The Best Beds to Buy in 2024

Where do you spend most of your time? Most likely at work or in bed, right? And to be productive at work, you need to optimise the time you spend in bed. Let’s be honest. Sleep is super important! That is why you need to look around and find the best beds out there. Don’t rest until you find the perfect bed for your sleeping style. You deserve to sleep well once the day’s work is done, night after night. So allow the sleep experts at The Mattress Warehouse to show you the best beds for sale in 2024.

In this guide, you’ll learn about the best beds for various sleeping styles with our top picks in those categories.

Best Beds by Category

In collaboration with our clients, The Mattress Warehouse’s team of sleep experts have been collecting sleep stats and reviews for years. Being in the industry for more than a decade and testing beds all the while, our team has a good idea of what you need in a mattress and bed. No matter how you sleep – on your back, side, stomach, or a combination of those, you’ll find a bed that suits your needs in this guide. Moreover, this guide caters for all sorts of budgets as well.

You’ll see the best beds in these categories:

• Back Sleeper
• Side Sleeper
• Stomach Sleeper
• Combination Sleeper
• For Health-Conscious People

Let’s dive straight in, shall we?

Remember, your body type plays a role in how your mattress or bed reacts to you, so keep that in mind when shopping for beds.

Top Bed for Back Sleepers

Gone are the days when you hear, “If you sleep on your back you should surely get a firm mattress.” Firm mattresses tend to offer more support and less comfort, so if you are purely after support firm is still the way to go.

But with the advances in sleep research and technology, firm isn’t always the best for back sleepers anymore. No, if you sleep on your back, the most important thing for you is that your mattress should provide superb spinal alignment.

But how will you know if your mattress will help your spine to align?

Good question!

Here’s how: When you lie down on your back, the bed should support your shoulders and hips, without putting too much pressure on them. The bed should also not sag under your weight if you lie on it.

So, what is the verdict? The best bed for back sleepers on the floor this year is the (drum roll);

Sealy Posturepedic Ponto Bed

The Sealy Posturepedic Ponto‘s base is made from a variety of pressure-relieving foams, which makes it an excellent choice if you are looking for a bed that offers spinal alignment and pressure relief. Add to that the advanced offset spring system to provide targeted support throughout the night, and anti-allergen covers and you have yourself a winner.

The Ponto has an elegant and supportive base.

• Price: R5,499.00 to R9,799.00
• Size: Single to King XL
• Comfort Level: Firm
• Weight Limit: 125 kg per side

Best Bed for Side Sleepers

Like with back sleepers, side sleepers should look for beds and mattresses that support their hips and shoulders. But unlike back sleepers, if you sleep on your side, there is much more pressure on your hips and shoulders. Think about it. For back sleepers, the weight is spread out evenly over both hips and shoulders. However, if you sleep on your side, all of that weight is transferred into one hip and one shoulder.

So what should your mattress do for you, side sleeper?

It must conform to your body and spread out the pressure on your hip and shoulder throughout the mattress. That is why softer, plush beds are the best option for side sleepers. These mattresses relieve pressure points while keeping your spine aligned.

And what better than a soft memory foam mattress to do the trick?

Cloud Nine Comfort Plush Bed

On top of the soft memory foam top layer, the Cloud Nine Comfort Plush has an additional soft euro top layer to give you even more comfort. But the Cloud Nine Comfort Plush bed isn’t all saggy softness. At its core lies a posture support bar to ensure that you don’t sink too far into the bed and wake up with a stiff neck or sore back. To top it off, there is some cooling gel worked into the mattress and the cover is anti-bacterial. All and all a great choice if you sleep on your side.

The Cloud Nine Comfort Plush bed has a non-flip mattress.

• Price: R8,099.00 to R16,799.00
• Size: Single to King XL
• Comfort Level: Medium
• Weight Limit: 150 kg per side

First Class Bed for Stomach Sleepers

Sleeping on your stomach can often cause back or neck pain (or both), if you do not have the right bed for it. You do not want to sink into your mattress if you sleep on your stomach, because this will most likely cause your spine to bend backwards. Something that your spine was not really designed for…

That is why the best beds for stomach sleepers are firm to extra firm ones. You need to find a good balance between a mattress that gives you all the support you need but does not make you feel like you are lying down on a table.

Tip: Stomach sleepers should have pillows with a low loft (it is not too thick) so that it doesn’t put strain on your neck or force your head back at an unnatural angle.

So what bed makes you feel like you are not lying on the cold, hard floor?

The Restonic iDream Dream Firm Bed

“Exactly what I wanted,” says Nontobeko Mkhize.

