Joe: Saatva and Casper.
Two very popular mattresses but with a lot of differences.
If you stumbled on this video, you've come to the right place.
You may be a little bit confused as to which one you should get.
I'm going to be telling you what's similar about these two mattresses.
What's different?
We'll be letting you know what type of sleep you should get one or the other.
Stay tuned.
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Joe: Let's get started by talking about what's similar between these two mattresses.
Quite frankly, there's very little similarities between these two.
They're in the same pretty similar price range.
I think it's about a hundred dollar difference there.
They're both very popular mattresses.
They come from companies that just have very good customer service.
All the customer service terms are going to be very similar.
That's about it.
Now let's talk about what's different between these two mattresses.
Here there actually a lot of differences.
Number one thing you didn't notice is that the Casper will be shipped in a box whereas
the Saatva is not as actually may hand delivered by two people.
There's going to be materials, feel and firmness differences.
As far as firmness concerned, I think the Saatva can be a little bit firmer than the
Casper is.
As far as materials are concerned, the Casper has latex-like layer then a memory foam layer
then a transition layer and then a base foam layer.
Whereas Saatva has a euro style pillow top that has comfort foam polyfoam over a coil-on-coil
construction so microcoils over support coils.
The construction is quite different, because of that the feel is going to be quite different
as well.
If you're used to a standard traditional spring mattress feel, that's what you're going to
get with the Saatva.
Then Casper has this balanced foam feel so the feel is quite different as well.
Let's talk about the construction of both mattresses and what the differences are.
If you want to get really into the details, I encourage you to check out both individual
review videos that we have for both mattresses.
Starting with the Casper, we have about a 10-inch profile here.
We've got a pretty nice soft and thin cover.
Then we have a latex-like layer over memory foam layer over transition layer over a base
layer.
The transition layer is zoned, so it's can be firmer underneath the middle part of the
mattress and the heavier parts of your body.
I think this is actually a good fit for all three sleeping positions because of that it's
going to be a little bit softer underneath your shoulders when you're on your side.
Can be a little bit firmer which will be more supportive for you when you're on your stomach
and back.
Overall, it's going to be a nice balance foam feel or you have memory foam but you're going
to sink into the mattress but not too much and be able to move around the mattress pretty
easily.
Moving on to the Saatva, very different construction here.
We have a nice cover that's actually quilted.
It's got organic cotton that has some pretty soft foam quilts into the cover.
We have a euro style pillow top, so there's a couple of pretty soft foam layers that will
give you nice pressure relief.
Then we have a coil-on-coil construction so you'll have microcoils which will really help
contour to the curves of your body.
It's going to be a very good for spinal alignment, can be very good if you have back pain issues.
Things of that nature.
Underneath that is a support coil system.
We have two sets of coils there, because of that there's a lot of room for air to flow
through so it's going to be a very breathable mattress.
I'm using those two coils systems.
It's going to be a very supportive and durable mattresses as well.
I would probably say between the two, it's going to last longer than the Casper is and
probably be a little bit more breathable as a result as well.
It's going to feel a little bit firmer.
You have a pretty thin two, three inches of these softer foam layers and then it gets
pretty firm underneath that.
You're going to get a pretty good pressure relief but it's going to be very supportive
mattress overall.
I would say, durability I'll probably give Saatva the advantage.
Breathability maybe give Saatva a slight advantage.
Just going to come down to the type of feel that you want to get.
It's definitely a traditional spring feel versus just a balanced foam feel that you
get with the Casper.
Let's talk now about differences in firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concern, I put Saatva in about a 7 out of 10.
The Casper 6 out of 10 with 10 being the firmest.
Casper is a little unique in that it's going to be softer underneath your shoulders and
then it's going to be a little bit firmer underneath your hips given this zoned construction.
Firmness is a little bit different depending on your sleeping position.
I definitely do think that the Saatva is going to be firmer than the Casper.
I think most would agree.
As far as feel is concerned, it's really...Have you had success with a traditional spring
mattress?
That's basically what you get with the Saatva.
It's similar to what you get in a nice hotel.
That type of feel, again you definitely feel the coils.
It has pretty good pressure relief and has a nice pillow toppy feel from just having
that euro style pillow top.
Whereas the Casper is more of a standard balanced foam feel.
It's got some memory foam in it.
Has a latex like layers so it's a balance of those types of material.
The Saatva definitely has some bounce to it if you drop a lacrosse ball would have some
bounce to it.
We can definitely feel the coils so it has a lot of deep bounce actually.
Casper has some bounces as well.
You'd see if you drop a lacrosse ball it has some bounce as well.
Have you had success with...and do you like traditional spring mattresses or do you like
just more of a standard foam feel.
Let's talk through now how I feel in different sleeping positions on both mattresses.
Starting on my back on the Saatva, very good match for me, very supportive overall.
