Classic Brands Mercer Cool Gel Memory Foam and Innerspring Hybrid 12-Inch Pillow Top Mattress | Bed-in-a-Box Queen

It has only been about two weeks since we received this mattress, but we have found the previous excellent reviews to be accurate. I bought this mattress for my young adult daughter. She likes a soft mattress and has found this to be very comfortable. It feels firm with the coil underpinning, but sleeps soft. I have not slept on it, but the foam layer actually does feel cool to the touch. I plan to check this out myself one night to see if it actually does sleep cool, but my daughter is very cold natured so I wasn't really worried about this for her. The covering is very high quality and after removing mattresses without carry straps, I really appreciated them in getting the bed situated on the frame. It also arrived about a week earlier than Classic Brands indicated it would.I'm not sure if Classic Brands is packaging this differently than when the early reviewers received theirs, but we were really disappointed that we didn't get any of the excitement mentioned by previous reviews. The box was slightly damaged, but the inner plastic coverings were in perfect condition. It came with two layers of regular plastic covering and an inner, thick plastic that compressed the mattress. The shipping company would have to really abuse this box when shipping to get the compressed mattress dirty, in my opinion. We situated the mattress roll on the bed and then carefully removed the first two layers. That left us with the inner plastic that slowly unrolled until we had the compressed mattress flat on the frame. After cutting the thick inner plastic, the mattress slowly inflated. We were all standing around waiting for it to explode open, but all it did was slowly inflate. We were quite disappointed! Given how it was packaged, the only way I could see for any explosive openings would be if you quickly cut through ALL the layers at one time.The mattress was almost completely expanded within a few hours and by the end of 48 hours, it was completely reformed. I measured the height and it was a true 12 inches. If you measured right at the very edge where the seam is, it was slightly less, but if measured a little away from where the edge pulled the topper together, it was the full size advertised. There was a little smell that you often get outgassing from new textiles, but the smell was pretty much gone after a couple of days. I do agree that the purchaser should plan on the mattress needing two or three days before sleeping on it.If I had been willing to shop at several different locations, I might have been able to find a good mattress at a slightly cheaper price, but the ease of having this delivered to the door in a "small" roll was rather nice. Given the look and feel of this mattress, I have high hopes that it will last for a good number of years. We'll see.

I recently purchased these mattresses for bunk beds in my guest bedroom. I wanted to find something affordable yet still comfortable for when friends and family come to visit. These mattresses have been a great choice so far!For the price, the quality is excellent. The mattresses provide a good level of comfort and support. They are not too soft or too firm, but seem to hit that sweet spot in between that makes for a restful night's sleep. My guests have consistently remarked on how well they slept when staying in my guest room.The mattresses fit the bunk beds perfectly and don't shift around. I appreciate that they are durable enough to hold up to repeated use. Even after several months, they haven't started to sag or develop indentations.I would highly recommend these bunk bed mattresses to anyone looking for an affordable, yet still comfortable, option for outfitting a guest room or kids' bedroom. The quality rivals more expensive mattress brands but at a fraction of the price. Based on my experience so far, these mattresses deliver an amazing value for the money. I'm glad I took a chance on this lesser-known brand because I've been extremely happy with the purchase.

I'm big, y'all. I'm 6'4, nearly 400lbs. So even though my girlfriend is a totally average size, my old Queen bed (same kind, by the way) wasn't really big enough. I was single when I bought it, though, so I'd just lay diagonally across it and it was all good. When we moved in together last year, though, it slowly became obvious that it wasn't cutting it. Every day I'd wake up with my feet hanging off, and pretty often even when I came to bed she'd be taking up just slightly too much of it. Bummer.Then we got a big chubby old Staffy mix, a rescue from a bad situation. And he was a cuddler. Poor baby didn't get nearly enough affection for his whole life, which obviously means WE were gonna insist on cuddling as often as possible. But by god, that bed was NOT big enough for all of us.THIS bed is, though.By comparison, this is like an ocean of pillowtop waves we have to swim across to even touch. If I lay across as much of the bed as possible, both she and our bubby still fit perfectly comfortably for cuddles. Maybe not restful sleep, but certainly a comfy nap at least. We bought a staircase for the dog to come up into the bed more easily, so now he wanders up in the middle of the night and lays down between us, which is adorable. And, more to the point, it's only possible for him to do that because this bed is so big.It's. AWESOME.If you have a little family of your own, maybe several pets, kids, etc, this is the correct bed. It's soft and springy but firm as well - Again, I weight almost 400 lbs and I sleep ten hours every night in one spot and neither THIS bed nor my PREVIOUS one (the Queen) sank in even a little bit. It feels great after hard days on set (I'm a content marketing specialist and creative director, so I'm sometimes tasked with helping on productions - I'm also always the biggest dude on set, so, guess who carries all the big stuff haha), and on days off when it's possible to sleep in and cuddle my baby girl and my little man, more the better.This is a VERY good bed.Pro Tip, though - when you get it in the mail and start cutting it open and everything, make sure it's LEVEL while it's expanding and DON'T let anyone or anything get on it until it's been at least one full day. To accomplish this in our case (with our bubby, who loves to lay on soft things), we put it up on the dining room table and propped up the corners using our chairs. That way it stayed flat and stayed up off the ground. Second pro tip, after it seems like it's all expanded, go around the outside edge and "yank" up on just the pillowtop. It'll kind of sound like really faint "tearing" almost, but all you're doing is making sure that the pillowtop gel-foam isn't sticking to the other stuff in the bed, meaning it'll actually expand evenly instead just along the lines it's stuck to. You can actually pull up on it in the middle, too, just do the outside first so you know how it feels and sounds when you do it correctly.And ROTATE YOUR MATTRESS - why doesn't anyone teach kids about this stuff anymore?

