beds vs. futons

I'm buying a bed. Beds are expensive. I've always had an actual bed, you know, frame, box spring, mattress. It's been fun. Futons are exotic and enticing though. And versatile. I can sit on it to play video games during the day, and then flatten it out for all sorts of fun night time activities later on.

Problem is, I hear that futons aren't so comfortable for the sleeping. So let's compare shall we?

Who has futons and wants to praise their merits? Who has them and wants to heap contempt and scorn upon them?

Same with beds. Come on, help a guy out.

In other words: give me advice about buying futons because I know nothing about them. I thought a pull-out bed was a futon.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Vivi, are you saying the mattresses wear out after a year? =oo

There's nowhere I can't reach.