Joe: What's up, everyone?
My name is Joe.
I'm from Mattress Clarity.
Today I'm going to be talking about the Plank mattress.
I'm going to be walking the Plank through a number of tests telling you the pros and
cons, running through the construction, tell you what I like about it what I don't like
about it, who it's a good fit for, who it's not a good fit for.
All without trying to go overboard.
Stay tuned.
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I've got the Plank mattress here from Brooklyn Bedding.
Brooklyn Bedding is a company I really like.
They have really great values with their mattresses.
This is supposed to be the firmest mattress possible.
I'm excited to jump in.
See if it really is and see how it kind of played out.
Let's talk about what's inside of the Plank mattress here.
Starting with the cover, nice soft-feeling cover.
You actually have the option to get that cooling panel.
If you're worried about sleeping hot that is an option for you that can help you sleep
a bit cooler at night.
It's a flippable mattress.
We have the very firm side here.
There's an inch and a half of a quilted top, some foam there.
Then the base layer right underneath that.
It's very, very firm.
I can't really punch into too far at all here.
It's definitely very, very firm.
On the other side, you're going to have three-quarters of an inch of quilted foam and then two inches
of their proprietary Titan flex foam.
It's going to be a little bit softer, gave me a little bit more of a sinking-in feeling.
On this top side right here there's really no sinking-in feeling whatsoever.
That's the whole point of this mattress.
This to show you that it is very, very firm and you can't really push it in very far.
If you are a back sleeper you can flip it to the less-firm side and you can sink in
just a little bit.
Now let's talk about firmness and feel.
This is a very firm mattress.
I put the very firm side about a 9 out of 10 tending the firmest and the less firm side
about 8 out of 10.
I've got the top side here, the very firm side.
You can't really push your hand in too far at all.
Definitely, it's very, very firm.
Probably the firmest mattress I've ever reviewed because of that there's going to be a lot
of bounce.
I'll show you with this lacrosse ball here.
The ball is going to bounce right up there.
It definitely is as firm as they say.
It has a very bouncy feel as a result.
I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions on both sides of the mattress.
Starting on my back on the very firm side I think it's a little bit too firm.
However on the less firm side, very good match for me from a sport perspective.
Switching on to my side I would say on the very firm side and on the less from side it's
just going to be too firm.
Switching on my stomach now, very good match for me kind of on both sides.
I'd say if you're just a stomach sleeper this is definitely a good fit for you.
Martin: Hey guys Martin here to offer a different perspective.
Joe's 5'9, 160 I'm 6'7, 230.
I'm a larger person want to give my experience on the Plank mattress.
In terms of firmness, Joe said it was an 8 out of 10 on the soft side and 9 out of 10
on the firm side.
I thought it was close to it 8.5 in the soft side.
Pretty much a 9 on the firm side as well.
In terms of sleeping position starting on the soft side on my back, a decent match my
hips sink in not far enough but better than they do on the firm side.
Moving to my side on the soft side I feel a lot of pressure on my shoulders and my hips,
so not really good for side sleeping.
Moving to my stomach, pretty good overall support my hips don't sinking too far, so
a pretty nice match for stomach sleeping.
Moving to the firm side on my back, way too firm for me.
My hips don't sink into quite at all.
I feel like I'm being pushed up out of the mattress.
Not a good match for back sleeping.
Moving to my side even more pressure, so not a good match for a side sleeping.
On my stomach, even better overall support.
What does that mean?
I think if you are a heavier back sleeper, I would lean towards the soft side but even
that's a little bit too firm.
If you're a heavier side sleeper, I'd look elsewhere.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper, both sides should work for you.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner you're going to want to consider motion transfer.
Basically, if your partners move around that side of the bed is that motion to be isolated
or transferred over to you and possibly wake you up at night.
I got a glass here to test this out.
I'm going to create a little disturbance around the glass.
You'll see that the glass is being disturbed a little bit.
I'll have Martin on my team jump in the bed.
I did feel that motion transfer would be a little bit.
That's just something to note if you sleep with a partner there is some motion transfer
here.
If you sleep with the partner or you like swimming towards the edge of the bed you're
going to want to consider edge support.
Basically, can you sit or sleep towards the edge that doesn't feel like going to fall
off?
I'm on the edge here you can see that the foam is collapsing quite a bit.
I am getting a little of that falling off the bed feeling.
I'm going to lie on my back now.
Again, I am getting a little bit of that ejected from the bed feeling.
I would say the edge board is not very good in this mattress.
I'm going to talk through some of the pros of this mattress and who I think this mattress
may be the best fit for.
This mattress, in particular, I was most interested in seeing if it is really as firm as they
say.
In this particular case, I do believe that.
I said 9 out of 10.
It really is about as firm as you're probably going to get.
Therefore if you're just really, really looking for a firm mattress then it's a great fit
for you.
Mainly if you're a stomach sleeper it's also going to be a great fit.
If you switch onto the less firm side is also going to be great for back sleepers.
Let's talk through some potential cons of this mattress.
Again it's a unique mattress.
It's very, very firm.
Therefore it's not going to be good at all for side sleeping.
You're just not going to get the pressure relief that you want.
If you sleep on your side definitely look elsewhere.
Also if you want something that's just kind of firm or in the medium firm range this is
definitely very firm, so I would look elsewhere.
If you just sleep on your back I might look elsewhere.
If you switch positions at night I might look elsewhere.
All right.
That's basically it.
I think a lot of people who are looking for a very firm mattress are really going to like
the Plank mattress.
It's about as firm as you're possibly going to get.
Definitely, the firmest mattress that I've ever tried.
If you're looking for something in the medium firm range or soft or just slightly firmer
than average I would look elsewhere.
If you want something as firm as possible definitely take a look at the Plank.
All right that's it.
Definitely check out Mattress Clarity for just getting started with your match spying
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Once again, let me know if you have any questions.