So I have been looking for a new mattress on and off for basically the past year. My almost 6 year old Comforpedic was never a good fit for me as at first it was too firm and then too hot as it softened up and I began to sink in more.
With all these new mattress in a box companies coming up I decided to start there. My first was the #BestMattressEver in soft. I had been debating between soft and medium but they convinced me soft was the right choice as I was a light weight mostly side sleeper and that soft latex still wouldn’t sink like memory foam. Anyway soft turned out to be too soft, the mattress had horrible edge support and it was 3 inches narrow and 2 inches short of Queen size so it went back. To be fair they offered me a medium and another trial period since my first was essentially defective but I turned them down as the poor quality control really bothered me.
Next I went with the Nest Alexander Hybrid (the original model). On paper I loved the idea of this mattress with the feel of memory foam and the overall support and solid edges of springs. I tried this one for almost 3 months but while I loved the edge support I found the mattress to be too soft and feel too much like a traditional mattress and less like the hybrids from Tempurpedic and the big S manufacturers. I will say Joe made me an excellent exchange offer to keep me as a customer and while I did like the regular Nest Alexander in medium (second version) as well as the Honest Cool Sleeper that I tried in their stores I didn’t want to take the risk since I would no longer get a trial period if I took him up on his exchange offer. I will add that I was annoyed that my honest 4 star review for the mattress was never posted and this factored into my decision. To me if you are going to allow reviews on your site you should allow all reviews barring them being flat out fake or malicious neither of which mine was.
After that I took a break from looking until a few weeks ago when my friend had mentioned her friend buying the Brentwood Home Coronado from Costco and loving it. The online reviews while obviously subjective since everyone is different matched up to what I was looking for, plush at the very top but firm just underneath. I also liked it having a wool top layer as sleeping hot is always a concern with me after my Comforpedic. The specs even seemed to closely follow the ones of the two Nest mattresses I did like so I was definitely hopeful. Plus with Costco you get their amazing return policy which even manages to best the trial periods offered by most mattress in a box companies.
Anyway last week I noticed the mattress was on sale at Costco for $100 off which itself was $200 lower than what Brentwood charges for the exact same mattress (Brentwood confirmed the one from their site and Costco are identical despite the price differences). I figured I had nothing to lose. I have now slept on it for a week and am pretty happy so far. The mattress is definitely firmer than I expected but not uncomfortable. As with any mattress I figure it will take a few weeks for my body to adjust as well as the top layers to soften a bit. I was also pleasantly surprised at how similar it felt to the Nest Honest Cool Sleeper, even down to the great edge support for an all foam mattress. Looking at the labels it appears both are manufactured in the same place even however the Coronado was half the price. I guess this makes sense as Brentwood is a division of SilverRest and SilverRest makes many of the mattresses sold by Nest.
Overall while it’s still early I am happy that I may have found the one and at such a great price to boot. I know a lot of other people on this site have looked at the medium Nest Alexander and if you don’t mind something a bit firmer you should definitely check out the Coronado from Brentwood Home, especially if you are a Costco member. I will try and post updates in this thread over the next couple months to indicate how it goes but as long as it softens up a touch more but not too much I can’t imagine it not being a keeper.
