Hi blackviolet,
[quote]Christeli Briella
Dreamfoam ultimate Dreams 13"
Tempflow Celestia
Any comments or things that I should consider when deciding between these? What are the main differences? How does that affect quality?[/quote]
I don’t know the specific densities of the polyfoam layers in each of the mattresses you are considering although I do know that all of them meet the minimum quality/durability guidelines here so none of them have any lower quality materials or weak links that could compromise the durability and useful life of any of them relative to your weight range.
All of them are described as being reasonable approximations of the Cloud Luxe or the Cloud Luxe Breeze in terms of their firmness but because they don’t have the same designs they will each have different “feels” which may be more or less noticeable to you.
The Celestia uses 5 lb memory foam and the Briella uses 5.3 lb memory foam and I believe that both of them use 2 lb or higher polyfoam in their base layers (although you would need to confirm that with each of them) and the Ultimate Dreams uses a combination of 4 and 5 lb memory foams and a 1.8 lb base layer so I would give a slight advantage to the Celestia and Briella in terms of durability although in your weight range it wouldn’t make a significant difference and the Ultimate Dreams uses very similar density memory foams to the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe Breeze (which uses 4.1 and 5.3 lb memory foams unlike the Cloud Luxe which uses 4.1 and 7.1 lb memory foam).
Outside of foam densities … some of the main differences between them would be that the Brielli has an edge support system, the Celestia has the Tempflow airflow system, and the Ultimate Dreams is in the lowest budget range of the three.
I don’t have any personal experience with any of them so I don’t know how they would “feel” for me or for someone else (feel is very subjective so different people will describe the same mattress differently or have different opinions about how closely one mattress matches another one) but when you are making an online choice then the return or exchange policies would generally become a more important part of the “value” of your purchase so you can try the mattress in person and assess it based on your own personal experience rather than going by someone else’s opinion which may be different from your own and be able to exchange or return it if your choice doesn’t turn out as well as you hoped for in terms of “comfort”, firmness, and PPP.
Since each of them have different return or exchange policies I would make sure you are clear about and comfortable with their return/exchange policies and any cost involved so you can factor it in as part of the “value” of each of them.
While other people’s comments about the knowledge and service of a particular business can certainly be very helpful … I would keep in mind that you are the only one that can feel what you feel on a mattress and I would be cautious about about using anyone else’s suggestions, experiences or reviews on a specific mattress (either positive or negative) or review sites in general as a reliable source of information or guidance about how you will feel on the same mattress, hows closely it will compare to another mattress for you, or how suitable or how durable a mattress may be for you. In many if not most cases they can be more misleading than helpful because a mattress that would be a perfect choice for one person or even a larger group of people in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on (even if they are in a similar weight range). In other words … reviews or other people’s experiences in general won’t tell you much if anything about the suitability, quality, durability, or “value” of a mattress for any particular person (see post #13 here).
Hopefully some of the members here that own one of the mattresses you are considering will see your post and share their comments but in the meantime forum searches on Briella and on Celestia and on Ultimate Dreams gel 13 (you can just click the links) will bring up more comments and feedback about each of them.
Once you are past about 6 lb density then any additional benefits of higher density memory foam relative to durability is greatly reduced so as long as the mattress you choose is “close enough” in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP (which you can assess when you sleep on it) then having 7 lb memory foam in a mattress would have little additional benefit and in terms of durability the weakest link in the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe and Cloud Luxe Breeze would be the 4 lb memory foam anyway.
Once you’ve narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between “good and good” (which they are) and none of them have any lower quality materials or “weak links” in their design (which they don’t) and if at this point there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some good research) then you are in the fortunate position that any of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 here can help you make a final choice based on your own local testing and/or your more detailed phone conversations about each of them, the firmness and suitability of each one, their prices, your preferences for different types of materials and components, designs, or types and blends of latex, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers and any costs involved, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on “informed best judgement” based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
Phoenix