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Memorial Day is fast approaching, because time only passes faster as we get older. You know what else we need as we get older? A better mattress. I can’t rave enough about how much changing my mattress helped my back pain, taking me from starting each day half hunched over to feeling like a springy teen again. While a mattress can’t turn back time, a better mattress can lead to a lot of things: Better sleep! Better support! Less pain overnight!
One of the best times to shop for a mattress is leading up to Memorial Day. There are some sales already underway, though some are in honor of Earth Day and Mother’s Day, and some are only for the weekend, so make sure to read the fine print and don’t miss these deals while they’re happening. We’ve rounded up everything we recommend for a better night’s sleep that’s currently on sale. Everything listed is based on queen size, with the discount listed based on the price we usually see these mattresses and sheets available for.
Looking for more bedding and sleep advice? Don’t miss our guides to the Best Mattresses, Best Mattresses for Back Pain, Best Sheets, Best Pillows, How to Clean Everything on Your Bed, and How to Arrange Your Room for the Best Sleep.
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WIRED Featured Deals:
- Our favorite mattress: Helix Midnight Luxe for $1,780 ($119 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
- The best organic mattress: Birch Luxe Natural Mattress for $1,968 ($131 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
- Great for problem sleepers: Leesa Sapira Chill for $1,698 ($113 Off)
- A fantastic mattress for back support: Bear Elite Hybrid Mattress for $1,578 ($36 Off, Use Code MEMORIALDAY)
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Helix
The maker of our favorite mattress has kicked off its Memorial Day Sale with a nice discount: 25 percent off with the code MEMDAY25. It’s not the lowest discount we’ve seen, but the lowest these mattresses go is 27 percent off, so it’s pretty close. You’ll also get a free sheet set and mattress protector with the purchase of any Luxe or Elite mattress. The savings shown are based off that usual price we see.
- Our favorite mattress: Helix Midnight Luxe for $1,780 ($119 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
- A great mattress for back pain: Helix Twilight Luxe with ErgoAlign Layer for $1,967 ($131
- Off Use Code MEMDAY25)
- A great mattress pad for back support: Helix ErgoAlign Mattress Topper for $374 ($125 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
Birch
Birch is the organic sister brand of Helix, and it’s running the same early Memorial Day Sale with the code MEMDAY25 for 25 percent off site-wide. While you won’t get extra sheets, you will also get two of Birch’s Eco-Rest Pillows with any mattress purchase. Birch makes both our favorite organic mattress and our favorite mattress topper (organic or not!), and it’s a great choice if you’re looking to go organic in your bedroom. After all, you spend eight hours a day sleeping in there. The savings shown are based off that usual price we see rather than the full list price.
- The best organic mattress: Birch Luxe Natural Mattress for $1,968 ($131 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
- A great organic option for side sleepers: Birch Natural Mattress for $1,405 ($99 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
- The best mattress topper: Birch Organic Plush Top Mattress Topper for $374 ($25 Off, Use Code MEMDAY25)
Photograph: Nena Farrell
Bear
Bear’s Elite Hybrid Mattress is a fantastic choice if you suffer from back pain. Bear makes some of the firmest mattresses we’ve ever tried, but even as a side sleeper I found this mattress comfortable all night long. Bear’s Memorial Day Sale has everything 35 percent off, plus two free pillows, with the code MEMORIALDAY. Bear usually runs a 30 percent discount on its site, so it’s not a huge discount off what we usually see, but it’s still a great price for a great mattress. The discount is based on the price we usually see rather than the mattress’s base price.
- A fantastic mattress for back support: Bear Elite Hybrid Mattress for $1,578 ($36 Off, Use Code MEMORIALDAY)
Leesa
Leesa’s Early Access Memorial Day Sale is code-free, with 25 percent off certain mattresses on its site. Our favorites from Leesa are its cooling mattresses, specifically the Leesa Sapira Chill and the Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid. You can score both during the early sale, with the discount shown based on the price we usually see.
- Great for problem sleepers: Leesa Sapira Chill for $1,698 ($113 Off)
- Medium-firm support with cooling: Leesa Legend Chill Hybrid for $2,209 ($30 Off)
Best Early Memorial Day Pillows and Sheets Deals
Photograph: Cozy Earth
Cozy Earth
Cozy Earth’s sale is actually for Mother’s Day, but its decadent bedding is always a great one to score on sale. Cozy Earth makes everything from sheets and comforters to towels and robes, all of which I love using around my home. Bamboo sheets are a huge favorite of everyone I show them to, so if you haven’t gotten a set yet, now’s the time.
- Our favorite splurge bamboo sheets: Cozy Earth Bamboo Sheet Set for $215 ($115 Off)
- A bamboo comforter: Cozy Earth Bamboo Viscose Comforter for $231 ($124 Off)
Nuzzie
Nuzzie is a smaller bedding brand that primarily makes fantastic weighted blankets, but also makes a set of my favorite cooling bamboo sheets. Nuzzie’s running a spring sale with the code SPRING15 to get 15 percent off both sheets and weighted blankets, and I can’t recommend both enough as we head into hotter weather. I also really love how lightweight Nuzzie’s Ice Knit weighted blankets are and how cool the bamboo cover is, especially as someone who prefers a gentle weight over a heavy press of a blanket. (I use the 12-pound, even though that’s below the recommended 10 percent of my weight.)
- Affordable, cooling bamboo sheets: Nuzzie Forever Chill Bamboo Sheets for $119 ($30 Off, Use Code SPRING15)
- A cooling, super soft weighted blanket: Nuzzie Ice Knit Weighted Blanket for $229 ($25 Off, Use Code SPRING15)
Photograph: Nena Farrell
Purple
Purple makes our favorite pillow, the Purple Freeform, which is incredibly lofty and bouncy thanks to its high-density memory foam and polyester fill core, plus the honeycomb-shaped gel layer that surrounds it. It’s fully adjustable, too. Both it and the nonadjustable Purple Harmony (which has multiple sizes instead to replace the adjustability) are on sale right now on Purple’s website during its early Memorial Day Sale.
- Our favorite pillow: Purple Freeform Pillow for $179 ($20 Off)
- A similar, nonadjustable option: Purple Harmony Pillow for $179 ($20 Off)
Buffy
Buffy’s gear is just about always on sale for 20 percent off. It’s currently calling that discount its spring sale, but you can find it all the time. But time and time again, I’m so impressed by Buffy’s bedding that I don’t even care if it’s not a unique sale. You should still shop it. Buffy’s down-alternative Cloud Pillow is one of my favorites. I like it much, much more than any real down I’ve tried, and it uses recycled plastic bottles instead in its design. And both its Supima cotton percale sheets and eucalyptus-based Breeze Sheets are fantastic for hot weather.
- One of my favorite lightweight, still-soft sheet sets: Buffy Supima Cotton Sheet Set for $156 ($39 Off)
- A fantastic down alternative pillow for a great price: Buffy Cloud Pillow for $40 ($10 Off)
- Super silky sheets made from eucalyptus trees: Buffy Breeze Sheet Set for $160 ($40 Off)