Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid Review

In This Review
Performance Tests | Firmness | Support & Sleeping Positions | Design | Materials | Comparisons | FAQs

Testing Notes

• We only tested the luxury firm side (6 out of 10 firmness).
• All tests, measurements, recordings, etc. are based on the luxury firm side.
• The only exception is firmness, we measured the firmness of both luxury firm and medium side of the mattress.

At NapLab, we put each mattress to the test.

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

Test	Rating
Cooling	Excellent
Sinkage	Moderate
Motion Transfer	Moderate
Response Time	Extremely Fast
Bounce	High
Edge Support	Good
Sex	Excellent
Pressure Relief	Very Good
Off-Gassing	Very Good
Company	Excellent

The Crafted Sleep 14” 2-Sided Hybrid had excellent cooling performance. In our tests, I did not experience any significant level of heat retention.

The mattress uses a relatively thin 2.5” foam comfort layer, which means there is less physical material into which heat could be absorbed. While a thinner foam comfort layer has negative implications for pressure relief (which we’ll discuss below), at least with respect to cooling, it’s beneficial.

The mattress uses a thin cover, which further improves breathability as air can easily flow in and out. Lastly, the coil layer is of course mostly air.

• Baseline Temperature – the temperature of the mattress before anyone lies on it
• Maximum Temperature (0 minute) – the temperature of the mattress after lying on it for 15 minutes
• Ending Temperature (5 minute) – the temperature of the mattress after being lied upon and having no one on it for 5 minutes

With respect to design and materials, the mattress checks many of the boxes we look for.

Looking at our objective data, the Crafted Sleep 2-sided hybrid had a max temp of 87.9°. This is 1.6° F cooler than the average max temperature of 89.5 degrees. The heat dissipation curve was good, but not amazing.

Heat Dissipation Over Time

Time Elapsed	Temperature
1 minute	84.4°
2 minutes	82.9°
3 minutes	82.2°
4 minutes	82.5°
5 minutes	81.8°

The 0 to 1-minute decline was 3.5° (slightly worse than average), while the 0 to 5-minute decline was 6.1°(slightly worse than average).

Considering the lower than average max temperature this gives the total cooling performance an above-average level of performance. Overall, I’m pleased with the cooling performance.

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid has a moderate level of sinkage. In our tests, we measured a pressure point sinkage depth of 2.18”.

This is 0.06” less sinkage than the average (based on all of our tests to date) of 2.24”. The mattress has a pretty typical memory foam contouring hug around the body. It’s a more precise contour that forms to your exact shape.

The level of sinkage is documented in the image below.

The luxury firm side is a bit more restrained compared to the feel on the medium, but both are still fairly significant. The mattress allows for notably deeper sinkage for heavier portions of your body, especially hips, butt, shoulders, and midsection.

Some sleepers really like this feel, while others may find the level of sinkage to be too deep. I could see many heavier-weight sleepers feeling that the level of midsection sinkage is simply too deep.

For this reason, I am not in love with this mattress for sleepers over 250 pounds.

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid has a moderate to high level of motion transfer.

In our tests, we measured 9.64 m/s² of acceleration range in our motion transfer tests. This is 2.82 m/s² more motion than the average of 6.82 m/s² (based on all of our tests to date).

The level of motion transfer is documented in the video below.

When we look at the material layers and design this level of motion transfer is not surprising. There is a fairly thin foam comfort layer of only 2.5” on top of a high bounce coil unit.

With not much foam to absorb energy you end up with more motion. It’s not quite to the level of more traditional coil mattresses, but it certainly leans more in that direction.

If we look at our motion transfer chart, which visualizes our accelerometer data, we can see the highest levels of motion from 0.00 to 0.21 seconds. A moderate level of motion persists until 0.99 seconds before returning to near zero levels.

The motion spikes are high, as is the motion duration. I could see many sleepers who are more sensitive to motion transfer finding this level of motion to simply be too much. 

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid has an extremely fast response time. In our tests, we measured a mostly recovered response time of 0.2 seconds and a fully recovered response time of 0.8 seconds.

