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Should you put your mattress on the floor?

You’ll need to maintain regular cleaning to keep your sleep hygiene in tip-top mite-free shape.

A woman with brown hair lies on her stomach on a grey colour Japanese floor mattress

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Japanese floor mattresses

Japanese floor mattressesare rectangular, quilted pads resembling a slim memory foam mattress.

As their name suggests, you place them on the floor to provide a practical, space-efficient bed.

A man sat on the edge of his mattress that’s placed on the wooden floor

Placed on the floor, these mattresses tend to be firmer than most traditional mattresses.

By design, they are made for the floor.

They are lightweight, making them easier to air out, move and clean beneath.

The Maxyoyo Japanese Floor Mattress

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Solid memory foam mattresses

Even thebest memory foam mattresseslack airflow due to the density of mattress foams.

It makes sense, the sponginess of foams soaks up humidity rather than letting it flow through.

A mattress on the floor next to a window in direct sunlight

This comes with risks.

However, firm mattresses are generally recommended as thebest mattresses for stomach sleepersand thebest mattresses for heavy people.

Our tester’s head on the cover of the Nectar Premier Memory Foam Mattress

A person sits on the edge of the Plank Firm mattress, Extra Firm side, to test the edge support

A man sits on a mattress on the floor placed on a hardwood floor so it sleeps cooler

A hand tests the thickness of the 3" Latex Topper

MAXYOYO Japanese Floor Mattress

A cheap mattress on a bed frame

A woman feeling the side and top of a mattress as she shops

Bed bugs

Blue Jimmy BX7 Pro mattress vacuum on white mattress

A mattress we tested is dressed with neutral colour bed linens and pillows

A person wearing rubber gloves uses a spray bottle and a clean cloth to clean the surface of the Emma Elite mattress.

A woman�s hand holding a magnifying glass magnifying bed bugs on a mattress

A woman with an afro sleeping on her side covered in grey duvet while she sweats in her sleep, thinking of a cooling mattress.

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Woman smiling while she sleeps with headphones in and her arms overhead

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