I really liked it.
On the Casper, I also like it.
You can definitely feel that zoned construction where it's firm underneath the heavier parts
of your body.
You're back as well supported.
Switching on to my side on the Saatva, it actually had surprisingly good pressure relief.
I feel it's a little bit firmer than average but because of this euro style pillow top,
the top comfort layers are pretty soft.
I feel like it's a pretty good match for me as well.
On the Casper, it definitely is softer underneath your shoulders.
Actually, I probably preferred side sleeping for the Casper.
Switching on my stomach now, definitely a good match for me on the Saatva.
I didn't feel like my hips are sinking down in too much getting out of alignment.
I feel like the Casper is actually a pretty good match too.
I feel like all three sleeping positions were well suited for both mattresses.
I'd probably choose Saatva for back and stomach sleeping and maybe go for side sleeping with
Casper.
I've talked about the construction differences and given my subjective opinion on firmness
and feel.
Now I want to give you a very objective test that shows exactly how well each mattress
relives pressure.
We do that with a pressure map test.
I get down on my backside and stomach.
What's really important is the side sleeping results you'll see anywhere from blue no pressure
all the way to red to high pressure.
If we stop the results here, you can see that Saatva does a little bit better underneath
the hips and the Casper does a little bit better underneath the shoulders.
When you combine the two, they both relive pressure quite well and can't say that one
does better than the other.
Marten: Hey guys, Marten here to offer a different perspective.
Joe is 5'9", 160.
I'm 6'7", 230.
I'm a heavier person definitely different body type want to give my experience to these
two mattresses.
Today we have the Casper original mattress and the Saatva matters here as well.
In terms of firmness, they both 7 out of 10.
I definitely thought the Casper here was firmer than Joe did.
I think it's because I definitely had the issue as a heavier person.
I press into the comfort layer and felling some of the firmer layers beneath.
In terms of sleeping positions, on my back on the Casper my hips sink in a little bit
but not too much the zoned support holding me up.
On my side though and press the comfort layer again.
I'm feeling some firmness on my shoulders and my hips.
Moving to my stomach, I definitely feel pretty good support.
My hips aren't sinking in too far.
I definitely don't feel myself getting out of alignment.
Moving on to the Saatva here on my back, I feel great on my back.
I feel my hips sinking into that top comfort layer.
I'm not sticking in too far.
I feel great support overall.
Moving to my side I definitely feel better pressure relief over on the Saatva than I
did on the Casper.
These pillow tops are doing a very good job of relieving pressure on my shoulders and
my hips.
Moving onto my stomach, I also feel pretty good support overall.
My hips aren't sinking in too far.
What does that mean?
I think if you are a heavier back sleeper, either could work for you.
If you're heavier side sleeper, I'll lean more towards the Saatva here.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper I think both would work.
It's more about what feel you're looking for.
If you want more of a pillow top feel, I lean more towards the Saatva.
If you want more of that bounce foam feel, I'd lean towards the Casper.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner, there's two additional things you are going to want
to consider when looking at a mattress.
There is something we call motion transfer and edge support.
Motion transfer is basically if your partner is moving around on that side of the bed,
is that motion would be isolated or is it going to transfer over to you and bother you?
Edge support is basically, can you sit on the edge of the bed?
Can you sleep towards the edge of the bed without feel like going to fall off?
Between these two mattresses, as far as motion transfer is concerned, I'll give Casper the
advantage.
I think just having two sets of coils with the Saatva is going to make it just a little
bit harder to isolate motion.
As far as edge support is concerned, however I would definitely give the advantage to Saatva.
They have this edge support system.
There is foam encasement does a very good job with edge support.
You can sleep right on towards the edge of the bed without feeling like you're going
to fall off.
The moment you all were waiting for.
Who should get one over the other?
As far as who should get the Casper, I think if you're looking to get something a little
bit softer, it's the softer of the two.
If you've had success with foam mattresses before, you'd probably be more at home with
the Casper.
I like Casper better for side sleeping.
I think most side sleepers would agree.
As far as who should get the Saatva, if you are used to traditional spring mattresses,
maybe you've stay in nice hotels really like those type of mattresses, that's can be the
feel that you get here.
There used to be a longer lasting mattress, if you want to do this as a long-term investment.
A durable mattress I think the Saatva might be the way to go.
I feel like it's a little bit more supportive as well so potentially could be better for
back and stomach sleepers.
Again, it just comes down to the type of feel you want.
You want a balanced foam feel, that you get from the Casper or do you just like standard
traditional spring mattresses which many people do and you would go for the Saatva.
That's basically it.
Hopefully, I've given you a good overview of what the similarities and differences are
between these mattresses.
I think the differences here are pretty clear but if for some reason you're still a little
bit confused as to which one you should get, just leave a comment below and I can get back
to you as soon as I can.
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