What you're paying for in a mattress, line by line

People ask what a mattress "should" cost. There isn't a should. There's a build, a size, and a promise about returns. Once those are fixed, the number is either acceptable or it isn't.

Why the four beds aren't the same price

Drift is all foam, 25 cm, medium. No coil unit. That's the main reason it sits lower in the range. You are paying for the foam stack, the cover, the compression, the freight, and the fact that we will take it back inside 100 nights.

Harbor adds a pocket-coil unit under the foam. Coils cost more to make and to pack, and they're why the bed pushes back under your waist. 28 cm, medium-firm.

Loom is the tall one, 33 cm, zoned, in a plush or a supportive feel. More foam, a more particular coil layout, a cover with a quieter seam. If you don't want the height, don't pay for the height. A taller bed is not a moral improvement.

Current is the cooling hybrid, 27 cm. You're paying for a cover and a build that move heat better, not for a slogan. If your room is the problem, Current will disappoint you and the price will feel insulting. Cool the room. Then decide if you still want the cover.

The compare page puts them in one table at the size you pick. Use that. A blog post that says "from $X" without the size is how people get surprised at checkout.

What is not inside the price

We don't add a fake "compare at" number to invent a discount. If a compare-at price is showing, it's because someone set it in the catalog for a real markdown. If it isn't showing, the price is just the price.

We don't charge you for a certification we don't hold. The CertiPUR-US and OEKO-TEX marks on the site are labeled pending. You are not paying for a badge that hasn't been issued.

Shipping, in the countries we name on the shipping page, is planned as free in both directions for the mattress. "Free" means the cost is in the mattress price. That's normal. It isn't a gift.

Currency

Prices are set in USD, EUR, and GBP on purpose. They are not converted by a live rate when you toggle the footer. A euro price is not "the dollar price times yesterday's rate." Compare inside one currency. If you're shopping from Israel, the catalog is in dollars.

A way to decide without a spreadsheet

Write down the size. Write down the complaint (shoulder, heat, partner, sag). Cross off the beds that don't match the complaint. Look at the two prices that remain. If the gap is the coil unit and you want the push-back, pay it. If the gap is 8 cm of height you don't care about, don't.

A topper on an old bed can be the honest cheaper move. Mantle is 5 cm. It will not rebuild a collapsed core. The essay on topper versus a new mattress is the one to read before you try to save the money and keep the problem.

The costs that show up after the price

A frame, if yours is wrong. Sheets with a deep enough pocket, if yours are for a thinner bed. A protector, which is optional in the checkout and unwise to skip. Pillows, if the old ones are shaped like the old sag. Delivery into a room, which we plan as doorstep freight in the countries on the shipping page, not as a white-glove crew that assembles a bedstead. If you need the old mattress taken away, that's a local bulk pickup or a separate hire, not a line we've hidden in the price.

Put those on the same piece of paper as the mattress. A Harbor that fits the budget and a king sheet set you forgot is a worse surprise than a price you saw coming. None of this is a fee we invented to be clever. It's the rest of the bed.

If you're comparing us to a bed in a shop that's half the price, compare the trial and the warranty and the foam spec, not only the sticker. A cheap bed you can't send back is a different product. Sometimes it's the right product. We'd rather you see the trade than discover it when the shoulder is wrong and the receipt says no.

FAQ

Is the most expensive bed the one you recommend?

No. Loom is for people who want that build. Harbor is the one we point to most often when the request is "support I can roll over on." Drift is the right spend when you want foam and quiet. Current is the right spend when heat is the lead complaint.

Do you finance?

Not on this site. If a payment plan appears later, it will say who provides it. Don't assume a monthly figure you saw in an ad is a Thaw plan.

Why do king sizes jump so much?

More materials, more freight, a bigger coil unit. The jump is the rectangle, not a penalty.