Octave Mirage Mattress Review

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

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	Minimal
Motion Transfer	Moderate
Response Time	Extremely Fast
Bounce	Low
Edge Support	Exceptional
Sex	Excellent
Pressure Relief	Exceptional
Off-Gassing	Excellent
Company	Exceptional

How is the Octave Mirage Different?

The Octave Mirage has better overall performance than average (based on all of our tests to date) and also a lower price tag—a savings of 8% compared to the average foam mattress.

Advantages

Looking at specific testing categories, we saw advantages regarding better cooling performance, slightly faster material response time, as well as better edge support than average.

The Mirage is 1.1″ thicker than the average foam mattress and with 1.8″ thicker comfort layer. Both of these factors can be hugely advantageous for pressure relief.

Neutral Factors

The mattress has 11% less sinkage than average as well as 20% less bounce. These two factors are more preferential factors than strictly good vs. bad. Still, depending on what you’re looking for in a mattress, they could certainly come into play.

Disadvantages

The only category that scored below average was motion transfer where we measured levels that were 12% higher than the average mattress (comparing 175+ mattresses tested to date).

Factor	Octave Mirage	Average
Overall	9.75	9.52
Price	C$1,199	C$1,587 (Foam only)
Cooling	9.5	9.4
Max Sinkage	1.94″	2.18″
Total Motion Transfer	9.39 m/s²	8.34 m/s²
Response Time	0.3 sec.	0.4 sec.
Total Bounce	7.61″	9.62″
Edge Support – Sitting Sinkage	3.00″	4.14″
Mattress Thickness	13.0″	11.9″
Sex Overall	9.6	9.6
Comfort Material	6.0″	4.2″
Off-Gassing – Smell	Strong	Strong
Off-Gassing – Days	6 days	5 days
Trial	365 nights	165 nights
Warranty	15 years	27% have lifetime warranties, average of other 73% of mattresses is 14 years

Cooling performance of the Octave Mirage is excellent. During our tests, I felt no significant level of heat retention around my body.

Like the more expensive Octave Horizon, the Octave Mirage is packed with materials that assist in airflow or reducing heat retention.

The Mirage is equipped with copper-infused foam, cooling fibers within the cover, phase change spray on coating on the top layer of foam, and convoluted foam layers.

• 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

Any of these single material choices alone wouldn’t be enough to push the cooling to this level. However, together they collectively have a significant impact on cooling performance. It’s quite difficult for an all-foam mattress to hit 9.5 on our score, but the Mirage manages it.

Both the Octave Mirage and Octave Horizon are similar with respect to cooling performance.

All that to say, the cooling performance on the Mirage isn’t a miracle worker. It’s extremely solid, but it won’t be at the level of many high-performance hybrid mattresses.

Heat Dissipation Over Time

Even so, for most I expect the cooling performance will be more than sufficient.

The Octave Mirage has a minimal level of sinkage. In our pressure point sinkage tests, we measured a sinkage depth of 1.94”. This is 0.24” less sinkage than the average of 2.18”.

The level of sinkage is documented in the image below.

The mattress creates a dramatic and exacting body-contouring hug. However, because the depth of sinkage is more restrained the hug doesn’t lead to an excessive “stuck” feeling.

The mattress remains easy to move around on. Nevertheless, it does have more of a memory foam feel in that way that it wraps to your unique body shape.

The Octave Mirage has a moderate level of motion transfer. In our tests, we measured a total acceleration range of 9.39 m/s². This is 12.6% more motion than the average of 8.34 m/s².

While the all-foam design does help to reduce bounce and constrain motion, it isn’t the absolute best we’ve seen. The minimal level of sinkage and more responsive foams return a modest level of energy, leading to higher levels of motion.

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

Looking at our motion transfer chart, which visualizes our accelerometer data, we see the highest motion spikes from 0 to 0.14 seconds. By 0.21 seconds motion has declined significantly and by 0.57 seconds we return to near-zero levels of energy.

