Joe: What's up, everyone?
My name is Joe.
I'm from Mattress Clarity.
Today, I'm going to be taking a look at the Emma Mattress.
I'm going to be running through everything you need to know about this mattress, the
pros, the cons, construction details, who it is a good fit for, who it's not a good
fit for.
Basically, by the end of the video you're going to have a pretty good idea if you to
want to get it.
So, stay tuned.
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Joe: All right, first things first.
If you have any questions about today's review whatsoever, or I can even give you a personal
recommendation if you just leave a comment below.
I do read and reply back to every single comment on YouTube so I will give you a response,
just leave a comment below.
I will get back to you as soon as I can.
We have the Emma Mattress here.
It's very successful in Europe, and they are bringing that over to the United States.
It reminds me a lot of the other bed-in-the-box mattresses so I decided to jump in and review
this, and see how it compared to those other mattresses I've reviewed before.
Let's talk about the construction of the Emma Mattress starting with the cover here, nice
soft cover, has a nice texture to it.
It's pretty thin so it's not really going to affect the overall feel of the mattress
too much.
Moving onto the mattress now.
We have three layers.
We have a top Airgocell foam layer which is latex-like.
It's pretty springy, you can see it's pretty soft as well.
Can push my hand down pretty easily there.
It's also very breathable film overall.
Then we have memory foam underneath that.
You'll see it's that classic slow-moving memory foam feel.
What's interesting here is that you'll see these channels right here.
Underneath the shoulders of these channels, in the middle part of the mattress there aren't
these channels.
There's going to be more give in this part of the mattress.
Underneath your shoulders if you're on your side it's going to give in a little bit more,
give you a little more pressure relief.
We call that zoned construction.
You get more support when you're on your back, but a little more pressure relief when you're
on your shoulders.
This has very nice, unique construction to this mattress.
It's going to be a very breathable mattress overall.
You can see how much room there is for air to flow through there.
This top layer right here is pretty breathable overall, and it combines latex-like and then
memory foam like qualities.
You can have the springy-ness, not the feeling of getting stuck, but then also the pressure
relief of memory foam.
Very nice construction overall.
Let's talk about firmness and feel now.
As far as firmness is concerned it does have a little bit of unique construction.
It feels a little bit softer when you're on your side versus when you're on your back
or stomach.
I would put it overall about a 6 out of 10, just a little bit softer than average.
You have some pretty soft top layers on top here.
You can push your hand in relatively easily, and it gets progressively firmer underneath
that so about a 6 out of 10.
As far as the feel is concerned, it combines memory foam and latex-like qualities so there's
going to be some bounce to this mattress which you'll see here.
Bounces right up there.
Underneath that there is memory foam, so you're not going to get the feeling of getting stuck.
Overall, it's a balanced feel, I would say.
Now I'm going to talk to you about how I feel about different sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, first thing I notice is that my hips sink in, but not too much.
Pretty supportive feel overall, so a good match for me there.
Switching on to my side you have this zoned construction so it's a little bit softer when
you're on your side.
It's actually a very good match for me here.
I don't really feel any pressure whatsoever on my shoulders and hips.
It's a good match for me on my side.
Switching on to my stomach, I would say it's a little bit too soft for me.
If you sleep on your stomach really any way, I'd probably look elsewhere.
You'd probably want something a little bit firmer than this mattress.
At Mattress Clarity we love our pressure map test.
It's a very objective test that shows you exactly how well every mattress relieves pressure.
I'm going to get down on this pressure map here, lie down on my back, side and stomach.
You're going to see anywhere from blue to no pressure all the way up to red to high
pressure.
The only thing to note is that if you have a different body type than I do, you may see
different results.
Let's get started.
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Martin: Hey guys, Martin here to offer a different perspective.
Joe's 5'9, 160, but I'm 6'7, 230.
I'm a larger person than Joe.
I want to talk about my experience with the Emma Mattress.
In terms of firmness, Joe said this was a 6 out of 10.
I thought it was closer to a 6.5 or 7 out of 10.
