Winkbed vs. Dreamcloud

In This Comparison
Performance Tests | Firmness | Support & Sleeping Positions | Design | Materials

At NapLab, we put each mattress to the test.

We score 8 different factors that impact the comfort, feel, and value of the mattress. Testing categories include:

Factor	Dreamcloud	Dreamcloud Premier	Dreamcloud Premier Rest	Winkbed	Winkbed Soft	Winkbed Plus
Cooling	9.0	8.5	8.5	10	10	10
Motion Transfer	9.9	9.8	10	9.8	8.9	8.8
Response	5.5	9.6	6.8	10	10	10
Edge Support	9.0	9.6	8.8	10	9.3	10
Sex	9.7	9.8	9.3	9.9	9.8	9.4
Pressure Relief	9.0	9.0	9.0	10	10	10
Off-Gassing	9.9	9.9	9.9	10	9.8	9.9
Company	10	10	10	9.8	9.8	9.8

The table below shows the data we generated to determine these scores.

Factor	Dreamcloud	Dreamcloud Premier	Dreamcloud Premier Rest	Winkbed Luxury Firm	Winkbed Soft	Winkbed Plus
Overall	8.75	9.34	8.80	9.95	9.74	9.82
Max Temp.	89.5° F	92.0° F	91.7° F	90.3° F	89.7° F	89.3° F
Max Sinkage	3.02″	1.94″	2.18″	2.38″	3.16″	2.50″
Total Motion Transfer	5.60 m/s²	5.67 m/s²	2.62 m/s²	5.85 m/s²	9.50 m/s²	9.67 m/s²
Response Time	5.0 sec.	0.9 sec.	3.7 sec.	0.2 sec.	0.3 sec.	0.3 sec.
Total Bounce	11.20″	11.03″	7.88″	9.91″	9.68″	6.75″
Edge Support – Sitting Sinkage	5.00″	3.75″	5.50″	2.25″	4.50″	2.50″
Edge Support – Lying Support	Excellent	Excellent	Fair	Exceptional	Excellent	Exceptional

Winkbed vs. Dreamcloud: Which Is the Winner?

The table below shows which of these mattresses is the winner in each scoring category we test for.

Factor	Winner	Value
Best Overall	Winkbed	9.95
Best Cooling	Winkbed, Winkbed Plus	10
Most Sinkage	Winkbed Soft	3.16″
Least Sinkage	Dreamcloud Premier	1.94″
Lowest Motion Transfer	Dreamcloud Premier Rest	2.62 m/s²
Fastest Response Time	Winkbed	0.2 sec
Slowest Response Time	Dreamcloud	5.0 sec
Most Bounce	Dreamcloud	11.20″
Least Bounce	Winkbed Plus	6.75″
Best Edge Support	Winkbed	2.25″ max sinkage
Best for Sex	Winkbed	9.9
Best Pressure Relief	Winkbed, Winkbed Plus	10
Least Off-Gassing	Winkbed	None, 0 days
Best Company	Dreamcloud	365-night trial, lifetime warranty

The Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid takes the lead for the most bounce and slowest response time, while the Dreamcloud Premier boasts the least amount of sinkage.

Winkbed offers the best cooling, fastest response time, best edge support, and best for sex.

These results make the Winkbed our overall winner.

If you’re looking for the least bounce, excellent pressure relief, and support for sleepers over 300 pounds, check out the Winkbed Plus.

Dreamcloud Premier Cooling Test

Winkbed Soft Cooling Test

Dreamcloud Premier Rest Cooling Test

Winkbed Plus Cooling Test

The sinkage levels of Dreamcloud vs. Winkbed show moderate to deep sinkage, depending on which mattress you’re looking at.

Sinkage Test	Sinkage Depth	Max Sinkage
Dreamcloud	Extremely Deep	3.02″
Dreamcloud Premier	Minimal	1.94″
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	Moderate	2.18″
Winkbed Luxury Firm	Deep	2.38″
Winkbed Soft	Extremely Deep	3.16″
Winkbed Plus	Deep	2.50″

The average level of sinkage across all mattresses tested to date is 2.20″.

