Our YouTube Review Of Yogabed
If you would rather listen than read, then kick back and watch this video that Jeff on our team put together that outlines what you should know about the Marpac Yogabed mattress.
With that said, there’s a lot more to consider when shopping for a new mattress. Keep reading to learn more about Yogabed.
Marpac Yogabed Company Policies
For more reasons than one, Yogabed is similar to Casper, Tuft & Needle, and a number of other prominent bed-in-a-box mattresses. For starters, Yogabed ships for free and arrives at your house in a box that looks better suited for a mini-fridge than a full size mattress.
From there, it’s on you to drag the box inside, remove the packaging, and set up the mattress. The whole process is actually pretty fun and only takes about 10 minutes start-to-finish.
Once the mattress is out of the box, be sure to give it 24-48 hours to off-gas and fully inflate to its original size. Since the foams have been compressed for several days, they need a little extra time to shape up. This happens with pretty much every mattress you’ll be shopping for online.
From the day of delivery, you have 101 nights to decide if you love your new bed. Yogabed does ask that you give it a minimum of 30 days for your body to get used to your new bed. After that, if for some reason you decide that you don’t want to keep Yogabed, contact Marpac, and they’ll have someone come pick the mattress up for free, and refund your purchase. Just make sure that the manufacturing tags are still attached, and there aren’t any rips, tears or pet hair on the mattress.
Marpac also backs the mattress with a 10-year warranty, which is pretty standard for the online mattress space.
How Much Is The Yogabed Mattress?
Yogabed is priced a little higher than the the typical all-foam bed-in-a-box. Here’s how pricing breaks down by size.
| Size | Price (MSRP) |
|---|---|
| Twin / Twin XL | $549 |
| Full | $849 |
| Queen | $949 |
| King / Cal King | $1,049 |
However, like most other online mattress companies, Yogabed tends to play the coupon game. During major holidays and randomly throughout the year, they will offer discounts on their products. You can check here on Yogabed’s website for current promotions. They don’t always have a mattress coupon/deal, but they are pretty regular with offering some sort of discount.
Foam Layers And Design Of Yogabed
Yogabed is a memory foam mattress, but it’s also sort of not a memory foam mattress. By that, I mean you can tell the bed uses memory foam, but there’s no “stuck” feeling the way there is with Nectar, Novosbed, and a lot of other memory foam beds.
As far as construction goes, Yogabed has four layers of foam. The first layer is 1″ of dense support foam—that’s the foundation for the mattress. Then you have 6″ of a slightly less dense support foam. Next is 2” of YogaGel Memory Foam. The top layer is 1″ of Instant Response YogaFoam. This foam feels more neutral and is what shields you from experiencing a true memory foam feel. In other words, the memory foam is there, but it’s not the top layer, and therefore it’s not overwhelming.
In total, the mattress is 10″ thick, just like the vast majority of online foam mattresses. The one thing that we appreciate that’s different with Yogabed is that it’s not just using off-the-rack foams, at least not in the top layers. This is what gives it such a distinctive feel (more on this below).
All of the foams within Yogabed are CertiPUR-US certified, which means that they don’t contain any formaldehyde, ozone depleters, flame retardants, or heavy metals. Their foams also have low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emissions for indoor air quality. Basically, this mattress is safe to sleep on, and that obviously is a good thing.
The Washable Cover On Yogabed
Another element that makes Yogabed unique is that its cover is not only removable but also machine washable. This makes it really easy to clean your mattress and means that you don’t need a mattress protector to ward off stains. Make sure you use cold water when you wash it, use gentle detergent, and then lay it out to dry.
The cover is also hypoallergenic and made with a cotton-poly blend. It’s super-soft and really comfortable to lay on. Marpac even sells additional covers on their website, so you can swap them out while you’re doing a load of laundry. The whole situation with Yogabed’s cover is just really nice; we wish more mattresses had a removable, machine washable cover.
Firmness Rating For Yogabed
Yogabed is surprisingly responsive for a bed that uses memory foam. After you apply pressure to the surface, the foam is fairly quick to spring back into place, similar to what we’ve seen on a lot of latex mattresses.
As for the overall feel of the mattress, it sort of sits between proper memory foam and polyfoam. It has pressure relief and support but is still really comfortable. About the closest bed in terms of feel to Yogabed is Leesa or Tulo, both of which have memory foam but feel more neutral overall.
As for a firmness rating, we’d put Yogabed in the medium to medium-firm range, give or take depending on your weight. We’d say it’s slightly firmer than Casper but softer than Leesa Sapira Hybrid. Maybe a better way to characterize Yogabed is that it’s a medium+.
