Winkbed vs. Nectar

In this head-to-head match-up of Winkbed vs. Nectar we’re looking at the top mattresses between these two brands. So let’s go ahead and dive in.

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

At NapLab, we put each mattress to the test.

We test 10 different factors that impact the comfort, feel, and value of the mattress. Testing categories include:

1. Cooling
2. Sinkage
3. Motion Transfer
4. Response
5. Bounce
6. Edge Support
7. Sex
8. Pressure Relief
9. Off-Gassing
10. Company

Sinkage and bounce are oftentimes preferential factors, so there is no numerical score for these factors. Those two factors aside, you can use the table to check the score for the other 8 factors below.

Factor	Nectar Original	Nectar Premier	Nectar Premier Copper	Winkbed	Winkbed Plus
Cooling	9.0	9.5	9.5	10	10
Motion Transfer	10	10	10	9.8	8.8
Response	7.5	10	10	10	10
Edge Support	8.4	7.9	8.4	10	10
Sex	8.8	9.1	8.9	9.9	9.4
Pressure Relief	9.5	9.5	9.5	10	10
Off-Gassing	9.7	9.7	9.8	10	9.9
Company	10	10	10	9.8	9.8

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

Factor	Nectar Original	Nectar Premier	Nectar Premier Copper	Winkbed	Winkbed Plus
Overall	9.01	9.43	9.50	9.95	9.82
Max Temp.	90.6° F	90.5° F	90.6° F	90.3° F	89.3° F
Max Sinkage	2.03″	2.23″	2.22″	2.38″	2.50″
Total Motion Transfer	2.67 m/s²	2.80 m/s²	1.88 m/s²	5.85 m/s²	9.67 m/s²
Response Time	3.0 sec.	0.4 sec.	0.3 sec.	0.2 sec.	0.3 sec.
Total Bounce	4.76″	7.10″	5.14″	9.91″	6.75″
Edge Support – Sitting Sinkage	6.25″	7.25″	6.25″	2.25″	2.50″
Edge Support – Lying Support	Fair	Very Good	Excellent	Exceptional	Exceptional
Sex Overall	8.8	9.1	8.9	9.9	9.4
Comfort Material	5.00″	6.00″	5.00″	5.00″	5.50″
Off-Gassing – Smell	Moderate	Strong	Strong	None	Moderate
Off-Gassing – Days	4 days	4 days	3 days	0 days	1 days
Trial	365 days	365 days	365 days	120 days	120 days
Warranty	Lifetime	Lifetime	Lifetime	Lifetime	Lifetime

Winners by Category

Looking strictly at performance factors, the table below shows which of these mattresses is the winner in each scoring category we test for.

Use this tool to find which mattress scored the best for the factors that are the most important to you.

Factor	Winner	Value
Best Overall	Winkbed	9.95
Best Cooling	Winkbed, Winkbed Plus	10
Most Sinkage	Winkbed Plus	2.5″
Least Sinkage	Nectar Original	2.03″
Lowest Motion Transfer	Nectar Premier Copper	1.88 m/s²
Fastest Response Time	Winkbed	0.2 sec
Slowest Response Time	Nectar Original	3.0 sec
Most Bounce	Winkbed	9.91″
Least Bounce	Nectar Original	4.76″
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

The Winkbed Original Hybrid scored top mattress overall, earning the highest marks for best cooling, fastest response time, most bounce, best edge support, best for sex, best pressure relief, and the least off-gassing.

The Winkbed Plus (hybrid) tied with the Winkbed Original for best cooling and best pressure relief. The Plus also has the most sinkage among all 5 mattresses compared here.

The Nectar Original earned honors for the least amount of sinkage and the least bounce. Not quite a positive aspect, but it also had the slowest response time of all mattresses in this comparison. This is due to its more traditional memory foam feel.

The Nectar Premier Copper had the best score for the lowest motion transfer levels.

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

Sinkage Test	Sinkage Depth	Max Sinkage
Nectar Original	Moderate	2.03″
Nectar Premier	Moderate	2.23″
Nectar Premier Copper	Moderate	2.22″
Winkbed	Deep	2.38″
Winkbed Plus	Deep	2.50″

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

The Nectar Original has slightly less sinkage than average.

The Nectar Premier and Nectar Premier Copper are about equal to the average.

The Winkbed Original and Winkbed Plus both have more sinkage than average.

Images below show the level of sinkage for each mattress.

Concerning motion transfer, Nectar had a perfect score of 10 across the board. The Winkbed Original was not far behind, but the Winkbed Plus struggled in this area.

