7 Best Adjustable Beds in 2023 Out of 13 Expert Tested

Saatva has the best reviews on the market, and the brand’s Adjustable Base Pro has the most comprehensive lineup of features and services, like free white glove delivery, a long warranty, preset and memory settings, and multiple leg heights between 13–18 inches, all at a competitive price.

• Trial period: No.
• Warranty: One-year full warranty followed by a nine-year limited warranty for the Adjustable Base, five-year full warranty followed by a 20-year limited for the Adjustable Base Plus.
• Sizes: Twin, twin XL, full, queen, king, split king, California king, split California king, Upper-Flex queen, Upper-Flex king.
• Weight capacity: 850 pounds.
• Standout: Highest-rated adjustable bed brand by customers.

• Adjustable Base: Head and foot adjustability, wireless remotes, removable legs, adjustable leg heights between 13–18 inches.
• Adjustable Base Plus: Additional massage features, wall-aligning design, custom and pre-programmed presets, Upper-Flex options, under-bed lighting.

After testing more than 13 adjustable bed brands and 28 models, the Handbook Team awarded Saatva as our top pick because of its strong lineup of advanced features and white glove delivery at a mid-range price, with opportunities to use discounts and frequent promotions for more savings. It also has a reputation for being a trustworthy brand, with 4.78 out of 5 stars on Better Business Bureau and 4.6 out of 5 stars on Trustpilot—making it the highest-rated brand in the industry.

We also like how Saatva checks almost every box on a shopper’s list, which no other brand is able to do. According to our survey of 600 adjustable bed users, the top five considerations when shopping for an adjustable bed include brand reputation, variety of features, in-home delivery and setup, discounts or promotions, and price. Here’s how Saatva fulfills each one:

• Brand reputation: We believe Saatva lives up to the hype. Our testers found that in-person and online customer service was helpful and respectful, and the products functioned exactly as expected without finicky controls or jolty adjustments that make transitions between positions uncomfortable.
• Variety of features: This is where the Adjustable Base Pro model shines. It offers three preset positions (zero gravity, anti-snore, flat) and one memory position you can set yourself. You also get adjustable legs, isolated head and foot massage, under-bed lighting, and a wall-hugging design. One tester commented that the remote was easy to understand despite all the different feature buttons, and if you’re trying to activate a feature at night, each button is backlit so you can see what you’re pressing.
• In-home delivery and setup: Your adjustable bed purchase comes with white glove delivery, where the delivery service will set up your base in your bedroom. A showroom representative told our team that it’ll remove your old mattress and foundation for you on the same day, too.
• Discounts or promotions: You can redeem $225 off your purchase of $1,000 or more if you’re a military member, veteran, health care professional, first responder, government employee, teacher, student, or adult 65 and older. Also, watch for Saatva’s frequent online promotions, which drop the price by a few hundred dollars. We wish Saatva made these discounts more obvious, but you have to look at the bottom of the website under “Resources” to find them.
• Price: Saatva’s price range falls below average compared to other brands in this review, which is impressive, especially with a bundled-in white glove delivery service.

When we visited the Saatva showroom, we brought along a decibel meter so we could test Saatva’s claim that the Adjustable Base Plus is “whisper quiet” during adjustments. Despite background music interfering with our test, we concluded it’s indeed about the sound of a whisper, which is helpful if you or your partner is a light sleeper.

Saatva’s standard model, the Adjustable Base, was slightly louder. While the sales representative told us both motors are the same, the Adjustable Base has a thinner, fabric-covered platform that transfers sound more easily. While still quiet, you can use a latex or memory foam mattress to dampen the noise even more.

Finally, we also like the Saatva Adjustable Base Pro because it offers couples a queen- or king-size Upper-Flex (split-head) option that only splits the head of the bed, which can help alleviate conditions, like snoring and acid reflux, while the rest of the bed remains intact for more comfortable intimate moments. Split-head adjustable beds are hard to find, and any type of split queen is even rarer, so we applaud Saatva for filling this industry gap for its customers.

A split king Saatva Adjustable Base Plus model divided into two independently adjustable sides.

What our testers say: “Even though the Adjustable Base Pro doesn’t have a seated preset, the bed can go all the way up to a comfortable seated position in a smooth 15–20 seconds. Its latex mattresses seemed to stay on the base the best, even in extreme positions, without shifting.”

