Innerspring Mattress Buying Guide

This is not your typical innerspring mattress buying guide. That’s because, even though innerspring mattresses are still often sold to adults, Texas Mattress Makers has found that an innerspring’s interlinked coils don’t allow for proper support of an adult’s body. 

For that reason, we sell innerspring mattresses for young children only, as young children are still able to have their support needs met by an innerspring mattress.

For adult sleepers looking for a responsive, supportive mattress, we encourage you to check out our mattresses featuring individually wrapped coils and Quantum^® coils found in our hybrid mattresses. 

Want to start your search somewhere more basic? Check out our guide on how to choose a mattress. 

What to Keep in Mind While Shopping for an Innerspring Mattress

Innerspring Mattress Pros and Cons

Innerspring Mattresses vs. Individually Wrapped Coil Mattresses

Texas Mattress Makers’ Coil Mattresses

Hybrid Innerspring Mattresses

What to Keep in Mind While Shopping for an Innerspring Mattress 

There are some particulars to keep in mind when shopping for your mattress either online or in-store. These include: 

• How your child sleep (side, back, stomach, combination)
• How long you want your child’s mattress to last
• Preferred mattress components (including coil type, count, and gauge)
• Mattress firmness/softness

In addition to these factors, there are a few more points to consider when researching innerspring mattresses.

Innerspring Mattress Pros and Cons

Innerspring Mattresses vs. Individually Wrapped Coil Mattresses

While there are several important distinctions between hybrid mattresses and individually wrapped coil, the biggest difference is that open coil mattresses have interlinked coils, while individually wrapped coil mattresses house coils that are separated and individually wrapped in fabric.

Here’s why that matters: When you lay down on an open coil mattress, all of the coils surrounding the ones closest to your body move in tandem. This movement causes two main problems. First, naturally heavier parts of your body such as your shoulders and hips will affect the way the mattress conforms to the areas surrounding those areas, especially your back. Secondly, if one person gets into an open coil bed, their partner will likely feel it.

Having separate coils provides each area of your body with more individualized support. This extra supportiveness is especially important to sleepers who suffer from chronic aches and pains. And since individually wrapped coils are separated, movement on one side of the bed is isolated, making it much less likely to interrupt someone sleeping on the opposite side. 

Open coil / Innerspring mattresses 

Traditional innerspring mattresses — also called open coil mattresses — consist of an interconnected system of coils. These coils are usually hourglass shaped and are typically made of steel.

Individually wrapped coil mattresses

Individually wrapped coil l mattresses consist of a series of individual coils, each of which is individually wrapped in fabric.  

Texas Mattress Makers’ Coil Mattresses 

Most of our mattresses that use coils are hybrid mattresses that have an individually wrapped coil base and a foam or latex comfort layer. Texas Mattress Makers provides our customers with quality coil components, including our innovative Quantum® coil component. Quantum® coils offer today’s top-of-the-line premium individually wrapped coil technology. 

Quantum^® coils offer today’s top-of-the-line premium individually wrapped coil technology. Quantum^® coils are micro-coils which provide luxurious support to all body types, exceptional durability, and the most limited amount of partner disturbance. Texas Mattress Makers is the only mattress store in Texas that sells mattresses using Quantum^® coil technology.

For detailed information regarding the different types of coil components, please visit the following pages:

• Open coil component
• Individually wrapped coil component
• Quantum coil component

Ready for an Upgrade? Check out our Hybrid Mattresses

If your child has grown out of their innerspring mattress or you yourself have grown tired of your innerspring, the best place to start looking for a new mattress is often the hybrid mattress varieties. 

Hybrid mattresses combine an individually wrapped coil mattress with comfort layers on top, typically foam or latex. For many, this combination provides ideal support without sacrificing comfort.

As with the coil section of the mattress, customers have options when it comes to choosing which type of foam they wish to have incorporated into their hybrid mattress. To learn more, check out our recommended hybrid mattresses or visit our latex component and foam component pages.

Looking for the Best Innerspring Mattress Buying Guide? The Experts at Texas Mattress Makers are Here to Help.

While we may not sell innerspring mattresses for adults, the sleep experts at Texas Mattress Makers can help you find either an innerspring for your young child or an alternative type of mattress for you that fits your budget. 

To get started, simply explore our full selection of handmade mattresses online and choose to shop by either comfort level, mattress type, mattress size, or budget or visit any of our Houston locations.

We have over four decades of experience making and selling mattresses that answer our customers’ needs. From the construction of our mattresses to the buying experience, we are dedicated to providing our customers with quality customer service.

Your good night’s sleep is our passion. Come and visit any of our convenient Houston locations today!