If you’re tuning into the 2006 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, you may have caught a Saatva mattress commercial or two. Saatva provided much of the bedding for Team USA, with special winter bundles for Team USA Hockey and US Figure Skating. This is very much by design on Saatva’s part, as the brand announced that it would be the official mattress provider for the LA 2028 Summer Games.
I approached Saatva about these developments and asked which of its 10 mattress models it planned to deliver for the event. Turns out, the dorms at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, have already been furnished with Saatva Memory Foam Hybrid mattresses. Athletes will give feedback on their sleeping experience with this mattress, and in turn, Saatva will take that into account while preparing for the next Games.
After learning this, I immediately requested a sample of Saatva's Memory Foam Hybrid to test out. Now that I have slept on it for two weeks, I can see why it's what was provided. The firm lumbar support shines for athletes and average sleepers alike, but I have concerns about how well the memory foam relieves pressure.
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Saatva has a few notable features that set its mattresses apart, and these extend to the Memory Foam Hybrid model. This includes natural materials whenever possible, like organic cotton covers and plant-based fire barriers; reinforced edge support; and hyper-focused lumbar support. However, the Memory Foam Hybrid can’t be considered a truly organic mattress, given its memory foam contents. It does use a botanical antimicrobial treatment on the cover and is both CertiPur-US-certified memory foam and GreenGuard Gold certified. I did notice light off-gassing when it first arrived, but these two certifications gave me peace of mind that I’m not inhaling potentially harmful fumes.
Aside from Saatva’s signature features, I was keen to evaluate the performance of the memory foam layers within this hybrid. An inch and a half of proprietary AirCradle memory foam lies directly under the organic cotton blend cover and has a wavy look. This foam’s curvature is meant to improve airflow, which is the most common complaint about memory foam: It can sleep hot because it traps body heat. The AirCradle foam is also the first thing your body is supposed to sink into, so contouring is another supposedly defining feature. Under this layer is Saatva’s “crown jewel” of its mattresses: a half-inch layer of foam placed right beneath your lumbar zone to keep it lifted. When you look at the cover of the mattress, you’ll notice that the tufting in this area is very concentrated compared to the rest of the mattress. That is by design, providing not only a firm feel but a visual representation of what's underneath.