Excellence Mattress Review
The Excellence Mattress forms part of the Mattress Crafters’ collection that also includes the Boutique Mattress.
The Excellence Mattress has a comfortable, ‘medium-firm’ feel and offers excellent value in the mattress in a box market.
Purchase and delivery
The Excellence Mattress can be conveniently ordered online (through the Mattress Crafters’ website) and will be delivered to your door in a compact box.
Delivery is free to most metro areas, and delivery times will vary. ‘Same day’ delivery is available for Melbourne metropolitan customers if orders are placed before midday (weekdays only). For more details, see our ‘Delivery’ section further down.
The box arrived in fair condition and the mattress was easy to remove from its box and packaging. As usual, we recommend having two people available to unpack a mattress in a box.
As per our standard testing procedure, we allowed the product to decompress for 24 hours before testing.
In terms of presentation, the Excellence Mattress has a ‘classic’ appearance. It sits 34cm high (which is slightly about average height for an innerspring mattress) and uses a black, grey and white colour theme.
The brand and model embroidery also gives the mattress a nice touch of class.
Comfort and support
The top comfort layer of the Excellence Mattress includes a stretch knit fabric, plus layers of visco elastic memory foam, convoluted foam, and premium foam.
These top layers create a foamy and comfortable sleeping surface. This section offers a good level of pressure relief and the mattress should suit all sleeping positions (side sleepers, back sleepers, and stomach sleepers). Understandably though, its suitability will vary between individuals.
Based on our testing, our team rated it as a ‘medium-firm’ feel and a 6.5 / 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. Furthermore, our firmness ratings are assigned based on Bedbuyer’s testing process and these may differ from firmness ratings given by individual companies.
Sitting below this comfort layer is a heavy duty 7 zone pocket spring system. This feels sturdy, responsive, and offers very good spinal support. It should accommodate people of all sizes.
This spring system also isolates sleep movements very well, so partner disturbance is minimal.
The Excellence Mattress responds nicely to normal sleep movements and we rated its level of responsiveness in the optimal zone. In basic terms, this means that changing sleep positions (and intimate activities) shouldn’t be any 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
The Excellence Mattress has side handles on all sides of the mattress. This makes transporting and rotating the mattress much easier, and is one of only a few mattresses that we have tested to come with this number of side handles.
Edge support is reasonable, but is not as good as the Boutique Mattress (another mattress in the Mattress Crafters’ collection)
The Excellence Mattress comes with a 100 night comfort guarantee.
The Excellence Mattress comes with a 100 night ‘comfort guarantee’. This means that you must try the mattress for at least 30 nights before the option to return the mattress (for a refund) comes into play.
Once you have tried the mattress for 30 nights, you then have the option to return the mattress within the following 70 day period.
It’s worth noting that the foam components in this mattress have been certified as non-toxic by SGS Australia, one of the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. The fabrics in this product have also been certified as non-toxic (OEKO-TEX®).
What bed base should I use?
As with most mattresses, we recommend the Excellence Mattress to be used with a sturdy bed frame with solid slats (such as the Chiropedic Bed Base). We also recommend that these slats are no longer than 8 cm apart.
A bed frame with ‘flexible’ (posture) slats may still be adequate, but please note that any unsupportive mattress foundation will void the warranty for this mattress.
According to Mattress Crafters, the Excellence Mattress can be used with an adjustable (electric) bed base. 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
This mattress is available in 5 sizes (king, queen, double, king single, and single size) so it should accommodate most sleeping situations.
Here are Australia’s standard bed (mattress) sizes in 2023.
Final verdict
The Excellence Mattress is a good mattress that is very well priced. It uses a sturdy spring system and comes with a 100 night comfort guarantee.
Bedbuyer’s rating: 4.1 / 5
Here are our ratings for each category:
Comfort
Spinal Support
Build Quality
Partner Disturbance
Value for Money
Did you know? Bedbuyer recently announced Australia’s Top 12 Best Mattress in a Box in 2022!
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In a nutshell 🥜
- Medium-firm feel
- Great value
- 7 zone pocket springs
- 15 year warranty
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Retail Prices
- King Mattress: $1,199
- Queen Mattress: $1,069
- Double Mattress: $969
- King Single Mattress: $849
- Single Mattress: $769
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Trial Period
Comfort Guarantee 100 nights (30 night trial mandatory & 70 day return period*)
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Warranty
15 years
Delivery
Free Shipping in most metro areas in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA. Shipping costs vary depending on your location.
‘Same day’ delivery is available for Melbourne metropolitan customers if orders are placed before midday (weekdays only).
Delivery time will vary based on your location. Once a product has shipped, you’ll receive a tracking number to follow your package as it makes its way to you.
Certifications – Excellence Mattress
The foam components in this mattress have been certified as non-toxic by SGS Australia
The fabrics in this product have also been certified as non-toxic (OEKO-TEX®).
Specifications – Excellence Mattress
- Weight: 46 kgs (Queen mattress)
- Height: 34 cm
- Spring Count: 690 (Queen mattress)
- Coil Gauge: 2.1, 2.2 & 2.3mm
The exclusive Crafter 7 Zone Fabric encased zoned Maximum Heavy Duty firmer 2.3mm Pocketcoil system is the diamond quality utilising the world’s most innovative materials to provide sumptuous comfort and support.
Australian designed and hand crafted Sleep Surface provides the Maximum – quality, durability, comfort and support available enabling a cooler and recovery filled sleep.
Crafter Xtra-Edge Perimeter Zone, high tensile, twice tempered 2.3 Craftercoil Pocket-system
Providing 20 Percent more functional space with edge roll off prevention and a cooler more natural sleep temperature with Crafterflow superior overall airflow throughout spring system without foam air blocks.
Support in all the right places
The 7 Zone pocket springs provide you extra support along your spine which helps ease a bad back. It also helps with any other morning aches and pains you might have gotten used to, no more sore shoulders, neck, or even knees for the unfortunate!
NO Partner Disturbance
Crafter-Coil springs compress individually while layers of memory foam keep motion isolated. Instead of waking up your partner or pets with your every movement, motion transfer is eliminated before it can interrupt their sleep.
Amazing sleep, every night. Guaranteed.
With over 50 years in the Australian mattress industry, MC have been exclusively producing and selling quality state of the art mattresses. MC are leaders of innovation in the bedding industry, sourcing specific products and components from all over the world to offer the highest quality bedding range at the most affordable prices. Superior Comfort and Support for a great night’s sleep.
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