Martin: Hey guys, Martin here from Mattress Clarity.
Do you like the feeling of a hotel mattress where you kind of sink in a little bit and
you want to sleep all day?
You might want to stick around for this review.
We're looking at the Dream Cloud mattress today.
I wanted to see if it forms the way they say it does.
Let's get started.
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Martin: All right, before we get started, if you have any specific questions or you
need a recommendation from me, just leave a comment below.
The Dream Cloud mattress.
What sets us apart from a lot of bed-in-a-box mattresses is, first of all, it's thick.
It's 15 inches tall.
It's a pretty thick mattress especially for a bed-in-a-box.
It also is going to have five different layers of foam.
The top, it's going to have coils for kind of overall hybrid experience.
In addition you'd have some kind of luxury features as well, like this cashmere top.
I wanted to see how this is going to perform for me, but let's jump into construction.
Let's go to the construction of the Dream Cloud mattress here.
Starting at the top you're going to have a cashmere cover.
It's going to be tufted here as well.
It has kind of a pillow top feel, again really soft.
Also it's going to be breathable.
They also say that it's going to be three times more breathable than cotton.
Moving down you're going to have a gel foam layer.
You're going to have a quilted foam layer.
You're going to have a latex layer and then two memory foam layers.
It's got five different layers of foam here.
Then you're going to move down to the coil system individually wrapped.
At the bottom, a high-density foam.
What does all this mean?
First, I think it's going to have a luxurious feel.
It's got this soft kind of pillow toppy hotel feel.
It's a hybrid mattress.
You have a balance of comfort and support.
I think you're going to be sleeping cool on this mattress as well.
A few of these layers here are going to help with breathability and heat dissipation.
Again, a breathable top here, you're going to have some airflow with the quilts as well.
I think as well, you're going to have a durable mattress here.
High-density foams and coils can add up for a long lasting mattress.
OK, let's talk about firmness and feel.
In terms of firmness, I put this mattress at a 6.5 out of 10.
Right about down the middle in terms of firmness.
I think that's because you do have the soft kind of pillow top, you have some high-density
foams, then you have the coils.
It all adds up for more of a medium firmness.
In terms of feel it has, again, a pillow top soft feel.
High-density foams are going to add a little bit more firmness.
Then you have the coils.
It actually has this more balanced hybrid feel overall.
In terms of bounce, that's some pretty nice bounce, actually.
What this tells me is you're going to sink in just a little bit with this top but you're
going to have an easy time moving around without getting stuck.
I want to talk about how I feel in different sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, I feel really good overall support.
Even on this kind of soft top layer I feel it pressing on my lumbar area.
I feel this really nice and kind of cloud like on this mattress.
Moving onto my side, really nice pressure relief actually.
It takes a little bit for me to sink into the mattress in those top foam layers.
I do at first feel that pillow top feel, then I start to feel the foam beneath that.
Really nice on my side.
Moving onto my stomach though, I think I do need some more support here.
I am bowing at the hips, feeling myself get out of alignment.
I definitely need a little bit of a firmer mattress when I'm on my stomach.
I've got into the construction of this mattress and talked about the firmness and feel, more
of a subjective take.
I want to get a more objective view of this mattress feel of pressure relief.
To do that we have a pressure map here.
You're going to see anywhere from blue, for no pressure, all the way to red, for high
pressure.
Let's get started.
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Joe: Hey guys, it's Joe.
I'm here to offer different take on this mattress.
Martin is 6'7", 230 pounds.
I'm 5'9", 160.
We have a very different body type.
That's something you want to consider when looking at a mattress.
You have the Dream Cloud here today.
Martin said it was about 6.5 out of 10.
Oftentimes we disagree, but in this particular case I think it is a 6.5 out of 10.
It's right in that medium firmness range.
I think it has a good balance of comfort and support.
When I'm on my back, I feel like it's very supportive for me.
It's a good match for someone with my body type.
Switching onto my side, I also feel it's a good match for me.
I don't really feel too much pressure on my shoulder and hips.
If you like, it's very nice in that position as well.
On my stomach I felt like it was a little bit too soft.
I could feel like hips, midsection sinking in a little bit too much.
What does that mean if you're someone in that kind of medium weight range?
I think if you just sleep on your back, just sleep on your side, or you switch positions
at night, this could be a good fit for you.
Martin: All right, we get a lot of questions from people who sleep with a partner.
They want to know if they're sleeping on their side of the bed, if they will feel their partners
movements on the other side of the bed.
