Labor Day is basically Black Friday for anyone who hasn’t been willing to leave their home in six months to go test out a mattress. (Oh, can I please spend my weekend lying on a bunch of different beds that a million other people have also lied in? No one is saying that.)
Instead, you can let Amazon do that heavy lifting (laying down?) for you.
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Here are the top-rate Amazon mattress deals worth grabbing this Labor Day weekend, ranked by how deep of a discount you’re actually getting.
Best Deal – FP Flexpedic 14″ King Luxury Hotel Cooling Hybrid (Save $200)
The sticker price alone is worth ignoring here, because there’s an on-page coupon that takes $200 off! As such, this one only earns the top deal slot if you clip it first. It’s a zoned foam-and-coil hybrid built for back and side sleepers, with reinforced edge support rated for plus-size sleepers and a 365-night trial to back it up.
I can’t stress it enough to just make sure you click that “Coupon price” checkbox before you add it to your cart.
A Queen under $200 – LIFEMENT 10″ Queen (27% Off)
This is the mattress you buy for the guest room, a kid’s first “real” bed, or your own room if you for whatever reason refuse to invest money on something you’re unconscious on for eight hours a night. On that note, it’s 27% off, which helps support the goals of the latter. It’s a basic three-layer foam setup with a graphite-cooling top layer, which is nothing fancy, but it is fiberglass-free and CertiPUR-US certified. It’s also running strong with 1,200 other reviewers who have it sitting pretty at 4.4 out of 5 stars.
Solid Budget pick – Zinus 12″ Queen Green Tea Memory Foam (23% Off)
Zinus is a mattress-in-a-box brand that someone you know probably already owns, and this green-tea-infused version is their bestseller for a reason. It comes with a safe, inoffensive medium-firm style that doesn’t scare off any particular sleep style. Reviews run a little more split than everything else on this list, so at 23%-off, it reads a bit more like a solid budget pick than a forever-mattress.
THe OG – Casper Sleep Original 11″ Hybrid Queen (save $300)
Casper basically invented the bed-in-a-box category, and the Original Hybrid is still what people default to when they don’t want to overthink their sleeping decisions. It’s a hybrid mattress with foam on top and coils underneath, so there’s decent bounce instead of a full quicksand-foam feel, as well as solid edge support.
Extra discount – MOOA 12″ Queen Cooling Hybrid ($110 Off)
MOOA isn’t a household name yet, but this mattress has already built a surprisingly strong review average for a newer brand. The mattress features gel-infused foam over pocket coils, with reinforced edges that hold up when you sit on them. Even better is that you’re getting this mattress for 19%-off. BUT… click that “Coupon price” box, and score yourself an additional discount, taking the sale price from $299.99 to $259.99!
Top-reviewed – Novilla Bliss 10″ Queen (save $40)
Novilla’s Bliss has nearly 30,000 reviews on Amazon, which is the kind of social proof that makes many of us (myself included) feel a little bit better that a “budget mattress” feels like less of a gamble purchase. This one has gel memory foam built for pressure relief and cooling, with the “medium-plush, not too firm” positioning that seems to be working for pretty much everyone who’s bought one.
An Affordable king – Signature Design by Ashley 12″ Hybrid King (Over $50 off)
If you’re furnishing a whole bedroom and want the mattress and bed frame from a brand you’ve heard of, Ashley’s hybrid King is a solid middle-of-the-road pick. The 12-inch King comes with a gel memory foam over individually wrapped coils and a medium-firm firmness, for anyone who needs a little extra bounce in their mattress.
For back pain relief – EGOHOME King 14″ (save $60)
EGOHOME leans hard into the back-pain-relief pitch, and the copper-gel-infused foam and graphene cooling cover back it up on paper (which is a huge plus for my manageable, yet scoliosis-plagued spine). It runs thick at 14 inches, helping with the “feels expensive” factor, but you’ll want to double-check your sheets are deep-pocket before this shows up. Otherwise, you’ll be buying new sheets to fit your new mattress,
Dorm room special – GAESTE Full 8″ Cooling Gel (10% off)
This is the cheapest mattress on this list by a wide margin, aimed squarely at dorm rooms, guest rooms, or anyone who just needs a functional bed without the four-figure price tag. It’s also thinner than everything else here, so don’t expect anything super plush, but it’s fiberglass-free with a machine-washable cover. It isn’t pretending to be anything it’s not, and over 3,500 reviewers seem to think it does what it advertises.
Premium pick – Nectar Luxe 14″ Cal King (save over $120)
In stark juxtaposition to our last pick, Nectar’s Luxe sits at the premium end of this list, which is why the percentage off looks smaller. It’s just a smaller cut off a much bigger number. Curse you, math! You’re paying for double the cooling fibers and triple the pressure-relieving foam versus Nectar’s base model, but you also get a full year to decide if you actually like it or not. You get to sleep on your decision. Literally.
ACA approved – Sweetnight CoolNest Queen 14″ (10% off)
Last, but not least, Sweetnight’s CoolNest line has picked up some lab-tested badges (most notably by the American Chiropractic Association (ACA)), and the 5-zone support plus PCM cooling foam target hot sleepers specifically. The 14-inch Queen mattress scores you 10%-off its normal price of $469.99.
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