Joe: Purple and Lull, two popular mattresses, some similarities, some differences.
Which one should you get?
Stay tuned to find out.
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Joe: What's similar between these two mattresses?
Well, they have the same thickness overall, pretty similar base layer, pretty similar
transition layer.
They're in the same general firmness range.
Pretty close there as well.
Let's talk about what's different between these two mattresses.
Number one is price.
With discounts right now, the Lull's about $200 cheaper for a queen.
Also materials differences, Lull has gel memory foam over transition layer, over base layer.
Purple has this proprietary unique hyper-elastic polymer material over transition layer, over
base layer.
I'll go over that more in the construction section of this mattress.
There's also feel differences as well.
Lull have more of a standard foam feel with a little bit of memory foam feel in it.
Purple is unique in this regard.
They have a very responsive, firm yet pressure-relieving feel at the same time.
Let's talk about the construction of both mattresses and what the differences are.
If you want to get really into the details, I'd encourage you to check out the individual
reviews.
We have both written and video of both mattresses.
Starting with the covers, nice and thin covers.
Not going to affect the feel too much, however.
Let's talk about the Lull.
We have a standard base layer.
A transition layer that's latex-like, then gel memory foam.
It's an inch and a half.
That really soft, quicksandy feel, but it's only an inch and a half.
Let's say you're pretty heavy and you sleep on your side, you're going to press through
that and feel the very firm layers underneath that.
You're probably going to feel it's a firm mattress.
It's going to be nice and supportive when you sleep on your stomach and back.
It's going to be able to conform to the curves of your body.
It's going to hold you up after that.
It's a standard foam feel overall.
It has a little bit of that quicksandy memory foam feel, but it only has an inch and a half
of that gel memory foam.
Moving on to the Purple.
This is going to be very different from the Lull.
It has this unique hyper-elastic polymer material, which really stays flat until it reaches a
certain pressure threshold, then it collapses.
It is pressure-relieving, yet supportive at the same time.
Let's say you're on your side, it's going to stay flat across most of your body but
then collapse underneath your shoulders and hips.
It should be pretty good with pressure relief.
As long as you weigh enough to allow for that gel to collapse.
As far as breathability is concerned, I'd probably give Purple the advantage.
It has so much room for this air to flow through.
I'd also give durability the advantage to Purple, in that this gel material is not going
to sag, whatsoever.
The feel is going to be very different just because of having a standard foam feel with
the Lull, versus having this unique pressure-relieving yet supportive feel that's bouncy and responsive
at the same time.
There are some stark construction and feel differences here.
Let's talk about differences in firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, I'd put both actually at a 7 out of 10, with 10 being the
firmest.
If you're a heavier person on the Lull, you're probably going to think it's a little bit
firmer because you get an inch and a half of that gel memory foam.
You might press through that and feel the firmer layers underneath that.
That's firmness.
As far as feel's concerned, it's definitely going to be quite different.
The Purple is bouncy.
It's immediately responsive.
It's this squishy gel material.
Lull is more of a standard foam mattress.
It's going to have no bounce at all.
If you drop a lacrosse ball, it's pretty much going to die.
It's going to be more of a balanced foam feel overall though.
You get a little bit of that memory foam feel, but not too much, because you only get an
inch and a half of that gel memory foam.
There's definitely some feel differences here.
I'm going to talk through now how I feel in different sleeping positions on both mattress.
Starting on my back, on the Lull, it's a good match for me.
It's a little bit firmer than average so it allows you to hold me up there.
The top gel memory foam conforms well with the curves of my body.
It's a good match for me there.
On the Purple, it's also a very good match for me from a support perspective.
The gel collapses underneath my butt, then it holds me up other than that.
Switching onto my side.
On the Lull, I do feel a little bit of firmness.
It is a little bit firmer than average.
If you're a heavy side sleeper as well, you're going to press through that top layer and
bottom out.
I would caution heavy side sleepers on the Lull mattress.
On the Purple, I felt like it was a good match.
Heavier side sleepers are going to allow for that gel to collapse and have a really good
pressure relief.
Switching onto my stomach.
