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Joe: Hey guys, it's Joe from Mattress Clarity.
Today, we're going to be looking at the Nolah mattress.
I'm going to be running this mattress through a number of tests, me telling you what I like
about it, what I don't like about it, showing off a bunch of cool things about this mattress.
Basically, by the end of the video, you're going to know if this is the right fit for
you.
Stay tuned.
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Joe: I'm going to do a quick overview here, but before we do that, if you have any detailed
questions or you want me to give you a personal recommendation all you got to do is leave
a comment below.
We have the Nolah mattress.
It's a 10-inch online-only mattress.
They have a unique proprietary foam that has a lot of very interesting qualities.
I was excited to jump in and give it a try.
Let's talk about the construction of the Nolah mattress, starting with the cover.
It's very thin, polyester/Viscose blend cover.
It's very soft, pretty nice overall.
Then we have the mattress, the top two inches is a proprietary AirFoam.
It's very soft material.
You can see it's immediately responsive pretty much.
As far as pressure relief, I would stay tuned a little bit later in this video.
We're going to be showing off a very cool pressure relief test so you definitely want
to stick around for it.
Overall, it does relieve pressure very well.
Then we have one inch of Avena foam, which is latex-like but it will give you some bounce,
make sure you don't sink in too far.
It will also transition you to the much firmer base layer.
This is seven inches of a pretty standard high density base layer.
We have very soft foam here, transition layer, firmer layer there.
This also will not trap heat.
A lot of memory foam owners worry about sleeping hot, that's not going to be the case here.
That's pretty much the construction overall.
Let's talk about firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, I would put this at about a 5.5, 6 out of 10, with 10
being the firmest.
Definitely softer than average for me.
The reason is, the top two inches is this AirFoam.
It's a very soft material.
You can push your hand through very easily.
There are firmer layers underneath that.
For someone with my body type, I don't really interact with those as much.
Overall, I feel like it's softer, about a five and a half, six.
As far as the feel is concerned, it has a nice...sort of a memory-like feel but with
faster recovery.
It's easy to move around.
You can see if I push my hand in then move it away, it responds very quickly.
It has a nice foam feel.
It's more responsive than memory foam but it relieves pressure very well, so I like
the feel overall.
I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions.
I'm going to start on my back.
First thing I noticed is the top layer is very soft.
It allows my hips to sink in.
It fills in the space in the lumbar region.
For me, it feels very supportive.
The top layer is only two inches, so you don't sink in too far.
Everything below that holds you up.
For me, I felt actually very supported on my back.
The best thing about this mattress is when you come down on your side, the AirFoam is
very soft.
It relieves pressure well.
I really like the feeling here.
Basically, no feeling of pressure on my shoulders or hips.
On my side, I really had a great experience.
On my stomach, I feel like it's probably a little bit too soft.
Your hips sink in a little bit.
I would probably recommend most people get something a little bit firmer.
I'm going to give you a visual representation of where you might feel pressure on this mattress.
I'm going to lie down on my backside and stomach, and you're going to see anywhere from blue
and green no pressure, all the way up to red and yellow at high pressure.
Let's get started.
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Martin: Hey guys, Martin here to offer a different perspective.
It's always good to consider your body type and your size when you're looking at a mattress.
Joe is 160, 5'9.
I'm 230 pounds, 6'7.
Definitely a different body type.
For me, I definitely felt it was firmer than Joe, especially on my side.
The soft upper two inches layer, I pressed right through it and felt more of the support
and transitional layers beneath.
That being said, still I felt some nice pressure relief on my shoulders and my hips, but that
firmness is more of like a seven, seven and a half.
On my stomach, I felt my hips sinking in, not the best on my stomach in that position.
On my back though I did feel some nice support on my hips, so actually it was pretty good
in that position for someone my size.
Joe: Let's talk about motion isolation.
If you sleep with a partner and they move around on that side of the bed, are you going
to feel it on your side of the bed.
We've got a glass here, push my hand in pretty close to the glass, create a little disturbance,
you can see that the glass is barely moving.
I feel like this could be a good option for couples.
Let's talk about edge support which is important if you sleep with a partner or if you just
want to use the full surface area of the bed.
This is an all foam mattress, so typically that means edge support isn't going to be
that good.
Let's say I'm trying to tie my shoes, I don't feel like I'm going to fall off or anything
like that.
I'm going to lie down near the edge here.
Similarly, I don't feel like I'm being ejected from the bed.
I don't feel like the edge support is too bad here.
Let's talk some of the pros or who I think this mattress might be good for.
The number one thing you notice this is a very comfortable mattress, it relieves pressure
very well.
If you are about 200 pounds or fewer, and you sleep on your side, I really think you're
going to love this mattress.
It's super comfortable.
If you are worried about sleeping hot, the AirFoam does not trap heat so you will not
sleep hot on this mattress as well.
For something that's 10 inches, around this price range, this is going to be more durable
than a lot of the other mattresses in this price range.
Onto the cons now or who I think this might not be the best fit for.
If you sleep just on your stomach, you're probably going to want something firmer.
This is definitely softer than average.
I would probably look elsewhere.
Also, if you are probably 200 pounds or more, I think you might want to look elsewhere.
If you're on your side, you're going to press through the top layer which is soft pretty
quickly and hit the firmer layers underneath that so you might think it's a bit firmer.
You might feel some pressure there.
Just in general, if you're a back and stomach sleeper, you might want something a little
bit firmer to hold you up and to support you.
To wrap up, the Nolah is a very comfortable mattress.
If you sleep on your side and you're 200 pounds or so, or fewer, you are really, really going
to like this mattress.
It relieves pressure better than almost any other mattress I've tried.
If you're a stomach sleeper or a heavier sleeper, you might want to look elsewhere.
Overall, it has a very nice feel.
That's basically it.
If you're getting started with your research ,I would encourage you to check out mattressclarity.com.
We even have some top picks if you google Mattress Clarity plus best mattress it will
be the first result.
Certainly, let me know if you have any questions.
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