmartSleep alarm clock simulates a sunrise and sunset with five natural wake-up sounds to choose from. It includes an FM radio, tap snooze option and automatic dimmable display.
It can also function as a bedside reading lamp, with an impressive 10 brightness settings.
Wake up on time: Loftie alarm clock
Loftie
The Loftie alarm clock has a dimmable display, nightlight and a two-phase alarm. The first alarm phase is gentle, while the second phase really gets you up and at ’em. You can customize your alarm tone, volume and day-of-the-week settings.
The Loftie also functions as a white noise machine (or a provider of nature soundscapes). Its Bluetooth speaker plays music, podcasts and more.
And if that isn’t enough, the Loftie also offers a sleep timer, blackout mode and wellness content, including breath work, music and guided meditation. Choose from two colors.
Sleep soundly: HoMedics Sound Spa sound and white noise machine
HoMedics via Walmart
“For those who don’t like silence at night, I’d suggest a white noise machine that’s run on electricity so the batteries don’t die overnight and cause an awakening,” says Casey.
“For those who prefer music, we suggest low-level, instrumental only music. The volume and pitch is important, as a higher pitch or volume may initiate awakenings overnight. This one I use for my therapy sessions and for sleep.”
Avoid interruptions: Casper Snoozewear sleep mask
Casper
“Sleep masks are helpful for those who are on non-traditional sleep schedules,” Casey says. “It’s important to limit light as we are falling asleep, so our body knows it’s time to wind down. Same goes for blackout curtains.”
Need a recommendation?
“This is my favorite sleep mask,” says CBS Essentials senior writer Lily Rose. “It’s extremely comfortable and doesn’t snag or pull at my eyelashes or brows.
“When I wear it, I don’t see light from the street, light from my boyfriend’s table lamp or any morning sunshine until I take the mask off. Most importantly, it doesn’t get all twisted around on my head like most sleep masks do.”
What to consider before buying a new mattress
Casey gave CBS Essentials some insights on what shoppers should know about shopping for a new mattress.
“Everyone has unique sleep health and needs,” Casey says. “It’s important to assess mattress comfort, support, breathability, pressure relief, durability and firmness. In addition, assessing the type of sleeper you are (e.g., side, back, or combination), and your usual temperature (e.g., hot sleeper, cold sleeper, neutral) is imperative.”
“Someone may simply prefer a mid-firm mattress with comfort foam compared to a softer one, because it helps with support for their back pain as they sleep overnight. Others prefer a softer firmness because their bodies don’t necessarily need pressure relief.
“The most important factor to consider as you evaluate sleep products for your routine is comfort. Feeling comfortable assists with sleep initiation,” Casey says.
When is the best time to buy a new mattress?
According to the American Sleep Association, you should replace your mattress every eight to 10 уеаrѕ.
To extend the life of your mattress, use a washable mattress protector. A protector can keep your mattress clean and dry, prevent mold and resist dust mites. The ASA further advises rotating your mattress 180 degrees at least once every 90 days, for more even wear. If you have a double-sided mattress, you should also flip it. Double-sided mattresses are designed to be used on both sides.
Of course, if the mattress you own just isn’t feeling comfortable anymore, now’s a great time to replace it, regardless of when you bought it. We’ve found a wide variety of mattresses on sale below.
How we chose the best mattresses of the 2024
When picking the best mattresses and other products, we take into account a number of important factors such as:
- Customer reviews: We combed through verified customer reviews — in other words, real buyers — to see who was consistently getting a great night’s sleep.
- Variety: We made sure to highlight a selection of different mattress types, including innerspring mattresses, memory foam mattresses, and hybrid mattresses to make sure there’s something for everybody.
- Star rating: All of these products have a four-star rating or higher.
- Your needs: We picked mattresses for a variety of budgets and needs, such as affordability, durability and more.
An Israeli airstrike hit a mosque in central Gaza and Palestinian officials said at least 19 people were killed early Sunday. Israeli planes also lit up the skyline across the southern suburbs of Beirut, striking what the military said were Hezbollah targets.
The strike in Gaza hit a mosque where displaced people were sheltering near the main hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah. Another four people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the town.
The Israeli military said both strikes targeted militants, without providing evidence.
An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital morgue. Hospital records showed that the dead from the strike on the mosque were all men, while another man was wounded.
In Beirut, the strikes reportedly targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only international airport and another formerly used by the Hezbollah-run broadcaster Al-Manar.
