Walmart's massive 4th of July sale is my top pick for summer sleep — 3 queen mattresses starting from $154

Brooklyn Bedding 12" Gel Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress in a Box with a Tom's Guide badge overlaid saying "PRICE DROP" — (Image credit: Future / Brooklyn Bedding)

If you're looking for a really cheap mattress on the 4th of July, Walmart is a great place to start your search. We've found some outstandingly affordable deals at Walmart, including a cooling Sleep Innovations mattress in a queen size for just $154.

Now, I've been writing about mattresses for nearly four years and one thing I've learned is that you should always spend as much as you can comfortably afford on the best mattress for your sleep requirements. However, sometimes all you need is a decent cheap mattress — whether it's for a spare bed that doesn't get much use, or simply as a temporary sleep solution if your old mattress has bitten the dust and you don't yet have the budget for a full price bed.

1. Sleep Innovations 8" Gel Memory Foam Cooling Mattress: queen was $349.99 now $154 at Walmart
A cooling queen size mattress for just over $150 sounds like a tall order, but that's what this option from Sleep Innovations is promising, and at this price who's arguing? At just 8" in height it's definitely better suited to a spare room than your every-night bed, and with a medium firmness rating it'll likely be a little too soft for many sleepers. Customers mostly love it, though, and it comes with free shipping and 90-day returns.

User score: ★★★★½ (140+ reviews)

2. Sweetnight 12" Adult Gel Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress: queen was $799.99 now $188 at Walmart
There's a huge saving to be had on this 12" hybrid from Sweetnight, and again this is a mattress that we'd buy for a spare room, or as a stopgap if we needed a new mattress fast but couldn't wait until payday (if that's you, it's worth checking out our best mattress topper guide.) The medium-firm Sweetnight features CertiPUR-US gel memory foam and pocket springs, and customers are impressed, praising its comfort and support. You'll get free shipping and 90-day returns with this mattress.

User score: ★★★★ (200+ reviews)

3. Brooklyn Bedding 12" Gel Memory Foam Hybrid Mattress: queen was $504 now $268 at Walmart
Brooklyn Bedding is the brand behind some of our favorite quality mattresses, so you know you're in safe hands with this 12" cooling hybrid mattress. It's medium-firm and features three foam layers (including cooling memory foam) for comfort and pressure relief, plus 8" coils for contouring and motion isolation. Not many reviews but they're all very positive about this mattress, and again you get free shipping and 90-day returns. Want a little more height? There's a 14" version that's a mere $288 in a queen size.

User score: ★★★★★ (3 reviews)

Jim is a freelance writer and performer based in Bath, UK, whose work can be found on sites including TechRadar, Tom's Guide, T3, PetsRadar and Creative Bloq. Jim started out over a quarter of a century ago, covering technology and video games, and they've been expanding their repertoire ever since. On any given week Jim's likely to be writing about design, sleep, wellness and even cats, and has learned an awful lot about the mattress industry over the past few years.

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