Zinus Ultima Comfort Memory Foam Mattress Review

With a plush top cover encasing the memory foam composition, it’s almost guaranteed that you’re going to have a comfortable night’s sleep on the Zinus Ultima Comfort.

It’s definitely on the firmer side and so might be too extreme for people who prefer a softer night’s sleep, potentially including side sleepers.

The top memory foam layer really works to provide comfort and pressure relief on your body. You’ll find it conforms easily and naturally to the contours of your shape, while the middle comfort foam layer relieves pressure points and helps to align your spine and neck.

One of the first compromises you usually face with a cheap memory foam mattress is that it’s probably going to get very hot during the night — leading to sweating and general discomfort.

I’m really happy to report that this isn’t the case with this mattress.

Unlike other memory foams, the BioFoam used here has replaced some of the petroleum content with a natural plant oil instead. This keeps the mattress fresh even if you are a sweaty sleeper, and doesn’t jack the temperature up like some mattresses can.

Every time I order a mattress online, I thank my lucky stars that we live in an era of smart shipping and vacuum packing!

Remembering the times when we had to buy a mattress in the store, wait weeks for it to be delivered, before having delivery men chip your banisters as they fought to get it up to our bedroom… bad memories.

The smart shipping offered with the Zinus Ultima is really one of the best I’ve encountered. Shipping was fast and efficient, with the tightly rolled compressed mattress pack delivered directly to our door.

Always remember not to release your mattress from the pack until you’ve positioned it in its destination room, as this bad boy expands quickly.

Zinus recommend that you wait 48 hours for it to expand to its full capacity, although we’re pretty sure it was there in at least half the time.

Here’s a great video on the unboxing process for the Zinus Ultima, which should give you some idea of how easy it is to set up and how quickly it expands.

Probably the most attractive feature on this Zinus Ultima Comfort mattress is the fact that it’s so damn cheap.

I know that there are plenty of low-cost mattresses available nowadays, but this one really and truly represents great value for money thanks to its fantastic quality.

It’s always a gamble buying a mattress online where you can’t test it out beforehand, but it’s hard to quibble when you’re saving so much cash this way.

If you’re on the fence, we recommend checking out some of the hundreds of customer reviews available for the product on Amazon.

While it’s not the same as testing out the product for yourself, peer reviews should give you some idea of whether it will be suitable.

One of the compromises that you generally always have to accept with cheaper mattresses is that their longevity is simply not on a par with more expensive products.

While you’re likely to get more than a good few years out of the Zinus Ultima Comfort, you should be prepared to experience some sagging and a decrease in support as the years go by.

Some people haven’t found this to be an issue, whereas others have had to supplement the mattress with a topper to restore the support and then some.

Having said that, there is a 10 year limited warranty on this mattress. Although if you read carefully – sleep-master-memory-foam-mattress-warranty – you’ll see that it doesn’t cover the ‘normal increase in softness in the foam’, nor ‘a lessening of the gradual recover aspect of the foam.’

The Zinus Ultima Comfort mattress has had mixed reviews from buyers with bad backs.

Some love the firmness of the mattress and claim that it’s helped to correct their posture while sleeping and so reduces back pain upon waking. The memory foam is designed to relieve your body’s pressure points by distributing your weight evenly about the mattress and not allowing it to become concentrated in one place.

However, some sleepers have found that while the overall firmness is good, the base foam doesn’t offer enough dense support to properly handle their existing back problems, particularly in the lumbar area.

As such, I probably wouldn’t recommend this mattress for sleepers with existing problems in that area.

If you do have back problems and are looking for a reasonably priced mattress online, check out the Sealy Response Premium and the Tuft & Needle Mattress instead.

In tandem with the above is the fact that there’s not really enough support here for particularly heavy people — especially if you care about longevity.

Zinus are upfront about this, however, and advise that the Twin mattress is best suited to someone under 250 lbs and the larger mattresses to a combined weight of under 500 lbs. I think this may be a little generous — 200 lbs for the Twin and a combined weight of under 400 lbs for the larger mattresses may be a more appropriate guide.