Most mattresses last 7 to 10 years. Cheap innersprings often fail in 5, and well-built foam and latex beds can go past 10. The honest test is not age but sag: once a mattress holds a body impression deeper than half an inch, its support is gone no matter what the calendar says. That half inch is exactly where Wright Bedding's 15-year warranty kicks in, on both the W1.27 Memory Foam and the W2.15 Hybrid.

How long does each type of mattress last?

Sleep researchers and industry guides land on roughly the same ranges. Construction and material quality drive the spread:

Notice what those failure modes have in common. It is almost never the support core that dies first. It is the comfort foam on top, and how fast that happens is mostly a function of foam density, which we will get to below.

What is the half-inch sag test?

Take the sheets off and lay a broom handle or straightedge across the mattress where you sleep. If the gap under it, at your hip and shoulder zone, is deeper than half an inch, the comfort layers have compressed past the point of doing their job. Your spine now settles into that dip every night, which is why an aging mattress announces itself as morning stiffness and lower back ache before you ever see a visible crater.

Half an inch sounds small. It is not. Mattress warranties, including ours, use it as the failure threshold because support loss is measurable well before a mattress looks broken. Many brands set their threshold at 1 inch or even 1.5 inches, which means a bed can lose meaningful support and still not qualify for a claim. Wright covers sagging and indentation over 0.5 inches, and when a mattress crosses that line we replace it with a new one, free.

Why do hotels replace mattresses on a schedule?

Hotels do not wait for guests to complain. Industry guidance has luxury properties cycling mattresses roughly every 3 to 5 years, because a hotel bed absorbs a different body every night and the property's ratings depend on how it feels. They treat mattresses as equipment with a service life, and they buy on durability data, not marketing.

That is why hotel procurement is such a useful signal for home shoppers. A mattress that survives hotel duty, with nightly turnover and housekeeping-grade handling, is being stress-tested harder than any home bed. Wright supplies more than 40 hotels today with another 140-plus under contract, including the High Line Hotel in New York and Hotel Saint Augustine in Houston. The mattress they install, the W2.15, is the same one we sell for home. We wrote more about that vetting process in why hotels choose Wright.

What actually makes a mattress last longer?

Foam density is the single best durability tell, and it is the spec most brands hide. Density measures how much material is packed into each cubic foot of foam. A 3 lb comfort foam, the norm in mid-market boxed beds, has simply less polymer in it than a 4 or 5 lb foam, and it softens years sooner under the same use.

Wright publishes every layer. The W1.27's comfort layers run 4 lb (the 3Below gel-infused top) and up to 5 lb (the ZeroG transition layer), over a 1.8 lb high-resilience base. The W2.15 pairs those same comfort foams with an 8-inch pocket coil unit that is triple heat-tempered, a process that helps steel coils hold their tension over years of compression. The other durability habits are free: rotate the mattress head-to-foot a few times a year, use a proper foundation, and keep it dry. The full layer-by-layer breakdown is in what's actually in a Wright and on our fact sheet.

What does a 15-year warranty tell you?

Warranty length is a brand betting its own money on its materials. The industry standard is 10 years, and plenty of budget beds carry less than that or prorate the coverage so you pay more the longer you have owned it. Wright's warranty runs 15 years, covers sagging over half an inch, and replaces the mattress with a new one at no cost. We can offer that because the densities above are exactly the ones that do not sag early. A brand using 2.5 lb comfort foam cannot write that warranty without losing money on it. Details in trial, warranty, and delivery explained, and if you are weighing replacement cost, see what a good mattress should cost.

FAQ

How often should you replace your mattress?

Every 7 to 10 years for most mattresses, sooner for budget innersprings. But go by condition, not age: sagging over half an inch, new morning aches, or sleeping better in hotel beds than your own are the real signals.

What is the half-inch sag test?

Lay a straightedge across the bare mattress where you sleep. If the body impression under it is deeper than half an inch, the mattress has lost its support. That is the same threshold Wright's 15-year warranty uses for a free replacement.

How long is a Wright mattress warrantied for?

15 years on both the W1.27 and W2.15, against sagging or indentation over 0.5 inches, with a free replacement mattress if it happens. The industry standard warranty is 10 years.

Why does foam density matter for durability?

Density is how much material is in each cubic foot of foam, and denser foam takes years longer to soften. Typical boxed mattresses use around 3 lb comfort foams. Wright's comfort layers run 4 to 5 lb, which is why we can warranty them for 15 years.

How often do hotels replace their mattresses?

Luxury hotels typically replace mattresses every 3 to 5 years, on a schedule, because nightly use by different guests wears beds faster than home use. Hotels buy on durability, which is why nearly 200 properties choosing Wright is a meaningful signal.

If your mattress just failed the broom-handle test, both the W1.27 Memory Foam and the W2.15 Hybrid come with a 120-night trial, free shipping, and free in-home installation, and we haul the old one away.