- Side sleepers
- Back sleepers
- Stomach sleepers
- Trial Period
365 Days
- Warranty Period
10 Years
- Return Fee
Free
- Shipping Fee
Free
Emma Hybrid Comfort Review
The Emma Hybrid Comfort is designed for buyers looking for a high-performance mattress which offers pressure relieving comfort side by side with advanced zoned support and additional benefits, such as ease of movement and effective temperature regulation.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Combines contouring with advanced zone support
- Enables easy repositioning
- Reduces heat retention
- Shipped to places outside the contiguous USA for free
- Company offers white glove delivery
- Made of eco-friendly materials
Cons
- Isn't supportive enough for XL stomach sleepers
- Mattress has mediocre capacity for motion isolation
Emma Hybrid Comfort Mattress Video Review
Mattress Construction
The Emma Hybrid Comfort is 11'' thick. It's built from four layers of poly foam and viscoelastic memory foam with a coil system in between. Combined together, these layers provide a balanced medium-firm feel.
Cover: Soft, breathable and moisture wicking polyester-based fabric. The cover is easy to remove and is washable.
Layer 1: Cloud Comfort medium dense graphite-infused poly foam providing contouring, bounce and effective cooling.
Layer 2: PraticleCool proprietary memory foam designed to mold to the body and relieve pressure. The foam is highly breathable. It also contains graphite, which reduces heat retention.
Layer 3: 8'' individually wrapped coils zoned into 5 sections delivering improved support necessary for keeping sleepers' back properly aligned.
Layer 4: Highly dense poly foam supporting the mattress as a whole and increasing its durability.
Feel
The Emma Hybrid Comfort's soft breathable cover has a silk-like texture. It remains cool and dry even after a full night's sleep
The medium-density poly foam in the first layer enables moderate sinking while keeping sleepers from being stuck in the mattress. The memory foam in the layer below provides cozy sinking, which wraps the body. The 8'' coils in the third layer deliver supportive bounce. Together with the dense poly foam in the fourth layer, they counter the sinkage generated by the second layer increasing sleepers' stability.
To make a long story short, The Emma Hybrid Comfort is specially structured to provide an opposite feel of sinking and bounce, which enables sleepers to enjoy the best of both worlds.
Pressure Relief
Lightweight side sleepers need a cushy mattress to mitigate pressure in their hips and shoulders. The Emma Hybrid Comfort with its medium-firm feel is most likely going to be too stiff for them.
Average and heavyweight side sleepers, on the other hand, will find the Emma Hybrid Comfort to be a great fit. The medium dense poly foam in the mattress' first layer will deliver the exact amount of contouring these sleepers need to reduce pressure in their hips and shoulders without generating too much sinkage. The body conforming memory foam in the layer below will prevent the accumulation of pressure in these areas after prolonged sleep while the zoned support delivered by the coils will keep them elevated especially when it comes to heavier sleepers.
Back sleepers of all weights will feel comfortable on the Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress. The medium dense poly foam and the body-conforming memory foam in the first and second layers will cushion their lower back soothing the muscles and alleviating everyday aches and pains. The ergonomic zoned support will target their lumbar and thoracic spine curbing sinkage and enabling them to maintain a healthy sleeping position. Finally, the highly dense poly foam in the fourth layer will deliver extra support needed to carry the weight of XL sleepers.
The Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress also works well for lightweight stomach sleepers. It's soft enough to alleviate pressure in their abdomen area and supportive enough to prevent this area from sinking too deep into the mattress and throwing their spine out of its natural alignment.
Heavier stomach sleepers, especially those who weigh more than 250 pounds, will require a firmer mattress capable of generating sufficient lift to carry their more massive body. To upgrade their sleep experience, they're recommended seeking special mattresses built for plus-size people.
Motion Isolation
The Emma Hybrid Comforts ability to isolate motion isn't optimal. Its first layer of medium density foam doesn't absorbs all the energy generated by sleepers' movements. The mattress' coils also transfer some of this energy across the mattress.
On the bright side, the coils are individually wrapped, so their capacity for motion transfer is lower compared to traditional innerspring systems. In addition, the soft memory foam beneath the mattress' first layer of medium density foam functions as a shock absorber and reduces motion.
Practically speaking, the Emma Hybrid Comfort will be able to isolate sleepers' low-medium intensity movements, but it won't cope well enough with their more intense movements like getting out of bed. This should be a problem if you or your partner is a restless sleeper.
Repositioning
Most sleepers won't encounter any difficulty moving on the surface of the Emma Hybrid Comfort thanks to the responsive medium density foam in the mattress' first layer, the bounce generated by the coils and the highly dense poly foam at the bottom layer, which curbs sinking even when it comes to plus-size sleepers.
Thanks to the coils zoned support, the mattress is reinforced in the center to target sensitive areas in sleeper's body, such as the pelvis. This targeted support eases movement especially for side sleepers who require extra support in their hip line and stomach sleepers who tend to sink deeper below their rib cage.
Edge Support
The combination of 8'' steel coils and hardened poly foam in the third and fourth layers keep the perimeter of the Emma Hybrid Comfort well supported despite the layers of softer foam above. Sleepers will feel stable lying close to the edge and will, therefore, benefit from a potentially larger sleep surface.
Having said that, plus-size stomach sleepers may experience sagging around the mattress' exterior. As mentioned above, they'll need a firmer mattress which can support them better.
Heat Retention
The Emma Hybrid Comfort is specially designed to regulate temperature and provide a cool sleeping environment. Its breathable cover wicks away warm and humid air. The aerated PraticleCool memory foam in the second layer and the coils in the third layer enable free circulation of air reducing heat retention.
Lastly, the graphite inserted into the two upper foam layers has increased thermal conductivity, which helps dissipate heat faster and more efficiently. In today's mattress industry, graphite is gradually replacing gel as a more advanced solution for cooling foam.
