Best Mattress Store

JEFF GRITCHEN, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Roland Trudell works at Custom Comfort Mattress in Brea. Of the Southern California company’s seven locations, four are located in OC. 1. Custom Comfort Mattress

Multiple locations; customcomfortmattress.com

It’s easy to see why Custom Comfort Mattress is Orange County’s favorite mattress store. Of the Southern California company’s seven locations, four are located in Orange County, and the company’s factory is located in Orange. The family-owned business focuses on traditional craftsmanship — its mattresses are truly doublesided — and uses fibers like natural cotton, organic wool and natural latex.

Customers are fitted for their mattresses at the showrooms and the final product is delivered to their homes. Custom Comfort uses its own delivery staff with sameday or next-day arrival for Southern California residents. The company will remove your old mattress and help set up your new one. The service is complimentary.

While this all may sound like bigbudget service, Custom Comfort offers multiple lines at various price points. The Refresh mattresses cater to customers on a tighter budget, while the Lush collection is quite high-end.

For those who want a truly custom mattress, you can get that here too. Custom Comfort does handle projects like extra-long beds and mattresses for couples with very different sleeping needs. You can even get mattresses made for pets or to fit inside the bed of your RV or boat.

In addition to mattresses, Custom Comfort also sells adjustable beds, pillow, linens and other bedrelated items. To be fitted for your mattress, you can either schedule an appointment or walk into your nearest Custom Comfort showroom. — Liz Ohanesian

2. Sit ’n Sleep

Multiple locations; sitnsleep.com

Sure, the commercials that spawned catchphrases like “You’re killing me, Larry” have helped drive customers into Sit ’n Sleep, but there’s more that makes the chain of mattress shops a Southern California institution. That’s particularly true now that sleep science and the related technology has gained popularity.

“They’re better educated than ever before,” says Sit ’n Sleep founder Larry Miller of mattress customers. “It’s really a good thing. A great thing.”

With multiple locations across Orange County, Sit ’n Sleep carries a wide variety of popular mattress brands, such as Sealy, Tempur-Pedic and Hybrid Infinity. Plus, the chain has implemented tech-forward customer service with the bedMatch diagnostic program that helps identify the perfect mattress for your body type and sleeping style.

For today’s savvy mattress shoppers, that’s a plus. It’s little advancements like these that help Sit ’n Sleep maintain multiple generations of customers. Says Miller, “Our real goal is to attract customers for life.”

3. Sleep Number

Multiple locations; sleepnumber.com

Sleep Number’s focus on bringing customers the latest tech to help them rest has earned the company its share of ardent fans. While best known for its mattresses, Sleep Number offers a lot more than that.

The TrueTemp line of bedding and pillows uses volcanic sand particles to prevent you from getting either too hot or two cold. The Somnox Sleep Robot is a pillow-like device that you cuddle as it helps lull you to sleep with music and breathing patterns, while blue light-blocking glasses prepare you for a good night by cutting out the rays of your devices.

When it comes to mattresses, Sleep Number keeps pushing toward the future with its 360 Smart Beds and SleepIQ app, which lets you see just how well you’re sleeping night after night. Its Innovation Series of Smart Beds has features like a temperature balancing surface and comfort layers to relieve pressure as you sleep.