My first impression of this mattress was that it was too firm. I went to the Bear Mattress web-site to look for a mattress pad, and found out that I should wait at least a month before making any changes. That advice was spot on! The mattress has "broken in", becoming less firm over the past two months. Assuming it is stabilized, it is perfect right now. Highly recommend this mattress!

I was very skeptical about helping my back pain but after 3 months I'm a believer. It's by far the most I've ever spent on a mattress but it's been well worth it. As for the cooling part I don't really see a big difference there. Which is really ok with me.

We ordered a Bear 4 years ago and absolutely love it to this day. We just ordered another Bear for our child, but this mattress seems totally different from what we expected. It is uncomfortably firm for any of us. No one in the family finds the mattress comfortable, which is a drastic change of opinion from our prior Bear. I can visually tell that the cushioned top of this mattress is about half the thickness of the original we ordered 4 years ago. We were forced to shell out a few hundred more to purchase the mattress topper (which helped tremendously), but I was bummed that we had this unplanned expense just to make the mattress comfortable. Why the change?

Mattress is firm

Great

I’m a hot sleeper, and I was initially looking for a new mattress to solve that one issue. The Elite Hybrid did that and more! I didn’t realize just how much my OLD mattress was aggravating my upper back/shoulder pain…until that pain started to decrease with each night on my new Bear mattress. I realize I may sound like an infomercial LOL. But in all seriousness, thank you for making an incredible mattress!

Generally pretty pleased, but the edge support is pretty low. Like if you sit or lay near the edge of the bed it compresses down quite a bit.

too soft

So comfy, I feel like I sink in to just the right level and then I’m fully supported! This mattress AND the bear pillows feel like I’m sleeping on a cloud. My back pain has been getting better and it’s so easy to sleep on my back, sides, or stomach on this mattress. I love it.

purchase and delivery was quick and easy. i have been sleeping better since using the new mattress. over all i am quite pleased and would do it again.

This mattress was purchased for my guest room. Not yet rated.

Great mattress! I selected the firm one and it is perfect, very happy with our online Bear mattress purchase.

Elite King medium. Has a very soft 2"+ upper portion of foam. The spring supported portion is considerably more firm. The upper foam portion was too soft/thick creating a neck wrenching feel being a stomach sleeper with a pillow.

It's tough to order a mattress without trying it. I returned mine, but here are the pros and cons of the extra firm Elite Hybrid. Pros: -Nice and firm (good if you prefer a firm mattress) -Thick and feels like a quality mattress. -Did not trap heat which is great. -Impossible to reach a person on the phone, but initiating the return was easy over email. Cons: -I was hoping for better motion isolation. I could feel all of my partner's movements. -Not as much of a memory foam feel on top as I was expecting. -It felt like a traditional spring mattress at 3 times the price - but it's a pretty nice spring mattress if that's what you want. -Somewhat difficult to schedule a return if you don't live in an urban area.

I learned about Bear Mattresses through the You Tube Channel and reviewer Sleepopolis - Very pleased with the hybrid model. Not too soft, not too hard, just right.

Kinda wearing in faster than I’d like to see also softer than I expected. Overall happy with the purchase and do get a great night sleep now.

The bed has been great so far! Not too firm but not super soft.

I really wanted to love it but I still wake up in pain (shoulder) and hot. I do love that it’s made of clean materials here in the US and I definitely recommended it to all of my friends and family, it just isn’t right for me. I wish it was softer but that’s my fault for not reading the firmness guide. Once I have a higher budget, I think I’d like to try one of the other softer mattresses. Also side note on shipping, I know they don’t control it but the shipping company left it in the middle of my driveway. I had to move it from my driveway, onto the sidewalk, and up the porch stairs by myself and it was not easy (5’2 female here haha)

I love my bear mattress. I’ve been having back issues and this mattress has helped me get a good nights sleep.

Too soft Seems softer than advertised