That's because I'm a larger person, I'm pressing further into the mattress, feeling some more
firmness than Joe did.
In terms of sleeping positions starting on my back, a very, very nice match for me, overall
support.
I feel less support on my lumbar area as well, so very good for back sleeping.
Moving to my side, I would usually worry about feeling some firmness on my shoulders and
my hips, but there is some zoning on this mattress.
It's actually softer under my shoulders and my hips.
A nice match for side sleeping.
Moving to my stomach, the mattress is definitely too soft for me.
I'm a larger person so I'm bowing at the hips somewhat, getting out of alignment.
What does all that mean?
If you're a heavier back or side sleeper, this could be a very good match for you.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper, I would look elsewhere.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner you're going to want to consider motion transfer.
Basically, if your partner is moving around on that side of the bed, is that motion going
to be isolated or transfer over to you and possibly wake you up at night?
To test that I have a glass here.
I'm going to create a little disturbance around the glass.
We'll see how this glass reacts.
See that it's moving a little bit, but it is isolating motion pretty well.
I also had Martin on my team jumping in and out of bed, create a little bit of disturbance.
I didn't really feel motion transfer over to me.
I would say that this mattress is a pretty good option for couples.
If you sleep with a partner or you like sleeping towards the edge of the bed.
You're going to want to consider edge support.
Can you sit or sleep towards the edge of the without feeling like you're going to fall
off?
I'm on the edge here.
You can see that the foam is collapsing quite a bit.
Not necessarily the best.
I'm going to get down on my back now.
I'm getting that rolling of the bed feeling a little bit.
I would say in this case the edge support is fairly average.
Let's talk through some of the pros of this mattress.
If you're looking for a medium firm mattress, or something a little bit softer than medium,
you're definitely going to like this mattress overall.
If you're a side sleeper, this does a great job at relieving pressure so I think you're
going to find this to be a very good match.
If you're a light or medium weight back sleeper as well, I think you're going to find this
to be a good match as well.
This has memory foam in it, but it's very breathable.
If you're worried about sleeping hot, this can be a good option for you as well.
We know about the pros but now let's talk about the cons of this mattress, or who I
think this mattress might not be the best fit for.
If you're looking for something a little bit firmer than average, or something very firm,
I would definitely look elsewhere.
This is definitely a little bit softer than average.
If you are just a stomach sleeper, you're probably going to want something a little
bit firmer, a little bit more supportive overall, as well.
If you're a heavier sleeping you're probably going to want something a little more supportive,
perhaps with something with coils in the support layer.
If you take a look at the Emma Mattress, you've probably known there's a lot more bed-in-the-box
options out there that are pretty similarly constructed.
Why should you get the Emma over those mattresses?
Well, I think it's a very, very good value.
It has a nice zoned construction.
To have it be a queen under a thousand dollars is very good value.
That really stands out to me.
If you're a side sleeper it's softer than average.
It gives in because the zoned construction really relieves that pressure very well.
If you're a strict side sleeper, you're definitely going to want to take a look at this mattress
as well.
Also, because of the zoned construction if you're a combination sleeper, it's going to
be more supportive when you're on your back and stomach and a little bit more pressure
relieving if you're on your side.
If you're a combination sleeper, I would definitely take a look at this mattress as well.
It also has memory foam in it, yet it's still very breathable so if you're worried about
sleeping hot I'd definitely take a look at this mattress too.
I want to provide you with some additional information if you're interested in buying
the Emma Mattress.
You're going to have free shipping and returns, a 10-year warranty and 100 nights to try this
out.
You're also going to have financing available.
If you're worried about making one big lump sum payment, you can make smaller monthly
payments, which is really nice.
They also have a couple of accessories available too.
To wrap up, I think a lot of people are going to like this mattress.
If you're a side sleeper you're really going to love this mattress, or if you're a light
medium-weight back sleeper.
I'm just cautioning you if you want something a little bit firmer than average or you're
just a strict stomach sleeper, I would maybe look elsewhere.
But I think a lot of people are going to like this mattress.
That's basically it.
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