This is notably faster than the average for both categories. Based on all of our tests to date we have measured an average mostly recovered response time of 0.50 seconds and an average fully recovered response time of 0.95 seconds.

The level of responsiveness is documented in the video below.

As with many other performance categories, the material layers and design is having a significant impact on the performance.

The type of foam and relative thinness of the comfort layer helps the mattress to rebound to shape almost instantly. For most sleepers, I expect the response time to be more than sufficiently fast enough.

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid has a high level of bounce. In our tests, we measured a total bounce height of 10.33”.

This is 0.80” more bounce than the average of 9.53”, based on all of our tests to date. Typically, I like to see 8-12” of bounce.

While the high bounce is certainly having a negative impact on motion transfer, it also creates a more traditional feel, improves sex, and makes it easy to move around on the mattress.

The level of bounce is also documented in the video below.

Overall, I’m pleased with the level of bounce. It’s within the sweet spot of the ideal range that I look for.

Both sitting and lying edge support on the Crafted Sleep mattress leaves much to be desired. In our sitting edge support tests, we measured 5.5” of total sinkage compression.

This is 0.92” deeper edge sitting sinkage compared to the average of 4.58”. When it comes to edge support, even being average isn’t where you want to be. The best edge support experience starts at 4.0” of sitting sinkage compression or less.

Suffice to say, the Crafted Sleep mattress is significantly deeper and therefore does not create ideal support for sitting directly on the edge.

The level of edge support while seated is documented in the images below.

Edge support while lying directly on the edge is similar. The mattress has a higher degree of hug and contour. When you try to extend that to the edge you end up with the mattress creating a sharper downward angle away from the mattress.

The level of edge support while lying is documented in the images below.

This creates less than great edge support, especially on my back. While on my side the edge support is notably better, but still far from amazing.

Overall, I’m just not thrilled with this level of edge support. Even so, at this price point, it’s not an uncommon issue.

To score sex performance we look at a number of different factors that all play a role in quality sex. Three of the most important factors include:

In addition to the factors above, there are a few other things to consider as well, like pressure relief and cooling.

Here’s a look at our complete sex formula:

Sex Score Formula = (Bounce * 0.6) + (Edge Support * 0.2) + (Noise * 0.1) + (Pressure Relief * 0.05) + (Cooling * 0.05)

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

Sex Factor	Factor Weight	Score
Bounce	60%	10
Edge Support	20%	8.8
Noise	10%	10
Pressure Relief	5%	9.0
Cooling	5%	9.5

For the Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid, these individual factors generated a sex score of 9.7.

Overall, this score is pretty good, but not the best that we’ve seen. Bounce was pretty high, which helps the sex score. However, edge support was lacking, which hurts the score. These two factors alone make up 80% of the sex score.

The other 20% of the score is made up of noise performance, pressure relief, and cooling.

The Crafted Sleep mattress is very quiet, has good pressure relief, and good cooling as well.

The Crafted Sleep 14” 2-Sided Hybrid has a good, but not great pressure relief. In our tests, I felt reasonably good pressure relief in most positions. However, at times I did feel minor pressure points building (especially in my shoulder blades).

In my view, the comfort layer is the primary issue for pressure relief. Having just 2.5” of comfort material is going to cause sleepers to more significantly engage with the pocket coils.

Only having 2.5” of comfort material is worrisome, especially for heavier-weight sleepers. Sleepers over 250 I could see having more significant pressure relief problems.

Overall, I found the pressure relief to be good, just not great. As with many other performance areas, the Crafted Sleep mattress does lag behind.

However, given the incredibly competitive price point, it’s not surprising. If you want a mattress at this budget level there are certain performance areas you need to be willing to sacrifice.

The Crafted Sleep Hybrid mattress had a strong smell right out of the box. It smelled for well over a week, finally dissipating off at day 9.

If you’re sensitive to strong smells this could be an issue for you. But bear in mind, that a mattress only has to off-gas once. Once it is fully off-gassed, the process is done and you’re good to go.

To speed up off-gassing, remember to place the mattress in a well-ventilated space and leave off bedding or mattress protectors until the process is complete.