Frame & Foundation
The Emma Hybrid Comfort is compatible with the majority of the foundations, framers and adjustable bases you can buy on the market on condition that they're firm enough to support its weight. Emma offers you its own sleep platforms.
The Rustic Wooden Bed is made of pinewood and is crafted with steel interior brackets enabling it to support up to 900 pounds. The foundation is available in 6 different colors (walnut, natural, almond, black, white and grey) and can be fitted with a variety of black powder coated and stainless legs and 3'', 5'' and 9'' casters. It doesn't have a trial period, but it's backed by a 1-year warranty. Its prices range from $495 for a twin mattress to $665 for California King mattress.
The Emma Power Base is an adjustable base offering sleepers customized head elevation, silent drive motors, power outrage protection and gravity release technology. You can add to it various black powder coated and stainless legs and 3'', 5'' or 9'' casters. The base cannot be returned after being delivered. It's sold with a 10-year limited warranty. It fits Twin XL, Queen and King size mattresses and is priced at $649, $799 and $1,099 respectively.
The Power Base Pro is Emma's top-of-the-line adjustable base. It has unique features, which include a smart control system, a user-friendly wireless remote and presets paired with offline voice control technology, head and foot TV, and zero-gravity presets, massage motors, underbed lighting and dual USB charging ports. The base is available with a selection of black powder coated and stainless legs and 3'', 5'' and 9'' casters.
The Power Base Pro is baked by a 10-year limited warranty. It comes with no trial. It's compatible with Twin XL, Queen and King size mattresses. It's prices are $1,399, $1,499 and $1,849 respectively.
Additional Details
Emma is a German-based company established in 2013. It offers two mattresses, the all-foam Emma Original and the Emma Hybrid Comfort. These mattresses are manufactured in Germany and are, then, transported and sold in more than 20 countries across the globe, including the United States.
The mattresses are CertiPUR-US certified guaranteeing their foam doesn't contain ozone depleters, PBDEs, TDCPP or TCEP (“Tris”) flame retardants, formaldehyde, phthalates, heavy metals and any other substance which can endanger sleepers' health or threaten the environment. Moreover, Emma applies strict measures to reduce the emissions of volatile organic compounds (less than 0.5 parts per million) to maintain good indoor air quality.
Shipping & Delivery
Since Emma has warehouses scattered all over the US, shipping time is no more than 7 business days. The Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress will arrive at your doorstep wrapped in plastic, rolled and compressed in a box. You'll have to set it up by yourself. Alternatively, in late 2022, the company began offering white glove delivery, so you can opt for this service.
The mattress is shipped to any destination across the United States, including Hawaii and Alaska, for free. Emma is, in fact, one of the very few companies which doesn't charge extra for shipping outside the contiguous USA.
Return & Warranty
The Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress comes with a 356-night trial and no break in period. That is to say, you have 1 year to return it from the moment it was delivered to you and expect to get a full refund.
The mattress is backed by a 10-year non-transferable warranty which covers manufacturing defects and premature erosion of the foam including cracks and impression on the surface deeper than 1.5''. If the mattress needs to be repaired or replaced, the company will pay for transport.
Our Mattress Reviewer's Comment
This Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress was gifted to a real family, in return for photos, videos, and a personal account. You have seen the media, and now here is how they experienced the mattress, in their own words:
Unpacking the mattress was the most fun. It was neat to watch it open up and inflate to take its full form. As instructed, we gave it a full day to completely take its shape before sleeping on it for the first time.
After a month, we came to realize how far mattress construction has come along over the years. We are very impressed with the support and stability the mattress gives across its surface. This is a cool and comfortable mattress that has had a positive impact on our overall sleep quality from the first night.
~ Rebecca from Ohio
The Bottom Line
The Emma Hybrid Comfort mattress is a great choice for sleepers who dislike the cradling sensation of all-foam mattresses but seek a mattress capable of contouring their body and provide good pressure relief side by side with supportive bounce necessary for a healthy night's sleep.
In addition to a sound balance of contouring and support, sleepers will benefit from ease of movement and from the mattress' increased capacity for heat dissipation.
Where is the Emma Original Hybrid manufactured?
The Original Hybrid is manufactured in Germany, then transported to warehouses located across the USA. The mattress you've ordered will be shipped to you from one of these warehouses.
How do I set up the Emma Original Hybrid?
The Original Hybrid will arrive at your doorstep wrapped in plastic, rolled and compressed in a box. Carry the box to your designated room, unpack the mattress and place it on its foundation. Unroll it and remove the plastic. The mattress will start to expand and reach it maximum size in several hours.
Does the Emma Original Hybrid need to be off-gassed?
Although the Original Hybrid is CertiPUR-US certified guaranteeing it contains only a small amount of volatile organic compounds, once you unpack it and set it up, it will emit gas containing some of these compounds. You may discern a distinctive smell, but the gas is non-toxic and harmless. It'll dissipate in up to 24 hours. Leaving your room window open will hasten this process.
Can the Emma Original Hybrid be flipped?
The Original Hybrid isn't flippable since it bottom layer is made of highly dense foam which is not designed for sleep.
Do I need a special foundation for my new Emma Original Hybrid?
The Original Hybrid fits most of the foundations sold on the market on condition that they're solid enough to support its weight.
Is the Emma Original Hybrid eco-friendly?
The Original Hybrid is CertiPUR-US. What it means is that the materials it contains don't harm environment. Moreover, Emma follows strict guidelines aimed at minimizing the emissions of volatile organic compounds.
Are there any financing options for buying the Emma Original Hybrid?
Emma works with Klarna, which enables you pay for the mattress over time with zero or low interest. For further details, please visit the company's website.