Nectar Premier Hybrid  Mattress Review

The Nectar Premier Hybrid mattress measures 12.9 inches (32.7 cm), just slightly less than the advertised 13 inches (33 cm). You can probably use standard fitted sheets, but deep-pocket sheets may be a better fit.

The Nectar Premier Hybrid is ideal for lighter to average back and stomach sleepers, as well as average and heavier side sleepers. Heavier back and stomach sleepers most likely sink too far in at the lumbar to keep the spine aligned. Lighter side sleepers will likely find the mattress too firm and experience pressure points at the hips and shoulders.

The Nectar Premier Hybrid is a moderately bouncy mattress. It responds to your movements, 'pushing back' when compressed. Though there are bouncier hybrid models available, this one still avoids the lifeless, static feeling of many foam options.

You don't sink much into this mattress, and it doesn't provide much contouring either, especially considering the memory foam upper comfort layer. As a result, you feel like you're sleeping more on than 'in' this mattress, which feels like a flat surface rather than one that conforms to your body. If you like the feeling of low sinking but want a more contouring option, you might be interested in the Novosbed, which closely conforms to your body without letting you sink too deeply.

The Nectar Premier Hybrid has great responsiveness. It bounces back pretty quickly when you compress it, making it easy to move around and change sleeping positions. While it doesn't recover instantly, like a lot of other mattresses, it's responsive enough to please most people. If you want a more responsive mattress, you might prefer the all-foam Nectar Premier, which performs similarly otherwise.

It provides excellent motion isolation. If you sleep with a partner, most of their smaller movements won't be noticeable. While you still notice larger movements, like when they roll over, they don't travel very much throughout the mattress, so you'll feel it in the lumbar, but not really at the head or foot of the bed. They also dissipate quickly, so you don't wake up to the bed wobbling around.

Edge support is the weak point in this mattress. While thicker, 13-gauge pocket coils reinforce the edges, they compress too easily to provide adequate support. Instead, when you sit or sleep close to the edge of the bed, it creates a ramp, so you feel like you could slip off the side of the bed. This leaves you less space to comfortably use and makes it harder to get in or out of bed, especially for anyone with mobility issues. If edge support is a priority for you, check out the Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid. It features tightly coiled 15-gauge pocket springs for edge support. While they still compress a fair amount, they compress a little less than the rest of the mattress, so instead of feeling like you might slip off, you're gently guided back towards the center of the bed.

This mattress does an impressive job of keeping you cool. It transfers a lot of heat as you fall asleep and even more throughout the rest of the night. Even if you sleep hot or live in a hot climate, it's effective enough to keep you comfortable.

The cover contains 87% polyester and 13% polyethylene, which Nectar describes as "cooling fibers." They also say that the cover is treated with an antimicrobial coating. While the cover does have a zipper, the manufacturer warns not to unzip or remove it. They also warn not to wash or dry the cover or foam.

While thicker, 13-gauge pocket coils reinforce the edges, they're still easy to compress, leading to the mattress's mediocre edge support.

There are two layers of foam above the pocket coil support system. The upper comfort layer is memory foam, which relieves pressure and helps dampen movement. The transition layer is polyfoam. It helps make the mattress more responsive and evenly distributes weight over the pocket coil support layer.

The Nectar Premier Hybrid uses a combination of less dense, low-quality foam and denser, good-quality foam. The memory foam upper comfort layer is not dense enough to reach the standard for good quality, and is prone to developing permanent indentations faster than higher-quality foam. That said, the polyfoam transition layer is of good quality, so it will resist sagging for longer compared with lower-quality foams.

There are 3.9 inches (9.8 cm) of foam above the pocket coils. The top layer is 2 inches (5 cm) of memory foam. Most people will sink into, but not through, this layer. Below that, there's a 1.9-inch (4.8 cm) polyfoam layer, which is thick enough to prevent you from feeling the individual springs below.

Pocket springs make up the support layer of this mattress. The springs are individually wrapped to provide better motion isolation than other types of springs. They're 15-gauge springs, so they're soft, but combined with the foam layers above, they still produce a mattress with medium firmness.

The upper comfort layer is soft memory foam. It provides a plush surface to sleep on and helps relieve pressure. The polyfoam transition layer is a bit firmer and helps ensure you don't sink too far into the spring layer below.

The pocket springs are very soft, with a little extra softness in the lumbar area. This provides flexible support to the heaviest parts of your body, like the hips for side sleepers or the lumbar for back sleepers. Combined with the plush foam layers, they still make a mattress with medium firmness overall.

The memory foam upper comfort layer isn't very resilient, which is expected of this material. This layer is slow-moving and doesn't 'push back' very much when compressed. This layer allows you to sink in just a little, making the surface feel a bit more plush and relieving pressure. The polyfoam transition layer is much more resilient. It makes the mattress bouncier overall and provides support to the parts of your body that don't quite engage the spring layer below.

The springs are very bouncy compared to the spring layers in other hybrid and innerspring mattresses. Together with the less bouncy foam layers, they produce a moderately bouncy mattress. This makes it feel fairly lively and makes it pretty easy to move around on.