Certainly, the motion spikes aren’t incredible, however, the motion duration is quite minimal. Even the mattresses with the lowest motion take around 0.3 seconds to return to near-zero energy levels.

Octave Mirage isn’t quite there, but it’s not far off either. All that to say, I don’t expect most sleepers will find this level of motion to be a problem.

The Octave Mirage has an extremely fast material response time. In our tests, we measured a mostly recovered response of 0.3 seconds and a fully recovered response time of 0.9 seconds.

At these speeds the mattress is 0.11 seconds faster than average to mostly recover and 0.06 seconds slower than average to fully recover.

The level of responsiveness is documented in the video below.

While we certainly would like to see a faster total material recovery, at 0.9 seconds for a complete recovery I am not overly concerned. The majority of the mattress materials are highly responsive.

This responsive feel makes the mattress easier to move around on and prevents any type of stuck feeling. 

The Octave Mirage has a low level of bounce. In our tests, we measured a total bounce height of 7.61”. This is 2.01” less bounce than the average of 9.62”.

The all-foam design and memory foam comfort layer absorb much of the bounce energy. As a result, bounce is restrained.

Ideally, we like to see 8-12” of total bounce height. Mirage is a little below that, but nothing extreme.

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

However, the lower bounce does negatively impact sex performance and makes it relatively more difficult to move around on the mattress compared to mattresses with more bounce, like coil, hybrid, and latex mattresses. 

Edge support on the Octave Mirage is a mixed bag. Sitting edge support was excellent, however, lying edge support left something to be desired.

In our sitting edge support tests, we measured a sitting sinkage compression of 3.0”. This is 1.14” less sitting sinkage than the average of 4.14”.

Anything 4.0” or less is great. Mirage easily exceeded that benchmark. Even when sitting directly on the edge of the mattress it maintains its shape and I felt well supported.

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

Lying edge support was good, but certainly not amazing. The mattress creates such a dramatic body contouring hug that the edge feels like we’re losing some measure of support.

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

While lying on the edge I did not feel as well supported as I do when I’m more centrally located on the mattress. Most sleepers will likely need to move a few inches away from the absolute edge to feel fully supported.

The best mattresses for sex have high bounce, good edge support, quiet materials, and good pressure relief and cooling.

These 5 factors make up the NapLab sex performance score.

Sex Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Rating
Bounce	60%	9.4	Low
Edge Support	20%	10	Exceptional
Noise	10%	10	Minimal
Pressure Relief	5%	10	Exceptional
Cooling	5%	9.5	Excellent

For the Octave Mirage, these individual factors generated a sex score of 9.6. This is a pretty good score, but certainly not the best that we’ve seen.

Bounce makes up 60% of the sex score and levels are low on the Mirage. This is the only factor that separates this mattress from a nearly flawless sex score.

Had there been higher levels of bounce, the overall sex score would have undoubtedly been higher.

In addition to bounce, the Mirage had exceptional edge support, minimal noise, and great pressure relief and cooling. All of these factors help round out the Mirage, but none can completely offset the damage that low bounce does to the degrade your dance without pants.

Pressure relief on the Octave Mirage is exceptionally good. During our tests, I felt no pressure point build-up anywhere on my body. Quite to the contrary, the mattress is incredibly comfortable.

It takes a moment or two for the mattress to fully contour to the body, but once it does it creates an incredible level of comfort and pressure relief. It’s fully supportive without creating excessive pressure or firmness anywhere along my body.

The mattress uses 6.0” of comfort material. This is 1.8” more comfort material than the average comfort layer thickness of 4.2”, based on all of our tests to date.

At this price point I would expect a comfort layer of 4.0” at most. To see 6.0” was surprising to say the least, especially with foams at this quality level. We have a 2.5” copper memory foam sprayed with phase change material, 1.5” of latex, 2.0” responsive poly foam.

The material quality and pressure relief performance that it’s able to deliver is truly exceptional, both in general, but especially at this price point.

Off-gassing on the Octave Mirage was strong out of the box and the odor lasted for 6 full days.