The Dreamcloud Premier and Dreamcloud Premier Rest both have less sinkage than average.

The Winkbed Luxury Firm and Winkbed Plus have sinkage levels that are just slightly more than the average.

And the Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid and Winkbed Soft have sinkage levels that are significantly more than average.

Images below show the level of sinkage for each mattress.

Concerning motion transfer, all of these mattresses had good scores depicting low levels of motion transfer with the two exceptions being the Winkbed Soft and the Winkbed Plus.

Motion Transfer Test	Score	Acc. Range
Dreamcloud	9.9	5.60 m/s²
Dreamcloud Premier	9.8	5.67 m/s²
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	10	2.62 m/s²
Winkbed Luxury Firm	9.8	5.85 m/s²
Winkbed Soft	8.9	9.50 m/s²
Winkbed Plus	8.8	9.67 m/s²

The average amount of motion transfer is 5.83 m/s², based on all of our mattress tests to date.

The Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid, Dreamcloud Premier, and Winkbed Luxury Firm are all about average.

The Dreamcloud Premier Rest has less motion transfer than average and the Winkbed Soft and Winkbed Plus both have quite a bit more motion transfer than average.

If you’re particularly concerned with motion transfer I would likely recommend sticking with either Dreamcloud or the original Winkbed Luxury Firm mattress.

The level of motion transfer is documented in the video below. The graphs which follow each video show a quantifiable version of motion transfer based on accelerometer data.

Dreamcloud Motion Transfer

The Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid had a peak of motion around 3 m/s² with a good amount of rebound. On this mattress, motion transfer continued until about the 1-second mark—not bad, but also not the fastest.

Winkbed Luxury Firm Motion Transfer

The Winkbed Luxury Firm had peak motion of around 2.5 m/s², which is less than the Dreamcloud mattress, but it took about the same amount of time to absorb the energy.

Dreamcloud Premier Motion Transfer

The Dreamcloud Premier had a bit more motion transfer initially, but a similar duration of transfer energy (1 full second).

Winkbed Soft Motion Transfer

The Winkbed Soft had quite a bit more motion transfer energy, up to 5.5 m/s² at its peak. Having a softer feel, motion transfer did dissipate a little quicker, around 0.8 seconds.

Dreamcloud Premier Rest Motion Transfer

The Dreamcloud Premier Rest has the best performance for motion transfer. It has a pillowtop cover and thicker profile, which helps secure lower levels of motion transfer as well as the ability to absorb the energy faster as well.

As you can see in the chart above, energy peaked around 1 m/s² and was mostly absorbed by 0.73 seconds.

Winkbed Plus Motion Transfer

On the Winkbed Plus, motion transfer peaked around 4.5 m/s² and continued for about 1 full second, as is consistent across most mattresses in this comparison.

The response times in this head-to-head comparison showed very fast performance on Winkbed and less than ideal performance on Dreamcloud.

Response Test	Score	Mostly Recovered	Completely Recovered
Dreamcloud	5.5	5.0 seconds	6.0 seconds
Dreamcloud Premier	9.6	0.9 seconds	1.5 seconds
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	6.8	3.7 seconds	4.5 seconds
Winkbed Luxury Firm	10	0.2 seconds	0.3 seconds
Winkbed Soft	10	0.3 seconds	0.5 seconds
Winkbed Plus	10	0.3 seconds	0.4 seconds

The average response time across all mattresses that we’ve tested to date is 0.56 seconds to be mostly recovered and 0.94 seconds to be fully recovered.

All three Winkbeds we tested were about twice as fast as the average. The Dreamcloud Premier and original Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid were both significantly slower than average.

Dreamcloud is the slowest responding mattress we have tested to date and the DreamCloud Premier Rest is the second slowest.

You can see these material responses in real-time in the video below.

Dreamcloud Response Test

Winkbed Luxury Firm Response Test

Dreamcloud Premier Response Test

Winkbed Soft Response Test

Dreamcloud Premier Rest Response Test

Winkbed Plus Response Test

The level of bounce between these six mattresses varied greatly, from low all the way to high.

