<p>D is in need of a bed for the summer (subletting the end of a lease on a room in a house for her internship, but the person she’s subletting from is pretty much moving everything out). We tend to splurge on mattresses at home (sleep is important!). My thought is to start at Sears. Or maybe one of the “Mattress Factory” type places.</p>
<p>Any store or brand suggestions?</p>
<p>Many of the airbeds designed for camping are very comfortable & adjustable for firmness.
Also makes moving much easier :)</p>
<p>Costco has a twin mattress for $99. No need for box spring i guess.
Or Ikea futon/couch.
Target futon/couch.</p>
<p>Big Lots.
Sam’s Club.</p>
<p>Sleep Country? Macy’s? IKEA sells mattresses, too.</p>
<p>You might not find the cheapo stuff online; the brick and mortar stores might have some odds and ends and mismatched sets at a good discount. If your D has a memory foam topper, it can make a cheapo matress “luxurious”.</p>
<p>Does she need a bed, too?</p>
<p>Ikea sells both mattresses of varying firmness as well as a variety of toppers. Also sells the cheapest (but not necessarily the nicest) duvet covers I have seen. Some of those mattresses come rolled up so transport is not a huge problem.</p>
<p>If it’s only for summer - check with furniture rental places to see what’s available. She should be able to get a ‘normal’ bed and dresser (if she wants one) for just the summer and have them deliver it and take it away when done. It may be better than buying the cheapest mattress a store has and then figuring out what to do with it when done. </p>
<p>If this is from a larger apartment complex they might have some recommended furniture rental places they routinely deal with.</p>
<p>I bought D an airbed from Costco online last year thinking she would use it for a week or so till she had time to buy a real mattress. She ended up using the airbed the entire school year. The nice thing about the airbed is that at the end of the summer she just deflates it and moves on.</p>
<p>I’m not normally a Walmart advocate, but they sell a cheap mattress that has real springs and all, and compresses into a box. Best of all, it’s delivered to your door when you buy it online, so it couldn’t get any easier.</p>
<p>From Sam’s Club you can order a twin 8" memory foam mattress complete with frame,bedskirt and collapesable storage container that slides underneath. It cost $250 plus shipping. The whole works is delivered to your house in a square cardboard box.
The set-up is really simple. We have two of these beds in our guest room. MIL has one that she sleeps on every night and loves it.e</p>
<p>Air mattress. Name brand one (can’t access it just now to check brand- C—, known for camping gear) comes in twin or queen size and extra high- can use regular bedding. Sales likely. Battery pump available.</p>
<p>Check Costco dot com - there is a foldable guest bed with twin foam mattress for $150 which includes delivery (!). The reviews are mostly positive. I bet the negative ones (about sagging in the middle) were written by some heavy folks.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the suggestions, especially the online ones. I had not thought about buying a mattress on the internet.</p>
<p>I will have to do some research about the aerobed type things. We have two that we use for sleepovers but having had a herniated disc about 10 years ago, I do worry about the possible long-term effects of sleeping on a mattress that is just air.</p>
<p>If it’s just for the summer, I can’t imagine that sleeping on “just air” would harm a young adult like your kiddo, unless s/he needs a LOT of support & doesn’t fill it with enough air? If it were for longer, might invest more, but just for the summer it does sound like an airbed might be ideal.</p>
<p>Could she ask whomever she’s subletting from about having the mattress for a nominal price? She may be pleasantly surprised.</p>
<p>I just called the local “factory” type mattress place. $100 for mattress, frame and delivery. Since they were near 2 colleges, this was a regular thing for them. My S sold it to someone else that needed it at the end of the year. Very easy and we shopped local. Just use the yellow pages and call around. For a year, the cheapest model should be fine.</p>
<p>Be very careful about buying a used mattress. Bedbugs are rampant and here in NYC an even more serious problem is predicted for this summer. As a precaution, some localities are barring the sale of used mattresses. Here in NYC, if you throw out a mattress it has to be completely encased in plastic.</p>
<p>I second that! Do not buy a used mattress. While we never had any bedbugs (fingers crossed!), eons ago, when we were a new family living on a postdoc’s salary, we bought a used mattress to save some cash… it came with fleas! :eek: (I know for sure because I caught one and saw what it was!)</p>
<p>I was at Walmart today and they had mattresses in a box.</p>
<p>Another parent once posted that her child bought an inexpensive GOOD mattress at overstock.com with free or nominal delivery. It sounded like a great deal & one my S may try when he moves to VA/DC.</p>
<p>Another inexpensive option is folding futons (some come as convertible furniture) with dense foam mattresses. We have used these for houseguests and they are pretty decent when they are new, especially if the person using it is fairly light weight.</p>
<p>Ewwwwww…
Please do not buy a refurbished mattress.
My skin is crawling…</p>