The Nectar Adjustable Bed Frame is a safe choice because you get a trial period to test your base at home and an option to extend your warranty to cover accidental damage for up to 10 years, which no other brand offers.

• Trial period: 50 nights.
• Warranty: Three-year limited.
• Sizes: Twin XL, full, queen, split king.
• Weight capacity: 750 pounds.
• Standout: A 50-night trial period and the option to extend your warranty to cover accidental damage for up to 10 years.

• Nectar Adjustable Frame: Head and foot adjustability, remote or app controls, zero gravity, anti-snore, TV recline position, reading position, massage, USB-A ports, built-in remote flashlight, removable legs, adjustable leg heights between 8–13 inches.

Nectar seems to understand a buyer’s initial hesitations when shopping for an adjustable base: At this price, how do you know it’ll work for you (or at all) over time? To make you feel comfortable with your purchase, this brand offers a 50-night trial period and the industry’s most comprehensive accidental warranty coverage when you add it at checkout.

Focus group participants said they waited eight or nine months to commit to their adjustable base because they felt overwhelmed with their options and were worried the adjustable bed wouldn’t help after spending thousands. Budget, trial periods, and warranties were three of the most common considerations mentioned by our focus group participants. This list was slightly different from the top five considerations identified in our 600-person survey (brand reputation, variety of features, in-home delivery and setup, discounts or promotions, and price).

While the Nectar Adjustable Frame is one of the more expensive options on this list, the brand’s website frequently advertises deals and promotions that significantly cut costs. For example, when we wrote this, Nectar had marked down its adjustable queen base by 50 percent to $749. Like Saatva, you might qualify for a 40 percent discount code if you’re a military member, veteran, first responder, or health care professional.

The Handbook Team loves that Nectar offers a trial period so buyers can ensure their investment is worthwhile. Similar to other brands that offer trial periods, like Puffy, you need to keep your base for at least 30 days before initiating a return to give your body time to adapt, test out the features, and play with the settings. And if it doesn’t work for you after 30 days, you can get a full refund.

But what’s most unique about Nectar is its extended warranty option with Extend, which starts at $169 but is often cheaper with the frequent site-wide promotions. A customer service agent told us that opting in gives you full coverage, including accidental damage protection, for 10 years beginning the date of purchase. This covers electrical and metal frame issues, which most brands refuse to protect. We recommend Nectar for rambunctious households with pets and kids, or if you plan to move and you’re worried about movers damaging your bed.

A warranty may offer protection, but you hope never to use it. One of our testers has owned the split king Nectar Adjustable Frame for more than three years and vouched for the base’s durability thus far. The only time the bed sounds rickety (like a light clacking sound) is while adjusting it to the fully-seated position without a person’s weight on the base. Otherwise, it moves smoothly and hasn’t malfunctioned since purchase.

Our team member placed their adjustable bed inside their existing bed frame to fit their room decor.

What our testers say: “The base has a slim profile but is very heavy. We got the white glove delivery, so we didn’t have to lift it. But the base is easy to use and has a simple remote. There is a Nectar Move app, but I used the remote because it was too much of a hassle to pair the app with the base since there were no instructions.”

Shoppers on a strict budget can opt for Casper’s mid-level model, the Adjustable Base Pro, and get the most important features people need for a better night’s sleep without paying for extra features they might not need.

• Trial period: 30 nights.
• Warranty: 10-year limited, option to extend weld and electrical coverage to 10 years.
• Sizes: Twin XL, full, queen, split king, California king.
• Weight capacity: 750 pounds.
• Standout: Budget-friendly model with features most sleepers find essential to their sleep.

• Adjustable Base: Head and foot adjustability, zero-gravity preset, one custom memory button, wireless remotes, fixed leg height at 12 inches.
• Adjustable Base Pro: Additional anti-snore preset and second custom memory button, two-zone massage, one USB-A port per side, removable legs, adjustable leg height between 5–12 inches.
• Adjustable Base Max: All of the Pro features plus a second USB-A port per side, four-zone massage, wall-aligning design, and under-bed lighting.

Sometimes less is more. We recommend the Casper Adjustable Base Pro as the best budget-friendly model with basic features for better sleep. That’s because it includes our four out of our survey respondents’ top five most important features: preset positions, adjustable leg height, massage, and custom presets.

