Thanks to its 968 individually wrapped 8-inch coils, the mattress felt both substantial and supportive. The third layer down (designed to feel like a more-resilient memory foam) is 2½ pounds. The middle, memory-foam layer is 4 pounds per cubic foot, just like the Leesa Sapira Hybrid’s (the Leesa happens to be a favorite of several testers in the above-200-pounds category). The top, faux-latex polyfoam layer is 3 pounds per cubic foot. Although the Helix didn’t have mass appeal among our staffers, we think the materials suggest longevity, at least through its 15-year warranty.
We’re not sure how realistic that weight allowance is, but we do know that 10 out of 13 people who ranked this mattress best or second best in the hybrid category were under 150 pounds. Staffers of a range of sizes in our 2020 test liked it, even though the company designed it specifically for sleepers who weigh up to 500 pounds. There’s a bit of bounce to it, combined with a pillowy (as opposed to sinky) feel. The moderately priced Helix Plus leans more innerspring than foam. I then slept on the top-rated mattresses at home for at least a week or two. They took notes on firmness levels, motion isolation, and edge support, and they then rated their favorites in various categories.
We also organized group tests in our offices, in which 20 to 30 Wirecutter staffers evaluated about a dozen mattresses at a time, side by side.
#Queen hybrid mattress in a box trial#
We then researched their trial periods and warranties, and we examined user reviews. For each mattress, we assessed the materials and construction, based on the advice of experts we interviewed for our mattress-buying guide. Of the hybrid mattresses listed in this guide (including our Notable contenders), all were assessed as part of testing for our foam guide, except for the WinkBed (which we tested for our innerspring guide). Since 2018, we’ve sampled dozens of these foam-on-coil mattresses in showrooms and stores, many of which, in test after test, stood out as staff favorites over the competing all-foam or traditional innerspring mattress models.
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