good question

Mattress upgrades are available. If I ever bought a sleeper sofa I'd definitely look into that.

Here is a link that might be useful: mattress upgrades for sleeper sofas

There are many posts on this topic in the furniture forum. It seems that American Leather sleeper sofas are comfortable. If you decide to get one, measure your doorways first. I'm looking for another option because the doors in my old house are too narrow for AL.

Good luck.

Lisa

Our Stickley queen size foldout is comfortable.

Our foldout couch in pretty comfy, but we always make up the bed with additional padding. Adding an eggcrate pad on top of the mattress makes it more cozy. We store the eggcrate in a bag in the linen closet with the sheets. A sleeping bag adds some padding, too, if you don't want to keep an egg crate around.

When my son and dil were here for a time, they slept on that foldout. Dh put a sheet of plywood over the rack and under the mattress to aid in getting rid of that bar feeling. We brought in a mattress topper, too, since they were here for several weeks.

I bought a beautiful futon sofa on Overstock. The ends and back look like a spindle bed in walnut. The mattress is 12 inches of very good filling over foam so it's incredibly comfortable. It's easy to open and close and looks like a pricey sofa when closed.

We have an American Leather sleeper-sofa and everyone agrees that it is very comfortable. (Even my mom who is very picky.) We had concerns about the doorway issues because the guest room doorway is across from a wall, so the turn was going to be very tight. And our doors seem narrower than normal. The store said that, if necessary, the delivery men could remove the back of the sofa for easier delivery. We didn't need to do that but it was nice to know, just in case.

To be safe, I would ask your store for more information because every store might not do this.

Good luck!

We bought a sleeper sofa from Pottery Barn in 2002. Our guests find it very comfortable, even the ones with back problems. We do put a feather bed on it, followed by a quilted mattress pad.

Hmm...maybe this is why we had at least a dozen sets of house guests this summer....

My first sofa-sleeper had the bar in the middle. I put it in the finished basement, and a summer guest slept on that. I bought a foam mattress topper from Costco, and I badgered the guest (she's a few years out of college now) whether she was comfortable. She said yes (maybe she was trying not to make me feel bad? lol!), but I think it helps if you augment the mattress with a topper of some sort.

For my current sofa-sleeper, which is in the living room, I upgraded the mattress. Much thicker than normal, and the springs might be slightly different than the usual mattresses sofabeds use. The brand is Sealy.

So, would you suggest a fold out couch or a day bed. There is room for either, so that's not an issue.

we got a sleeper sofa a few years ago at Rooms to Go and it is very comfortable. We have it in our basement and have quite a few guests stay down there with no complaints

I have the Ikea Ektorp sofa bed. I haven't ever slept in it myself, but I recall it being relatively comfortable when we were purchasing it. You might try going to Ikea and testing one out yourself. The cost was very reasonable.

What room will this sofa bed or daybed go in?

I also think that a good futon with an upgraded mattress is much more comfortable than any sofa bed.

Not the dorm room $200 ones, the ones that are $600-900.

LL bean has some attractive ones.

We have the dorm room $200.00 futon. I have two egg crates and nice quilted mattress pad on it and it has the extra thick mattress. Friend that comes to visit says he sleeps well on it and he would say so if not. He mentioned the futon is a bit small, full size, and he sleeps cross way. So for it to have been a day bed would not have worked for him. He is a bit over 6 foot tall.