Joe: Loom & Leaf and Leesa.
Two very popular mattresses but which one should you get?
Today, I'm going to be telling you the pros and cons of each, the similarities between
the two, the differences and who should get one over the other.
Stay tuned.
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Joe: Before we get started, are you leaning towards one over the other?
Let me know in the comments and let me know anything I can do in the comments of how I
can help you make a better decision.
Let's get started by telling what's similar between these two mattresses.
Number one, they're both very popular, very good customer service, very customer friendly
policies things like sleep night trial, return policies, things of that nature.
They both contain memory foams.
Leesa has it in the second layer.
Loom & Leaf has top two layer memory foam.
They're also at the same firmness range.
I put both about 6.5 out of 10.
Now let's talk about what's different between these two mattresses.
There's actually a pretty big price difference.
For a queen Loom & Leaf's can run you about $450 more expensive for a queen than the Leesa
is.
There's also going to be material differences.
The Leesa is about 10 inches in total, got 2 inches of a soft latex-like proprietary
layer called LSA200, over 2 inches of memory foam, then a base layer.
Loom & Leaf is 12 inches in total, got a quilted cover with a little bit of foam in there,
two inches of gel memory foam, then 2.5 inches of more high density memory foam, then a transition
layer, then a base layer.
Because of that, there's going to be some feel of differences.
Leesa's going to be more balanced foam feel overall, combines latex and memory foam-like
qualities in one mattress, whereas Loom & Leaf's can be more of a true memory foam feel.
Let's talk about the construction of both mattresses and see what the differences are.
Starting with the Leesa, 10 inches in total.
We have a base layer, then memory foam, two inches and then two inches of LSA200, which
is a latex-like soft proprietary layer, proprietary to Leesa.
Overall, it combines latex and memory foam-like qualities to get a lot of the benefits of
memory foam.
That's some of the drawbacks like sinking in too much, getting stuck or sleeping hot.
We have Loom & Leaf now, 12 inches in total.
We have a quilted cover, then we have 2 inches of gel memory foam, 2.5 inches of high density
memory foam underneath that transition layer, then a base layer.
True memory foam feel from the Loom & Leaf.
There's going to be some initial firmness and then the memory foams slowly kick in,
contour to the curves of your body.
That's the feel you get there, whereas Leesa has more balanced feel overall.
You do have memory foam in there but, it's a little bit easier to move around.
You need to know what the type of feel that you want to get.
I'll say the Loom & Leaf is more substantial, definitely cost more, you get more out of
it.
It's going to get a little bit more durable, I'd say they're about the same as far as breathability
is concerned, but the main difference is the type of feel that you want to get.
Let's about differences in firmness and feel.
As far as firmness is concern, I put both at about 6.5 out of 10.
It's about the same firmness.
They work a little bit differently in that Loom & Leaf feels a little bit firmer initially
and softens up as memory foam gets to work.
To give you some feel differences here though.
The Leesa has more of a balanced feel overall.
You get latex and memory foam-like qualities in the mattress, a little bit easier to move
around, gives me some bounce through it as well.
If you drop a lacrosse ball for example, it would bounce right up there, which wouldn't
happen on the Loom & Leaf which is that just true memory foam feel.
Little bit of firmness initially then quick sandy feel where you'll slowly sinking to
the mattress.
That's what you get from Loom & Leaf.
I'm going to talk through how I feel on different sleeping positions on both mattresses.
Starting on my back, on Leesa, pretty good mattress for me.
Allows my hips sinking but not too much, about the right firmness as well for back sleeping.
Loom & Leaf, very good mattress for me as well.
I would say I'd probably give a slight preference to the Leesa, just having that much memory
foam on Loom & Leaf is probably a little bit too much for back sleeping.
Just a slight preference for Leesa there.
On my side, on the Leesa, pretty good mattress for me.
I feel a little bit of firmness but overall, I feel pretty good on my side.
On the Loom & Leaf, there's a little bit of initial firmness and then it softens up.
