Thinking About Buying A Costco Kirkland Mattress? Here's What Customers Say

When you want the best prices on everything from household appliances to your favorite snack, the membership warehouse club Costco is a popular place to begin shopping. If you want to save the largest amount of money possible, some people would recommend sticking with only Kirkland products, as they represent Costco's private label brand that you can only find from the warehouse retailer. Customer reviews would tell you that some Kirkland-branded home items aren't worth buying no matter how cheap they are, but some are worth taking a risk on.

If you're in the market for a new mattress, you probably know how expensive this type of purchase can be, so saving money wherever possible is an appealing option. You can shop for several different mattress brands at Costco, including Sealy, Novafoam, Purple, Temper-Pedic, Beautyrest, and more. Costco also has a couple of Kirkland-branded mattresses for you to consider, available as online-only products.

Costco offers two Kirkland Signature by Stearns & Foster mattresses. The 14.5-Inch Pillow Top Lakeridge Mattress starts at $1,000, while the 14-Inch Tight Top Lakeridge Mattress starts at $950. If you need more than one mattress, you'll save even more, as both products qualify for Costco Direct extra savings of at least $100. Both mattresses have mostly favorable customer reviews on the Costco website, as they received five-star ratings from roughly 70% of customers. However, there are also some negative reviews, with roughly 5.5% of reviewers giving the mattresses a one-star rating.

If you're considering Kirkland mattresses, one of the things you need to know about Costco's home products is that you can receive free shipping and delivery to your room of choice within 50 miles of a Costco store. Numerous reviewers praised the helpfulness of the delivery team. Costco's generous return policy was also a key factor for some buyers, as Costco allows you to return a mattress for any reason — even after you tried it out — and doesn't require the original packaging.

Another reviewer loves the idea of being able to purchase a Stearns & Foster-branded mattress for such a reasonable price. They mention that it's "a top-of-the-line mattress, and to get it at this great low price was awesome." The build quality of the Kirkland mattress also impressed several customer reviewers, with some saying that motion transfer is not noticeable when one person climbs out of bed.

Reviewer who struggled to find mattresses that were firm enough found the Tight Top to be as supportive as they were hoping for. That's because the support in the middle features the patented Stearns & Foster IntelliCoil system, which does a lot for staying firm and versatile for anyone sleeping on it. The Pillow Top was also found to be firm, especially at the edges. One reviewer noted how it's "just soft enough to feel the pillow top but not sink into it."

Problems with sagging and lumpy mattresses represented the most common complaint from those who left a one-star rating. Although the Tight Top model is billed as being extremely firm, some owners found it to be problematic regardless. The aforementioned middle-focused support uses different inner-spring support coils than around the edges, which could explain why some reviewers have problems with edge support.

One customer says the Pillow Top model did not hold up well after a few months of sleeping on it because of sagging and indentions. The pillow top layer consists of TENCEL, which is a moisture-wicking fiber that Stearns & Foster uses with its mattresses. The mattress then has a few layers of memory foam under the pillow top, which some people dislike due to the way it tends to sag.

Some people don't believe this Kirkland model lives up to the normal quality of Stearns & Foster, which is considered a luxury brand. Instead, they see the Kirkland model a cheaply-built replica — though it's important to note that Stearns & Foster uses luxury materials in its products, which is why it tends to have a higher price point. Considering how a Stearns & Foster mattress (without the Kirkland label) starts at $1,799, you'll be saving quite a bit by visiting Costco.