Active Sleep Venetian Medium

Active Sleep Venetian Medium

The Active Sleep Venetian Medium forms the medium feel version in the Active Sleep Venetian range. It is a well priced mattress that offers a good balance of comfort and support.

Purchase and delivery

This mattress can be ordered online through the Forty Winks website. It can also be purchased through any of Forty Winks’ stores across Australia.

Delivery is available Australia-wide but delivery fees (and times) do vary. Online delivery fees are based on your location from the nearest store, and delivery times will depend on stock availability. For more details, see our ‘Delivery’ section below.

Aesthetically, the Active Sleep Venetian Medium presents with a modern, ‘space age’ style. It sits 29cm high, and uses grey and white colour theme. Its brand name label at its base gives it a nice touch.

Comfort and support

The top comfort layer of this mattress is made up of a breathable fabric and a layer of gel-infused visco memory foam. These comfort materials produce a nice level of pressure relief, and they absorb body weight evenly.

The mattress should suit all sleeping positions (side sleepers, back sleepers, and stomach sleepers) but suitability will vary between individuals. 

We rated the Active Sleep Venetian Medium as a ‘medium-firm’ feel and an 7 / 10 on the firmness scale. Please note that our firmness ratings are just a guide and they do not necessarily relate to comfort. Furthermore, our firmness ratings are assigned based on Bedbuyer’s testing process and these may differ from firmness ratings given by individual companies.

The support structure used in the Active Sleep Venetian Medium is a 3-zone nested pocketed spring system. Although it isn’t as robust as other spring units we have tested, it still offers good spinal support and should also accommodate people of most sizes.

The Active Sleep Venetian Medium responds fairly well to normal sleep movements. In basic terms, this means that changing sleep positions (and intimate activities) shouldn’t be much trouble.

Please note that our responsiveness scales are just a guide and preferred responsiveness levels will vary between individuals. It’s worth noting also that innerspring mattresses are generally more responsive than foam mattresses.

The finer details

In terms of build quality and craftsmanship, the Active Sleep Venetian Medium is respectable. Edge support is a little soft though, and the lack of side handles is disappointing.

Partner disturbance isn’t significant, but this will depend on the size of the occupants of the bed.

It’s worth noting here that this mattress has a 10 year warranty.

What bed base should I use?

As with most mattresses, we recommend the Active Sleep Venetian Medium to be used with a solid bed frame (such as the Chiropedic Bed Base), or a solid ensemble base (with the slats no longer than 8 cm apart).

A bed frame (with flexible slats) may still be adequate, but again, we strongly recommend that the distance between each slat is less than 8 cm. Use of an unsupportive mattress foundation will usually void the mattress warranty.

Chiropedic Bed Base

Furthermore, we do not recommend the Active Sleep Venetian Medium to be used with an adjustable (electric) bed base as this will also void the warranty. Here is our full list of mattresses that are compatible with an adjustable bed base.

It’s worth noting here that mattress firmness, performance, and durability will vary with different bed bases.

Available sizes

The Active Sleep Venetian Medium is available in 5 sizes (king, queen, double, king single, and single) so it should suit all sleeping arrangements.

Here are Australia’s standard bed (mattress) sizes in 2024.

Final verdict

The Active Sleep Venetian Medium is a well rounded mattress that is reasonably priced. It uses a reliable spring system and comes with a 10 year warranty.

Bedbuyer’s rating:  4 / 5

Here are our ratings for each category:

Did you know? Bedbuyer recently announced Australia’s Top 10 Mattresses for 2024.

If you have any questions about this mattress, leave a comment below or please contact us!

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In a nutshell 🥜

• Medium-firm feel
• Pocket spring system
• Very comfortable
• 10 year warranty

Recommended Retail Price

Queen Mattress: $1,699

Warranty

10 years

Delivery

Specifications – Active Sleep Venetian Medium

• Weight of mattress: TBC kgs (Queen Mattress)
• Mattress Height: 29 cm
• Comfort type: Gel-infused visco memory foam, breathable gusset
• Zoning: 3-Zone
• Support: Nested pocketed spring system, full width spring system
• Coil type: Pocket spring coils
• Coils count: 756

Get a high performance sleep with Active Sleep

The Active Sleep Venetian plush feels good, looks good and works hard for your sleep. Boasting gel-infused visco memory foam layers for superior comfort, its 3-zone nested pocketed spring system contours and supports your body providing a better night’s rest so you will wake up feeling rejuvenated. A breathable gusset around the top of the mattress promotes air flow and helps to regulate heat.

Active Sleep base (pictured) sold separately.