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I sleep on a futon, but placed in an ikea bedframe. I love it, way better than any mattress I’ve tried. Both my partner and I have a preference for sleeping on a firm surface. When we need to get a new one, we’ll still get a futon, but get a frame designed for a futon.

I had a futon in my 1st apartment as a couch, and a mattress on the floor in my 2nd apartment. All I felt were the springs in the futon. I definitely prefer the mattress on the ground any day.

Been using this futon mattress for half a year - best sleep I’ve ever had.
Keep in mind though that this is coming from someone who is fine sleeping on two folded up blankets 😅

Quite nice, actually. Some of my best sleep was on a futon.

Don’t do it. Slept on futons for years and it ruined my back. Only after switching to a proper materace mattress (and bed with it), I started to heal my back. Proper materace mattress is a worthy investment.

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I love mine and have tatami underneath. Well it got ruined actually and now I just use a boxspring topper and that’s fine too.

I have do it for one year with bad result because when someone say futon forget to mention what kind of room you want to have a futon. I placed mine on marble floor, cold and hard, in a little room with no space to breath, where I wake up sometimes with a cockroach on my face. I did not suffer backpain because I was younger but maybe neither because it was soft, still bad experience for the above listed things. Who plan to sleep on futon wants a medium size room with a window and a wooded floor.

I have had 3 futons. There is a big difference in comfort and longevity based on their inner materials.

Like anything between you and the ground, paying more is generally a good investment.

My back (which has had several surgeries) is happiest on a futon but that’s generally because we used a frame vs placing it on the floor.

If you have any kind of back issues I wouldn’t recommend it, though there are certain kinds that can benefit from a harder mattress.

In general though, poor sleep in relation to your sleeping place is due to an unsuitable mattress for your weight and sleep preferences. I also recommend sleeping in a cool and well circulated room, it will improve your sleep quality tremendously.

I found the important thing was to keep it dry and well-aired. If you lay the futon directly on the floor, even wooden and/or carpeted, the heat from your body will cause condensation, and if you don’t let the futon air out by rolling it up, it will go mouldy. In Japan, futons are laid on tatami mats, which I imagine would cause the least condensation, and rolled up every day as a matter of course. I found it increasingly annoying having to deal with the futon every morning, especially in the winter when there was more condensation and it was harder to keep the futon completely dry. I like a firm mattress, but no more futons for lazy me.

Every time I’ve slept on a futon has been a bad idea. Especially the ones that have been a ‘couch’. The indentations in the material from that are annoying. More so when there are cratered patches. Overall would not recommend. But maybe I wasn’t sleeping on the right futons…

It takes some getting used to, but I actually really like sleeping on a futon.

But its terrible to just relax/hang out on

I assume you mean the Japanese thick blanket futon and not the American fold out bed futon?

I slept on a futon in Japan for two years. It was a couple of months before my body got used to it, but I was still turning throughout the night due to sore shoulders.

I can’t imagine sleeping on one without a true tatami flooring, since in essence it’s part of the bed.