Your posture while asleep, and how well aligned your body is as you doze off into dreamland, are both extremely important factors that go a long way in helping determine the quality of your sleep and how refreshed you feel when you wake up.

This is something that’s often determined if whether or not you’re sleeping on the best mattress in Singapore for you.

Below, we’ll help you decide between a soft and hard mattress.

Pros and Cons of a Hard Mattress

1. Hard mattresses keep your body straighter, which helps reduce the pressure on your back or spine while sleeping. However, it can take somewhere between a few days to a few weeks for your body to adjust to it.
2. Hard mattresses have been shown to help improve blood flow. Unfortunately, hard mattresses are not ideal for those who already have lower back problems, like scoliosis, arthritis, rheumatism, and so on.
3. Hard mattresses prevent your lower back from collapsing completely while asleep, allowing you to breathe better at night, but noticing the differences in firmness between different types of harder mattresses will be quite hard unless you can sleep in it for at least a week before fully committing to the purchase.
4. Hard mattresses are excellent for those who love sleeping with body pillows and pillows between their knees. Hard mattresses, however, are not often advertised by a lot of retailers.
5. Once your body adjusts to sleeping on a hard mattress, you may find sleeping on it better, but indentations created by your body weight over time will be more pronounced.

Pros and Cons of a Soft Mattress

1. Soft mattresses are excellent for ageing individuals who are dealing with various kinds of joint pains and aches, but they often push the spine out of its natural alignment, which reduces the quality of sleep.
2. Soft mattresses are great for slimmer and lighter people. Unfortunately, soft mattresses tend to cost a lot more compared to harder and firmer mattresses.
3. Side sleepers, especially those who sleep in a fetal position, will benefit from softer, plush mattresses. It’s also very common for two people to disagree on the softness of their mattress, which makes them less than ideal for those who sleep with partners.
4. Pillow-top systems can be used to make softer mattresses even softer in certain areas, but over time, even the firmer areas will become softer and become less comfortable to sleep in after a few years of use.
5. The technology for softer mattresses is constantly being improved. Even so, softer mattresses have below-average buyer satisfaction compared to harder and firmer mattresses.

Buying a mattress is a personal choice. It is a completely up to you if you should buy a hard or soft mattress. If you sleep with a partner, it’s important that you take them with you to buy the mattress so the two of you can decide whether or not it’s best for you. Also, if possible, look for a retailer that offers an extensive return policy. This is especially true if you’re buying one of those newer memory foam mattress in Singapore that may not feel like any kind of mattress that you have slept in before.

In any case, regardless of what kind of mattress you’re buying, always opt for quality over money. Remember, you’re going to be spending a lot of your life sleeping on your bed, so you might as well make it count.