Ultimate Dreams 13" Gel Memory Foam Mattress - First Impressions

[phoenix]

Hi tcat007,

Wow! I made the “mistake” of going to a local “Sleep Experts” to lie on a Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe… really didn’t like it at all. Felt like quick sand. Unfortunately I lied on 3 or 4 others that I liked, now I have no clue what I want. I thought a “cheap” $700 Kingsdown set was comfortable. I think the one I liked most was a 12" Technogel, supposedly latex foam base and gel foam top (he wasn’t sure of the inches). They has a Beautyrest “black” that was comfortable, he had a floor special at $1750… that doesn’t sound too “special”.

Unfortunately … when you test mattresses that don’t provide the information about what you are testing then unless you buy that specific mattress the time you spend is mostly wasted and there is no way to make meaningful comparisons with other mattresses or use them as reference points.

If this Ultimate Dreams 13" Gel is anything like the Cloud-Luxe, I know I have ruled that out. Back to thinking a 12" Bamboo Bliss may be the way to go., although several of the Beautirest “gel top” seems as springy as latex, and probably something my wife might like. Pretty sure she’d like that Technogel, but it was like $3K…

According to Dreamfoam’s description and some of the feedback from forum members … their 13" gel memory foam mattress is similar to the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe in terms of softness or perhaps a little firmer. This is why it’s so useful to test a mattress that they provide as a guideline so that you don’t make a purchase that isn’t likely to be suitable for you.

The Beautyrest “gel top” isn’t latex and they don’t provide the information you would need to make meaningful comparisons with a latex mattress or with any other mattress for that matter and the only way to compare the “feel” would be with side by side testing. Unless the top layers are similar to the Bamboo Bliss in terms of the type of material and softness of the material it wouldn’t make a useful reference point.

You can see some thoughts about the Technogel Estasi in post #2 here although the Estasi + may have a different design. Sleep Experts lists it as “latex” even though the Technogel site doesn’t list any latex at all in its mattresses outside of the Armonia. You can check the law tag to see if it lists any latex in the mattress.

Phoenix