No beautiful person unpacking the mattress or wine glass on the mattress. In this post, I review what matters most when purchasing a mattress—the COMFORT. For a succinct conclusion, proceed to watch the video below.
Both Koala and Sommuto are excellent companies, with certain edges over one another. For example, in how fast the delivery is, or how seamless company processes are. Discussion on these is for another time. What’s most important for a mattress, is how well one sleeps in it, and not how it was delivered, or other goodies that come with it. These are crucial service components, but secondary to a mattress purchase.
I first slept on the Koala mattress. The foam smell at unpacking was quite pungent but didn’t bother me during sleep time several hours after. It certainly felt different from sleeping on my good Sealy spring mattress. I slept throughout the nights, but still missed my Sealy which I gave away when I moved overseas. The main issue was that I had to adjust to the Koala mattress. I can’t have my arms underneath the pillow, and I have to sleep properly. I need to be in certain positions to feel comfortable.
Then came the Sommuto mattress. At unpacking, the foam smell was significantly less present compared to the Koala. Sommuto claims that manufacturing processes in a vacuum chamber reduce the smell, and that foam blocks are aired in the warehouse before being compressed for delivery. Sommuto’s mattress cover also seems to be of a better quality.
Comes night time, the Sommuto was clearly more comfortable than the Koala. I can sleep in any position, and place my arm underneath the pillow. The lower back is certainly more supported. My persistent back pain reduced after a couple of nights. Due to the generous return policy of both companies, I took the time to swap to and fro between the two, and my opinion remains the same—The Sommuto is the more superior mattress.
For visual and workmanship comparisons, please watch the short video clip.
These are my opinions. I have purchased both mattresses at full price with publicly available discount codes.