I love it very much. The mattress is very comfortable that is better than expected. It is soft and perfect to fit our body shape when tossing and turning during the sleeping. The little odor disappears quickly after opening. I strongly recommend to have the mattress for your good sleeping.The package is perfect for the expression that makes the big mattress to the minimum size. The mattress recovers to the normal size after opening the plastic package outside soon.Unfortunately, the shipping service is delayed for 8 days because the wrong address label needs to be corrected. Anyway, I am happy to have it before Christmas.

Took a few days to fully inflate to size, but now even the corners seem pretty even and do not droop down too much. The bed itself is very comfortable with the fairly thick memory foam topper. The stitched on covering doesn't seem very durable and prone to snagging, but since you will have a bed sheet over top, it shouldn't matter too much. The initial odor was not overly strong and did eventually go away. The divets in the top are quite deep, so it is not really a smooth or even top (like 3-4" diameter craters). For me the firmness is just right (I like firm mattresses), it is not as springy or firm as my previous spring mattress, but the memory foam is supportive so you do not sink in, and instead softly cradles your body.Pros:- Price- Comfort- Initial portability (before you unroll it)Cons:- Thick and heavy, so moving it after it has fully inflated will be much more cumbersome that a fully foam mattress- Base covering does not seem very durableOverall, the price was one of the main factors in choosing this mattress (along with the thickness of the memory foam layer) and I have no regrets so far after 1 full month's use. The bed is dangerously comfortable so far and I will update if my impressions change. Only 1 star off because of the mattress covering material/stitch.

My aunt love this mattress up to now. She thinks she is on cloud 9. She can't believe that it over pass her expectations. The mattress was easy to transport, easy to assemble and very comfortable. I would recommend this mattress. I had a bit of problem during the delivery but it has nothing to do with the shipper of this product. Amazon fixed the delivery problem for me I was so happy.

It is a very comfortable mattress. Regarding the smell, yes there is some but you should just open this mattress and leave it for few days and it will go away. The smell comes from the fact that it is airtight packed for soo long and it needs to be aired out.The bed is very comfortable and I would describe it as mid level firmness. If you are coming from tight top and want something a bit softer (like me), this this is an amazing mattress. For this price, it will be hard to match.The shipping service was great and the bed arrived earlier than estimated. I would highly recommend it. I was a bit skeptical about ordering a bed online but I was positively surprised.

The first mattress I got was defective, it just never took shape/foam didn't expand. It was like 1 inch or less where you lay your head and where you lay your feet, and about 2+ inches in the middle of the mattress. I wrote to Amazon and they sent a replacement without asking questions - return and everything all free. With Amazon it really is risk free, if you don't like it, or if its defective they will replace (within 30 days). The product itself is ok. My replacement mattress was better, but still no 4 inch pillow top here, and the foam itself doesn't really feel like memory foam, well not quality one anyway. Is it the most wonderful mattress ever - no - BUT for the price you get a confortable mattress. It may be too soft for people with back problems, but me and my husband both like it. Its a coil mattress with a foam pad on top, so you still feel when someone moves in the bed, but at the same time you don't get that super sunk in feeling of a foam mattress. If you're on the fence, like I was about buying a mattress online, and don't want (can't really afford) to spend 2000$ on a mattress, I feel like you won't be disapointed with this one. Its not top quality, but confort level is still there. Now to see if it withstand the test of time.