Awara Natural Hybrid Mattress Review

The Awara Natural Hybrid is a latex and coils mattress which offers ample bounce and strong support enabling it to cope well with heavier sleepers. Moreover, the mattress will greatly appeal to environmentally aware buyers as its ingredients are 100% organic without synthetic additives. In this review, we'll thoroughly examine the mattress focusing on its performance to help you decide whether it meets your personal needs and comfort preferences.

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Pros & Cons

Mattress Construction

The Awara Natural Hybrid mattress is 10'' thick. It consists of a cotton and wool cover and a layer of latex on top of a system of pocketed steel coils.

Cover: Soft organic cotton infused with organic wool. Both the cotton and wool are highly breathable effectively wicking away moisture.

Comfort Layer: 2'' of supple Dunlop Latex providing pressure relieving bounce. The latex is made of purely natural materials.

Support Layer: 8'' individually encased coils generating lift and curbing sinkage.

Base Cover: Cotton blend with four reinforced handles enabling easy repositioning of the mattress.

Feel

The cotton and wool in the Awara Natural Hybrid's cover are silky and soft to the touch. Their breathability helps keep the surface of the mattress cool and dry even after long hours of sleep.

Those looking for the cradling sensation characteristic of foam mattresses won't get if from Natural Hybrid. The combination of elastic latex and coils makes the mattress bouncy and supportive giving it a firm feel with very little sinkage and maximum stability.

Pressure Relief

Side sleepers weighing less than 250 pounds will find the Awara Natural Hybrid to be much too stiff for them. They won't get the contouring necessary for mitigating pressure in their hips and shoulders. They'll experience discomfort, which may deteriorate into pain after a couple of hours of lying on the mattress.

Heavyweight sleepers looking for a high quality firm mattress, on the other hand, will like the mattress. Their heavier body will benefit from the lift generated by the latex and coils as it'll keep their spine properly aligned.

Lightweight back sleepers will suffer from excess pressure in their lumbar spine. They'll need a more cushy mattress to pad their middle and lower back and soothe the muscle to enable them a comfortable night's sleep.

The Awara Natural Hybrid is a good fit for average and heavyweight back sleepers. The bouncy latex will elevate the lower and middle sections of their spine enabling them to maintain a healthy position throughout the night. The coils will support sleepers whose weight exceeds 250 pounds preventing them from plunging too deeply into the mattress.

Stomach sleepers of all weights will feel highly comfortable on the mattress. The springy latex will target their waists and hips averting over-sagging in these areas keeping their back straight. The coils will supplement this effect providing additional support.

Motion Isolation

Motion Isolation is definitely not the Awara Natural Hybrid's strong point. The mattress' elastic and responsive latex isn't capable of absorbing the energy created by sleepers' movements. Instead it generates a lot of motion transfer which is strongly felt by sleepers. The coils, despite being individually wrapped, vibrate when compressed increasing motion transfer.

The bottom line is that light sleepers or sleepers whose partner tends to sleep restlessly should seek a softer and more contouring mattress better equipped for isolating motion.

Repositioning

The Awara Natural Hybrid's buoyant latex and coils prevent sleepers, including the heavier ones, from being trapped in bed making it very easy for them to change their positions. Easy repositioning is excellent for intimate activity.

Edge Support

The Awara Natural Hybrid's edges are highly stable. The lift generated by the springy latex and the coils reduces sagging around the perimeter. Sleepers who lie away from the center will feel secure and, therefore, will be able to use the entire surface of the mattress.

Heat Retention

The Awara Natural Hybrid remains cool even in hot and humid areas and is, thus, the right mattress for hot sleepers. The breathable cotton and wool in the cover provide excellent sweat wicking. The latex isn't sinkable like foam, and so it traps very little heat. The coils facilitate free flow of air in and out of the mattress assisting in regulating temperature.

Frame & Foundation

The Awara Natural Hybrid works well with almost all the foundations, frames and adjustable bases available on the market as long as they're solid enough to support its weight. Awara offers its customers three types of sleep platforms.

