Joe: If you don't believe that there's one best mattress for everyone, you might want
to take a look at Helix.
They're going to customize a mattress to you based on your needs and preferences.
Is it going to be any good?
Stay tuned to find out.
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Joe: First things first.
If you have any specific questions or you want me to give you a personal recommendation,
I'm happy to do so.
All you have to do is leave a comment below and leave me some information about yourself.
Helix doesn't believe that there's one best mattress for everyone.
Now, they have nine different mattress models.
You can either see what those are and select one, or you can fill out a sleep quiz.
Fill out some information about yourself, what your needs and preferences are, and they'll
give you a mattress that's fit for you.
This is actually the Midnight model.
It's their most popular model.
It's a medium feel.
It's good for pressure relief for side sleepers but good for people that switch all positions
at night.
It fits me, so I was excited to jump in and give it a try.
Let's talk about the construction of the Midnight Helix mattress.
We got a cover here.
There's actually two covers.
What you can do, they have something called an Ultra Cool Cover which you have to pay
extra for but has this phase-change material in it which can help regulate temperatures.
If you're worried about sleeping hot, that's something you might want to consider.
Moving onto the mattress now, we have 10-inches in total.
We have a base layer for the coils to rest on.
The whole concept here is, basically, it's a hybrid concept where you get support coming
from these coils and then good pressure relief from this memory foam.
This is a medium feel that's going to be good for side sleepers and, potentially, people
who switch positions at night, which is what I do.
I mainly sleep on my side.
You get good pressure relief from this memory foam.
It's a very soft material, pretty slow-moving memory foam.
If you stick around later, we do a pressure map test which is exactly how well this mattress
relieves pressure.
We have six-inches of support coils.
If you're sleeping on your back, it's going to allow your hips to sink in.
Then the coils are going to keep you up.
It should be supportive on your back and stomach, and good pressure relief on your side.
Breathability.
If you just see, there's so much air that can flow through these coils.
Plus, if you add that Ultra Cool Cover, it should be very good at not sleeping hot.
We have a transition layer here, but the main components are the memory foam for pressure
relief.
The support comes from the coils.
That's construction, overall.
Let's talk about firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, they say this is a medium feel.
I'm going to put it at about a 6.5 out of 10, so I definitely agree with that.
The reason is the top two-inches are memory foam, very soft.
There's a transition layer, a little bit firmer, then very firm support coils underneath that.
Depending on how heavy you are, you may press through that top layer more easily.
You might feel a little bit more firmness.
If you're a little bit lighter than I am, you might think it's a little bit softer.
I'm going to go with 6.5 out of 10.
As far as feel is concerned, you see that there's basically no bounce, whatsoever, just
given that there's memory foam on top.
It's only two-inches of memory foam.
You're not going to get too much of that true quicksandy memory foam feel.
It's going to be pretty easy to move around.
It's a balanced feel, overall.
You can feel it close a little bit.
It was a very supportive feel, but I would just say a balanced feel, overall.
I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions.
This is a medium feel mattress, the Midnight model.
It's going to be a pretty good fit for all three sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, I can feel that the memory foam is conforming to the curves of my body,
but the coils are holding me up.
I feel this is a very good match for me from a support perspective on my back.
Switching to my side, I can feel the memory foam kicking in.
I don't feel too much pressure at all.
I feel like it's a pretty good match on my side as well.
Then switching onto my stomach, I feel, again, it's a pretty good match for me.
I think if I just slept on my stomach, I'd, maybe, want something a little bit firmer.
Overall, I feel pretty nice support in this position.
I'm going to give you a visual representation where you might feel pressure points on this
mattress.
I got a pressure map here.
I'm going to lie down on my back, side and stomach.
You're going to see anywhere from blue to no pressure, all the way up to red, the high
pressure.
The only thing that you'll notice that the Helix Midnight mattress, it's got a medium
feel to it.
If you have a different body type than I do, you might see different results.
Let's get started.
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Marten: Hey guys, Marten here to offer a different perspective.
Joe's 5'9'', 160.
I'm 6'7'', 230.
I have a different body type.
Want to give my experience with this mattress.
Today, we have the Helix Midnight.
