Marten: Hey, guys, Marten here from Mattress Clarity.
Today, we have the Helix Nightfall.
I'm only going through the construction of this mattress, going to be put through a number
of tests, at the end of the review enough to the right mattress for you.
Just stick around.
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Marten: Before we get started, if you have any specific questions, you need a recommendation,
just leave a comment below.
Today, we have the Helix Nightfall.
Helix is known for having a customizable mattress made specifically to your body type.
In addition to that now, they have nine specialty mattresses.
One of those mattresses is the Helix Nightfall here.
As made specifically for big and tall people.
I'm 6'7", 230.
I'm a larger person.
I was excited to see if it perform well for a person like me.
Let's get started.
Let's talk about the construction of the Helix Nightfall here.
Starting with the cover, you actually have a dual layer cover.
You have the soft cover on top.
You're going to have a more breathable cover right on the fair.
Then you're going to have a first layer of Helix dynamic foam.
It's going to be latex kind of a foam bland.
It's going to be more responsive, still give you the pressure relief that I think you need.
You're going to have more of a classic memory foam here, high-density.
It's going to help with sagging especially for heavier people.
You have a transition layer here as well.
It's going to help transition you from the comfort layers here down to the support quilts
here down below.
You have eight inches of individually wrapped coils.
It's actually going to be a little bit taller than most coils and mattresses going to help
give extra support for heavier people.
Then you are going to have a base poly foam layer for these coils to rest on as well.
What does all mean?
A lot of this made to combat the issues that heavier sleepers deal with.
First, you're going to have the problem of sagging.
You shouldn't have it on this mattress.
You're going to have some high-density foams here.
It's not going to sag and gives indentations you get with heavier people.
Again, you're going to have another probably inch or two extra of coils here to give the
support you need for heavier people.
Also in terms of sleeping hot, you're going to have some air flow with the coils here
as well as some breathability with this top cover here as well.
Also should be a longer lasting mattress.
You're going to have some high-density durable materials.
You're going to have the coils here as well.
Should be a long-term investment for you as well.
Let's talk about firmness and feel.
In terms of firmness, I put this mattress at a 7 out of 10.
Just a little bit firmer than average.
It's because you have some really nice soft upper layers here, about three inches.
You pretty quickly get down to the coils beneath that.
I'd say it's a little bit firmer than average.
In terms of feel, you have this responsive balanced foam feel on top.
You have coils right beneath that.
That has a standard balanced hybrid feel overall.
In terms of balance, in terms of how moving around this mattress is going to be, I have
a little cross ball here to test that out.
Holding the ball here.
You see that actually has some pretty nice bounce.
That lets me know that it's going to be pretty easy to move around this mattress without
getting stuck.
Let's go through how I feel in different sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, feel my hip sink in just a little bit not too much.
I feel the foam pressing up in my lumbar area.
I'm feeling really supported overall in this position.
Moving to my side, I feel a little bit of pressure on my shoulders and my hips.
Not too much.
I do feel a soft upper layer.
I'm also pressing into the transition layer beneath as well as the coils.
Moving in to my stomach.
It's usually a big problem for me when I'm sleeping on my stomach is my hips bow in and
I feel my spine get out of alignment.
I don't feel this on this mattress here.
You have that extra layer of high-density foam.
You have the extra strong coils beneath that keeping my hips from sinking in too far so
I feel well-supported in this position as well.
In terms of the construction of this mattress and how I felt in different sleeping positions,
kind of my subjective opinion.
I also want to give you more objective view of how this mattress deals with pressure relief.
I have a pressure map here.
You're going to see anywhere from blue for no pressure all the way to red for high pressure.
I just want to note that if you're a different body type than me, you might have a different
experience.
Let's get started.
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Marten: We get a lot of questions from people who sleep with a partner.
They want to know if their partner moves around on one side of the bed, are they going to
feel it on their side of the bed.
We talk about we call motion transfer.
A test of how the Helix Nightfall deals with that.
I have a glass of water here.
I'm kind of pressed into the mattress and you could see it's being disturbed when I'm
doing that.
Also rolling around on the bed.
You can see there is some disturbance.
The main reason for that is even though you have foam on top, you don't have a very thick
layer memory foam.
It usually does a good job of fighting motion transfer.
You'll also have coils right beneath that which also aren't the best.
It has a little bit below average motion transfer on this mattress.
If you're a larger person like myself, you also want to consider how much of the surface
area of the mattress you can actually utilize.
You want to consider something called edge support.
I'm sitting here at the edge of the bed.
You see that mattress is compressing a little bit but not too much.
That makes you reinforce the coils around the edge of the mattress here to give extra
edge support.
It does a pretty good job.
I can lean over and tie my shoes.
I feel I'm kind of fall off the mattress.
Moving on to my back.
Getting here at the edge of the mattress, rolling near the edge.
I don't feel like I'm going to be ejected from the bed.
I feel pretty secure lying near the edge of the bed.
I'll say the edge support overall is pretty decent on this mattress.
Let's go through some of the pros of why I think this mattress might be a good fit for.
First, I think heavier sleepers.
This mattress is made specifically for heavier people, for big and tall people.
It does a really good job of combating a lot of issues that go along with being a heavier
sleeper.
Namely, support.
It is giving me an extra support of mattress.
You have extra tall coils.
You also have an extra layer of high-density foam to keep you supported on your back and
your stomach.
Also if you're looking for a long lasting mattress again is going to be some very durable
materials that should last you quite a while.
High-density foams also as coils should be a long-term investment as well.
If you're a general back and stomach sleeper, you like a little bit extra support, you could
find that on the Nightfall here as well.
Or let's say you're heavier sleeper and you have a partner who could be a smaller person
but be a back and stomach sleeper.
This could be a match for you as well.
Let's go through some of the cons, who I think this mattress might not be a good fit for.
First, if you're a lighter sleeper, I don't think this mattress is really made for you
and specifically is not.
You have eight other options in the specialty line from Helix.
You also have the customizable mattress.
I would consider one of those if you're a lighter person.
Also if you're a side sleeper of pretty much any size, you might feel some firmness on
this mattress.
Even if you're a heavier side sleeper and you're looking at this mattress, you might
feel some firmness on your shoulders, on your hips.
Just something to note.
Finally, if you really like a class of memory foam feel where you can sink into the mattress,
you really don't get this on this mattress.
You are going to get more of a balanced foam feel on top of coils, a hybrid bounced feel
overall.
It's probably going to be a good match for you if you like a classic memory foam feel.
I want to give you a little additional information about the Helix Nightfall.
First is going to be another $195 if you want to go with this model.
In addition, for an extra $125, you can get a different cover.
It's going to be a cool cover.
You zip off this cover on this but they cover on top, has phase shape material to keep you
cooler while you sleep.
In addition, they're also going to offer Helix pillows which we're a big fan of here Mattress
Clarity.
You also going to have eight other models in their specialty line as well as our Helix
customizable mattress.
We take a quiz.
They make the mattress fit specifically for your sleeping style and your preferences.
They're also going to offer a free shipping and handling.
You're going to have a 100-night sleep trial and a 10-year warranty.
Just to wrap up.
The Helix Nightfall does a very good job of combating the issues that heavier sleepers
deal with.
Namely sagging of the mattress, needing a proper support on the back and stomach.
I would just note if you're a heavier side sleeper, you might feel some pressure on your
shoulders and your hips.
That does about it for the Helix Nightfall.
Just getting started on your mattress search, I would check out mattressclarity.com.
If you want topics for heavy people, I would just google "mattress clarity, best mattress
for heavy people."
Let me know if you have any questions.
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