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Casper Select vs Casper Original

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Casper Select

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This crowd-pleasing mattress is not too firm or forgiving and provides the right balance of support and cushion. Read More

Pros

  • Offers good balance between firm and soft
  • Good edge support
  • Cool

Cons

  • No twin or twin XL option
  • Only available with Costco subscription
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Casper Original Mattress

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Casper, a beloved brand, ultimately fell flat in testing because it wasn’t comfortable, and lacked any edge support or structure. Read More

Pros

  • Soft

Cons

  • Uncomfortable
  • Long off-gassing period
  • Felt warm at times

  • Casper Select

  • Casper Original

  • Which Casper bed is worth it?

  • Get the Casper Select at Costco starting at $549

  • Get the Casper Original starting at $595

  • Casper Select
  • Casper Original
  • Which Casper bed is worth it?
  • Get the Casper Select at Costco starting at $549
  • Get the Casper Original starting at $595
Lindsey Vickers
Written by Lindsey Vickers

May 8, 2023

After sleeping on more than 10 mattresses in the last year, I can honestly say that the Casper Original mattress was among the worst. (For what it's worth, Reviewed's editor-in-chief loves his Casper mattress that he's owned for years.) So when I got the Casper Select, I was wholly prepared to take down the well-known bed-in-a-box brand another notch.

But then I went into our Cambridge, Massachusetts, lab to unbox the mattress that’s manufactured by Casper and exclusively sold at Costco, and I wasn’t anticipating what happened next: I loved it.

If you’re shopping for a dreamy mattress and already interested in purchasing something from Casper, here’s everything you need to know to make a decision.

the casper select on a bed frame next to the box
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The Casper Select's price is unbeatable.

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Casper Select
  • Mattress type: Foam
  • Material: Breathable open-cell foam, high-density memory foam, zoned transition foam, durable support foam base
  • Firmness: Medium-firm
  • Trial length: According to one customer service rep, the Casper Select can be returned up until 90 days after delivery. Another rep, however, indicated that it's covered by the 100% satisfaction guarantee and has no return limit.
  • Warranty: 10 year limited
  • Sizes: Full, Queen, King, Cal King

Minutes after opening, the Casper Select had great edge support, which is notable since most mattress brands need 24 hours to fully take shape and reach their final firmness. This mattress was also notable for its consistent cooling prowess

The Select’s prices are lower than the Casper Original, for a mattress that our tester preferred overall. As a Costco exclusive, those who aren’t members will have to factor in the cost of an annual membership. One other point of frustration: The mattress doesn’t seem to come in a twin or twin XL.

Still, this is a great budget mattress, a crowd-pleaser that isn’t too firm or too forgiving. It had the right balance of support and cushion for back-, side-, or stomach-sleepers.

Read more about the Casper Select.

Pros

  • Offers good balance between firm and soft

  • Good edge support

  • Cool

Cons

  • No twin or twin XL option

  • Only available with Costco subscription

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Casper Original
  • Firmness: Medium, with zoned support
  • Sleep trial length: 100 nights
  • Warranty: 10 years
  • Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, Cal King

The Casper Original is a 10-inch thick mattress with four foam layers: a breathable open-cell foam on top, followed by a layer of high-density foam, then a layer of "zoned transition foam" (meant to support different areas of the body appropriately), and a durable support foam on the bottom.

Casper is a beloved brand, but this mattress did not perform well in our testing. The surface was hyper-squishy, and the mattress seemed to lack any sort of structural integrity, especially around the edges. Also, the Casper Original had a noticeable odor for about two months after it was opened.

Pros

  • Soft

Cons

  • Uncomfortable

  • Long off-gassing period

  • Felt warm at times

$1,356.00 from Target

Which Casper bed is worth it?

a woman spreads a sheet over the Casper Select mattress
Credit: Reviewed / Betsey Goldwasser

Though the Casper Select is a Costco-exclusive, it's well worth it.

If it wasn’t obvious enough: I’d tell anyone who is deciding between the two versions to go with the Casper Select. Not only is it cheaper, it’s also a far and away better mattress.

To be honest, I was incredibly sad to let go of the Casper Select. It’s not the best mattress I’ve ever slept on—that honor goes to the Leesa Hybrid and Tuft & Needle Original—but it is a really good option, especially for people on a budget.

The biggest downside is that the Casper Select can only be purchased by Costco members in-store or online. But as far as I’m concerned, buying a membership, which starts at $60 for a year, would more than pay for itself. Even if you were to consider the fee as part of the total cost, a queen mattress, for example, comes to $709—still lower than many of our other favorite options, including the Leesa, which will run you into the quadruple digits. Of course, the mattress isn’t the only perk of joining Costco—you'll also get access to reasonably priced bulk items from great brands, including Squishmallow.

To be clear, I haven’t done a total 360 on Casper as a brand. I still think it’s largely overhyped, and the company’s direct offerings are overpriced. But I’m much more fond of it now (and that's also partly because of the Casper Hyperlite sheets that we recently tested). I can’t drag its name through the mud, as the manufacturer makes some great mattresses—just not every mattress it produces.

Get the Casper Select at Costco starting at $549

Get the Casper Original starting at $595

Meet the tester

Lindsey Vickers

Lindsey Vickers

Senior Staff Writer, Sleep

@lindseyvix

Lindsey writes about sleep, lifestyle, and more for Reviewed. In her waking hours, she likes to spend time outside, read, cook, and bake. She holds a master’s in journalism from Boston University and bachelors' degrees in English Literature and Anthropology from the University of Utah.

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