Finally had the chance to visit their showroom/factory. Tested all of their beds and the guy, who was very informative and kind took us on a tour of their production facility. It was very entertaining to see all the employees building the beds, and to learn even more about different materials and the whole process.
After testing all of their beds, my favorite is the Duo Lift. I am a fan of the quadmini system, as it is conforming yet only equally responsive, while latex can feel overly responsive, and memory foam under responsive. If you’re interested in having the quadmini as your transition layer, i definitely recommend the lift topper. One of my issues with my DIY is the quadmini bulging out a bit on the sides. Im considering fitting it into a topper cover to prevent that, but at that moment my cost for that layer is $400. And then you have to find a top layer. A 2" piece of talaylay is about $250. All that together costs more than the whole, already constructed lift topper.
The lift topper contains an inch of wool on the top and bottom and the cover is stitched on, so you dont feel the springs, and you don’t have to worry about them bulging. I know it seems expensive at $675 for a queen, but all material costs and construction costs considered, the only way they’re making a profit is because they buy all this stuff in bulk to cut down their costs.
I could recommend the lift topper to anyone who wants to make their regular medium or firm bed feel like a luxury bed.
My second favorite is the Today mattress. It’s a simple workhorse bed that anyone could use, that feels a bit more premium than any standard bed.
My third would be the one that combines latex and memory foam, though personally i think id prefer the latex on top of the memory foam. Because i don’t prefer the sink of memory foam on top, and i don’t like how bouncy latex is, but i prefer the feel of the latex more than memory foam, i think having memory foam underneath the latex could settle down the overactivity of latex, while still allowing some more of the contouring effect of the memory foam. And the latex negates that smushy feel of memory foam.
I see many people have issues with beds made if they are built with either specifically latex or memory foam. Incorporating both into the same bed can be helpful to balance the responsiveness so your bed feels more neutral.
Placing either cotton or standard foams help to balance out the feel of your bed if you have an only memory foam, or latex bed. Which for engineered sleep, that would be referring to their “essentials” topper. Which you could place on any bed to give it more of a standard cushion mattress feel.
I was not commissioned by the company; bedding is just an obsession for me. Our bodies force us to spend 8 hours every night in our beds, so it’s extremely fun to help people and to talk about beds.