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Nectar Sleep is a well-known bed-in-a-box company, and now its mattresses are even in stores. With Nectar, you’re looking at three different models available in memory foam or hybrid options: Nectar Classic, Nectar Premier and Nectar Luxe.
If you’re looking for a dense memory foam bed for your space, check out our expert thoughts below on the flagship Nectar mattress to determine if it’s the right choice.
Some beds have a tiny trace of memory foam that’s hardly noticeable. This is not the case with the Nectar bed. If there was a picture under “memory foam” in the dictionary, it could be an image of my handprint lingering in the top layer of this mattress. It reminds me of the Tempur-Pedic mattress my parents have in their bedroom. I appreciate the quilt-like detail on its cover, which gives it a more luxurious look. It’ll end up being covered with sheets, but at least I know how pretty it looks underneath. If you love the feel of memory foam or seek a good balance of support and pressure relief, the Nectar mattress is a good choice.
Watch CNET senior video producer Owen Poole review the Nectar mattress.
The Nectar bed is a true memory foam mattress. I stayed on top of the memory foam for a few moments when I first laid on it, and then I slowly began to sink into it. It clings around your curves and makes a little you-shaped cocoon. It feels cozy if you like that nestled-up feel, but it makes it a little harder to switch sleeping positions. Since this memory foam is far from bouncy, you’ll have to allow a few seconds for your body to get snuggled into a new position. People who love memory foam won’t mind this feeling, but it’s something to keep in mind if you’re unfamiliar with the material.
The Nectar mattress used to have a feel that hovered around a six out of 10, but after its update last year, it’s a little firmer. I rate it around a true medium-firm or seven out of 10. If you weigh over 230 pounds, however, your experience with the Nectar mattress will likely feel more soft and pressure-relieving. For lightweight sleepers under 145 pounds, it should be firmer than a seven. Generally speaking, the more you weigh, the softer a mattress is going to feel and vice versa.
There isn’t anything super fancy going on with the foam model Nectar mattress. It’s a simple but comfortable foam bed. It sits at 11 inches tall and is stacked in three layers:
We took off the Nectar mattress cover to examine its layers.
1. This mattress’s supportive base layer is a thick slab of dense polyurethane foam, which is essentially standard, basic foam.
2. In the middle is what Nectar calls the Adaptive Response Transition Layer. It acts as a neutralizer sandwiched in between the other two layers. It softens up the bed so you don’t feel the firm base, but it’s firmer than the top comfort layer to keep you more supported.
3. The top foam layer is more plush and made with gel memory foam. A gel-like substance is infused into the material to make it sleep more temperature-neutral. This is the layer you can thank for Nectar’s memory foam comfort.
The cover on the Nectar memory foam mattress is made with Tencel and has a thin layer of gel memory foam quilted into it. It doesn’t make the mattress sleep cold, which some might expect based on the language on their website.
If you’re like me and sleep with a partner (your German Shepherd counts, too), motion isolation is an important characteristic. Some beds creak and shake when you or your partner make any kind of movement, and motion transfer is a huge buzzkill when you’re trying to get a good night’s sleep.
Thanks to the Nectar bed’s motion-absorbing foam construction, it’s safe to say that it suppresses motion like a charm. It made no noise, and I could hardly tell when my boyfriend was switching positions during the night.
Mattress expert Owen Poole testing out the edge support on the Nectar mattress.
If you plan on sharing a full- or queen-size bed with somebody, or maybe your S.O. is a bed-hog, edge support might be an important factor to you. This addresses how supportive the bed’s sides are. An extreme example of bad edge support is on an air mattress. If you’re pushed to the very edge of a blow-up bed, you’ll either feel like you’re rolling off the side or you actually will roll off.
The Nectar bed doesn’t have the best edge support I’ve ever experienced, but you don’t have a falling sensation when you’re near the side. This is pretty typical for a foam mattress. Hybrid mattresses with coils, on the other hand, tend to perform better in this department.
You might get the sense this is a cooling memory foam mattress by reading Nectar’s website, but I wouldn’t necessarily say it helped me sleep cool. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nothing like an outdated memory foam bed that retains all your body heat in the center. However, it’s not like the GhostBed Luxe or the Cocoon Chill, which are two other memory foam bed-in-a-box mattresses with super-effective cooling tech.