Casper bases don’t offer lumbar support, as this feature can spike starting costs close to $2,000, like the TEMPUR-Ergo models. But the Adjustable Base Pro does cover the rest of the list while staying within most people’s budget of $1,000–$1,999, according to survey participants. This model’s regular price ranges between $995–$1,990, and during site-wide promotions, this range can drop by 50 percent. When we wrote this article, the discounted range was between $497.50–$995, which sits well below budget.

Here’s how the Casper Adjustable Base Pro features perform, as tested by our Handbook Team:

• Preset positions: It was easy to locate and use each preset position on the remote, including anti-snore, zero gravity, and flat. It lacked a TV/reading preset that fully elevates the head of the bed, and elevating it manually didn’t seem to go as high as other bases with TV/reading mode, like Nectar.
• Adjustable leg height: Although we couldn’t adjust the leg heights ourselves in-store, we did get to see the different models set at various heights and placed on different surfaces. We liked that Casper offers a range of leg heights between 5–12 inches, and it worked well sitting on a wooden foundation with the legs removed completely (known as a zero-clearance design).
• Massage: The Casper Adjustable Base Pro has two-zone massage targeting the head and the feet. At first, we couldn’t figure out how to switch between intensities on the remote, but we eventually learned that each button click would cycle to the next setting. Our team agrees the massage feels more like vibrations, and while some people may enjoy it, others might not find it relaxing.
• Custom positions: You get two custom preset positions, allowing you to save your favorite positions if they are not already preset. You can set the custom positions by adjusting your bed into the position and pressing one of the memory (M) buttons for about five seconds. If you want a similar position to the TV/reading preset, set one of these buttons to maximum head elevation, but remember it doesn’t go very high.

The Casper Adjustable Base Pro has a hand-size remote with a simple button layout.

We also like that Casper offers a 30-night trial period to test it out at home and free returns if you decide against it. Buying a mattress and adjustable base together in-store will give you a full 100-day trial on both items, but it’s an upsell, and you’ll need a Casper location near you to take advantage of this offer.

What our testers say: “The only issue with Casper adjustable beds was the USB port placement. It was located underneath the bed, so they were difficult to locate. All of us, including the showroom retailers, were on our hands and knees searching! We even needed to consult the owner’s manual. I’d probably keep a charging cord there at all times, so I don’t need to get on the ground and find it every night.”

Puffy has a long 101-night trial period (the second-longest on this list), which is great for people with chronic conditions or who need longer to decide if the base meets their needs, but it’s inconvenient that its chunky base doesn’t come with a white glove delivery option.

• Trial period: 101 nights.
• Warranty: Limited lifetime.
• Sizes: Twin XL, full, queen, split king.
• Weight capacity: 800 pounds.
• Standout: Generous 101-night trial period.

• Puffy Serenity Adjustable Base: Head and foot adjustability, two-zone massage, 10–20 minute massage timer, zero-gravity preset, USB-A charging, under-bed lighting, built-in remote flashlight, removable legs, adjustable leg height between 5.75–15 inches.

The Handbook Team likes Puffy for its long 101-night trial period, which is significantly more than the 75-night average among other brands that offer trial periods. It’s uncommon to find trial periods for adjustable bases, which is why many of our picks offer them. When we asked retailers why trial periods are unusual, they said they’re too difficult and costly to move. Yet Puffy offers a generous one, which gives you time to decide if an adjustable bed is right for you. If it’s not, you can return it for free.

If your doctor agrees that an adjustable bed could benefit your condition, one focus group participant urged prospective buyers not to wait, saying it “made up for more than I spent.” Ryan Sultan, assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, highlighted how important it is to break the cycle between poor sleep and pain. “Sleep deprivation lowers the pain threshold, making individuals more sensitive to pain. Both sleep deprivation and pain can activate inflammatory responses in the body, contributing to various health issues, including mental health conditions,” he says.

One of our testers noted how chunky the Puffy Serenity Adjustable Base looked compared to Saatva and Avocado. A retailer told us to recruit help to set it up at home since it’s bulky and weighs more than 130 pounds for a queen. Inconveniently, Puffy doesn’t offer white glove delivery, so you’ll need to find family or friends to help you. You can also hire a handyperson from a local or online service, like Handy or TaskRabbit, but you’ll want to monitor the job to ensure they set up the base correctly and don’t cause damage in the process.

The Puffy Serenity Adjustable Base is thick and houses USB ports on either side, but a surrounding bed frame will block them.

