Joe: If you're taking a look at the Leesa mattress, you've come to the right video.
I've got the latest version of Leesa mattress here.
I'm going to be telling you everything you need to know about this mattress, running
through the pros, the cons, the construction.
Telling you what type of sleeper it's a good fit for, what type of sleeper it's a bad fit
for.
Stay tuned.
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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 tell me a little bit of information about
yourself.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
We have the Leesa mattress here.
Leesa has been very successful since they launched.
They've really helped bring about this online mattress category.
The mattress has been very successful.
They've actually now updated this mattress, replacing the top foam with a new foam, that
they say is even better.
I was excited to jump in, re-review this mattress with this new foam, and see how it performed.
Now, let's talk about what's inside the updated version of the Leesa mattress here.
Starting with the cover, I really like this cover a lot.
It has a sweatshirty type of feel to it.
It's breathable.
It has a nice texture to it.
Nice look to it, overall.
It doesn't really affect the feel of the mattress too much.
Let's move onto the mattress now.
We have 10 inches in total.
We have six inches of the base layer, two inches of memory foam, and two inches of a
proprietary foam that they call LSA200.
This base layer is a pretty standard base layer that you're going to see in a lot of
other all foam mattresses.
Then we have four inches of comfort material.
This memory foam, you can see what that looks like.
It's hard to see the different layers because the colors are pretty similar, but you can
see that.
It's really that slow moving, slow reacting memory foam feel.
That will help with contouring to the shape of your body and relieving pressure quite
well.
Now, this top layer is pretty responsive.
You can see that it basically reacts immediately to pressure.
It's also going to be pretty breathable.
It's going to relieve pressure a little bit better than the previous version of the Leesa
mattress did.
Given that we have four inches of comfort material, I don't think anyone's going to
necessarily bottom out when they're on their sides.
It should be a very good option for side sleepers, even for heavier sleepers, because you've
got four inches of this material.
You're not going to really press down too far and hit anything from underneath there.
I actually think it will be a pretty good fit for all three sleeping positions.
It's in that medium firmness range.
For heavier sleepers, you have enough comfort material.
This memory foam is going to help contour to the exact curves of your body.
It should be good for back sleeping as well.
Stomach sleeping, potentially you want something a little bit firmer, maybe where you have
less comfort material and it's a little bit more supportive overall, but it should be
breathable.
It should be relatively durable as well, and it's good construction overall.
Let's talk about firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concerned, I'm going to put this mattress at about a 6.5 out of
10, with 10 being the firmest.
The reason I feel that way is you've got some pretty soft layers on top.
It's actually four inches of comfort material, then it gets pretty firm very quickly after
that.
When you combine that feeling, it's a 6.5 out of 10, overall.
Some may disagree, but that's my opinion.
As far as feel is concerned, it's what we call a balanced feel overall.
You get a lot of the benefits of memory foam, but you don't get the feeling of getting stuck.
It's very responsive.
I push my hand in here and take it away.
It snaps back into place very quickly.
There's going to be some bounce to this mattress, so we'll show you with a lacrosse ball.
It is a little bit bouncy.
You're going to get good pressure relief without the feeling of getting stuck.
It's just a nice balance foam feel overall.
Now, I'm going to talk through how I feel in different sleeping positions.
Starting on my back, first thing I noticed is it allows for my hips to sink in but not
too much.
I feel like it's a pretty good match from a support perspective.
It really conforms well to the curves of my body.
I feel like it's just a good match for me on my back.
Switching to my side, I feel the pressure relief is pretty good.
This new top layer actually is supposed to relieve pressure better than the previous
version of Leesa mattress.
I feel that that is the case.
Maybe it's a little bit softer as well, so it's a pretty good match for me on my side,
too.
Switching on to my stomach now, I feel like it's a little bit too soft for me.
I think if you just sleep on your stomach, you're probably going to want something a
little bit firmer, maybe a little bit more supportive especially if you're a little bit
of a heavier sleeper, as well.
Here at Mattress Clarity, we like to mix subjective opinions with objective tests.
Now, I want to give you a very objective visualization of where you might feel pressure points on
this mattress.
We've got a pressure mat here.
I'm going to lie down on my backside and stomach, and you're going to see anywhere from blue,
no pressure, all the way up to red, to high pressure.
The only thing to note is if you have a different body type than me, you may see different results.
Let's get started.
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Marten: Hey guys, Marten here, to offer a different perspective.
Joe is 5'9", 160, I'm 6'7", 230.
I'm a larger person.
I want to talk about my experience with Leesa mattress here.
In terms of firmness, Joe said it was a 6.5 out of 10, and I actually agree, 6.5 out of
10, about medium in terms of firmness.
Lying on my back, I feel really nice support, though.
Even for a medium firm mattress, I usually have trouble getting the support I need as
a heavier person.
Not on this mattress.
I feel the top foam pressed to my lumbar area.
I feel really nice and supported there.
On my side, you have four inches of a comfort layer.
I press right into that.
Not too far, though.
I feel nice pressure relief in my shoulders and my hips.
However, on my stomach, the mattress is a little bit too soft for me.
I'm definitely bowing at the hips area and getting out of alignment.
What does that mean?