The all-foam Nectar mattress model, the brand’s flagship bed, is not going to be as durable as the hybrid mattress. A base layer made with steel coils is going to stand the test of time better than dense foam. The original Nectar mattress should last five to six years, while the Nectar Hybrid should last eight or more. However, the foam Nectar is a little more durable than the 10-inch mattress models because it’s a tad thicker.
You’ll notice a smell omitting from your mattress once you unbox it from its packaging and it expands, but not to worry. This is the norm for most bed-in-a-box mattresses unless they’re natural and organic. It’s similar to a new car smell in that it’s left from the manufacturing and compression process, but it should dissipate in a day or two.
Now that I’ve talked about how it feels and how it’s built, let me dive into the types of people the Nectar mattress is best suited for.
Considering the Nectar bed feels a bit more like a supportive and firm mattress, I think it’s best for people whose predominant sleeping position is their back or stomach. The firmness was a little too much for me when I was on my side, but it felt really nice when I was lying flat. If you want a slightly softer Nectar mattress, I’d try out the Nectar Premier.
Firmer mattresses are best suited for stomach and back sleepers as they promote proper spinal alignment.
I mentioned how your body weight can influence how a mattress feels, but it should also help you decide the type of mattress you should get. Most all-foam beds are around 10 to 11 inches thick and are perfectly supportive for people who weigh less than 230 pounds. However, if you have a larger body frame, I would recommend a mattress made with coils. They’ll be more supportive and your money will go farther in the long-run.
The Nectar mattress will ship for free to your home and arrive in a cardboard box. If you’re new to the whole bed-in-a-box thing, it’s kind of fun to watch it unfold and inflate into a full-size bed.
Right out of the box, you’ll probably notice a not-so-pleasant smell coming from your new mattress. It’s completely typical for bed-in-a-box mattresses to omit this off-gassing smell, and it completely goes away after a couple of days.
If you’re like me, you won’t buy anything online unless there’s a reasonable return policy. Luckily, Nectar gives its customers an entire year to test out its bed.
A lot of all-foam beds come with 10- or 15-year warranties, however, the Nectar is backed by a “Forever Warranty.” Conditions apply, but I was still pretty impressed to see this. To me, the Nectar mattress warranty says the company is confident about its product.
After all is said and done, the Nectar is a very comfortable, basic memory foam mattress. It doesn’t have the bells and whistles that might come with a Tempur-Pedic, but it sure does offer a similar pressure-relieving feel.
The Nectar Hybrid mattress has similar features to the all-foam mattress except it has a strong, 8-inch pocketed coil layer in the base of the mattress for extra durability and support. It also goes for a great price compared to other hybrid mattresses, especially if you catch it during a sale (which Nectar is usually running).
The Nectar Premier mattress is the more premium mattress offering from Nectar. Available in both a foam and hybrid model, the Nectar Premier is thick (13 inches for the foam model), contains a phase-change material for temperature regulation and has a dense memory foam feel that contours around your body’s curves.
This is the most luxurious mattress from Nectar. It’s similar to the Premier model, but it’s 14 inches thick and includes copper fibers in the cover to help absorb heat from your body. Although, the Nectar Premier Copper is only available in an all-foam model.
The Nectar mattress is a dense memory foam bed known for its price value. Unless you’re looking for a king or California king, you can snag one for under $1,000. If it’s in your budget and you love the hugging, contouring feel of memory foam, it may be worth it to you.
An all-foam, memory foam bed around 10 inches thick like the Nectar mattress should last you around seven to nine years if you take care of it properly, That means you have to rotate the bed every three to six months, keep your bedding clean and so forth. However, all beds begin to sag and degrade over long-term use.
The pros of a Nectar mattress include its medium-firm profile, which is great for back and stomach sleepers or people who suffer from back pain. It’s also great for people who weigh under 230 pounds, and has a great value. Its cons include its inability to properly support heavier sleepers over the long-term; the dense memory foam can make it hard to switch positions; and it’s a little too firm for strict side-sleepers under 150 pounds.
Nectar offers a lengthy 365-night trial so you have a full year to test out your Nectar mattress. If you realize you don’t like it, reach out to customer service, which will walk you through the return process. Once it receives your returned bed, it’s donated to charity.
Most side sleepers, unless you’re a combination sleeper who occasionally side-sleeps, might think Nectar is a little firm. Nectar falls around a medium-firm on the firmness scale, but side sleepers typically sleep best on medium to soft beds that offer more pressure relief.
