Casper - Dream Max Hybrid

We are in mattress hell after 13 years and our old pillow top finally giving up. I have had back issues for years and 3 herniated discs in my neck, one in my lumbar area. We tried so many mattresses at several stores. We are both side sleepers and looking to reduce motion transfer. Opted to go up to a King to help with that.  What we found is that they all suck!  Pillowtops/eurotops are hard to find and in stores tend to be firm mattresses that feel like a pillow on concrete. Then you move to the hybrid that range from laying on concrete to sinking in so far you can feel the springs. Soft on one feels like firm on another so labeling can’t be trusted. The frames they all sit on are so cheap and bouncy you can’t tell if it’s the mattress or the frame that is causing you to feel everything your partner does.  I can’t stand a mattress that I have to wait 20 minutes as I sink into it before it feels comfortable only to have to roll uphill and wait another 20 if I change position. So that plus price makes Temperpedic is out. Purple was weird, and most of the foam or hybrid mattresses while you can push down and feel soft, felt very flat and board like when laying on them.   We ultimately chose Casper Dream Max because it cushioned and relieved pressure in hips and shoulders and didn’t take 20 minutes to conform. After it was delivered and set up, allowed to puff up etc we slept on it. Or rather tried to. The store version was soft and supportive. The one we have is a brick. After 2 weeks of walking on it, putting laundry baskets on it, trying to sleep on it and occasionally reaching the point where the guest room or couch is preferred we both are having back spasms and more aches and pains than the 13 year old lumpy thing we got rid of.  I called Casper and they said you need to give it 30 days to break in and adjust. Wtf! I have never had to do that before. I bought a mattress and it was the same in my home as in the store. Where and when did this become a thing? Now we are suffering through another 2 weeks before they will come get the thing so we can go back to hunting for a mattress. But if all new mattresses have a break in period how do you know if it’s going to work after you torture yourself for a month? Are there any mattresses that you get what you test and don’t have a break in period? I feel like the break in is more my back breaking for a month conforming to a mattress rather than a mattress supporting my back. I think I’m done with hybrids and will never do another online or bed in a box after this experience. Even though Casper has a store near us so we did test it ahead of time. What you get is not what you test.  Also allergic to natural latex so those are out.  I think I just need a real mattress that doesn’t come in a box has individually wrapped coils and a big fluffy pillow top. But I can’t find one. 

I got a Caspar hybrid mattress from Costco last year. It's a great mattress.

Casper has been great. I got the Hybrid mattress as well 4 years ago and it’s been phenomenal. I will say the edges aren’t as supportive currently due to wear and tear.

we got casper and happy with it

Same. Love our Casper! After 7 years it definitely to have some “softer” spots where we sleep but honestly not in bad way. (We rotate but don’t keep up with doing it as often as we’re suppose to)

I’ve purchased 3 Zinus mattresses now (I sold the first two because of long distance moves) and I love them. The one I purchased is the 10” Zinus Green Tea Memory Foam. It’s what I’d consider medium firmness. I’ll keep buying them because I’ve never paid more than $350 CAD and it’s unheard of to get a good mattress in Canada for that price. I don’t think it’ll cost less than $1000 but I’ve also owned a Casper mattress and it was a damn nice mattress. I purchased the Zinus after the Casper and while I wouldn’t necessarily say they’re the same quality, I had zero complaints about the “downgrade”. Note: I’m on the petite side but I’m an average weight, so I have no clue whether a larger human would also find that this mattress holds up as well as I have. My previous partner liked the mattress as well as he was a solid 240 so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I had the same dilemma a while back. Read way too many mattress threads and finally went with a Casper and got to say I been sleeping better and waking up less sore, plus it was a lot cheaper than a lot of the other options I looked at.

Go to Costco and get I Casper I tried it felt really good my wife wants to buy my daughter a new bedroom set so I said let’s give her our nectar which we have had for like 6 yrs and I’ll keep the Casper on sale for like on sale for 529.00 from 649.00 and if you don’t like it you can always return it with no problems

I’ve bought Casper, Tuft & Needle, and Helix. my favorite is the Helix mattress with the Tuft & Needle pillows- but of course every body is different. for me the Helix feels significantly more cooling and supportive but it was also the most expensive of the 3. I like the Tuft & Needle mattress well enough too but compared to the Helix it does sleep slightly hotter and not as much edge support. Some have commented the T&N feels hard but I prefer it! Helix just forms to my spine even more so and I believe does have some springs, so I think that makes it a bit more comfy but I really had no complaints when I only had the T&N

I’ve had a Casper for a few years and love it. Just don’t ever take off the mattress cover that has a zipper and it’s great.