Vibe 12” Gel Memory Foam Mattress Review

One of the compromises with a cheaper mattress is that they often don’t provide the support needed for larger bodies or people with injuries or bad backs.

The Vibe, however, hits the perfect note between comfort and support, and should support you no matter your weight or health concerns.

It’s definitely on the firmer side and hasn’t managed that plush feel that more expensive luxury mattresses provide, but it will support you where you need it most.

By aligning your spine and neck, it’ll ensure you don’t wake up with aches and pains like can be common with softer mattresses. It comforts bad backs and provides medium-firm support to all people, whether you are a teen going through a growth spurt or an adult done with growing.

Whoever you are, this memory foam quite literally has your back better than most beds full of springs!

Wherever you live, Vibe sends this mattress right to your front door for maximum convenience. The mattress arrives rolled up in a box that’s easy for one or two people to carry indoors and upstairs.

As soon as you remove the plastic, the mattress begins to inflate itself, and can potentially be used under a day later – though Vibe recommends waiting around 48 to 72 hours to reach maximum expansion. I actually found full expansion needed closer to a week — more on this in The Negatives.

The mattress can be used on top of a box spring or any other bed frame of the correct size, fitting whatever furniture that you currently own.

Those of us who sleep with a partner definitely know the struggle of resting through the night when they’re tossing and turning in bed.

The top layer of this Vibe mattress solves that problem, adjusting to any change in position quickly and without fuss, keeping one partner’s movements from shaking the other’s side of the bed.

Vibe prides itself on providing a mattress comparable to those created by far more expensive brands, while keeping their own products affordable for all.

Parents, grandparents, and kids alike in need of a new, better mattress right away for a low price need not sacrifice quality to achieve a low cost and quick delivery.

The Vibe isn’t a luxury mattress, but it doesn’t pretend to be either.

What’s great about this mattress is that it’s easy to clean thanks to its removable knit cover. What’s even greater? This means it’s easy to put into your washing machine.

This also means you won’t have to lug your mattress cover to your local dry-cleaner. Instead, just pop it in with the rest of your laundry.

That being said, since the cover is knit, so I would recommend keeping it on a gentle cycle just to be extra careful.

Anyone who’s read this blog for a while knows how much I value a removable cover for general cleanliness. It’s an underrated feature!

If you’re thinking of setting some time aside for your mattress so it can get the annoying memory foam smell out of its system, there’s no need.

The Vibe Memory Foam mattress won’t carry a harsh, sometimes unbearable smell that accompanies many memory foam mattresses so you can get a good night’s sleep ASAP.

The Vibe mattress boasts about the quality of the materials used in construction, and they have proof to back it up.

The Vibe Gel Memory Foam mattress is CertiPUR-US certified meaning your mattress won’t be made with any harmful substances like lead, mercury or formaldehyde.

This mattress stands up to the rigorous standards set in place by CertiPUR-US and has been tested with a pass so you don’t have to worry about the bed you or your loved ones are sleeping on.

The Vibe is definitely a mattress that you sink into rather than float on the top of.

Some people will love this feature but, certainly for me, many of us prefer a lighter ‘floating on a cloud’ feeling. This type of sink is common with memory foam mattress that aren’t hybrid with some springs.

This also means that there isn’t much bounce to the Vibe, which isn’t ideal if you like a bit of resistance underneath you.

Only you will be able to decide if this is a dealbreaker or not.

Despite the inclusion of cooling gel in the foam, I noticed that the Vibe does get the occasional hot spot during sleep.

I will say that it usually slept quite cool save for a couple of warmer spots — and I do live in a hot climate so am probably testing it toward the extreme end.

Memory foam mattresses are notorious for sleeping quite warm so the Vibe definitely isn’t alone in this. More expensive mattresses will have better cooling technology to avoid heat traps so it may be worth increasing your budget if this is something that’s important to you.

Vibe recommended that full expansion can take up to around 72 hours but for me — and a few other reviewers too by the looks of it — it took 4 days to get to its full 12 inches.

This is quite annoying as you shouldn’t really sleep on a memory foam mattress until it reaches full expansion but obviously that won’t be practical for some people — most will get rid of their old mattress at the same time they bring a new one in.

It doesn’t look like this is a universal problem, in fairness, and I am a bit of a stickler for ensuring it fills out fully. By 72 hours, I’d say it was 90% expanded which would probably be satisfactory for most people.