Hussein Malla / AP
Israel and Hezbollah have traded fire across the Lebanon border almost daily since the day after Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed 1,200 Israelis and took 250 others hostage. Israel declared war on the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip in response. As the Israel-Hamas war reaches the one-year mark, nearly 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory, and just over half the dead have been women and children, according to local health officials.
Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon in the latest conflict, most of them since Sept. 23, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.
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With just a month to go before Election Day, Sabrina German sees herself as an essential worker for democracy. The director of voter registration in Chatham County, Ga., German has found herself in the spotlight as she works to comply with sweeping changes to state election rules in this critical battleground state.
“The first three words in the preamble, it says, ‘We, the people,’ meaning that we, as public servants, we are working for the people to make sure that they have a fair choice and a voice for the candidates that they’re choosing,” German said.
The overhaul in Georgia has many fronts, from the Republican majority on the state election board, to the Georgia legislature, which has made it possible for individuals to file a flurry of challenges to the voter rolls.
German said she had a thousand challenges to voter registrations in just one county.
Attorney Colin McRae, who chairs the non-partisan County Registration Board (on which he has served for two decades), said, “It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure out the agenda behind some of the challenges,” he said. “In a recent set of names that were submitted to us, it included hundreds of college students. And it didn’t take a lot of research to figure out that all of the college students whose registrations were being challenged, all attended Savannah State University, [a] historically Black university.”
While these issues might seem local, they have a national political charge; and former President Trump has weighed in on the campaign trail, praising Republicans on Georgia’s election board. “They’re on fire,” he said. “They’re doing a great job. Three members. Three people are all pit bulls fighting for honesty, transparency and victory. They’re fighting.”
“Sunday Morning” reached out to the members of Georgia’s election board praised by Trump. They have long defended their work, and one member told us the controversy over their efforts is “manufactured to suit some other agenda.”
What’s happening in Georgia is just one example of how challenges to the vote are roiling the nation. And the question remains: Are recent changes to state election laws addressing real problems? Or, is it just politics?
David Becker, a CBS News contributor who directs the non-partisan Center for Election Innovation and Research in Washington, D.C., said, “I’ve been looking and researching the quality of our voter lists for about 25 years now, and there’s no question that, right now, our voter lists are as accurate as they’ve ever been.”
So, what is fueling suspicion of voter rolls? “We see a lot of their claims about the elections driven just by outcomes,” said Becker. “They’re not about the actual process.
“The voter lists are public. They could have challenged these things in 2023 or 2021 or 2019. They’re waiting until right before the election, which tells you that they’re not actually interested in cleaning up the lists. What they’re really trying to do is to set the stage for claims that an election was stolen after, presumably, their candidate loses.”
The 2020 election still casts a long shadow. State officials like Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State, are bracing themselves for another contsted election.
On January 2, 2021, Raffensperger got an infamous call from then-President Trump asking if he’d “find” votes so Trump could win. “All I want to do is this: I just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more that we have, because we won the state,” Trump said in a recorded conversation.
Raffensperger resisted pressure to not certify the 2020 election in Georgia. Asked if he would resist pressure again, he said, “I’ll do my job. I’ll follow the law, and I’ll follow the Constitution.”
Raffensperger will once again oversee and certify Georgia’s elections. Asked whether he believes any of the changes put forth by the election board are necessary, Raffensperger replied, “No. Not one.”
Raffensperger says voting is safe and secure in Georgia. Asked why the election board members keeps making changes to the rules, he said, “I think that many of them are living in the past, and they can’t accept what happened in 2020.”
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Carol Anderson, an author and voting rights activist who teaches at Emory University, said, “One of the things about voter suppression is that it always looks innocuous, it always looks reasonable, except it’s not. What’s happening in Georgia with voting rights is that, you have a massive change of demography happening. So, you have a growing African-American population. You have a sizable Latino population. You have a sizable and engaged Asian-American population.
“And so, it is a power clash between a vision of a new Georgia and … the vision of the old Georgia, our old ways,” she said.
Chatham County’s Sabrina German said, because of the pressures on election workers, she thinks about leaving every day. German may be weary, but she and Colin McRae say their experience in 2020 has prepared them for whatever comes next.
McRae said he took it personally when Donald Trump asked the secretary of state to “find” 11,000 votes to put him over Joe Biden. “Of course, we took it personally; any criticism of the system is a criticism of the individuals who make up that system,” said McRae. “Again, the truth will come out. The truth will win out.”
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