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GhostBed Classic Mattress Review: A Comfortable Foam Bed – CNET

March 31, 2024 Admin

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The layers you’d see if you peeled back the cover on the GhostBed mattress.

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7.5

GhostBed Classic mattress

Score Breakdown

Performance 9.3Support 7Return Policy 8Pressure Relief 6Features 9

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Like

• Has a blended foam feel that I think most people will enjoy
• Designed with synthetic latex foam which is more breathable than other foams
• Medium firmness level suits most sleeping positions

Don’t like

• Not supportive enough for people over 230 pounds in the long run
• Not idea for people who want a particularly soft or firm bed

Product details

• Type Memory foam hybrid mattress
• Firmness 5 or medium
• Trial 101 nights
• Warranty 25-year limited warranty

Owned by the Nature’s Sleep bedding company, GhostBed Classic is a mattress with a feel you won’t find anywhere else. It separates itself from the other big-name bed-in-a-box brands like Casper and Nectar by using three kinds of foam. In addition to the Classic, GhostBed also has a GhostBed Luxe option, but this review is strictly for the GhostBed Classic. Get my thoughts on who would enjoy this mattress, the firmness, price and more below.

Feel

The three major foams typically used in mattresses are poly foam, memory foam and poly foam. Most mattresses don’t use all three, but the GhostBed Classic is different. I feel the support and sponginess of the latex foam, but it doesn’t bounce like the typical latex foam bed. That’s because I can also feel the slow-moving, contouring feel of the memory foam poking out underneath the latex foam. That makes it more neutral-feeling like poly foam, resulting in a blended foam feel overall. 

If you’re someone who hates the feel of a memory foam mattress because it can give you that “sinking” feel, you’ll probably be really pleased with the GhostBed Classic mattress. It’s pressure-relieving, but you aren’t going to become nestled into a memory foam cocoon. 

Motion isolation

This mattress does a great job at deadening movement, even though it contains that latex foam top layer. There are no springs and memory foam is second-to-none at isolating movement throughout a mattress. This is a feature to take into consideration if you share a mattress with somebody.  

Edge support

When you find yourself near the edge of a mattress at night, you don’t want to suddenly feel the sensation of falling off — or worse, actually topple off. This happens if the sides give easily and don’t offer proper support. Foam bed-in-a-box mattresses generally have average edge support, and the same goes for the GhostBed Classic. It didn’t blow me away, but it also shouldn’t be bad enough that you won’t be comfortable on the edge. 

Latex foam is usually decently expensive, but this GhostBed mattress is synthetic and will be a little nicer on your wallet. It’s in the range of your average bed-in-a-box prices, on par with brands like Nectar and Casper. A queen size will retail around $1,295 but you can find the brand running promos pretty often.

Warranty, shipping and trial 

If you’ve never purchased a mattress online before, you should know that it looks a lot different than purchasing it in-store. It’ll be delivered to your door(typically for free), rolled up inside of a box. Not a mattress-size box, but a box the size of a set of golf clubs. After you unbox it, it will slowly expand to its full size.

With the GhostBed Classic mattress, you’ll have 101 nights to try out your mattress and figure out if you want to keep it. If you do, you’ll be backed by a 20-year warranty. If you want to return it, reach out to customer service and they’ll walk you through the rest of the process. 

Final verdict 

In a virtual sea of online mattresses, the GhostBed Classic finds a way to stand out from the rest of the competition even though it’s a fairly simple foam mattress. Its use of all three types of comfy foam gives it a unique feel that combines the best of all worlds: it’s supportive and pressure-relieving, but not difficult to switch positions in. Here’s why I say you should or shouldn’t pull the trigger on GhostBed.

You might like it if:

• You want a moderate firmness level that isn’t soft or firm, but right in the middle
• You don’t like the feel of memory foam and want something different 
• You weigh under 230 pounds
• You sleep on your side, back, stomach or a little of each

You might not like it if:

• You want an ultra budget mattress
• You weigh over 230 pounds
• You want a more supportive bed with coils
• You want a mattress that’s either very soft or very firm