I'd probably actually prefer the Loom & Leaf for side sleeping.
Switching onto my stomach now on Leesa, definitely feel like it's a little bit too soft.
I feel the same way about Loom & Leaf's.
I would say, if you're just a stomach sleeper, I'd probably look elsewhere.
At Mattress Clarity, you're going to see some of our subjective opinions, but it also gives
you some objective tests.
One test we like is a pressure map test.
It shows you exactly how well each mattress relieves pressure.
I get down on my back, side, and stomach.
You see anywhere from blue to no pressure, all the way up to red, the high pressure.
We threw up the side sleeping results here, which is what matters.
You'll see a little bit of red underneath my shoulder on the Leesa.
That's consistent with my experience.
I think that the Loom & Leaf does just a little bit better job for me in relieving pressure
on my side.
That's what shown here.
Marten: Hey, guys.
Marten here to offer a different respective.
Joe's 5'9" 160, I'm 6'7" 230.
I'm a larger person.
I want to give my experience to these two mattresses.
Today, we have the Loom & Leaf mattress and the Leesa mattress.
In terms of firmness, I say the Loom & Leaf was a 7.5 out of 10, the Leesa here was a
6.5 out of 10.
Now in terms of sleeping position, over in the Loom & Leaf on my back, not quite supportive
enough for me.
My hips sinking.
It's a little bit too far, little bit too soft for me there.
On my side, great pressure relief.
It's a little firm at first and it does soften up, great pressure relief on my shoulder and
in my hips.
On my stomach though, not quite supportive enough for me.
I am bony in the hips there somewhat.
On the Leesa here, on my back, great overall support, my hips sinking not too far.
On my side, good pressure relief overall.
It's a nice pressure relief for my shoulder and my hips.
On my stomach, definitely too soft for me.
For a heavy person like myself, you sleep on your back, I lean towards the Leesa.
If you're heavier side sleeper, I think both could work for you.
If you're heavier stomach sleeper, I would look for a firmer mattress overall.
Joe: Do you sleep with a partner?
There's two additional things you're going to want to consider when looking on a mattress.
That's motion transfer and edge support.
Motion transfer is basically, if your partner's moving around that side of the bed, is that
motion isolated or transferred over to you and possibly wake up night?
Edge support is basically, can you sit or sleep towards the edge of the bed without
feeling that you're going to fall off?
As far as motion transfer is concern, I would give Loom & Leaf the advantage here.
It has 4.5 inches of memory foam, does very good job on isolating motion.
As far as edge support is concern, I would also give the Loom & Leaf a slight advantage.
It does a little bit better of a job at preventing that rolling out the bed feeling.
Now the moment we've all been waiting for, which one of these two mattresses should you
get?
As far as who should get the Loom & Leaf, I think it's the more substantial mattress.
You definitely get more out of it, thickness overall has more of a luxury feel.
If you have the budget for it, I do think you get more out of it.
I think it's a more appropriate pick for side sleepers, our pressure map test showed that.
It does relieve pressure a little bit better.
It's probably given all that memory foam that's in there, that high density memory foam.
Great job for relieving pressure, great for side sleepers.
If you want a memory foam feel, that quick sandy, slow sinking in feel, that's definitely
what you'll get with the Loom & Leaf.
As far as who should get the Leesa, if you just can't decide between the two, you can
save $450 by going with the Leesa.
Definitely more of a budget friendly pick.
If you can't decide, go with the Leesa.
It's a more appropriate pick for back sleepers as well.
It's a tough call but I would say go with the Leesa if you're a back sleeper.
Also if you want a balanced foam feel like, combined latex and memory foam-like qualities
in one mattress, I'll go with the Leesa over the Loom & Leaf in that case.
That's basically it.
Hopefully, I've given you a good overview of the pros and cons of each, the similarities
and the differences between the two.
If you're still a little bit confused definitely, just leave a comment below or I can even give
you a personal recommendation.
Tell me a little bit of information about yourself in the comments below.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
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