I feel that the Lull is a good match there as well.
Also, on the Purple it's a good match.
I can't really say one is better than the other.
In summary, stomach and back, they're actually both a good match for me.
I would just say, if you sleep on your side and you're a little bit heavier, I would probably
lean towards the Purple.
I've talked about construction differences and my subjective opinion on firmness and
feel.
Now, I want to give you a very objective test that shows exactly how well each mattress
relieves pressure.
We do that with a pressure map test.
I get down on the pressure map.
I lay down on my back, side and stomach.
What really matters is the side sleeping results.
You should see anywhere from blue, no pressure, all the way to red, high pressure.
If we throw up the results here, you'll see that Lull does a little bit better as far
as pressure relief is concerned.
I would say it really depends on your weight.
If you weigh more, it would actually be the reverse and you would bottom out on the Lull
and you would activate that gel to collapse on the Purple.
I would take this with a grain of salt and really assess your weight.
If you're a little bit heavier, the Purple will relieve pressure better.
Martin: Hey, guys, Martin here to offer a different perspective.
Joe's 5'9", 160.
I'm a 6'7", 230.
I have a different body type and I want to talk about my experience with these two mattresses.
Today, we have the Purple original mattress and the Lull mattress.
In terms of firmness I said the Purple is a 6.5 out of 10.
The Lull here is an 8 out of 10.
Joe said both of these mattresses were closer to a seven.
The main reason for that is, on the Purple I actually activate that gel layer more.
It actually feels softer to me.
With the Lull, like Joe had mention, as a heavier person, I press through the soft layers
and I feel the firmer layers beneath.
In terms of sleeping positions starting on the Purple.
A good support on my back.
My butt sinks in a little bit.
Not too much.
It keeps me supported everywhere else though.
Moving to my side, very, very nice pressure relief.
I feel barely any pressure in my shoulders and my hips.
Moving to my stomach, also, good overall support.
On the Lull, on my back also very good overall support.
On my side, again, I press into the mattress.
I definitely feel some firmness in my shoulders and my hips.
At the same time, on my stomach I definitely need some more support in this position.
What does that mean?
If you're a back sleeper, either would work for you.
If you're a side or stomach sleeper I'd lean towards the Purple.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner, there's two additional things you're going to want
to consider when looking at a mattress.
That's motion transfer and edge support.
Motion transfer is basically, if your partner's moving around on that side of the bed is that
motion be isolated or transferred over to you and possibly wake you up at night?
Edge support is basically, can you sit on the edge of the bed?
Can you sleep towards the edge of the bed without feeling like you're going to fall
off?
As far as these two mattresses are concerned, I would give the motion transfer advantage
to the Lull.
This has memory foam on top which does a good job of isolating motion.
I would actually give the edge support advantage to Lull as well.
It's a little bit firmer, potentially, and you don't sink in as much and get that falling
off the bed feeling as much as you do with the Purple.
You might be thinking, "Joe, that's all great but which one should I get?
Please just tell me."
It's a little bit tougher with these two in that the firmness is very similar.
They do a great job on my stomach and back.
I couldn't really tell if one was definitely better than the other.
As far as side sleepers, if you're a side sleeper, it just depends on your weight.
If you weigh what I do or more, I would lean towards the Purple.
If you weight a little bit less, maybe go for the Lull.
As far as durability is concerned, the Purple is going to be more durable.
It's going to be more breathable.
If those are big factors for you, then potentially I would go with the Purple.
If you just want to save some money, the Lull is $200 cheaper depending on discounts.
The Lull could be the way to go if you want to save some money.
If you switch positions at night, again, it just depends.
If you're a little bit heavier, medium-heavy weight, I'd probably go for the Purple.
That's basically it.
Hopefully, I've given you a good overview of the similarities and differences between
these two mattresses.
If you're still a little bit confused, you can just leave a comment below and I can give
you a personal recommendation.
If you're just getting started with your research, I encourage you to check out mattressclarity.com.
If you want to see a full list of our top picks, you can simply Google Mattress Clarity
best mattress.
Once again, let me know if you have any questions.
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