What size mattress is on a sleeper sofa?

So, you’re wondering what size mattress is in a sleeper sofa? That’s a great question! It’s trickier than you’d think, honestly. I learned this the hard way, let me tell you. My cousin, bless his heart, bought a “queen-sized” sleeper sofa – turned out the mattress was more like a generously sized twin, if that. He’s a big guy, so needless to say, he wasn’t thrilled. Total disaster.

You see, sleeper sofas often have these, like, unique mattress sizes. I mean, you’ll see things listed as queen (60×72 inches), full (around 52×72 inches), or even a twin (35×72 inches). But honestly? Don’t trust the labels. I’m serious. That’s just what they say.

The best thing to do? Measure the darn thing! Yeah, it’s a bit of a hassle, but far better than ending up with a guest squished like a sardine, or worse, sleeping on the floor. Speaking of which, my aunt’s old sleeper sofa – the mattress was so thin, practically just a glorified pad! We joke that sleeping on it was like sleeping on a concrete slab. You’d wake up with a crick in your neck that would last for days.

Most of the time, the mattress depth is somewhere between three and five inches, or so. That seems to be a pretty typical range. But again, measure yours! You need to make sure it actually fits the frame, right?

It’s all a bit of a gamble, this whole sleeper sofa mattress situation. Just be prepared to be surprised – pleasantly or otherwise!

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