Bounce Test	Bounce Height	Bounce Range
Dreamcloud	High	11.20″
Dreamcloud Premier	High	11.03″
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	Moderate	7.88″
Winkbed Luxury Firm	Moderate	9.91″
Winkbed Soft	Moderate	9.68″
Winkbed Plus	Low	6.75″

The average level of bounce across all mattresses tested to date is 9.35″.

The Winkbed Plus has less bounce than average, generating a bounce range of only 6.75″.

At 7.88″ total bounce range, the Dreamcloud Premier Rest was slightly less bounce than average.

The Winkbed Luxury Firm and Winkbed Soft were both about average.

The original Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid and the Dreamcloud Premier had high levels of bounce, over 11″ of total bounce range.

Bounce, in general, is a bit of a subjective factor, but certainly one you’ll want to consider. More bounce gives the mattress a more traditional feel, makes it easier to move around on it, and improves sex.

Bounce levels can also be viewed in real-time via the short video clips below.

Dreamcloud Bounce Test

Winked Luxury Firm Bounce Test

Dreamcloud Premier Bounce Test

Winkbed Soft Bounce Test

Dreamcloud Premier Rest Bounce Test

Winkbed Plus Bounce Test

On average, the edge support of the Winkbed trumps the support of Dreamcloud.

Edge Support Test	Score	Max Sinkage	Lying Support
Dreamcloud	9.0	5.00″	Excellent
Dreamcloud Premier	9.6	3.75″	Excellent
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	8.8	5.50″	Fair
Winkbed Luxury Firm	10	2.25″	Exceptional
Winkbed Soft	9.3	4.50″	Excellent
Winkbed Plus	10	2.50″	Exceptional

The average level of sinkage (when sitting right at the edge of the mattress) is 4.67″.

The Winkbed Luxury Firm and Winkbed Plus both have exceptional edge support when sitting or lying and earned a perfect score. Winkbed Soft had more edge sinkage, but still slightly better than average and paired with excellent lying support.

Among Dreamcloud mattresses, the Premier has better edge support than average (only 3.75″). But the original Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid and the Dreamcloud Premier Rest both were a little disappointing with 5″ of edge sinkage or more.

On the Premier Rest, this greater level of sinkage also negatively impacted the lying support and I felt like I was going to roll off the mattress entirely.

Here’s a look at our sex formula:

Sex Score Formula = (Bounce * 0.5) + (Edge Support * 0.2) + (Noise * 0.2) + (Sinkage * 0.05) + (Cooling * 0.05)

We use the following scores, plugged into the formula, to derive a sex score for each mattress.

Sex Test	Sex Score	Bounce	Edge Support	Noise	Pressure Relief	Cooling
Dreamcloud	9.7	10	9.0	10	9.0	9.0
Dreamcloud Premier	9.8	10	9.6	10	9.0	8.5
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	9.3	9.5	8.8	10	9.0	8.5
Winkbed Luxury Firm	9.9	10	10	9.0	10	10
Winkbed Soft	9.8	9.9	9.3	10	10	10
Winkbed Plus	9.4	9.2	10	9.0	10	10

Of all of these mattresses, the Winkbed Luxury Firm was the top-performing mattress. It has high bounce, fantastic edge support, is quiet, excellent pressure relief, and great cooling as well—really the whole package.

The Winkbed Soft and Dreamcloud Premier, and original Dreamcloud are all great runner-ups with scores between 9.7 and 9.8.

The Dreamcloud Premier Rest and Winkbed Plus have the lowest sex score of these six hybrids, but still good scores, 9.3 to 9.4 out of 10. These mattresses have lower levels of bounce and the Dreamcloud has poorer edge support and cooling as well.

Pressure relief is good on Dreamcloud, but excellent on Winkbed. All of the mattresses compared here have between 5.0 – 6.5″ of comfort material.

Oftentimes, thicker comfort layers are directly related to mattresses with better pressure relief, but as we can see, that’s not necessarily the case here.

