Our guide to the best mattresses in a box has a bed for all sleep styles and budgets, tested and chosen by experts.

Over half of sleepers are damaging their mattress every night, research from MattressNextDay has uncovered, as 51% of people opt to forgo a mattress protector.

Listen, we get it. You already have a fitted sheet, surely that provides enough protection for your mattress? After all, how much dirt do we take to bed?

Well, quite a lot actually, once you realize how much skin we shed in a night (hint: it's in the billions.) And without a protector, all that mess sinks into that carefully chosen best mattress for your sleep needs.

This unobtrusive — and inexpensive — layer is one of our bedding essentials and in our guide to the best mattress protectors we have an option for eve

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