A box spring is less of a necessity for other mattress types, although there are some situations when you'll still need one. If you sleep on a memory foam, hybrid or platform bed, keep reading to ...

The short answer is no, hybrid mattresses don’t need a box spring, for reasons we’ll explain in this article. Instead, we’d recommend pairing your hybrid with a platform or foundation to ...

For years, it has been a common approach to use a box spring to support your bed. It's been the go-to solution to ensure you don't wake up with a sore back.

Some other mattress companies, like Nectar, suggest that you actually can use your existing box spring to support a foam mattress, as long as it is supported by a metal bed frame, like this.

Box springs can be particularly pesky, but they’re so simply constructed that you can partially cut them in half. In this video from This Old House , Tom Silva shows how you can cut a box spring ...