Pressure Relief Test	Score	Comfort Layer	Support Layer
Dreamcloud	9.0	5.5″	8.5″
Dreamcloud Premier	9.0	5.5″	8.5″
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	9.0	6.5″	9.5″
Winkbed Luxury Firm	10	5.0″	9.0″
Winkbed Soft	10	5.0″	9.0″
Winkbed Plus	10	5.5″	9.0″

The Winkbeds all scored perfect 10s for pressure relief even though they have between 5 – 5.5″ of comfort material. This is less material than Dreamcloud, but when paired with the luxury pillowtop, it is more than enough for exceptional pressure relief.

Dreamcloud is good, but just not as good as Winkbed. These mattresses have between 5.5 and 6.5″ of comfort material.

Moving right along, let’s talk about off-gassing. None of these mattresses really had any big problem with off-gassing.

Off-Gassing Test	Score	Initial Smell	Off-Gassing Period
Dreamcloud	9.9	Minimal	1 days
Dreamcloud Premier	9.9	Minimal	1 days
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	9.9	Minimal	1 days
Winkbed Luxury Firm	10	None	0 days
Winkbed Soft	9.8	Minimal	2 days
Winkbed Plus	9.9	Moderate	1 days

Right out of the box, the smell was minimal on most of these mattresses and fully dissipated within 2 days or less.

The average amount of time that it usually takes a mattress to off-gas is 2.84 days so all of these mattresses would be considered better than average in this category.

When looking at the companies behind Dreamcloud and Winkbed, Dreamcloud actually has more favorable policies. Dreamcloud offers a 365-night trial period while the Winkbed maxes out at 120 nights.

Company	Dreamcloud	Winkbed
Trial Period	365 nights	120 nights
Warranty	Lifetime	Lifetime
Shipping	Free shipping	Free shipping
Returns	Free returns	Free returns
Country of Origin	USA	USA

Both companies offer lifetime warranties, free shipping, free returns, and US-based factories and manufacturing.

Do note, Winkbed limits customers to one return per customer and household shipping.

The firmness level of Dreamcloud and Winkbed ranges from 4 to 7 out of 110, depending on which mattress you’re looking at.

Firmness	Rating	Label	Read Review
Dreamcloud	7.0	Slightly Firm	Read Review
Dreamcloud Premier	7.0	Slightly Firm	Read Review
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	6.0	Medium-Firm	Read Review
Winkbed Luxury Firm	6.0	Medium-Firm	Read Review
Winkbed Soft	4.0	Slightly Soft	Read Review
Winkbed Firm	7.0	Slightly Firm	Read Review
Winkbed Plus	7.0	Slightly Firm	Read Review

The Winkbed Soft offers the softest feel among all mattresses listed in this comparison, a 4 out of 10 on the firmness scale (where 10 is the most firm). Lighter and moderate weight side sleepers are most likely to enjoy the soft.

The Dreamcloud Premier Rest and Winkbed Luxury Firm are both a 6 out of 10 on the firmness scale. This is a firmness with a pretty wide appeal that suits most sleepers.

The Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid (original), Dreamcloud Premier, Winkbed Firm, and Winkbed Plus are all a 7 out of 10 on the firmness scale.

This is a tad firmer than the mattresses above. Sleepers who may benefit from this slightly firmer feel would include back or stomach sleepers as well as heavier sleepers looking for a little extra support.

As you might imagine, not all firmnesses are suitable for all sleepers. It’s important to know your ideal firmness prior to purchasing a new mattress.

Your ideal firmness comes down to sleeper size, sleeping position, and personal preference.

The chart above helps to provide a firmness range of mattresses you may want to consider based on two of these factors. Personal preference can move the needle of ideal firmness a little as well, so be sure to consider all factors of the mattress before making a final selection.

And rest assured, both Dreamcloud and Winkbed have good trial periods and return policies if you find that picked the wrong firmness.

Design

As mentioned above, all six of these featured mattresses are hybrid blends that combine different foams with pocketed coils. These would all be considered luxury hybrids since they have a thicker profile and pillowtop cover (in most cases).