Motion Transfer Test	Score	Acc. Range
Nectar Original	10	2.67 m/s²
Nectar Premier	10	2.80 m/s²
Nectar Premier Copper	10	1.88 m/s²
Winkbed	9.8	5.85 m/s²
Winkbed Plus	8.8	9.67 m/s²

The average amount of motion transfer is 7.66 m/s², based on all of our mattress tests to date.

All of the Nectar mattresses have less motion transfer than average. The Winkbed Original is just below the average, but the Winkbed Plus is notably higher than average.

If you’re sensitive to motion transfer on a mattress, you may want to consider this before opting for the Winkbed Plus.

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.

Winkbed Original Motion Transfer

The Winkbed Original had a peak motion of around 2.5 m/s² and that energy continued for slightly beyond 1 full second. This performance was about average, compared to all mattresses we’ve tested.

Winkbed Plus Motion Transfer

On the Winkbed Plus, motion transfer peaked at around ±4.5 m/s² and continued for about 1 full second. This is notably higher than the average among all mattresses that we’ve tested to date.

Nectar Original Motion Transfer

The Nectar Original has very controlled motion transfer, with energy maxing out at around +2 m/s² at its peak. This energy was absorbed by 0.5 seconds.

Nectar Premier Motion Transfer

The Nectar Premier had even less motion than the Nectar Original, maxing out at less than ±1.5 m/s². On this mattress, all motion was absorbed by 0.4 seconds, which is significantly faster than the average.

Nectar Premier Copper Motion Transfer

The Nectar Premier Copper had peak motion at less than ±1 m/s². The energy continued across the surface of the mattress for about 0.8 seconds, which is longer than the other Nectars but still better than the average.

Looking at response times, all of these mattresses have a fast response with the one exception being the Nectar Original, which was quite slow.

Response Test	Score	Mostly Recovered	Completely Recovered
Nectar Original	7.5	3.0 seconds	5.0 seconds
Nectar Premier	10	0.4 seconds	0.8 seconds
Nectar Premier Copper	10	0.3 seconds	0.5 seconds
Winkbed	10	0.2 seconds	0.3 seconds
Winkbed Plus	10	0.3 seconds	0.4 seconds

The average response time across all mattresses that we’ve tested to date is 0.46 seconds to be mostly recovered and 0.89 seconds to be fully recovered.

The Winkbed Original and Winkbed Plus were the fastest, completely recovered by 0.3 – 0.4 seconds. The Nectar Premier Copper was slightly behind these two with a complete recovery by 0.5 seconds.

On the Nectar Premier, complete recovery took 0.8 seconds, but that is still faster than the average.

The only mattress in this comparison with a slower response time than average is the Nectar Original. This mattress took 3.0 seconds to mostly recover and a full 5.0 seconds for complete recovery.

MORE: For fast response time on a Nectar, check out our standalone review of the Nectar Hybrid Premier.

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

Winkbed Original Response Test

Winkbed Plus Response Test

Nectar Original Response Test

Nectar Premier Response Test

Nectar Premier Copper Response Test

The level of bounce between these mattresses varies from very low to moderate. In most cases, foam-based mattresses will have less bounce than hybrid (foam + coil) mattresses. But as we see below, that’s not always the case (see Nectar Premier all-foam vs. Winkbed Plus hybrid).

Bounce Test	Bounce Height	Bounce Range
Nectar Original	Very Low	4.76″
Nectar Premier	Low	7.10″
Nectar Premier Copper	Very Low	5.14″
Winkbed	Moderate	9.91″
Winkbed Plus	Low	6.75″

The average level of bounce across all mattresses tested to date is 9.35″. With this number in mind, all of the mattresses in this comparison have less bounce than average, excluding the Winkbed Original, which is slightly beyond the average.

The Nectar Original had the least amount of bounce closely followed by the Nectar Premier Copper.

The Winkbed Plus had about 30% less bounce than average at 6.75″ and the Nectar Premier was next at 7.10″. Both of these mattresses would be considered to be a low level of bounce.

With the most bounce in this comparison, we have the Winkbed Original hybrid. This mattress had a moderate level of bounce with 9.91″. As mentioned above, this is slightly more bounce than average.

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

Winked Original Bounce Test

Winkbed Plus Bounce Test

Nectar Original Bounce Test

Nectar Premier Bounce Test

Nectar Premier Copper Bounce Test

Concerning edge support, Winkbed took the win here against Nectar.

Edge Support Test	Score	Max Sinkage	Lying Support
Nectar Original	8.4	6.25″	Fair
Nectar Premier	7.9	7.25″	Very Good
Nectar Premier Copper	8.4	6.25″	Excellent
Winkbed	10	2.25″	Exceptional
Winkbed Plus	10	2.50″	Exceptional

The average level of sinkage (when sitting right at the edge of the mattress) is 4.41″.

