OK, we have to preface this with a disclaimer: You’re going to spend roughly a third of your life on a mattress, so there are probably better places to save a buck. Seriously, if you can save up to buy a nicer mattress, do. But for tight budgets (or guest rooms), we’ve tested more than a dozen mattresses under $1,000 that you can buy online and have conveniently shipped to you in a box in a matter of days.
We slept on a variety of mattresses of differing firmness, materials, and filling to find what we consider to be the best mattresses at a budget-friendly price point. Some of these cheap mattresses far exceeded expectations for costing roughly what you can spend on a fancy dinner.
These under-$1,000 picks are also conveniently shipped straight to you. Buying a mattress online is easy and efficient—a box comes to you with no need for a truck or professional movers. Just lug the…