The Platform Bed consists of wooden slats made of natural spruce. The slats are 4'' apart providing enhanced support. One of the Platform Bed's major pluses is that it's easy to assemble. It's shipped for free and sold with a 50-night trial and a 3-year warranty.

The Awara Bed Frame with Headboard has a solid wood slat foundation with firm center support. It's also fitted with 8'' legs giving it a low profile look. As its name suggests, it has a upholstered headboard comprised of soft and silky button-tuffted fabric. It can come in either gray or neutral linen. The Bed Frame is shipped at zero cost and buyers get a 50-night trial plus a 3-year warranty.

The Awara Adjustable Bed Frame features head and foot tilt, wireless remote, zero gravity, 3-speed massage vibration at the head and foot of the bed and 4 USB outlets. The adjustable bed frame is shipped for free. Like the other Awara platforms, it comes with a 50-night trial and a 3-year warranty.

Additional Details

Awara is an online mattress company which has been operating on the U.S. market since 2019. Its main offices are located in San Fransisco, CA. The company manufactures and sells two mattress brands, the Awara Natural Hybrid and the Awara Premier Natural Hybrid, as well as bed frames and bedroom accessories. All of these products are American made.

The cotton, wool and latex contained in Awara's mattresses are purely organic. The mattresses are free of ozone depleting substances, PBDE's, TDCPP or TCEP ("Tris") flame retardants, formaldehyde, chlorofluorocarbons and heavy metals. Furthermore, Awara has fully adopted environmental practices, which are clearly demonstrated by the certifications it has acquired:

• Rainforest Alliance indicating the organic origin of the latex in the mattresses.
• Oeko-Tex Standard 100 guaranteeing the materials the company uses aren't harmful to human health.
• GREENGUARD indicating the company meets stringent third-party chemical emission standards meant to minimize air pollution.
• Repreve signifying the company's adherence to recycling and sustainability.
• Forest Steward Council showing the company's commitment to zero deforestation and recycling
• SGS indicating the non-use of chemical fire retardants.

Shipping & Delivery

The Awara Natural Hybrid is shipped via FedEx and it'll arrive at your doorstep in 1-3 business days although there sometimes might be delays. The mattress is delivered sealed in plastic, rolled, compressed and packed in a box. Buyers are expected to set up the mattress by themselves. However, for an additional price of $149, they can opt for white glove delivery, which includes removing the old mattress. White glove delivery may delay shipping by 2-3 days.

The mattress is shipped to any destination in the contiguous USA for free. Shipping to Alaska and Hawaii requires an extra nonrefundable fee of $160.

Returns & Warranty

The Awara Natural Hybrid comes with an extended 365-night trial and a break in period of 30 nights. That is, buyers can return the mattress and expect a full refund 30 nights after it had been delivered to them and no later than 365 nights. Returned mattresses are donated to charity.

The mattress is also backed by a limited lifetime warranty. The warranty is valid only for the original buyer. It covers indentations on the surface deeper than 1.5'', physical flaws that caused the latex to split or crack despite normal usage and proper handling of the mattress and manufacturing defects in the assembly of the cover.

If any defect covered by the warranty is detected in the first 10 years, the manufacturer will replace the mattress with a brand new one. From the 11^th year onwards, the manufacturer may either repair the damage or replace the mattress at its discretion. Customers will be required to pay $100 for transporting the mattress both ways.

The warranty doesn't cover damage due to environmental causes, normal increase in softness of the latex which hasn't affected the pressure-relieving qualities of the mattress, changing comfort preferences and accidental damage, e.g. burns, cuts, spills and stains.

The warranty may be voided if the mattress cover is removed, if the mattress is neglected and ill-treated and if it's placed on an improper or insufficiently supportive foundation.

Conclusion

If you're seeking a supportive mattress which also provides improved pressure relieving bounce, enables easy repositioning and effectively dissipates heat, the Awara Natural Hybrid is most likely what you need. The use of organic and natural materials in its construction will promise you not only a healthy night's sleep but also the peace of mind knowing you're not causing unnecessary harm to the environment.

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