Guest Room Mattresses: Higher Quality or Lower Pricing?
Should I get something comfy for the in-laws or save money in the budget? It largely depends on what your goal is and who will be sleeping on the guest mattress.
Pay Less for a Guest Room Mattress If:
It Will Be Used by Children
If it’s for younger children, lower pricing is the way to go.
There bodies don’t need a luxury mattress. With lower body mass, increased flexibility, and no joint issues they could sleep on anything and bounce back the next day.
Not to mention they won’t be on them all that much. There’s not much sleep happening during a sleepover.
Any mattress will be supportive enough to get them through the night.
It Won’t Get Used Often
Lower pricing doesn’t mean the mattress isn’t comfortable. Often, it reflects the duration of the mattress itself.
It can be comfy for a year or two of consistent use, then lose shape and need replacing.
So, if your guests only come over once or twice a year and that’s the only time the guest mattress will be used, save some money. It won’t lose shape for many years to come.
With the lower usage it will last just as long as any high quality mattress money could buy.
Your Guests Are Used to Thinner Mattresses
This is often the case with foreign exchange students and different cultures around the world.
Not everybody sleeps on plush mattresses.
Many cultures come from thin pads or even the floor. A plush mattress won’t be comfortable for them if they’re not used to it.
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Be sure to look into their culture and where they’re coming from before making this decision.
Choose Higher Quality Guest Room Mattresses If:
Your Guests Are Fully Grown
Adults tend to need a thicker mattress.
If you put a full grown adult on a thin mattress, it’s likely they’ll feel the springs or the frame all night long. Not comfy.
This is a good time to know there are mattresses with springs and mattresses without. You can get a thinner mattress with firm foam and prevent this issue.
You Will be Using the Guest Room Mattress
You spend a 1/3 of your life on a mattress. Get one you like if you’ll be using it.
There’s a whole list of reasons why you could be in the guest room:
- Your spouse snores and it keeps you up
- Your kids wake during the night and you’re responsible for them
- You’re working late and don’t want to wake anybody up
Whatever the reason is that you’re in the other room, invest in yourself.
The constant use of the mattress will wear it down and a lower priced option would need to be replaced soon.
Your Guests Have Chronic Pain
This is most commonly associated with the elderly.
Arthritis, hip pain, back pain, getting a cheaper mattress for someone with chronic problems will lead to an awful stay for everyone. Sleep is just as important for adults as it is kids.
A good mattress could be the difference between a wonderful stay and a terrible experience.
Do You Really Have to Pick One or the Other?
Luckily, at my shop I have what I call my guest room mattress section. There are three options that will both save the bank and be higher quality for any guest.
Call/Text to setup an appointment: 385–685–1223
Or visit my website to see how I can help you: https://location.mattressbyappointment.com/springville-ut
