Review: Saatva Luxury Firm Mattress

Bed: Saatva Luxury Firm Mattress
Manufacturer: Saatva
Retail Price: $999

My Year In Bed (YIB) continues this year as I retested this Saatva on a proper foundation. The previous test had been with the mattress directly on the slatted frame of the bed, and it was fascinating how such a thick thing could feel so odd and squishy without true support surface – very princess and the pea. This time I was very pleased with the results and found that Saatva really met their claims on delivering an excellent mattress at a much lower price than similar beds. This is a very good solution that gives you real coils and organic cotton while removing all the dizzying decisions that usually accompany the category.

Saatva is a very new company that is disrupting the mattress business by cutting out the middleman and selling direct to consumer online.

This means that you may not have heard of them, but that’s okay, they make their mattresses in factories that have been making them a long time and they know what they’re doing: they’re carefully cutting out the things they think you don’t need and doubling down on those that they think you do; getting it to you at at least half of what someone else might charge for it. This is a great bed if you’re stepping up from a starter bed and looking at the mid-tier for more quality.

• Excellent

I slept really well. I tested the Luxury Firm, which is a popular choice (Americans love firm mattresses) and Saatva’s middle choice (“not too firm and not too soft”), I found the sleep a little firm for me (I’d go softer next time), but it had a nice soft layer on top that made it cozy. If you are a side sleeper, you would want to choose their Plush Soft version to give yourself more depth and give. There was a ton of support and the mattress was responsive, but consistent from side to side – no dips or “valleys” occurred in the middle at all. While I have a slatted bed frame, the mattress sat on a solid thin foundation, which really was required to insure a good night’s sleep.

• Very Good

Saatva has thrown a lot of material into their mattress to make a “luxury” mattress at a lower price, and they’ve done a good job. The construction is not unlike regular mattresses, but they’ve just been a lot more generous with the materials. The core is made up of individually wrapped coils on top of a “a tempered steel support lower coil base.” I prefer a coil construction. It tends to sleep better, cooler and longer. Around this there is a lot of foam and some memory foam to create a thick topper, which is finally wrapped in organic cotton. I detected no off-gassing at all. The mattress is quite thick and heavy (note: you won’t move this by yourself!).

• Excellent

Where Saatva really excels is on price, and they do a good job of getting this claim out front. For the money you are definitely getting a lot of mattress and you really would have to spend a lot more to beat this offering. Most mattresses under $1,000 are not half as good, and those that cost twice as much are just as good.

High End

• Hastens – Hastens Excelsior II
• Savoir – Savoir No. 2 Bed – “The Savoy”
• Kluft – The Kluft Royal Sovereign “Concerto LS” Bed

Mid Range

• Keetsa – The Keetsa Pillow Plus
• Charles P. Rogers – The Biltmore Bed by C.P. Rogers
• Room & Board – Encased Coil Natural Mattress by Room & Board
• Tempurpedic – TEMPUR-Cloud Supreme with Advanced Ergo Adjustable Base
• Sealy – Embody Memory Foam Stillness Plus Bed by Sealy
• Simmons – Danny Seo Natural Care Bed by Simmons
• Natura – Natura Latex Tranquil

More Affordable

• Saatva – Saatva Luxury Firm
• Ikea – IKEA Erfjord

• About The Year In Bed
• How To Get a Really Good Night’s Sleep
• More Things I’ve Learned So Far
• What is the Right Price for a Bed?
• Some Things I’ve Learned So Far
• Year in Bed: A Modest Proposal