What our testers say: “During adjustments, this base felt very smooth, and its noise level wasn’t discernible in-store. The motor was really quiet.”

Avocado adjustable bases are an eco-friendly option for your home, but you’ll need to budget for white glove delivery (with or without old mattress removal) and extra delivery fees, depending on the weight.

• Trial period: No.
• Warranty: 20-year limited.
• Sizes: Twin XL, full, queen, king, split king, split California king.
• Weight capacity: 700 pounds.
• Standout: Made with environmentally-friendly organic cotton to protect you from harmful chemicals.

• Eco Adjustable Base: Head and foot adjustability, remote or app controls, zero gravity, anti-snore, one-touch flat, two custom presets, massage, 10–30 minute massage timers, under-bed lighting, USB-A ports, remote flashlight, removable legs, adjustable leg height between 4–16 inches.
• Eco Plus Adjustable Base: All of the above plus lumbar support and wall alignment.
• Eco Pro Adjustable Base: All Eco Plus features, elongated lumbar support that reaches both edges of the mattress, increased head elevation capacity of up to 65 degrees for sitting upright. Removing the legs is not recommended.

Avocado is one of the most sustainable brands on the market, as the company uses responsibly sourced woods and fabrics to manufacture its adjustable beds and mattresses. We loved the brand’s Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS)-certified organic cotton most of all. This stamp of approval ensures the adjustable bed fabrics contain the least possible health-harming substances.

Fabrics used to make adjustable beds and mattresses can contain a number of chemicals from the production process, like formaldehyde, known to irritate the skin and increase cancer risk. Most of these chemicals get rinsed away before the finalized product, but traces can be enough to harm your health. Avocado ensures its fabrics are processed as safely as possible to avoid these chemicals.

We loved how Avocado beautifully designed its adjustable bases, from the cotton platform to the pill-shaped, speckled remote. The natural elements, like the wooden legs and earth-toned framework, are aesthetically pleasing and soothing. You’d expect all-natural brands to come at a premium, yet we were impressed that the starting price remained comparable to other brands (like Saatva and Nectar) while still offering advanced features, like timed massage and under-bed lighting.

Avocado’s adjustable bases have a natural, appealing design that our testers loved.

Unfortunately, you must pay extra for white glove delivery, which is $279 with old mattress removal and $249 without. And we don’t like that you have to pay delivery fees proportional to weight, which can be expensive. Avocado adjustable beds weigh between 109–294 pounds, depending on the model and size.

What our testers say: “The natural adjustable base fabrics work well with the cotton-covered mattresses because they move better together compared to other brands I’ve seen, like Saatva’s Classic Mattress with its adjustable bases.”

Tempur-Pedic offers data-driven ways to improve your sleep, which is valuable if you want to understand your sleep preferences better and work with your doctor to improve your sleep quality over time.

• Trial period: No.
• Warranty: 25-year limited.
• Sizes: Twin long (XL), queen, king, split king, California king, split California king.
• Weight capacity: 650–850 pounds.
• Standout: High-tech features, like in-depth sleep tracking, help you sleep better throughout the night.

• Ease Power Base: Head and foot adjustment, wireless remotes, zero-gravity preset, removable legs, adjustable leg height between 3–12 inches.
• TEMPUR-Ergo Power Base: Additional lumbar support adjustment, QuietMode anti-snore position, massage, under-bed lighting, USB-A and USB-C ports.
• TEMPUR-Ergo Smart Base: All of the above plus Snore Response, sleep coaching, and smart alarm.
• TEMPUR-Ergo ProSmart Base: Additional SoundScape Mode and WindDown Programs.

Tempur-Pedic is the most technically advanced adjustable bed brand in this review, offering a smart base with built-in speakers that sync massage vibrations to sounds from your Spotify playlist or action-packed movie marathon. But the most valuable feature found in TEMPUR-Ergo Smart Bases is sleep tracking through a companion mobile app called SleepTracker-AI, where you can see data about your sleep patterns and learn ways to improve your sleep.

TEMPUR-Ergo smart base models have integrated monitors that detect your vitals and movement, translating them into sleep insights on a dashboard. Our team appreciated the app’s level of detail, monitoring heart rate and snore frequency detection to help you understand what could be holding you back from a restful night. And when you make changes to your adjustable bed’s position, you can see if it helps you sleep better the next night.

