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Tom’s Guide
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Frances Daniels

I bought a microfiber bed topper to soften up a firm mattress and it was a huge mistake — here's why

White mattress topper in blue bedroom.

Sometimes, sleeping on an uncomfortably firm mattress will make you search for a quick, cheap solution. And that's exactly what I did when I recently bought a cheap microfiber bed topper in an attempt to soften an intolerably hard mattress. It didn't work, and now I know where I went wrong. 

Even the best mattresses on the market can benefit form a mattress topper, but purchasing the wrong bed topper can actually make your mattress feel worse. I found this out the hard way after buying a microfiber topper, which made me realise why there are no bed toppers of this kind in our best mattress topper guide. 

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