Ecosa Mattress Review
The Ecosa Mattress is one of the most well-known mattress in a box products in Australia. It offers a practical ‘customisation’ feature but it is not as comfortable as many of its competitors.
Purchase and delivery
Just like other ‘bed in a box’ products, the Ecosa Mattress can be ordered online and will be delivered to your door in a compact box. Delivery is free and shipping times are fast. In fact, ‘same day delivery’ is available to many metro areas (see delivery times below in our ‘Delivery’ section).
Unpacking the Ecosa Mattress should only take 5-10 minutes, and we allowed it to decompress for 24 hours before testing. You can see this mattress in ‘real life’ in Ecosa’s promotional unboxing video here:
The Ecosa Mattress box is one of the nicer looking boxes we have seen. It was also easy to manoeuvre, thanks to its sturdy wheels. It was relatively straight forward to remove from its packaging and, as usual, we recommend having two people available to unpack a mattress in a box.
From a visual perspective, the Ecosa Mattress has a modern, stylish appearance. It uses a grey and white colour theme with Ecosa’s distinct blue coloured brand label.
Mattress construction
The Ecosa Mattress starts with a Tencel cover that is removable and washable. This sits over a rather unique ‘inner cover’ that is designed to help keep the mattress waterproof and dust mite-free.
This cover is certainly a practical addition to the mattress, but it does feel a little unusual. During sleep movements it ‘crackles’ and almost feels as if you are rolling over a plastic sheet. Not a deal breaker but something worth mentioning.
The Ecosa Mattress is available in all 7 mattress sizes.
These (Tencel and waterproof) covers sit over multiple foam layers that include a ‘G-7 Gel Memory Foam’ (blue) and an ‘ECO-Tex Memory Foam’ (white). Additionally, the main support structure of this mattress is a thick piece of support foam, appropriately named ‘Ergonomic Support Foam’ (yellow).
How does the customisation work?
One aspect of the Ecosa Mattress that is noteworthy is its level of ‘customisation’. The foam layers (discussed above) can be interchanged to create a firm, medium-firm, and medium feel, allowing you to choose a firmness that suits your individual preference.
As much as the firm version is noticeably firmer, we didn’t notice a huge difference in the firmness options overall.
Comfort and support
The firm option involves the configuration of the Ergonomic Support Foam on top, followed by the G-7 Gel Memory Foam, and then the ECO-Tex Memory Foam. Our team rated it as a 8.5 / 10 on the firmness scale (with 10 being the firmest). Please note that our firmness ratings are just a guide and they do not necessarily relate to comfort.
Firm version
The medium-firm option is set up with the ECO-Tex Memory Foam on top, followed by the G-7 Gel Memory Foam, and the Ergonomic Support Foam. Our team rated it as a 8 / 10 on the firmness scale (with 10 being the firmest):
Medium-firm version
Lastly, the medium feel involves the G-7 Gel Memory Foam on top, the ECO-Tex Memory Foam, and then the Ergonomic Support Foam. Our team also rated it as a 8 / 10 on the firmness scale (with 10 being the firmest):
Medium version
The firm version, (as you would expect) feels ‘hard’ and dense and doesn’t come with much pressure relief. The medium-firm version had a nicer mix of comfort and support and seemed to absorb body weight evenly.
The medium version didn’t absorb body weight particularly smoothly, and just didn’t feel as nice as the medium-firm option. To this point, we liked the ‘medium-firm’ option (ECO-Tex Memory Foam on top) the best.
Medium-firm configuration
The Ecosa Mattress supports the spine adequately in all sleeping positions, but it doesn’t offer the same level of comfort as some other mattress in a box products (such as the Sleep Republic Mattress or the Macoda Mattress).
Furthermore, it doesn’t respond to sleep movements particularly well, and doesn’t have the natural ‘bounce’ of many innerspring mattresses. Nevertheless, its levels of comfort and support are reasonable, and it may very well suit those who prefer a firmer feel.
The finer details
Overall build quality of the Ecosa Mattress is fair. Edge support was also a little lacking and the zip (that removes the Tencel cover) was a bit deficient compared to others we have tested. It could certainly be bigger and stronger.
We detected quite a bit of partner disturbance which is unusual for a full foam mattress, and this motion transfer was certainly more noticeable than on one of its main competitors, the Koala Mattress.
Ecosa offers a 100 night trial period, and a 15 year warranty. It is also well recognised as non-toxic, and holds the CertiPUR-US® and OEKO-TEX® 100 certifications.
Please note that we do not recommend the Ecosa Mattress to be used with an adjustable (electric) bed base. Here is our full list of mattresses that are compatible with an adjustable bed base.
Available sizes
The Ecosa Mattress is available in all 7 mattress sizes (super king, king, queen, double, king single, long single, and single size) which is worth noting. Here are Australia’s standard bed (mattress) sizes in 2021.