For example, if you lie awake before bed, try the WindDown Program, which initiates a 10–16-minute preset cycle with massage to help you relax. Or if you notice that snoring wakes you up at night, you can elevate the head of your bed to see if it alleviates the issue. People who find head elevation helpful and sleep with a partner can activate Snore Response, which automatically raises your head in response to snore-related vibrations before either of you wake up.

The app also offers AI-based sleep coaching that suggests ways to improve your sleep based on your results. However, we recommend you take your insights to a doctor if you suspect that a medical condition could be affecting your rest, like loud snoring and sleep apnea.

The SleepTracker-AI app will score your overall sleep quality with other insights contributing to your score, like the time spent in different sleep cycle stages.

While the Tempur-Pedic smart bases seem complicated, our team found the remotes easy to use. The smart models have more features and the remote has more buttons, but we like that the remote is well-labeled and intuitive for such a technical adjustable bed. We also liked that you can access remote controls on the SleepTracking-AI app, but if you’re about to sleep, we recommend using the traditional remote to limit screen time before bed.

Tempur-Pedic adjustable bed remotes are well labeled, and the Smart models include lights that indicate setting levels.

What our testers say: “The technical features were unique to this base, but the basic presets and adjustment quality matter the most. The base’s movements were smooth and fast all the way to a near-seated position. I really liked the TEMPUR-Ergo models’ lumbar support at a low setting to give me just a little support, but not too much, since the lumbar adjustment bar rises pretty high (6 inches).”

Sleep Number’s mattress and adjustable base are a good investment for people who want full control over the firmness of their mattress and position of their base to accommodate issues that change over time, like sickness or different aches and pains.

• Trial period: No.
• Warranty: 15-year limited.
• Sizes: Full, queen, king, split king, FlexTop king, California king, split California king, FlexTop California king.
• Weight capacity: 800 pounds.
• Standout: Fully adjustable surface, allowing you to customize mattress firmness and body position to accommodate evolving sleep preferences for solo sleepers or couples.

• FlexFit 1: Head adjustments, mobile app controls, under-bed lighting, Partner Snore feature, removable legs, adjustable leg height between 13.75–18.25 inches.
• FlexFit 2: Additional foot adjustment and zero-gravity position.
• FlexFit 3: All of the above plus foot warming.

Sleep Number is our favorite mattress and adjustable base combination because of its customizability. We chose Sleep Number over other brands because you can adjust your mattress by inflating or deflating the air chambers using the same remote that adjusts your base. No other mattress-base combination allows you to sleep on a firmer surface with your feet elevated one night and a soft flat surface the next, adapting to your body’s evolving needs. But this level of customization comes with a price. The base alone costs $2,199–$4,199, and adding the mattress increases the range to $4,198–$13,499.

The Sleep Number FlexFit 3 adjustable bed can fit inside a thick bed frame, almost undetectable.

During our mystery shopping experience, we were impressed with Sleep Number’s in-person customer service. A store representative will help you find out your Sleep Number setting, which is a number that corresponds with mattress firmness. Using a pressure mapping system integrated into their mattress display, they measure which setting offloads pressure from your hips and shoulders. Sleep Number’s air-chamber mattress adjusts slowly, but we felt a big difference between the firmest and softest settings during our testing.

We also appreciated that queen-size Sleep Number mattresses (or larger) have adjustable firmness on each side, so you and your partner can have different firmness settings on a standard non-split style bed. But if you want to adjust each side’s head or foot elevation separately, you’ll need to purchase a split king or split-top (FlexTop) FlexFit adjustable bed.

Sleep Number beds also have a companion mobile app called SleepIQ. We didn’t think the insights were as detailed as Tempur-Pedic’s app, although it could still be helpful. For example, SleepIQ detects your vitals and movements like Tempur-Pedic’s SleepTracker-AI, but we didn’t see snore detection. We also didn’t like that Sleep Number doesn’t sell its beds with a remote. The app serves as the primary control, but we discourage phone use before bed because blue light emissions can negatively impact sleep quality. If you want the traditional remote, each one will cost $49.

What our testers say: “We got to feel the foot-warming feature on the FlexFit 3, which was subtle but comfy on its lowest setting. The representative told me it has a 10-hour automatic shutoff so that it doesn’t accidentally run all day. We also found out that Sleep Number beds need the adjustable base and the mattress together to function properly and get all the features. Otherwise, it’s not worth investing in it.”