Noting its under-$200 price tag and cushioning all-foam comfort, I've always recommended the Zinus Green Tea to side sleepers on a budget. After all, you can now buy a queen Green Tea Memory Foam Mattress for just $188 at Amazon for Black Friday.

But that doesn't mean it's the top memory foam bed for side sleepers. This year, my team and I performed a series of thorough lab-based tests on the Nectar Premier Memory Foam Mattress, a best-selling bed that currently graces this year's best mattress guide as our favorite all-foam mattress.

The Nectar Premier scored high in our testing, affirming its status as a super-comfortable mattress under $1,000 for a queen — particularly for side sleepers. You can buy a queen-size Nectar Premier Memory Foam for $949 at Nectar, and while that's $700 more

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