I think if you're a heavier back sleeper, it could be a good match for you.
Also, if you're a heavier side sleeper, it could be a good match.
If you're a heavier stomach sleeper, you'll probably need something a little bit more
supportive.
Joe: If you sleep with a partner there, you may want to consider something we call motion
transfer.
Basically, if your partner is moving around that side of the bed, is that motion going
to be isolated or is it going to transfer over to you and possibly wake you up at night?
To test that, we have a glass here.
I'm going to create some little disturbance here, see how this glass reacts.
You can see it's not really moving too much.
I feel like that's pretty good.
I also had Marten from my team jump in and out of the bed while I was on this side of
the bed, didn't really feel that motion transfer over to me too much.
I feel like it's a pretty good option for couples.
Another thing you may want to consider is edge support.
Basically, can you sit on the edge of the bed, or can you sleep towards the edge of
the bed without feeling like you're going to fall off?
In this case, we have an all foam mattress.
You can see that the foam does collapse a little bit, but I can still sit on the edge
of the bed without feeling I'm going to fall off.
I'm going to switch onto my back now, right near the edge.
I'm getting a little bit of that rolling off the bed feeling, so I feel like edge support
is just OK.
I'm going to talk through some of the pros of this mattress, or who I think this mattress
may be a good fit for.
I think the Leesa mattress has been very popular for a very good reason.
It's a pretty good match for back sleepers and side sleepers.
It conforms really well to the curves of your body.
It has four inches of comfort materials when you're on your side, and very nice pressure
relief, and still have pretty good back support when you're on your back.
Also, it gives you a lot of the best benefits of memory foam and latex without some of the
drawbacks.
You're going to get good pressure relief like you would have with the memory foam, but you're
going to get that feeling of getting stuck.
You're going to have good balance, but not too much.
It's going to be pretty breathable as well and have good motion isolation.
It's a pretty good fit for lots of different types of sleepers.
I think a lot of people are going to like this mattress.
I'm going to talk through some of the cons of this mattress, or who I think this mattress
may not be the best fit for.
Number one, I think if you just sleep on your stomach, you probably are going to want something
firmer or potentially a little bit more supportive.
Also, this is in the medium firmness range.
I'd say about a 6.5 out of 10.
If you're just looking for something that's a little bit firmer than average or much softer
than average, that's not exactly what you're going to get here.
Lastly, there's certain types of feels that this doesn't really provide.
If you want a true memory foam feel, for example, where you're really sinking into the mattress,
it's not what you get here.
Or if you've had success with traditional spring mattresses, it's not really the type
of feel that you get here either.
We have the updated version of the Leesa mattress here and some people are going to wonder how
does this compare to the previous version.
The previous version is really pretty similar to this.
They just switched out the top layer, the top two inches.
It was something called Avena foam, and now this is proprietary LSA200 foam.
Really a difference here, it's pretty subtle, I would say that this new version is just
a tiny bit softer.
They say it relieves pressure better than the previous version does, and I think that
actually is the case.
It's going to be a little bit softer, relieve pressure a little bit better.
They say it's a little bit more durable and more responsive.
I think that's probably true, but I can't say that with 100 percent certainty.
Just thinking about how this mattress compares to other popular mattresses on the market.
A lot of people ask how this compares to the Purple mattress, so I thought I'd just touch
on that pretty quickly.
The construction is pretty different in that the Purple mattress has this gel hyperelastic
polymer material, then a transition layer, then a base layer.
Leesa has this proprietary foam, then memory foam over a base layer.
I'd say the firmness is a little bit different and that the Leesa is just a little bit softer
overall, it depends on your weight.
If you are heavier you might think the Purple is a little bit softer, but generally, I think
that the Purple is going to be a little bit firmer.
As far as sleeping positions, if you sleep on your side, I think if you're not too heavy
you're probably going to enjoy the Leesa a little bit better.
You need to have enough weight on the Purple to allow for that gel to collapse and really
relieve that pressure.
I think if you sleep on your back, either should work just fine.
If you sleep on your stomach, the Purple is probably the better fit.
It also comes down to what type of feel you want.
Purple is a very unique feel and Leesa is more of a traditional balance foam feel, overall.
I wanted to give you give you some additional information about the Leesa mattress.
With this mattress, you get a 10-year warranty, a 100-night sleep trial.
It's free shipping and returns.
They also have financing available.
If you don't want to make one lump sum payment, you can make smaller monthly payments, which
is really nice.
They also have the superior mattress, which is a spring hybrid mattress, a luxury mattress
available, if you want to go up in budget.
They also have a bunch of accessories available.
One thing that's really cool is for every 10 mattresses that they sell, they actually
donate one mattress.
That's really nice.
To wrap up, I think a lot of people are going to like the Leesa mattress.
They've done a unique, very good job of making a mattress that's as good of a fit for as
many different types of sleepers as possible.
It's going to be a good fit for back sleepers, for side sleepers.
If you are just a stomach sleeper, then you probably want something a little bit firmer,
a little bit more supportive, overall.
It has a lot of the benefits of memory foam and latex fused into one.
It has good motion isolation, good pressure relief without the feeling of getting stuck.
It's going to be pretty breathable as well.
That's basically it.
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