# Are there mattresses made for more than two people? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 10, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154 "2010-11-10T08:23:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/21 "2010-11-10T16:41:40Z")
No, it doesn’t matter, except that I think you can get oversized mattresses from lots of places, not just that one. Edited to add that you can spend more than that on a mattress, [up to $50,000](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/garden/12mattresses.html). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/22 "2010-11-10T16:45:42Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Hell, I’ve done 4. Pictures or it dint happen.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/23 "2010-11-10T17:09:15Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > futons on the floor can mate easily with each other. But that produces a lot of little futons. The OP wants one big one. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/24 "2010-11-10T17:30:21Z")
I’ve heard rumors of a mystical bed that could hold eight kids and four hound dogs and a piggy that they stole from the shed 😃 [Obligatory link to popular video-sharing site.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2nHGlE06y0) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/25 "2010-11-10T17:43:18Z")
My bed can fit 1 adult man, a koala bear, a nun, some girl named “Trixie,” 2 midgets, and a billy goat. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/26 "2010-11-10T17:54:51Z")
> [@Acid\_Lamp](#): > > just like the backseat of a car, the smallest person in the middle is the best solution all around. aka “Riding the hump”. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/27 "2010-11-10T18:02:11Z")
I’ve only ever done 3 bigger-than-average people in a queen-size bed. It was close quarters, but that’s what we were after. If we’d wanted a good night’s sleep, we’d have all slept in our own beds. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/28 "2010-11-10T19:22:51Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > you would need to knock out doorways to get it in or take out the exterior wall of the room it goes into. The mattresses can be folded. Regular king mattresses can be folded, too. Frames/boxes/supports are also multi-piece. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/29 "2010-11-10T21:58:40Z")
> [@Darth\_Panda](#): > > My bed can fit 1 adult man, a koala bear, a nun, some girl named “Trixie,” 2 midgets, and a billy goat. What, no panda? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/30 "2010-11-11T15:24:06Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > The mattresses can be folded. Regular king mattresses can be folded, too. Frames/boxes/supports are also multi-piece. Folded, yes, but you need three men and a truck to move them. My SIL just moved and has a king size super thick mattress that I swear weighs 5000 lbs. Even folded it barely fit through the door. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Doug\_K](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_K)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154/31 "2010-11-11T15:35:47Z")
I vaguely remember hearing about one that could hold 8 children, 4 dogs and a purloined swine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-mattresses-made-for-more-than-two-people/560154.md?page=1)