Martin: Sagging, durability, lack of support.
These are all issues that heavier people like myself deal with when looking for a mattress.
I have two mattresses here today that deal with those issues very well, I think.
We have the Big Fig mattress and a WinkBeds Plus.
Are they made the right fit for you?
Let's find out.
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Martin: Let's talk about some of the similarities between these two mattresses.
First, they both, as the name suggests, are made for heavier people.
The WinkBeds Plus here and the Big Fig are designed to be extra supportive and to fight
sagging.
Secondly, they're both hybrid mattresses, very similar constructions.
They're going to have a base layer there, and you're going to have some coils and then
foam layers on top of that.
Off of that, as well, they actually have quite similar feels.
They both have a pillow-toppy feel over a balanced hybrid feel.
You get the pillow top on both mattresses here.
Lastly, they're going to be cooler sleeping mattresses.
They're going to have some really good airflow with the coils here, so you shouldn't be overheating
on these mattresses.
At first glance, these mattresses may seem very similar, and they are in a couple of
ways, but they're also different in a few ways as well.
First, firmness levels, you're going to have a firmer mattress with the Big Fig.
It's definitely more supportive.
After that, you're going to have a more supportive mattress for much larger people like in the
300 to 500-pound range.
The WinkBeds Plus is more fit for someone like me, the 230 to 300-pound range.
Also, you're going to have more of a tall mattress here with the WinkBeds Plus be two
inches taller.
You also have a little bit more cushion with this pillow top here.
You can actually see it distinguished from the rest of the mattress.
Let's talk about the construction of these two mattresses starting with the covers, and
working our way down.
Over on the WinkBeds Plus here, you're going to have a tufted cover, tufted with some polyfoam.
It's going to have a really soft fabric feel here.
Over here on the Big Fig also going to have a tufted, quilted with polyfoam as well.
It's not quite as high as the WinkBeds Plus here.
I'm thinking about softer, definitely, feel over here on the WinkBeds Plus.
Moving down to the comfort layer, on the WinkBeds here you're going to have two and a half inches
of a breathable open-celled foam.
That's going to allow for some good airflow and some heat dissipation.
Over here on the Big Fig, you're going to have some polyfoam here, a gel layer here,
memory foam and some polyfoam here as well.
Then you move down to the coils.
You're going to have around seven inches on both, definitely some taller coils in these
mattresses down to a base support layer or base polyfoam.
In terms of durability, I think the durability is going to be better on the Big Fig, definitely,
a longer lasting mattress, some higher density foams.
There are actually more coils across the mattress than there are over here on the WinkBeds Plus.
Finally, in terms of breathability, I think it's going to be a tie.
We are going to have some good airflow with both these mattresses.
You're going to have a cooling Tencel cover here on the WinkBeds Plus here.
You're also going to have some perforated gel memory foam layer here to allow for some
airflow.
Let's talk about differences in firmness and feel.
In terms of firmness, I put the WinkBeds Plus at a 7.5 out of 10, firmer than average.
The Big Fig here at an 8 out of 10, even firmer than average.
In terms of feel, both mattresses have a balanced foam feel with a pillow top feel on top of
that.
However, that being said the WinkBeds Plus is going to have a thicker pillow-top, so
definitely has a softer feel overall.
Let's talk about how I feel in different sleeping positions on these two mattresses.
Starting on the WinkBeds Plus, on my back, I feel very nice.
That pillow top lets my hips sink in just the right amount.
I feel really well supported, also that pillow top pressing up my lumbar area.
I feel really nice in this position.
On my side, I'm definitely feeling a little bit of firmness on my shoulders and my hips,
but not as much as I've been feeling on the Big Fig here.
Moving on to my stomach, good overall support, I'm definitely not bugging at the hips and
feeling myself get out of alignment.
On the Big Fig here on my back, it's actually too firm for me, I think.
This is actually going to be for people in the 300 to 500-pound weight range.
I'm only about 230, so that would be too light for this mattress.
It actually pushes my hips up, actually pushes my lumbar area up as well.
I feel out of alignment in an opposite way that I usually feel on a mattress.
Moving to my side, I'm definitely feeling some firmness as well.
Again, I may be too light for this mattress.
Not really engaged in those foam layers in the top there.
On my stomach though great overall support.
I'm not blowing it in my hips in any way.
What does that all mean?
I think if you are a heavier back and side sleeper, I would lean more towards the WinkBeds
Plus here.
If you are heavier stomach sleeper, I think your best bet is going to be the Big Fig.
I have given you subjective take on what I thought of the firmness and feel of these
two mattresses.
I want to give you more of an objective view as well.
We use a pressure map here.
We put down the mattress, I lie down.
You'll see where I'm going to feel pressure.
Especially, pay attention to the side sleeping position where I'm going to see pressure on
my shoulders and my hips.
If we pull up both results, we are going to see I've had some red on both these mattresses,
however, in different spots.
WinkBeds Plus are going to be some heavy redness on my shoulder, and over here on the Big Fig
some redness on my hips.
These results make a lot of sense.
I don't think either mattress is great for side sleeping.
If you sleep with a partner, you want to think about two additional things, motion transfer
and edge support.
Motion transfer talks about how much you can feel your partner's movement on the other
side of the mattress.
Are you going to feel the moving around at night on your side of the mattress?
Edge support is how secure do you feel sitting near the edge and lying down on the edge.
Do you feel like rolling off feeling or not?
In terms of motion transfer, I'd say the better mattress is probably going to be the Big Fig.
The pillow top is not quite as thick.
You get down the foam layers more quickly there.
They're actually going to absorb that motion better than the WinkBeds Plus here.
In terms of edge support, I think it's a draw.
They're both firmer mattresses, and they both have a reinforced edge to make sure you feel
secure sitting down and lying down.
You're not going to roll off the mattress.
You made it this far in the video.
You're definitely interested in both these mattresses in some way but which one should
you choose.
Starting with the WinkBeds Plus here, I think if you're a heavier back sleeper this is definitely
the one to go with.
I felt fantastic in this position.
My hips sunk in the pillow top.
I also felt well-supported.
I felt great on my back on the WinkBeds Plus here.
I think also if you're on the lighter end of the heavier spectrum like myself, like
a 200 to 300-pound range, this is probably the mattress to go with.
I felt really nice on this mattress for my size.
I think lastly if you like a pillow top feel I would lean more towards the WinkBeds Plus.
They both have a pillow top feel, but you definitely get more as you can see in the
WinkBeds Plus here.
Moving over to the Big Fig here, I think if you are a heavier stomach sleeper, this is
definitely the mattress to go with.
You get that extra support that you might not get on the WinkBeds Plus.
You feel very well-supported.
Off of that as well, if you're in the weight range of more like 300 to 500 pounds this
is the mattress to go with, definitely is the more supportive of the two.
Off of that as well, I think if you sleep with a partner if one of you is heavy or both
of you heavy, this can hold up to 1000 pounds, two 500-pound people.
If you're in that weight range and you sleep with a partner, I would lean more towards
the Big Fig.
If you are a heavier person like me finding the right mattress can be difficult, but I
think both these mattresses could be a good fit for heavier sleepers.
The thing to think about though is what is your weight range?
Are you in the 200 to 300-pound weight range, 300 to 500-pound?
Once you think that, it should be an easy choice.
If it's not though, just leave a comment below, I'll give you a personal recommendation.
That about does it for our comparison here.
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Let me know if you have any questions.
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