Buying a mattress these days can be very complicated and stressful because today, there are just too many options. MoneySense magazine has recently published some very great ideas to decoding the secrets of mattress shopping.

Ignore brand names

Since most mattresses use identical coils, you might as well ignore brand names. They’re meaningless. And while we’re at it, so is most of the nattering about coil counts and wire gauges. The technical specs are designed to impress consumers with a mattress’s heavy-duty construction, but any mattress from a reputable manufacturer should give you at least a decade of good service. Far more important than a coil count is how the mattress feels to you.

Know your options

You have three choices when it comes to the type of mattress you’ll buy. The first is the classic innerspring design, an air chamber mattress and memory foam mattresses. Dr. Joseph De Koninck, professor of psychology and director of the sleep lab at the University of Ottawa says, “As long as your bed is comfortable to you, that’s all that’s important.”