Both the Winkbed Original and Winkbed Plus have exceptional sitting and lying edge support, with sinkage levels at nearly half the level of the average.

All three of the Nectar mattresses in this comparison had worse edge support than average. The Nectar Premier had the deepest level of edge sinkage at 7.25″, but still maintained very good lying edge support. The Nectar Original had 1.0″ less sinkage sitting at the edge, but significantly worse edge lying support.

Our sex rating formula looks at 5 different factors weighted based on their importance.

All factors are not equal in terms of significance, but each plays an important role.

Through our tests, we subjectively assigned the following percentages to each category within the overall sex score:

• Bounce: 60%
• Edge Support: 20%
• Noise: 10%
• Pressure Relief: 5%
• Cooling: 5%

Using this method, we generated the following scores below:

Sex Test	Sex Score	Bounce	Edge Support	Noise	Pressure Relief	Cooling
Nectar Original	8.8	8.7	8.4	10	9.5	9.0
Nectar Premier	9.1	9.3	7.9	10	9.5	9.5
Nectar Premier Copper	8.9	8.8	8.4	10	9.5	9.5
Winkbed	9.9	10	10	9.0	10	10
Winkbed Plus	9.4	9.2	10	9.0	10	10

With all of these factors in mind, the Winkbed Original (9.9) ranks best for sex, with the Winkbed Plus (9.4) following closely behind.

Nectar lacks coil support so at the end of the day, it just doesn’t have the level of bounce that Winkbed has. The Nectar Premier (9.1) was the best among all foam-based Nectar mattresses here. The Nectar Original and Nectar Premier Copper struggled more, noting lower bounce and poorer edge support.

Want better sex on Nectar? Check out the Nectar Hybrids for improved sex performance. Nectar hybrids have a coil support system that improves edge support and enhances bounce, improving the sex score dramatically.

Below, I’ve listed the sex scores for Nectar hybrids.

• Nectar Hybrid Original: 9.7
• Nectar Hybrid Premier: 9.8
• Nectar Hybrid Premier Copper: 9.8

Pressure relief on Winkbed and Nectar mattresses is good, albeit slightly better on Winkbed. Both of these brands offer thick comfort layers and sufficiently thick support layers.

Pressure Relief Test	Score	Comfort Layer	Support Layer
Nectar Original	9.5	5.0″	7.0″
Nectar Premier	9.5	6.0″	7.0″
Nectar Premier Copper	9.5	5.0″	9.0″
Winkbed	10	5.0″	9.0″
Winkbed Plus	10	5.5″	9.0″

For the absolute best performance in this category, go with the Winkbed Original or Winkbed Plus.

Moving right along, let’s talk about off-gassing. Most of these mattresses had solid performance here with off-gassing. Although the smell right out of the box may be strong, off-gassing happens within a couple of days.

Off-Gassing Test	Score	Initial Smell	Off-Gassing Period
Nectar Original	9.7	Moderate	4 days
Nectar Premier	9.7	Strong	4 days
Nectar Premier Copper	9.8	Strong	3 days
Winkbed	10	None	0 days
Winkbed Plus	9.9	Moderate	1 days

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.

If you’re sensitive to strong smells, the Winkbed Original had zero smell out of the box.

The Winkbed Plus had a moderate smell, but that smell dissipated after only 1 day.

The Nectar lineup had a moderate to strong smell which took 3-4 days to fully dissipate.

When looking at the companies both have good terms, each with its own advantages.

Company	Nectar	Winkbed
Trial Period	365 nights	120 nights
Warranty	Lifetime	Lifetime
Shipping	Free	Free
Returns	Free	Free
Country of Origin	Other	USA

The Nectar mattresses have a longer trial, 365 nights, giving sleepers a solid year to decide if the mattress is right. Their mattresses are also backed by a lifetime warranty.

Winkbed mattresses only have a 120-night trial period, but they do have a lifetime warranty, like Nectar

In most cases, you will likely know if this mattress is the right pick for you within the first 120 nights so the difference in trial length may not be a huge factor for all sleepers.

The firmness level of Winkbed and Avocado ranges from 4 to 7 out of 10, depending on which mattress you’re looking at.

Firmness	Rating	Label	Read Review
Nectar Original	6.5	Medium-Firm	Read Review
Nectar Premier	5.5	Medium	Read Review
Nectar Premier Copper	5.0	Medium	Read Review
Winkbed	6.0	Soft, Medium-Firm, or Firm	Read Review
Winkbed Plus	7.0	Slightly Firm	Read Review

The Winkbed Original hybrid is the only mattress in this comparison that is available in three different firmness levels.

