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The Casper Snow Max is a hybrid, bed-in-a-box mattress with a Medium firmness level. It has a thick base layer of polyfoam and pocket springs for support, with layers of memory foam for comfort on top. It has a few cooling features, which Casper calls 'Snow Technology': a cooling cover, foam coated in phase change material, which helps regulate heat, and aluminium-graphite bands, which contribute to heat transfer.

The Bear Elite Ultra Hybrid is a high-end hybrid bed-in-a-box mattress that's available in Soft, Medium, and Firm. Its quilted top blends polyfoam and fiber fill. Below that sit two layers of memory foam with a layer of microcoils in between, adding extra contouring, followed by a polyfoam transition layer that sits above a pocket coil support system.

The Nectar Luxe Hybrid is a plush, bed-in-a-box mattress with a pocket-spring support system, a polyfoam transition layer, and a memory-foam comfort layer. The foam layers are CertiPUR-US certified, meaning that they contain lower levels of indoor pollutants and heavy metals. It's also available in an all-foam variant. Our Verdict 5.8 Light Weight 8.3 Average Weight 8.8 Heavy Weight The Nectar Luxe Hybrid Mattress is best suited to average and heavier-weight side sleepers.