Made in The USA UltraPlush Charcoal-Infused 10-inch Memory Foam Mattress - Bed-in-a-Box (Full)

I've been sleeping on my Perfect Cloud Ultra Plus mattress for two and a half weeks now, and I absolutely love it!However, there are a few pros and cons to this mattress.First of all, I'd like to begin by saying that I was wary of buying a memory foam mattress. I love a soft mattress, but all of my friends who have owned a memory foam mattress said that it was very hot to sleep on, and they were usually very firm. What drew me to this mattress were the claims that it was both soft, and cool.My old spring mattress had to go. I'd been looking at other mattresses for a few weeks but the ones I really wanted weren't quite in my price range yet and I couldn't bear to sleep on my old mattress another night. Springs were popping out. It was old. Lumpy. And I was getting terrible neck, back and shoulder pains from sleeping on it. In a desperate moment I settled on this mattress. I do not regret my decision one ounce.I bought this mattress in Full size so that I could put it over my old box spring. It came well packaged in a heavy duty cardboard box and vacuum sealed in a thick plastic. As soon as I began to cut away the plastic it folded out to it's full size. I thought it might take a while to fluff out fully again, but within a minute it was ready to lay on.The mattress is exactly as advertised. It's cool when you lay on it and doesn't get unbearably hot like other memory foam mattress. But MOST importantly, it was SOFT. This mattress really is plush! It has enough give to be plush, while also being firm enough to offer a comfortable balance of softness and support. I sink in just a bit when I lay on it. Maybe and inch or two. But just that little bit is enough to make this Perfect Cloud heaven sent! Tears literally came to my eyes the first time I crawled under the covers of my freshly made bed. The experience was just that good. I'd almost forgotten what a comfortable mattress felt like after my old spring mattress.As I mentioned before, there are a few cons, that aren't a huge deal, but they do leave me wishing I could only give this mattress a 4 and a half star rating. I absolutely love it and do not regret my purchase at all. I definitely want to make that clear. But this perfect cloud may not be perfect for everyone depending on your sleep needs and room set up.So my biggest issue with this mattress is that despite the offered product measurements, it is slightly smaller than a standard full size mattress. It is smaller than my old box spring, and as I am very tall, my feet hang over the edge of this mattress, which is quite annoying. So if you're tall like I am (6 foot plus), the full size may not be the best mattress for you if that would bug you. Try to order a larger size if you have the space and the money. I eventually had to kinda set up an extra space at the head of my mattress so my pillows could be half on the top end, and half off, resting on something else, just so I could sleep with my feet on the bed. The problem is, the slightly smaller size means it moves on the box spring, creating a gap that my pillows slip down into. So I'm pushing the mattress back into place pretty much daily.My other main problem with the mattress isn't so much an issue with this mattress itself, as it is an issue with every memory foam mattress. One thing my friends didn't tell me is that, Memory foam mattress can be difficult to move on. When you step on it, you'll sink down to the bottom. If you try to crawl across it, again, you're going to sink. It feels like I'm trudging through heavy mud or something. It's difficult to get out of if you aren't right by the edge of the mattress, and for me, I have weak wrists, and the sinking action of the mattress when I try to crawl on it puts extra pressure on my wrists making it easier for me to injure them. It's the same if you try to walk across the mattress. Stepping up onto it from the floor, you sink down into it and it's just harder on your knees in general. This is mostly a problem with the layout of my room, as I have a dresser near the corner of my bed that makes it so I can't really walk between them. Instead, I crawl across the corner of the bed bed, and sometimes, walk over it, and it is definitely harder on my joints in this regard than my old mattress was.And lastly, 2 and a half weeks later that new memory foam smell is still a bit of a problem. I understand it'd slow production down a bit, but couldn't they air the stuff out a bit before they assemble it? It's not too bad. When I first had it I was able to leave my window open which helped it from being overpowering. But now that it's cold I have to keep the window shut and I definitely notice it when I come back if I've been out of the room for a while.Overall, this mattress is fantastic and worth every penny. The chronic pains I was having were noticeably better after my first night of sleeping on it, and were completely gone by the third day. The Perfect Cloud Ultra Plus Gel-Max 10 inch memory foam mattress really does alleviate all of the problems older memory foam mattresses had. If you're in need of a new mattress, you definitely can't go wrong here. This mattress offers high quality comfort at an affordable price. Though I learned from this experience in the end, there is no price too high for a good night's sleep.

