Joe: What's up, everyone?
My name is Joe, I'm from Mattress Clarity.
Today we're going to be looking at the Purple and Leesa mattresses.
I'm going to be comparing and contrasting these two mattresses, telling you the pros
and cons of each, what the similarities are between the two mattresses, what the differences
are and telling you who should get one over the other, so stay tuned.
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Joe: Let's get started here by talking about what's similar between these two mattresses.
Number one, they're both wildly popular.
Really made this online mattress category happen.
You can read thousands and thousands of very highly-rated reviews, as well, three highly-rated
mattresses.
Great customer service, very customer-friendly policies.
Things like sleep by trial, things of that nature.
Both pretty bouncy, very responsive sleeping surfaces, very easy to move around, good balance
as well.
I think they're in the same firmness range, some may disagree about which one is firmer.
Some may say Leesa is firmer, some may say Purple's firmer, but they are in the same
firmness range.
Now you know the similarities, let's talk about the differences.
Number one is price.
Even though the original price is about the same, Leesa usually has a pretty substantial
discount, it can be about $150, around that range, cheaper for the Leesa for a queen.
Some materials differences, Purple has three layers that has a proprietary, very unique,
hyper-elastic polymer top layer, then a transition layer, then a base layer.
Leesa also has three layers, but has a proprietary foam called LSA-200 over memory foam, over
a base layer.
There's going to be some feel differences as well.
Leesa combines memory foam and latex-like qualities, having that LSA layer on the top,
then memory foam underneath that.
You really have a balanced foam-feel overall.
You have this pressure relieving, yet supportive at the same time, squishy feel from the Purple.
Let's open up these mattresses, see what the construction is for both mattresses and see
what the differences are.
Starting with the Leesa, we have three layers with a pretty standard base layer, memory
foam layer in the middle there with two inches and then a proprietary foam called LSA-200
on top.
It's a very responsive foam, so it's latex-like in that regard.
It's still pretty soft and pressure relieving at the same time.
When you combine those three layers, you get all the benefits of memory foam without some
of those drawbacks, like sleeping hot, for example, or sinking in too far and getting
stuck.
That's really what they're going for here, good pressure relief, but a balanced feeling
overall.
On the Purple, it's three layers as well.
You have a base layer, then a transition layer.
What really matters is this top layer, two inches of hyper-elastic polymer.
The way it works is, it stays flat and supportive until a certain pressure threshold is reached,
then it collapses.
It's going to be supportive and pressure relieving at the same time.
If you're on your back, it's going to collapse underneath your hips, then stay flat and supportive
across the rest of your body, very supportive in that regard.
When you're on your side, it's going to collapse underneath your hips and shoulders, so it
shouldn't really pressure there.
Then on your stomach, it's going to stay pretty flat across the board.
It's a good fit for all three sleeping positions.
The feel's going to be quite different just because of that.
You can have more of a standard foam-feel with the Leesa versus this very unique feel
from the Purple.
The Purple's going to be a little bit more durable and that this gel material doesn't
sag the way that foam does over time.
I think they're both going to be pretty breathable.
I maybe give the Purple a slight advantage there, but there are some feel differences
in the construction, goes for different things overall.
Now let's talk about differences in firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, I put the Purple at about a 7 out of 10 and the Leesa
at 6.5 out of 10.
With the Purple, it kind of depends on your weight.
If you're on your side, you really need enough weight for that gel to collapse underneath
your shoulders and hips.
If you're lightweight, you're probably going to think it's a little bit firmer.
If you're heavier, you're going to get that gel to collapse, it's going to be more pressure
relieving and feel softer, it really depends on your weight.
As far as feel is concerned, what they have in common, is they're both pretty bouncy sleeping
surfaces.
If you dropped a lacrosse ball on Leesa, it'd bounce right up.
If you dropped it on the Purple, it'd bounce right up as well.
It's very responsive, it's easy to move around.
What it really comes down to, a foam-feel versus this unique, firm yet pressure relieving,
very squishy feel that you get from the Purple.
With the Leesa, you sink in a little bit like you would with a foam mattress, but because
the memory foam's in the second layer, you don't sink in too far because of this LSA-200
foam on top.
There are some feel differences here.
Now I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions on both mattresses.
Starting on my back, on the Purple, very good match for me.
It allows my hips to sink in and then it stays flat and supportive across the rest of my
body, very good match for me there.
On the Leesa, pretty good match for me as well.
