Selecting a mattress is not only a very personal thing, but many folks find it a bit embarrassing too, especially as they can find themselves testing it out by sitting and laying on the surface in front of passing shoppers. But a mattress is usually a long term and quite a pricey investment, so it must be chosen with great care for both a comfort and health reasons.

So it's important that you make sure you have the right mattress for your body type and lifestyle. I think it's also wise to get the largest mattress within your price range, providing it will fit properly into your bedroom of course. There's no such thing as 'too much room' on a bed but buying one that's too small can be a recipe for a sleepless nightmare.

Quite popular these days are the air mattress beds. These types have the unique property of allowing different comfort levels for each partner's side of the bed, so you can end up with a kind of one-bed-suits-all type of scenario. This is much better than going for a compromise where it's quite unusual for both partners to love their bed. Not everyone likes the sensation produced from sleeping on air mattress beds, but those who do say it's like sleeping on a cloud and gives them just the most blissful sleep ever.

So many of us hold on to our old comfy beds until they're ready to drop! In fact if you have a sagging mattress and are getting ready for a change, you might want to consider looking at the new range of adjustable beds which can give literally 100's of different positions to suit. Just imagine, the press of a couple of buttons will elevate your posture so you can watch TV, have you sitting upright for breakfast in bed, recline to that perfect angle for an afternoon nap, or gently lay you down when it's time to nod off for the night.

Although many of us grew up with the trusty coil and spring mattress, they do tend to put undue pressure on various areas of our body, which then in turn can cause restricted circulation to those spots, but not that this has any immediate and noticeable implications. But often over the long term when some of us begin to get aches and pains in the neck, shoulders and back, we simply put this down to aging, but quite often it's due to years of sleeping on coiled or spring mattresses.

Another option for the best mattress experience is not to replace your old one but transform it into a feather mattress or featherbed. The great thing about feather beds is that you do not have to spend thousands on a new mattress set. In fact you only need splash out on a fraction of the price for a replacement mattress by adding a featherbed to your regular sleeping surface. They're great ideas and a fabulous way to increase your comfort at bedtime.

Beds and bedding have come a long way since grannies day, and depending on your personal taste and level of comfort, you can chose from an array of modern mattresses ranging from springs, coils, foam, air, and water. Today there are just so many different styles to choose from, which if anything can make it all just a little overwhelming.