The Nectar Premier Copper is the softest Nectar in this comparison—5 out of 10 on the firmness scale.

The Nectar Premier mattress is just slightly firmer at 5.5 out of 10. This would still be considered a medium feel and suitable for a wide range of sleeper body weights and preferences.

The Winkbed Plus is available in a 7 out of 10 on the firmness scale, the same firmness as the Winkbed Original Firm.

This firmer feel can be beneficial for heavier sleepers or those who sleep on their back or stomach.

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.

Design

Both Winkbed and Nectar provide a range of different design types including memory foam, latex, or hybrid. Use the table below for a quick assessment of mattress design types between the two brands.

Design	Thickness	Type
Nectar Original	12″	Memory Foam
Nectar Premier	13″	Memory Foam
Nectar Premier Copper	14″	Memory Foam
Winkbed (soft, medium, or firm)	14″	Hybrid
Winkbed Plus	13.5″	Hybrid
Nectar Original Hybrid	12″	Hybrid
Nectar Premier Hybrid	13″	Hybrid
Nectar Premier Copper Hybrid	14″	Hybrid
Winkbed EcoCloud	12″	Latex Hybrid
Winkbed GravityLux	10″	Memory Foam

You can see the variation in profile height of all of these mattresses. Thinner mattresses tend to be more budget-friendly and thicker mattresses tend to have better performance and pressure relief.

Materials

Now that we’ve discussed performance and design, let’s take an inside look at some of these mattresses.

Which Mattress Should You Buy?

So considering Winkbed vs. Nectar, which mattress is right for you? Let’s hit the highlights below.

Should You Buy the Winkbed Original Hybrid?

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

• Best overall. If you’re looking for a well-rounded mattress that has a fantastic score in every category we test for, the Winkbed is it. Of all the mattresses that we’ve tested to date, this mattress is tied with only one other mattress for the top-scoring mattress, per NapLab scoring guidelines. Overall, it’s just a fantastic mattress.
• Multiple firmness levels. This mattress is also the only one in this comparison that is available in three different firmnesses—soft (4), medium (6), or firm (7).

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Winkbed Original (Soft, Luxury Firm, or Firm) mattress.

Should You Buy the Winkbed Plus?

I would recommend the Winkbed Plus for the following:

• Heavier sleepers. 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 feel, the Winkbed Plus is a good choice. Heavier bodies and some back / stomach sleepers may enjoy the firm feel of the Winkbed Plus.

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

Should You Buy the Nectar Original?

I would recommend the Nectar Original for the following:

• Low bounce. Being a memory foam mattress, the Nectar Original has the lowest level of bounce among all mattresses in this comparison.
• Don’t mind a slow response. This mattress also has a slow response time, one of the slowest we’ve tested to date among all NapLabtested mattresses. The slow response does lend itself to very low levels of motion transfer, which can be a benefit to sensitive sleepers.

Click here to learn more or to check the price of the Nectar Original mattress.

Should You Buy the Nectar Premier?

I would recommend the Netcar Premier for the following:

• 5.5 out of 10 firmness. The Nectar Premier has is slightly softer than other medium firmness mattresses which tend to come in at 6 out of 10. If you’re looking for something just a tad softer, the Premier is a solid pick.
• Mid-range price point. The Nectar Premier mattress is more expensive than the Nectar Original, but less expensive than the Premier Copper. For a balance of performance (and don’t mind the worse edge support) the Nectar Premier could be a good option.

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

Should You Buy the Nectar Premier Copper?

I would recommend the Nectar Premier Copper for the following:

• Lowest motion transfer. This mattress had the lowest motion transfer levels among any other mattresses in this comparison.—great for sensitive sleepers.
• 365-night trial period. The Premier Copper gives you a full year to decide if the mattress is the right fit for you (along with all other Nectar mattresses).

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

The Final Word

Both Winkbed mattresses and Nectar mattresses are well-known in the industry and offer quality mattresses. Winkbeds is most well-known for their hybrids models, but offers others as well (memory foam or latex hybrid).

On the opposite side, Nectar is most well-known for their memory foam mattresses, although they also offer hybrids with foam + coils.

For higher bounce, faster response, and excellent cooling go with Winkbeds. For lower levels of motion transfer, good pressure relief, and lower bounce opt for Nectar.

Still not sure which mattress to pick? We’ve got you covered. Check out our mattress quiz here to answer a few quick questions and receive a free personalized recommendation directly from NapLab Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Derek Hales.

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