Nolah Original vs Saatva Classic Mattress Comparison

Nolah Mattress Highlights

• Cooling: The Nolah is built with the brand’s proprietary AirFoam, which promotes airflow and is more cooling than traditional memory foam or polyfoam. This makes it a good pick for hot sleepers who want a foam mattress.
• Motion Isolation: The Nolah does a great job minimizing motion transfer, so it is a solid pick for anyone who shares a bed.
• Pressure Relief: The Nolah’s top layer offers cushioning around pressure points at the shoulders and hips. This makes it a good choice for side sleepers.
• Spine Alignment: The Nolah offers great lumbar support. This is good news for people with back pain—and back sleepers with back pain, in particular.
• More Options: Nolah also offers a hybrid mattress, a thicker all-foam mattress, a natural latex mattress, and a kids’ mattress. So if you like the brand but want a little extra body contouring, prefer natural materials, or are shopping for a child, check out the brand’s model lineup.

Saatva Mattress Highlights

• Firmness Options: The Saatva Classic is available in three different firmness options. This makes it a good pick for any sleeping position.
• Stomach Sleepers: The firm Saatva Classic offers great support for stomach sleepers— it’s firm and supportive enough to prevent their hips and lower backs from sinking out of alignment with their shoulders, which is key to preventing back pain.
• White Glove Delivery: The Saatva is not a bed-in-a-box. You can still purchase the Saatva online, but the bed does not come to your home compressed. Instead, Saatva’s team delivers it to your door and sets it up for free in a room of your choice. If you’re concerned about off-gassing (chemical release) or setting up your new mattress, you can avoid both issues with a Saatva.
• Durability: The Saatva is a high-quality luxury mattress, and constructed to last a very long time. It’s built like an innerspring mattress, which is one of the most long-lasting mattress options on the market.
• More Options: Saatva offers latex, adjustable, and memory foam mattress options. It also offers a kids’ mattress. So if you like the brand but prefer different materials, check out their other models.

Inside the Nolah Mattress

The Nolah is made with a blend of proprietary foams that give the mattress a responsive-yet-cushioning feel. That makes this bed a great pick for combination sleepers and side sleepers.

The mattress features a naturally cooling Tencel cover and three layers of foam. An AirFoam comfort layer provides plenty of cushioning but doesn’t suck you in, so you won’t feel “stuck” in bed the way you would on a memory foam mattress. Below that, a high-resilience foam transition layer eases you down onto a standard high-density polyfoam base. The result is a plush-yet-supportive feel that’s great for all types of sleepers.

1. Tencel Cover: Tencel is a soft, natural material. It’s also naturally cooling, which helps prevent the Nolah original mattress from trapping heat.
2. Nolah AirFoam Comfort Layer: Nolah’s proprietary polyfoam blend cushions pressure points. This layer was designed to prevent trapping heat, which means the Nolah should be temperature neutral. This makes it stand out from traditional memory foam beds, which can trap heat and warm up overnight.
3. Supportive High-Resilience Foam: A transition layer of high-resilience foam keeps you lifted up and out of the mattress to prevent sinkage.
4. Base Layer: A high-density foam base provides support to the rest of the mattress. If you prefer coil support, consider the Hybrid Nolah Evolution mattress.

Inside the Saatva Classic Mattress

The Saatva is constructed with layers of pocketed coils and a pillow top to create a springy, supportive feel. That makes this bed a great choice for those who like the feel of an innerspring mattress. Saatva beds are all handcrafted in the USA with CertiPUR-US Certified materials, making the brand a great choice for those looking for high-quality domestic products.

The Saatva features an organic cotton cover and plush Euro pillow top. A transition layer of memory foam eases you from this layer to a pocketed coil support layer designed to keep your spine neutrally aligned throughout the night. Beneath those layers is a  steel coil base that provides ultra-durable support. The entire mattress is surrounded by higher-density foam rails to ensure you can really spread out over the entire sleeping surface.

1. Quilted Euro Pillow Top: Under an organic cotton cover is a foam-quilted pillow top that offers pressure relief and cushioning. This layer is softer or firmer depending on which firmness option you choose.
2. High-Density Memory Foam: A thin layer of memory foam provides body-contouring and pressure relief.
3. Pocketed Coils: A layer of pocketed coils offers zoned support that is softer at the shoulders and firmer at the hips to keep your spine neutrally aligned. They also cool down the mattress and prevent it from trapping body heat.
4. Edge Support: Foam rails surround the entire bed, providing extra sturdy edge support. You can really spread out on this bed without feeling like you’ll slip off the edge.
5. Steel Coil Base: Thick, sturdy steel coils provide firm base support and promote additional airflow.