In Paul's view: While it has been designed with a bar straight across the frame, right below the side-sleepers shoulder, a concern for anyone shopping for a sofa bed, the ingenious folks at Sterns and Foster have solved that problem. All sofa beds have the bar, it’s structurally necessary to hold the frame together, and in order to fold up properly, manufacturers provide a memory foam or 3 or 4" padded mattress, which, over time, fails to protect you from the impact of repeatedly resting your weight on that dreaded bar.
Enter: the Sterns & Foster 83" Queen Sleeper Sofa with 8" Pocket Coil Mattress.
They made it firm, they made it thick, and that 8 inch pocket coil mattress completely eliminates any and all awareness of the bar. The comfort rivals sleeping on the deep mattress upstairs in our bedroom. We got the risky Beige color, and it looks beautiful. The cushions are firm as well, and the process of unfolding the bed is a little unusual, but not difficult at all. The free shipping, phenomenal customer service, and competitive pricing, make giving this Sterns & Foster Sleeper Sofa and Wayfair nothing less than 5 stars across the board.