As a heads up, softness/firmness is subjective, which is why we have it on a spectrum. For petite individuals, Yogabed will be closer to a medium-firm, but for someone around 200 lb, the mattress will feel more like a medium-soft. Just know that softness/firmness won’t be the same for everyone. Also, Yogabed will soften over time as you sleep on it.
Yogabed Sleeper Type Analysis
Absolutely. Yogabed should be firm enough to support your spine and keep it in neutral alignment. This means that your hips, trunk, and shoulders are supported and not sinking too far into the bed.
Heavier People: Is Yogabed A Good Option?
In general, all-foam beds are not ideal for heavier folks (i.e., over 250 lb). Nothing against Yogabed or other 10″ all-foam mattresses, but they just won’t be as supportive over the long run as will a lot of hybrid or innerspring mattresses. It’s not that Yogabed isn’t a durable mattress—we actually think that it will be highly durable—but it’s not the best option if you’re over 250 lb.
For those in this weight range, we suggest the Yogabed Cool Hybrid mattress. It incorporates pocketed coils in the foundation layer, making the bed more supportive and durable in the long term for all body types, including plus-size sleepers.
Yogabed’s Sleeping Temperature
Although memory foam beds typically sleep warm, we found the Yogabed to be more temperature neutral. Since the bed is slightly firmer than your average foam mattress and more responsive, you end up sleeping more on top of the bed. This leads to better airflow because the material isn’t wrapping around you and trapping in all of that body heat.
They recently released their Yogabed Cool Hybrid mattress, which is an even better temperature-regulating mattress for people to sleep hot. Not only do the coils allow for better airflow, but also head-conducting yarns that draw heat away from you and evenly disperse it throughout the mattress. It also comes with a cooling cover that’s machine washable.
YogaBed Is A Good Mattress For Couples
Yogabed is indeed a really nice bed for couples, especially if both partners are under 250 lb. We say this not only because of the accommodating, neutral feel of the mattress but also because it has pretty dang good edge support and deadens movement efficiently. Let’s unpack that for a minute.
For a 10” all-foam mattress, Yogabed has surprisingly good edge support. This means that the edges keep their shape so that you’re not left feeling like you’re going to roll off of the bed. Edge support is key when you’re sharing a smaller mattress such as a full. In this instance, space is really limited and you need to be able to utilize the entire surface of the bed, including, of course, the edges.
In terms of motion isolation, we’d give Yogabed high marks as well. As you can see in the video below, the movement does transfer through the bed, but just barely. We were pleased with how Yogabed performed here, but we weren’t surprised. In general, all foam beds—particularly those with memory foam—do a great job of deadening movement.
Why is it important that a bed do a good job of limiting motion transfer? Well, it’s really all about not disturbing your partner if you happen to wake up in the middle of the night or you’re just an active sleeper. A lot of innerspring or coil beds will push motion throughout the mattress, and if one of you wakes easily, that motion can really disrupt the quality of your sleep.
Marpac Yogabed Review: Verdict
Yogabed is a solid option for petite to medium sized individuals. It has an interesting feel, but it’s very comfortable. That said, our favorite part about this bed is actually the removable and machine washable cover. To be honest, it’s hard to point out the negatives with this bed—it checks a lot of boxes and is a really nice bed.
Yogabed Cool Hybrid Review
The brand recently released their Cool Hybrid mattress, which uses heat-conducting copper-infused memory foam in the top layer, and a dynamic edge pocketed coil system, which helps with support, motion isolation and promotes stronger edge support. Overall, this bed will be ideal for sleepers over 230 lbs and people looking for a temperature-regulating mattress.
It was sent to us by Yogabed so that we could review it. We did not accept any money to say good or bad things about it. We review products independently without the influence of outside actors.
It should. Marpac also offers an All-in-One frame/foundation to use with your Yogabed mattress. It’s 100% steel construction, and will raise your mattress 14” off the floor. It doesn’t come with a headboard, but it’s “headboard-friendly” and comes with the appropriate hardware to connect one.
Your bed will come with the aforementioned “Zip N Wash” cover, and depending on current offers, it might come with a gift of two complementary pillows.
Yes. They use a company called Affirm, which is used by about 60% of online mattress companies.
As of September 2018, no they do not.
It’s made in the United States.
No. This is a one-sided mattress. You should, however, rotate the bed a few times per year so that it wears evenly throughout.
It’s around a medium to medium-firm on our firmness scale. It will work for all sleep styles, but it’s not a “soft” mattress.
Yes. You can unzip the cover, remove it, and throw it in the washing machine.
No. Yogabed is made entirely of foam and has a responsive memory foam feel.
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