I guess I'm having a hard time just reviewing the mattress since there are so many things that have changed since my last mattress. I also purchased the Purple Mattress Protector along with Purple's sheets so my experience includes all of those things combined. I haven't tried removing the protector yet, but I'm guessing that it might be detracting from my experience a little (not having used a mattress protector on my last mattress). I've never really had any sleeping issues (I'm now 50+) and I continue to experience quality sleep with Purple.

This is the Purple 4 mattress. Has anyone else experienced this? Essentially all 4 hard foam edges of the mattress are taller than the actual square purple grid material in the middle. So the entire thing slants inward from all sides. I find myself rolling to the center every night and its very annoying. It is not my bed or box spring. This same thing happens if I sleep on any side of the mattress and you can see the height difference from all sides and angles. Just to make sure, I laid the mattress on my hard wood floor (without any sheets on it) and you can see that the mattress just simply doesn't lay flat. It has a concave shape from all sides; like a spoon. I also use the Purple sheets so its not the sheets that are somehow not allowing the mattress to lay flat when its on the bed. I have had the mattress for almost a year so it has had plenty of time to adjust from being shrink wrapped - which I also find weird they would do this with a mattress that has springs in it. It seems like the middle portion is too heavy and doesn't have enough support from the bottom - if I take my hand and push up from the underside of the mattress, I can level it out with the sides. The mattress is comfortable and I like the feel of it but it simply doesn't lay flat and I would assume its only going to get worse over time! Maybe mine is just defective??

Somebody wrote this bed is not for the big boys. He is 5' 9'' 230 lbs. Well i am 6' 2'' and 275 lbs. I can tell you there is no problem sleeping on this bed. I noticed if i sit on the edge of the bed it compresses down and i can feel the frame. No big deal. It does seem to be warmer than my old bed. I can live with it. I am physically messed up. Many back surgeries. Hip replacements. Shoulder surgeries. I normally change positions on my old bed over a dozen times every night. The purple bed has reduced the position changing to 2 to 4 times. Huge difference.

For me: I love it except for one item which I'll get to. I love the firmness, yet support. When on my back I feel this is the most comforable mattress I've ever been on. I find myself sleeping almost the entire night on my back and not tossing and turning. I wake up with no back ache which is wonderful. But when on my side I get great support from my hips up. Probably because I'm a heavier guy it seems as though my knees sink a bit leaving my feet suspended above the mattress which will end up hurting my knees. This is mainly when my legs are straight, not as much when bent. My wife: She is not feeling the love of purple. One thing she does like is the cooling. She is a hot sleeper and with purple she does not wake in sweat anymore. But that's about it. She has arthritis so the firmess is not working for her. We are only about a month end so have not decided if we are going to return it yet or not. Maybe get a pad for her half of the bed, not sure.

I like the matress. My sleep has definitely improved. My first issue is with the amount of plastic used to wrap and ship the mattress. It seemed endless. When I pointed this out to the customer service person, she nicely said I could just put it in the recycle bin because it's all recyclable. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. My recycling pickup does not take this kind of plastic, especially the purple tube the matress comes in as well as the two other layers of plastic the mattress was wrapped in. I'm still looking for a recycling center that will accept it. Also the gadget included in the tube to cut it open was at the bottom of the tube and unreachable. The mattress was rolled up that the grey side (not the sleeping side) of the mattress was on top when unrolled. That meant it had to be flipped. It weighs 100 pounds. I weigh 120. This was not an easy task, but I got it done. So after all of this, yes, I like the mattress. Improvements in packaging are definitely needed. A more universally recyclable material for a starter and then a consistency in HOW the mattress is packaged are needed.

My husband and I absolutely LOVE our Purple mattress. I am a side sleeper and I have been dealing with shoulder pain for several years. After receiving and sleeping on our mattress for 6 weeks now, it is almost gone. I believe wholeheartedly that most of that pain was from our old memory foam mattress. My husbands back hasn't felt as good as it does now in years. We couldn't be happier!

I love my purple mattress original. I have bought it over two years ago and I STILL find myself laying on it saying I love my mattress! TWO YEARS!! When is the last time you loved a mattress for two years SOLID. Everyone I show my mattress to falls in love with it as well. I have become a Purple customer for life. The only thing that purple needs to work on is their pillows. The first and second generation pillows lack something to be desired. I have not had a chance to try Purple's newest pillow, but one day I will. The purple sheets/protector are both a must! they feel like sleeping in your favorite t-shirt while being hugged in a fluffy blanket. I have and will continue to buy sheets from purple. I would love to rate Purple mattresses at 6/5, the pillows as 3.5/5, purple sheets/protector 4.5/5 (I had a set of sheet rip a hole once, but purple replaced them with no hassle instantly. Only reason sheets lost half a point)!

This bed has been the bane of my existence since the first night we got it. My boyfriend sleeps like an angel while I toss and TRY to turn (the softness makes turning over hard to do). I wake up with neck, shoulder, and back pain every morning, and it was worse when using the purple harmony pillow. I'm just suffering through it until we can send it back! I'm a stomach and side sleeper and I've never had a mattress cause me so many problems. I can hardly wait to sleep on our 20 year old Serta, thank the sleep gods we didn't toss it!

I must admit I had a lot of trepidation about spending 1300 on a mattress . I spent the money knowing I had the satisfaction refund if it came to it but within 90 minutes of laying on the bed I knew it was money well spent. Why 90 minutes? That's about as long as I could go in one position before i started getting uncomfortable with shoulder and back pain, now I easily rest through the night. Temperpedic memmory foam was great but pushed back too hard against me making my arthritis hurt. Purple has a feeling you really do have to try to really understand. Its supportive but also adaptive and it gives where it needs to. Bottom line, this is my new bar for mattresses so far it doesn't get better than this.

I've had chronic pain for years. I'd wake up in pain and go to bed, you guessed it. In pain. After a few days on my purple mattress that pain is 90% gone. The hype over it is real, and even if you're skeptical, if you don't love it (you will), they'll take it back no questions asked. If you do buy this mattress, please give it a week or two to get used it it. The feeling is truly unique. It's neither firm nor soft and took me a week or so to get 100% used to it. I look forward to going to bed every night now.