Design	Type	Thickness	Cover
Dreamcloud	Hybrid	14″	Quilted
Dreamcloud Premier	Hybrid	14″	Pillowtop
Dreamcloud Premier Rest	Hybrid	16″	Pillowtop
Winkbed Luxury Firm	Hybrid	14″	Pillowtop
Winkbed Soft	Hybrid	14″	Pillowtop
Winkbed Firm	Hybrid	14″	Pillowtop
Winkbed Plus	Hybrid	14.5″	Pillowtop

Aesthetically, both of these brands stick to white and navy blue to help identify their brand.

Dreamcloud has a solid dark blue side, while Winkbed puts extra emphasis on their hybrid design, denoting a navy accent that nearly aligns with the thickness of the foam layers on the inside of the mattress.

From the outside, it can be hard to tell the difference between Dreamcloud and Winkbed. That is where the NapLab comes in.

Materials

To really compare apples to apples, we cut open each of these mattresses to check the materials from the inside out.

Here’s a layered look at what we found inside each mattress:

Which Mattress Should You Buy?

As you can see in the tests and analysis above, although these brands have a similar look on the outside, there are a lot of differences in feel, firmness, and performance.

Should You Buy the Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid?

I would recommend the Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid if you’re looking for:

• Slower response time. If you want a mattress that has that enveloping feeling that comes from a mattress with a slower response time, the Dreamcloud original is a good pick.
• More bounce. Despite the slower response time, this mattress is still very active and engaging, with the highest level of bounce among all mattresses in this comparison.

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Dreamcloud Luxury Hybrid mattress.

Should You Buy the Winkbed Luxury Firm?

I would recommend the Winkbed Luxury Firm if you’re looking for:

• Balanced performance. Among all of the mattresses compared here the Winkbed Luxury Firm has the most balanced feel. It has a medium firmness, moderate to deep sinkage, low motion, fast response, and great cooling. It is ideal for most body types and all sleeping positions.
• Good edge support. With only 2.25″ of sinkage, the Winkbed Luxury Firm has objectively the best edge support of any mattress we’ve tested to date.

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Winkbed Luxury Firm mattress.

Should You Buy the Dreamcloud Premier?

I would recommend the Dreamcloud Premier if you’re looking for:

• Least sinkage. If you’ve worried about sinking too much into a pillowtop mattress, check out the Premier. This mattress had the least amount of sinkage in our performance tests.
• Good edge support. The Dreamcloud Premier has the best edge support of all Dreamcloud mattresses that we tested as well as great lying edge support.
• Best DreamCloud. Among the 3 DreamCloud mattresses the DreamCloud Premier had the best overall performance.

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Dreamcloud Premier mattress.

Should You Buy the Winkbed Soft?

I would recommend the Winkbed Soft if you’re looking for:

• Side Sleepers. The softer feel has more sinkage, more hug, and more contour. As a result, it’s best suited for side sleepers, especially lighter weight side sleepers. However, some moderate weight side sleepers will enjoy it also.
• Deep hug. The Winkbed soft has 3.16″ of sinkage. It’s the 2nd deepest sinkage among all mattresses we’ve tested to date. If you like lots of sinkage and hug, the soft is perfect.

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Winkbed Soft mattress.

Should You Buy the Dreamcloud Premier Rest?

I would recommend the Dreamcloud Premier Rest if you’re looking for:

• Less motion transfer. The Dreamcloud Premier Rest exhibited the lowest level of motion transfer among all 6 mattresses we tested.
• Thicker profile. The Premier Rest has a thick 16″ profile .

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Dreamcloud Premier Rest mattress.

Should You Buy the Winkbed Plus?

I would recommend the Winkbed Plus if you’re looking for:

• Heavier sleeper. Sleepers over 250 lbs. can greatly benefit from the thicker profile of the Winkbed Plus. In addition, the firmer feel can help provide better support for heavier sleepers.
• Firm feel. Regardless of your body weight, if you simply want a firm to very firm feel, the Winkbed Plus is a good choice. Heavier bodies and some back / stomach sleepers may enjoy the firm feel of the Winkbed Plus.

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