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Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of Jack
In The Box.
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All right.
Like many of you, I love opening boxes and seeing
what cool stuff is inside them.
You guys ready for a big treat?
Ah!
This is a big box.
It's huge.
It's really, really heavy.
Are you guys ready to find out what's in that box?
Let's see if you guys can take a guess.
Go for it?
No.
That's not it.
Eh?
An elephant?
No.
Come on, one more try.
That's not it, either.
Are you guys ready for it?
This is a bed in a box.
How do they even fit it in here?
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Hold on.
I think I'm getting a call.
Hello?
Hi, Jack.
Chris, how are you.
I'm good, Jack.
How are you?
Great.
So listen, the one question I'm really asking myself right now
is why did you send me this bed in the box?
I thought your viewers might enjoy watching you
take this bed out of the box.
The idea of compressing and rolling up a mattress
and throwing it into a box is not new.
A company in 2007 created it.
We love opening think out of the box.
So, how much do these cost and are they all the same?
Of the models we've tested, they range
from about $250 to $2,800, and they vary in performance.
They're not all the same.
Chris, how do you test these things?
We put all mattresses through the same rigorous tests.
We use human subjects.
We lay on their backs and on their sides.
We want to look at how well that mattress conforms
to different body shapes.
We look at things like how permeable,
how the mattress breathes, how insulating it is.
And we look at how stable that mattress is.
So if your partner tosses and turns in the middle of night,
will they wake you up?
That's great.
Now, it's time to unbox the box.
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Oh, Jack.
I probably should've mentioned this.
Although they get delivered right to your door,
these beds and boxes can be really heavy,
anywhere from 60 to 140 pounds.
And they really don't have any handles on a lot of them.
So you may want somebody to help you.
Now you tell me.
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Chris, this is awesome.
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Hello?
Hey guys.
I've got a question.
How long do these mattresses last?
These mattresses last just as long as traditional mattresses.
Our durability test, which is a 310 pound weight rolling
across the mattress 30,000 times simulates 8 to 10 years of use.
After that, we have human testers lay on the mattress
again, and we check and see how back
and side support has changed over that time.
All right, Chris.
How do people know this is a comfortable mattress for them?
These mattresses perform just as well as traditional mattresses.
When you're laying on your back, you
want your spine to be supported.
You want to be in more of a neutral position.
You want to have that curve in your lower back.
You want your shoulders to sink in at the right level.
When you're on your side, you want your spine
to be more horizontal, so your hips sink in
at the right level.
Your shoulder sinks in at the right level.
And you're able to get comfortable.
Jack, I've done a lot of these.
Do me a favor, be really super careful when you're
slicing open this mattress.
Don't cut the mattress or yourself.
Don't worry, Chris.
I'll be careful.
Although some of these beds take hours to fully expand,
many hybrid mattresses inflate quickly,
and are ready to go in minutes.
Chris, that was fast.
Hey Jack, some of these mattresses
will have a slight odor to them.
Can be a mix of the adhesives, maybe
some volatile organic compounds.
May take a little while, hours, maybe even a day
or two for that to dissipate.
So you may want to wait before you sleep on it.
So Chris, if this isn't a mattress of my dreams,
do I have to smush it back in the box to return it?
If you don't like the mattress, don't worry.
You're not going to have to squish it and put it back
in the box, right?
Many companies will pick it up from you at no charge,
or some will even help you donate the mattress.
With this type of bed in a box mattress,
can people keep their existing box spring?
Many of these beds and boxes will
work on a variety of different services.
You should check with the manufacturer's website
to find out what foundation will work best with their mattress.
This bed is so comfortable.
Thanks, Chris.
Thanks, Jack.
Love your show.
Another successful episode of Jack In The Box.
I hope you guys enjoyed it as much as I did.
All right, bye!