Final verdict
Despite its popularity and customisation feature, the Ecosa Mattress lacks the comfort and refinement of many of its rivals. Its firm, full foam construction may not be to everyone’s liking, but nevertheless, it does come with a 100 night trial period.
Here are our ratings for each category:
Comfort
Spinal Support
Build Quality
Partner Disturbance
Value for Money
If you’re looking for a better alternative to the Ecosa Mattress, we would consider the following:
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In a nutshell 🥜
- Not particularly comfortable
- Customisable – can adjust firmness
- 100 night free trial
- Looking for a better alternative? We recommend the Emma Mattress
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Trial Period
100 nights
Warranty
15 years
Delivery Times
Free delivery Australia wide.
If you live in metropolitan areas of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, your mattress can get to you within the same day.
Living outside the metro? Your order will still get to you quickly within 2-7 days!
Certifications – Ecosa Mattress
CertiPUR-US® Certified
OEKO-TEX® 100 Certified Covers
Our mattress covers are made from Tencel ™ and Oeko-Tex 100 Certified, meaning they’re naturally gentle on your skin and use environmentally responsible manufacturing processes.
Specifications – Ecosa Mattress
- Weight (Queen): 32 kg
- Height: 25.4 cm
- Maximum Weight Limit: 300kg (Queen mattress)
ECOSA™ ECO-TEX
The Ecosa Mattress has a new comfort layer that uses Open-Cell Technology. This layer contours to your body shape, cuddles your back, yet allows you to breathe. The Eco-tex is engineered to support our pin-core holes design for an improved mattress air circulation system. It’s also our most durable layer to date – skilfully-built to exceed the quality of our premium latex layer.
The Ecosa Mattress has Ecosa™ G-7 Memory foam, a new type of memory foam, bringing memory foam technology into a higher level. It added gel particles which has a cooling effect that achieves the desired temperature stabilization. It evenly distributes your body weight without pushing against pressure points, prevents your body sinking into the bed too deeply.
The new chocolate-shape HD support foam in the Ecosa Mattress provides extra breathability and observes all our body pressures. This allows zero partner disturbance and long-lasting durability.
The Ecosa Mattress uses the highest quality of fabric to produce a beautiful mattress cover that is removable, breathable, flexible, and machine-washable.
The Ecosa Mattress added a fire barrier fabric that is fire resistant and self-extinguishing. We do not use any flame retardant chemicals instead our flame retardant element is a woven silica sock that sits just under the cover. In a fire, the sock melts on itself and suffocates the oxygen needed to fuel the fire.
The Ecosa Mattress has a new inner cover uses German micro-filament fabric which is very breathable. Due to the extremely fine micro-filaments, it also allows 100% waterproof and protect from 99.99% of dust mites.
CONSTRUCTION & MATERIALS – Ecosa Mattress
- 3-Layer Foam Construction
- Continuously poured Dunlop Latex Foam
- Ecosa™ G-7 Memory Foam
- High-density Durable Base Support Foam
- Premium poly 380g/m² Double Knitted fabric Zipper Cover
- Waterproof breathable mattress protector
Ecosa Finance Options
Hi I’ve poured over your website for the right information to assist my mattress requirement situation. It’s been helpful thank you.
You rate the medium feel on the Ecosa an 8. You ranked the Ecosa mattress topper in the top 5.
What rating on the scale 1-10 with the topper would you give the Ecosa mattress?
I noticed you gave the peacelily a different rating in firmness with the peacelily topper.
I’m going to buy the Emma mattress with the Ecosa topper.
It seems The Emma is a better mattress over the Ecosa and the price is good at the moment but both seem too firm for me as I’ve slept on the sleep maker bed in a box.
I need latex free as I have an allergy and don’t want to risk it and I have a loft bed. It’s up high so I have to keep the mattress low in weight and low in height so I don’t roll out.
If I didn’t have a latex glove allergy I’d definitely get the peacelily being toxic free and 22cm and a medium feel.
Hi Erin,
Thanks for visiting Bedbuyer! We appreciate you using our site.
Unfortunately we weren’t able to test the Ecosa Topper on the Ecosa Mattress so it’s hard to say what the firmness level would be. Obviously it would make it softer (possibly be around a 5 or 6 /10) but again it’s hard to say for sure.
The Emma Mattress with the Ecosa Topper sounds like a sensible combination for you. As you alluded to, we did find the Emma Mattress better (and lighter) than the Ecosa Mattress.
For your reference you can jump straight to the Emma Mattress shop page on this link here (use code BOX5 to get a further 5% off) and the Ecosa Topper shop page is linked here.
Hope that helps but would love to hear how you go.
The Bedbuyer team
Thank you ☺️