Like many reviewers here, I did a LOT of research before purchasing my Perfect Cloud Elegance, including reading EVERY review here. While there is some good information to be gleaned from them, the one thing they can’t do is tell me how this mattress really feels. What’s “too hard” to one in “too soft” to another, and many describe it as both firm AND soft! And I think I’m not alone in the apprehension I felt ordering a mattress that I never tried based solely on how a bunch of strangers say it “feels” to them. In an effort to help future buyers, I took a field trip to my local furniture emporium here in NYC (Raymour & Flanigan) to find a mattress with the approximate specs and feel of the Elegance. I tested every memory foam mattress they had (and they have a wide range from many manufactures), and I took a lot of notes.Advice on mattress testing from Consumer Reports:1) Bring a pillow from home (REALLY. This is pretty key), and2) test each mattress for 10-15 minutes, changing through the positions you usually sleep in.My 2¢:Write down the specs from the memory foam mattresses you are considering here on Amazon or elsewhere (how much and what kinds of memory foams and base materials.) Then, in the showroom, find mattresses that align most closely with those specs and settle in. Spend five minutes in every position; take notes on how each one feels to you. With a little homework under your belt, you will be able to make a much more informed decision.So… this is my advice to anyone looking for guidance on purchasing the PC Elegance: Grab a pillow from home, go to a mattress showroom that carries TEMPER-pedic, and find the TEMPUR-Cloud Supreme Medium MF. It has about 4” of two kinds of memory foam over 7.5” of base material for a total of 11.5” high mattress. It has quite a bit of that classic TEMPUR “sinking” feeling, conforming to your body, as well as medium support. This is the closest in feeling and specs that I found to the Perfect Cloud Elegance. I think the Elegance may be a tad less “sinking” and a bit more supportive, but my Elegance is brand new and the showroom model has a few miles on it, so that really may be a wash. I also noted that the showroom price of the TEMPER-Cloud Supreme is more than 4x the price of the Perfect Cloud.Now, on to my Perfect Cloud Elegance experience:Smell: almost none. Zip. Only noticeable with my nose right on the cover. This was a non-issue in my case.Unpacking: Yes, this is ideally a two person job, though I (a 6’ tall, pretty fit man) managed by myself. PRO TIP - once the mattress is out of the plastic and starts expanding – take some time to align the bottom corners on the mattress into the corners of the cover. My cover was a little askew, but a little tugging evened it out. I don’t know what would have happened if I hadn’t done anything; maybe it would have worked itself out with no help from me at all. I’ll never know.Heat buildup: I haven’t noticed this as a problem.The feel: I’m not going to tell you how it feels to me since that’s useless to you. I will say that if you haven’t slept on a memory foam mattress before, it feels very different than what you’re probably used to. In a MF mattress, the upper memory foam layers provide various levels of that “sinking” feeling while the base layers provide the support. The more inches of memory foam, the “softer” the sensation, but the base layers all provide basically the same support. It’s just a matter of how much you sink before the support kicks in. You’ll want to find the balance that’s right for you. Also, some mattresses layer non-memory foams on top (like the Casper) which gives more of a traditional bounce-back sensation. Pay attention to how they are constructed and how they feel as you test and you’ll start to make those connections for yourself. The mattresses I tested ranged from 2” of memory foam (less “sinking”, more ”firm”) to 6” of memory foam (rather alarming amount of “sinking” and hard to maneuver around). The Elegance has 3 memory foam layers totaling 4.5”, which puts it in the “medium” category, which was consistent with my showroom experience on similar mattresses, especially the TEMPER-Cloud Supreme Medium.Last look: I love this mattress. I’m moving from a 16 yr old medium-soft super pillow top 15” Kingsdown mattress which had lost its magic in both the support and plush departments. Lately, I had been sleeping very badly and not very long, and it was taking a toll. This is a VAST improvement, and I am enjoying my nights ever so much more. I don’t regret this purchase, and I have high hopes for many years of the same.8 month UPDATE:This mattress was very comfortable from the beginning, but it wasn’t too long before we decided we would like a bit of plush on top to make moving about a little easier. Memory foam is, as my partner put it, a little like sleeping on an eraser–a really comfy eraser, to be sure, but it’s a different sensation than a traditional mattress. So we bought this topper *Live Comfortably Cuddlebed Down Alternative Mattress Topper* which is a GREAT complement to the Perfect Cloud. Now we have all the benefits of memory foam with the perfect touch of plush. Still VERY happy with our purchase. I travel a lot, and nearly every bed I encounter is less comfortable that our Perfect Cloud (only the bed in an upscale Paris hotel gave me consistently good sleep quality, or maybe that was just the magic of Paris). In any case, I come home tired and sore, and the Perfect Cloud revives me in just a night or two!1.5 year update: Still SUPER happy with this mattress. The feel is the same as it was when it first arrived, with maybe a little more of that MF sinking feeling, making it even more of a dead ringer for the TEMPER-Cloud Supreme Medium. We recently had a cat sitter staying in our apartment for a week, and she mentioned how incredibly comfy and cozy our bed was, and how well she slept. Yeah, it’s still pretty sweet to come home to.3 Year update: Yeah, still thrilled with this mattress. It still looks new--no pilling or discoloration, and it's holding up spectacularly.Almost FIVE YEAR update: I can report that the mattress continues to perform and hold up beautifully after nearly five years supporting two grown men. Still no pilling or discoloration, so the cover material is holding up nicely, too. All in all, I still would happily buy this mattress again!