Compared to the average off-gassing period of 4.3 days, the Octave is a bit longer. The odor itself smelled like wet paint, which is actually not that uncommon for some foam mattresses.

Still, if you’re sensitive to strong smells, this may be a more important factor to you. In most cases, off-gassing does not have long-term effects on the mattress.

The company score takes a look at factors that may influence your experience with the mattress.

Factors include length of the trial period, warranty, shipping / return costs, and country of origin.

Company Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Data
Trial Period	25%	10	365 nights
Warranty	25%	10	15 years
Shipping	25%	10	$0
Returns	25%	10	$0
Country of Origin	0%		Canada

For Octave, these individual terms and conditions generated a company score of 10 out of 10.

As a company, this is really the best we can ask for. Octave offers a 365-night trial period, which is 200 nights longer than the 165-night average we have seen (considering trial periods of over 175+ mattresses tested to date).

They also offer a 15-year warranty. While 27% of mattresses offer a lifetime warranty, the other 73% have a 14-year warranty average. Compared to the 14-year warranty, Octave offers 1 extra year of coverage.

Shipping and returns are both free.

The Octave Mirage has a medium firm feel, a firmness of 6 out of 10 (where 10 is the most firm).

The Octave Mirage has excellent support. During our tests, I felt well-supported in all sleeping positions.

The mattress checks the major boxes I look for, including a robust total thickness (13.0”), thick comfort layer (6.0”), and thick enough support foam (7.0”). Based on all of our tests to date we see mattresses have a total height of 11.9”, with a 4.2” comfort layer and a 7.7” support layer.

While the support layer of the Mirage is a little south of average, the 1.8” thicker than average comfort layer, including the 2.0” poly foam just above the support foam, creates more than enough support for the mattress.

With so much comfort material it’s able to create an even and easy supportive transition into the firmer 7.0” support foam.

Check out the table below to see who may be well suited to this mattress.

Sleeper Weight	Stomach Sleepers	Side Sleepers	Back Sleepers
Under 150 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
150-250 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
250-300 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes

Overall, I don’t have anything negative to say here. The mattress creates ample support during our tests and I expect most will find it fully supportive.

Design

The Octave Mirage mattress is designed as the mid-tier pick within the Octave collection. It is nicer than the Octave Vista, but also less expensive than the Octave Horizon. Nevertheless, in our objective tests we found it to be the highest scoring of all 3 Octave mattresses.

Materials

This mattress is 13″ thick and made of four different layers of foam. This is 1.0″ thinner than the Octave Horizon mattress. From top to bottom, the layers include:

• 2.5″ memory foam
• 1.5″ latex foam
• 2.0″ poly foam
• 7.0″ support foam

The Cover

The cover of the Mirage mattress is a thin cooling cover that mimics the look and feel of the cover on the Vista and Horizon mattresses (also by Octave). It is cool to the touch and designed with embedded cooling fibers.

In addition, the cover also has a zipper, which makes the cover removable. I was genuinely impressed with the the cover, which was both easy to remove and put back on. The zipper is high quality, slides easily, and didn’t hang anywhere along the track.

The top of the cover is white and light blue with a breathable design, while the base of the cover is dark blue and more durable.

The Comfort Layer

Beneath the cover is the comfort layer, made up of two layers of foam, a 2.5″ memory foam followed by a 1.5″ latex foam.

The memory foam has a phase-change spray in the central (the green section of foam in the middle) part of the material which helps the layer to remain cool.

The 1.5″ latex is aerated, which promotes breathability, and also a fast material response time.

The Support Layer

The support layer at the base of the mattress contains two foam layers. There is a 2.0″ poly foam as well as a 7.0″ high-density support foam. These two materials work together to provide support as sleepers engage with deeper layers on the mattress.

Product Evolution

The Octave Mirage mattress was launched in August 2023, along with 2 sister mattresses, the Octave Vista and the Octave Horizon. Since the release of these three mattresses, there have been no notable changes

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Frequently Asked Questions

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