I would say that I feel like Purple's a little bit more supportive for me.
Switching onto my side now, on the Purple, I do feel a little bit of firmness.
I don't think I weigh quite enough to really get that full gel-collapsing effect.
It's still a pretty good match for me, but that's just something to note if you're a
light or medium-weight sleeper.
Switching onto the Leesa now, very good match for me here.
Very good pressure relief overall, so I would say I'd probably prefer the Leesa for side-sleeping
for someone light and medium-weight.
Switching onto my stomach now, on the Purple.
Very good match for me, very supportive overall.
It allows my hips to not sink in too far, a very good match from support perspective
there.
Leesa, I feel like it's a little bit too soft for me.
In summary, I would say for stomach sleeping I would prefer Purple, and for back sleeping
as well.
But for side-sleeping, I'd prefer Leesa.
Over at Mattress Clarity, we'd like to give you our subjective opinion on things like
firmness and feel, but we'd like to give you objective tests as well.
One test we really like is a pressure map test, which shows you exactly how well each
mattress relieves pressure.
Get down on a pressure map, you see anywhere from blue, no pressure, all the way up to
red, to high pressure.
If you throw up the results here for side-sleeping, which is what really matters most, you'll
see that Leesa has less red.
That kind of makes sense to me, for someone of my weight, on your side on the Purple,
you don't quite get enough of that gel-collapsing effect.
I feel like for someone that's lightweight or medium-weight, the Leesa probably relieves
pressure a little bit better.
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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, I want to give my experience between these two mattresses.
Today we have the Leesa mattress and the Purple mattress.
In terms of firmness, I say the Leesa with a 6.5 out of 10.
The Purple here was also 6.5 out of 10.
A little bit softer to me than it was for Joe.
I think it was because I'm a heavier person, I'm activating this top gel layer more than
he did.
In terms of sleeping positions, over on the Leesa, my back, really good overall support,
my hips sink into the mattress just the right amount.
The top foam layer kind of presses into my lumbar area.
On my side, really nice pressure relief overall, my shoulders and my hips specifically.
On my stomach, a little bit too soft for me, I am bowing at the hips.
Over on the Purple here, on my back, great overall support.
Hips sink into that top layer gel just the right amount as well.
I'm supported overall very nice.
On my side, great pressure relief in my shoulders and my hips.
On my stomach, also good overall support, I'm not bowing in at the hips there at all.
What does that mean?
I think if you're a heavier back sleeper, both mattresses are going to work for you.
If you're a heavier side sleeper, both mattresses also work for you.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper, I'd lean towards the Purple.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner, there's two initial things you're going to want to
consider when looking at a mattress.
That's motion transfer and edge support.
Motion transfer's basically, if your partner's moving around on that side of the bed, is
that motion going to be isolated or transferred over to you and possibly wake you up at night?
Edge support's 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 motion transfer's concerned, I would give the advantage to Leesa.
It seems to do a little bit better of a job at isolating motion in general.
As far as edge support is concerned, I would say Purple has a slight advantage.
It prevents that rolling off the bed feeling a little bit more than the Leesa does.
Let's talk about which one of these two mattresses is going to be the right fit for you.
Let's talk about who should get the Leesa.
I think if you're a lightweight sleeper, medium-weight sleeper and sleep on your side, you're going
to find Leesa to be the better choice for you.
I think on the Purple you're going to feel a little bit firmness, not quite get that
gel to collapse, get the pressure relief that you need.
If you're used to a standard foam mattress feel, this is the more appropriate choice,
where you sink in a little bit, get good pressure relief, but don't sink in too far.
Pretty good balanced foam-feel overall.
If you just can't decide, you are going to save a little bit of money by going with the
Leesa.
They usually have $150, $160 discounts depending on the holiday.
I was also talking about who should get the Purple.
I think if you are a back and stomach sleeper, it's going to be the more supportive of the
two.
Then if you are a heavy side sleeper, you're going to get that gel to collapse and then
you'll get that pressure relief that you really need.
If you are really concerned about sleeping hot as well, it's going to be the more breathable
of the two, and it's probably going to be the more durable of the two.
So if you want to view this as a long term investment, that's just something to know.
We've come towards the end of the video.
Hopefully, I've given you a good overview of the similarities and the differences, the
pros and cons of each mattress and hopefully you have a pretty good idea of which one you
want to get.
If you're still confused or you want me to give you a personal recommendation, leave
a comment below and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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Mattress and once again, let me know if you have any questions.
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