I was in the need for a new bed and I decided to splurge a little and get a memory foam mattress. I have been researching foam mattress online for quite a while and have heard mostly good things about visco-elastic memory foam mattresses. All was good with these except for the price. Lucky for me my new job gave us Costco memberships…so I checked out there site and saw that they had Novaform Memory Foam mattresses in their online catalog. With a little bit more research I decided to purchase one. I would have gotten it right from the costco store, but they only had queen size beds, and I wanted to stick with a full/double size since all of my bedding was already that size. I waiting until the conversion rate between the US and Canada favored the US dollar and ordered the Novaform mattress online at costco. The price was 669.99 plus taxes Canadian, and it included shipping. Include PST and GST and the price was up around $100 more…still a bargain for a memory foam mattress regardless of brand or store!
Costco had good email communication and shipped the mattress the next day. 2 days later it was scheduled for delivery and I was ready to get the mattress. My excitement quickly turned into rage once I found out the douchebag driver at UPS decided not to drop it off that Friday night when it was scheduled. Of course here in Canada they do not do fuck all on the weekend, so I had to wait until Monday to sleep in this new memory foam bed. Well Monday I go to work and the Novaform was delivered. It comes in a giant box, it was like 3.5 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet and weighed around 80 lbs. If you purchase the queen sized bed at a costco store the price is a bit cheaper (no shipping) and it comes in a sweet box with a metal frame on the bottom with casters so you can roll it around. Well I lug this bitch into my bedroom, open the box…Inside there is this giant mylar/tinfoil looking bag that is vacuum sealed around the foam mattress. I read the instruction and carefully cut this open.
Inside is another bag containing the mattress and is also vacuum sealed. Well the second you cut this bag open it whistles as air is sucked in and the mattress starts to grow. I open it the rest of the way and the stick of toxic fumes hits my sinuses… I read reviews that the smell was intense for a few days and reminded people of gasoline…it smells more like paint thinner…and it is pretty strong. Well I unfold the bed and wait 24-36 hrs for it to completely grow. The smell goes away after a few days and the bed grows to its full 12″ thick size. For those of you that do not know the mattress is 12″ thick, 9″ of regular foam, and 3″ of high density heat sensitive memory foam. It is then covered in a removable cover. Now for the best part…the sleep. The bed is amazing, better than any bed I have ever slept on, it is firm yet soft and gives just enough support but had enough give in it to not make your neck or back hurt when you wake up. I also bought a Novaform memory foam pillow for 22 Canadian and the thing is equally brilliant.
If you cannot buy the bed, do yourself a favor and go to costco and buy the pillows…they are great. Overall the Novaform bed gets a solid 9 rating and probably a 10 for value, at least compared to other memory foam mattresses. I would be careful of the stink of the mattress and would not recommend getting it in the winter…wait until you can air the room out for a few days…the smell was STRONG, but it goes away and the sleep that you get is more than enough to make up for the smell. Another sweet feature is that if your partner gets up in the middle of the night, you sleep right through it. It is simple amazing. Do yourself a favor and go get one of these “space age” Novaform heat sensitive memory foam mattress at costco.I would personally say you have to look for a good mix comfort / strength and durability. A mattress that will hold your back and neck but also keep you comfty all night. The topper will not make the full work of supporting your body and thus you should look for at least a depth of 10 inches of full mattress.
uses, really hits the nail. They’ve spend a tremendous amount of time perfecting the surface with natural fabrics and connecting the different layers to make a very good place to sleep. They have followed the same Direct-To-Consumer model as the new tech-sleep companies, allowing them to sell at a very competitive price while delivering right to your door on an easy to carry box. Definitely worth checking them out. They currently sell in Mexico but are expanding rapidly Honestly speaking, not in the slightest.The only benefit of a mattress topper over a memory foam mattress[1] is it saves you a bit of cash (in the short term at least). However, the money saved is not going to win over the fact that your sleep, health and potentially your back will suffer because of it.If you are in need of a new mattress then take the financial hit and get one, they are worth every penny and once you begin to justify the potentially hefty price. For example, how important a mattress is to your health and sleep, the fact that they are long-term investments, expected to last at least 5 years, if not 10 years!
Also, mattress toppers are not going to solve any issues you may have, its like buying a cheap car that you know is going to breakdown, simply because you need to get from A to B.These days as well, with companies like Casper and other bed in a box brands, they’ve really hit the market well and now offer very good memory foam mattresses at quite reasonable prices. Wait a few months, save a bit more money and then buy a Tuft & Needle, Eve or Leesa mattress.Footnotes[1] 2017 Update - Best Memory Foam Mattresses of 2016 & 2017: ResultsTo briefly answer your question, I feel that a quality memory foam mattress topper with appropriate density can be better than a full memory foam mattress.I give a much lengthier explanation in this blog post where I discuss different types of mattresses. Octaspring 8500 Memory Foam Mattress in 4 Sizes Octaspring 8500 Memory Foam Mattress in 4 Sizes Octaspring 6500 Memory Foam Mattress in 4 Sizes Sealy 1400 Pocket Hybrid Geltex Mattress in 4 Sizes