Crafted Sleep offers good terms including a 120-night trial period, a 15-year warranty, free shipping, and free returns if it ends up not working out.

Company Factor
Trial Period	120 nights
Warranty	15 years
Shipping	Free
Returns	Free
Country of Origin	USA

All Crafted Sleep mattresses are made in the US as well. Across the board, this is above average in terms of trial period and warranty.

The Crafted Sleep 2-sided Hybrid is available in 2 firmnesses—medium or luxury firm. You can get the same firmness on both sides or one firmness for each side, dependign on your personal preferences

We tested the version with the medium on one side and luxury firm on the other side.

• Medium = 4.5 out of 10 firmness
• Luxury firm = 6 out of 10 firmness

Medium Firmness

Luxury Firm Firmness

Support on the Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid is good, but not great. As with pressure relief, the limited 2.5” comfort layer is the primary issue.

The 2.5” foam layer is fairly thin and its relative density and material types cause sleepers to sink through it and more directly engage with the pocketed coil base. As a result, this creates a more traditional coil-based supportive feel.

Heavy portions of the body being able to more easily sink through the top comfort layers means those portions of the body interact with the pocketed coils more.

Sleeper Weight	Stomach Sleepers	Side Sleepers	Back Sleepers
Under 150 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
150-250 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
250-300 lbs.	No	No	No

Given the sinkage depth that we measured in our tests, I don’t think this mattress will create enough support for sleepers over 250 pounds.

For sleepers below 250 lbs. you will likely find the support to be sufficient (especially below 200), however, it certainly has a feel that leans more in the direction of traditional coil mattresses.

Some love that feel, others don’t. It’s less a performance issue and more a personal preference.

Design

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid is a 14″ hybrid mattress with foam and coils. It has a flippable design and you can choose two different firmnesses for each side (or the same firmness for both sides).

Materials

There are five main layers on the Crafted Sleep mattress. From top to bottom, these layers include:

• 1.5″ gel memory foam
• 1.0″ poly foam
• 8.0″ pocketed coils
• 1.0″ poly foam
• 1.5″ get memory foam

The Cover

The Crafted Sleep cover is thin with a breathable, moisture-wicking finish to it. This helps it to release warm air, as well and keep you cool as you sleep.

The Comfort Layer

The comfort layer includes a 1.5″ gel-infused memory foam for cooling and fast response time.

Below the gel foam is a 1.0″ layer of transitional poly foam. This helps to ease the transition between foam and support coils below.

The Support Layer

The support layer is an 8.0″ layer of pocketed coils with a bit of foam wrapped around the coils at the edge. Foam-wrapping the coils dampens sound from the coils and also provides a bit of reinforced edge support (albeit not much).

Product Evolution

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid was launched in early 2022 and has not had any significant changes to the design or materials since launching.

If / when Crafted Sleep changes the design of the mattress we’ll be sure to update this section.

How is Crafted Sleep Different?

The Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid has a few key differences that help the mattress to stand out among other Crafted Sleep mattresses or all hybrids in general. Here are the three most prominent points.

#1. Price Point

The Crafted Sleep hybrid comes in well under $1000 for a queen, which is pretty unusual, especially for a hybrid design. If you’re looking for a blend of foam and coils, but want to keep the sticker shock in check, the Craft Sleep hybrid is a solid pick.

#2. Flippable Firmness

Flippable firmness is another advantage of this mattress. Flippable mattresses can offer extended lifespans as well as more options if your firmness needs change from time to time. On this mattress, you can pick from a medium soft side (4 out of 10 firmness) or a medium firm side (6 out of 10 firmness).

#3 High Profile

Despite the lower price tag, the Crafted Sleep mattress still offers a high 14″ profile. For sleepers looking for that lofted aesthetic or who don’t want the hassle of a traditional boxspring, this hybrid certainly has some advantages.

Other Mattresses to Consider

Not sure if the Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid is the right pick for you? Check out these three other top-rated hybrids below, which offer similar feels and price points.

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Check out some of the top FAQs on the Crafted Sleep 2-Sided Hybrid mattress below and get the answers you’re looking for.