The high-density form core, coupled with the iDream Dream Firm‘s unique diamond-shaped convoluted foam gives a surprisingly comfortable sleeping experience, even though the mattress verges on extra firm. This bed was designed to give you excellent postural support. Moreover, it caters for you and your partner as it does not allow for movement transfer.

So with the Restonic iDream Dream Firm bed, you get to sleep on your stomach, protect your spine and still experience first-class sleep. (It is also affordable).

The iDream Dream firm mattress has a sturdy denim base cover for additional support.

• Price: R4,699.00 to R9,099.00
• Size: Single to King XL
• Comfort Level: Firm
• Weight Limit: 100 kg per side

Top bed for a Combination Sleeper

If you don’t sleep in one specific posture or position every night, this section is for you. Plenty of people have more than one sleeping position. So if you sleep on your side and back, stomach and back, or any combination of those, you are not alone. Moreover, there is a bed out there just for you.

For combination sleepers, the best beds are those with a medium comfort rating. You want a bed that offers enough support to keep your spine aligned when you are on your back or stomach, but you also want that soft, pressure relief when you switch to your side. And that is what makes medium comfort beds great.

Tip: Medium beds are also a good choice if you and your partner do not have the same sleeping style.

Forgeron Sweet Dreams Pocket Bed

It’s in the name.

Each pocket spring in the Forgeron Sweet Dreams Pocket bed individually reacts to the amount of pressure you put on the mattress. This means that you get exactly the amount of support that you need over various parts of your body. And that makes it the perfect bed for a combination sleeper.

With its soft-to-the-touch quilted cover, you do get sweet dreams on the Forgeron Sweet Dreams.

• Price: R5,999.00 to R10,499.00
• Size: Single to King XL
• Comfort Level: Medium
• Weight Limit: 110 kg per side

Best Beds for Health-Conscious People

It’s a new year and so many of us are back at the gym, in the pool doing laps, taking a jog around the neighbourhood, or going for long bicycle rides early in the morning. Or maybe you’re like the rest of us and just want some quality sleep without breaking a sweat every day. 

Either way, may your resolution become a habit.

Active people, remember that with more exertion on your body, you need more restorative sleep. For the rest of us, there is nothing wrong with utilising state-of-the-art sleep technology to optimise your sleep and overall health. 

And that is why you need a bed that can match your exercise regime and sleep goals hour for hour. Night by night. Whether you are a gym bunny or otherwise. 

So keep reading to see some high-tech beds that can enrich your life. 

Kooi beds were developed by former professional athletes who are acutely aware of how proper sleep can benefit the body.

Of course, your bed must cater for your sleeping position. So even if you opt for a specific brand that is more suited to your lifestyle, the bed must still be comfortable and offer the correct amount of support and pressure relief. Luckily Kooi high-performance beds have a variety of comfort levels to choose from. But for now, allow us to showcase two of the best beds for health-conscious people.

Kooi Athlete Bed

Made from pure foam without additional fillers that tend to break up over time, the Kooi Athlete has an extended lifetime. Moreover, as part of the final stress test, the mattress is compressed and it comes rolled up and wrapped in plastic, so when it arrives at your doorstep you can easily carry it to the room where you want it without help.

With cooling tech that wicks away moisture, you should have sweat-free sleep on the Kooi Athlete.

Tip: With a firm comfort rating, this is great for stomach sleepers and some back sleepers.

The Kooi Athlete is affordable, making it the perfect choice for your athletic, growing child.

• Price: R3,999.00 to R8,699.00
• Size: Single to King XL
• Comfort Level: Firm
• Weight Limit: 110 kg per side

Kooi Body Trainer

The first in its class Kooi Body Trainer bed is a masterpiece of sleep technology. The Body Trainer is designed and built to rigorous European standards. It contains four interlocking layers of foam topped with an essential oil-infused comfort layer. This mattress will do magic to soothe your body after an active day.

That sounds like a mouthful, doesn’t it?

Well, the Body Trainer is endorsed by a couple of top South African athletes. So it should be good enough for you, right?

Look at that profile through the Kooi Bodytrainer mattress. This combination of layers provides great spinal support.

Buy the Best Beds at The Mattress Warehouse

Now that you know what bed best suits your sleeping style, head over to our online store and find your new bed. You can also shop in-store in major city centres around South Africa.

Moreover, The Mattress Warehouse offers a 100-Day Comfort Trial* (click for *Ts & Cs). If you are not satisfied with your new bed, you can exchange it.

Sleep well!