Now, we're going to talk about what's called motion transfer.
To test how mattress handles motion transfer, I got a glass of water here.
I'm going to press in around it.
I'm not even pressing too hard.
You can see this is being disturbed quite a bit.
Also I'm going to kind of roll.
You see it is being disturbed there as well.
It's an objective test.
Also, I had Joe get in and out of bed while I laid on one side of the mattress.
I definitely felt his movements on my side of the mattress.
I think that's because this pillow top here.
You have foam layers beneath that which are usually pretty good at handling motion transfer.
The pillow top, while it is very soft, is really not cutting down on that motion transfer.
I'd say overall this mattress does not have the best handling of motion transfer.
If you sleep with a partner, it's just something to note.
If you're a larger person like myself, you definitely want to think about how much of
the mattress you can actually utilize, the surface area of the mattress.
You want to think about what we call edge support.
It's going to be how well you're supported near the edge lying down and sitting down.
Starting with sitting down you see the mattress actually collapsing quite a bit here.
I feel somewhat secure, but I could definitely tie my shoes.
I don't feel the best sitting in this position.
Moving onto my back, lying near the edge.
While I really like this pillow top feel, it actually pushes me toward the edge.
I do have a feeling that I'm rolling off the mattress.
That being said, I would say the edge support's not the best on this mattress.
Let's go through the pros of who I think this mattress might be a good fit for.
First, I think if you are looking for that luxurious hotel feel with your mattress, this
could be a good choice for you.
You're going to have this cashmere top.
You're going to have five layers of foam and the quilts there as well.
It does have that kind of luxurious feel, especially for me.
I think if you're a side or a back sleeper, you could get that good balance of pressure
relief and support.
I definitely felt this on this mattress.
That being said, I am a heavier person.
I did feel like I was a good fit for this mattress.
Again, it's 15 inches tall.
You're going to have five layers of foam to make sure you don't bottom out into those
coils below.
Good match there as well.
I think lastly, if you're a hot sleeper, Dream Cloud could work for you.
You're going to have some airflow at the coils.
You're also going to have some breathability with those top foam layers, too.
Let's go through some of the cons of who I think this mattress might not be a good fit
for.
I think first, if you're a stomach sleeper, I definitely had trouble on this mattress
on my stomach.
I was bowing in at the hips.
I think I needed definitely some more support in this position.
Secondly, I put this mattress at more of a medium firm firmness.
I think if you are looking for a firmer mattress, you might want to look for something more
in that direction.
This can be more in the middle.
I think lastly, if you want a classic memory foam feel, you really don't get that on this
mattress.
There are going to be foam layers on top where you do sink in a little bit.
It's definitely not that slow quicksandy feel that you might prefer.
As a heavier sleeper, I wanted to compare the Dream Cloud here to one of it's competitors,
the Purple, which is also, I believe, a great match for heavier sleepers.
At first they are similar in a couple ways.
They're both going to be taller mattresses and they're both going to be hybrid mattresses.
We're going to have a coil system and a comfort layer on top.
The one difference is going to be what's in that comfort layer.
With the Dream Cloud you're going to have five layers of foam.
With the Purple you have a hyper-elastic gel polymer.
A very unique comfort layer that keeps it firm, but it's pressure relieving at the same
time.
In terms of sleeping positions, I feel well-supported on both mattresses.
However, it's going to be a different feel when I'm on my back.
On here I'm well supported but I'm on this pillow top foam feel.
Then over on the Purple it's going to be a very unique feel where it collapses under
my butt but keeps the rest of me held up.
On my side, good pressure relief on both mattresses.
I believe I felt a little bit less pressure on the Purple Four.
It definitely collapses under me but keeps me held up at the same time without bottoming
out.
Moving onto my stomach.
I did it again, bowing a little bit here with the Dream Cloud.
However, on the Purple I was well-supported in this position.
I think it's a better match if you're a stomach sleeper.
I want to give you a little additional information about the Dream Cloud mattress.
First, you're going to have free shipping and returns.
You're going to have an everlong warranty.
You're going to have a 365-day sleep trial, which is longer than most bed-in-a-box sleep
trials.
Financing's available and the company also offers bed frames.
To wrap up, I think the Dream Cloud really does what it says it's going to do.
It's definitely a luxurious hotel feel.
I felt very nice on this mattress.
Also as a heavier sleeper, I felt good comfort on my side and good support on my back.
That about does it for the Dream Cloud mattress here.
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