Joe says this was a 6.5 out of 10 for firmness.
I thought it was closer to a 7 out of 10 for firmness.
It's mostly because I'm a little bit larger person.
I'm pressing the comfort layer.
I was feeling the transition layers and the firmer layers beneath that.
In terms of sleeping position, starting on my back, feel nice overall support, hips sinking
a little bit, but I feel that foam pressing to my lumbar area.
I feel nice support, overall.
Moving to my side, I feel a little bit of pressure on my shoulders and my hips but not
too much.
Moving onto my stomach, I do feel properly supported there as well.
I don't feel my hips sinking in too far and getting me out of alignment.
If you are a larger person like me and you sleep on your back, side, or stomach, you
might actually find a good balance here.
If you're a combination sleeper, for instance, this could work for you as well.
However, if you are even larger than me, I would also consider the Helix Nightfall, which
is made specifically for larger people.
Joe: We get a lot of questions from people who sleep with a partner.
They want to know if their partner's moving around on that side of the bed, does that
motion going to be isolated, or is going to transfer over to them and possibly wake them
up at night?
I call that motion transfer.
To test that, I've a glass here.
I'm going to roll around, see how this glass reacts.
You can see it's not moving too much.
Create a little disturbance here with my hands.
See, it's not moving that much.
We've got memory foam on top, so I expect this to do pretty well.
Also, had Marten on my team just jump in and out of bed quick, didn't feel that motion
transfer over to me.
I feel like it does well.
This is a good option for couples.
If you sleep with a partner or you like sleeping towards the very edge of the bed, you may
want to consider something we call edge support.
We've got a mattress here where the foam is collapsing a little bit, but the coils are
preventing me from getting that falling-off-the-bed feeling.
I'm going to switch onto my back here, go towards the edge.
I don't feel like I'm going to fall off the bed or anything like that.
I feel the edge support, in this case, is pretty good.
Let's talk about the pros of this mattress.
It's just one very large pro.
What I want to do with this is, basically, see if they have all these customization options.
Do they actually do what they say they're going to do and find a good fit for you?
I got the Midnight model.
It was just a very good fit for me.
It felt very nice on my side but was still very supportive because I tend to switch positions
at night but mainly sleep on my side.
It felt great on my side but also very supportive on my stomach and back.
Just looking at all the different models, they're going to hit all the different types
of sleepers.
If you're worried about sleeping cool, they can match something to that.
They also have this Ultra Cool Cover which can add temperature regulation.
They have a big-person mattress.
I think they've done a good job of addressing any type of sleeper.
They can actually find a good fit for you.
Let's talk through some potential cons, who this mattress may not be the best fit for.
It's just one big thing to note.
There are only certain materials that are in any of the combinations.
There's certain materials like latex that are not in the mattress.
You can only get a little bit of memory foam.
If you want a true four-inches of true memory foam feel, you're not going to be able to
get that with this mattress.
There's certain types of feels that are just not going to be possible given the material
limitations that they have.
I really like the mattress.
It's going to be a great fit for a lot of people.
If you have specific types of feels with certain types of materials that they don't have, you're
not going to be able to find that with this mattress.
I wanted to give you some additional information about Helix.
They have a bunch of cool accessories available.
The coolest one is actually this Ultra Cool Cover.
You can see it here.
It has phase change material on it which can allow for extra temperature regulations.
If you're worried about sleeping hot, this can be a great option for you.
All you have to do is just, basically, replace the top cover and put this back on.
You have a sleep quiz option.
You can fill out information about yourself, and they'll give you the mattress for you.
You can just hand-select one of their nine mattresses.
They also have free shipping and returns.
They have financing available.
If you're worried about making one big lump sum payment, you can actually make monthly
payments that are smaller, which is great.
They have a 10-year warranty and a 100-night sleep trial as well.
To wrap up, the Helix can be a pretty good fit for pretty much anyone.
They've done a very good job of addressing all the different types of possible sleepers
and have a mattress available for those types of people.
If you're a big person, there's a mattress for that.
If you want extra pressure relief, they can do that.
If you want something that's a little bit firmer, they can do that as well.
They've done a very good job of addressing any type of sleeper or any type of preference
that you might have.
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