After a few nights of particularly bad sleep, Daniel got so frustrated with our very old and janky mattress, he saw that Leesa was having a sale and, after years of needing a new mattress, we all of a sudden had a $900 one on the way to our house. This is one of the most expensive objects we’ve ever purchased and we did almost no research on it. Now that we’ve been sleeping on it, we have the feels for it and we’re sharing our one month update with you.

I talked about getting this new mattress and the backstory about how our old one got so bad in this post here. Since Daniel is the one who did all the work to get us this mattress, he’s sharing his feels first:

“I feel as though I am perhaps not a particularly picky sleeper. I quite like this mattress, I sleep much more soundly than when I was laying on exposed springs. And the squishy top layer is fantastic for the sort of lounging in bed that I look forward to doing when I’m dying. But I can’t really say whether or not this mattress is ‘life-changing’ or ‘superior’ or anything more than ‘an improvement over exposed springs,’ because I rarely recall ever encountering a mattress I can blame for sleep’s escape. I will say this: it is better than a dorm bed, better than the wadded-towel mattress of a Southeast Asian hostel, better than the ancient, over-tall, creaky bed of a New England bed & breakfast, and certainly an improvement over exposed springs. I remain concerned about airflow during summer time.”

Daniel is being polite when he says he’s concerned. Real talk: I sweat SO BADLY in the middle of the night. It doesn’t matter the temperature of the room or the outside, it just happens. It’s not every night, but there’s a good chance that I can create a sweat swamp once a week on my side of the bed, to the point where I have to get out of bed and sleep on the covers because the sheets and my pajamas are soaked through. So now you might be thinking, why are you sleeping with covers if you are so hot? I NEED COVERS. No matter the season.  It can be a top sheet and some kind of lightweight blanket or quilt if it’s summertime. And then, obviously, heavier bedding when it’s cold. I know this is gross and TMI, but it’s a real concern. As Daniel recently asked me when we were talking about this new mattress, “Where does your sweat go?”

This is a good question, especially as we’re in spring and we’re nearing some seriously hot and humid temperatures. I know I’m going to create sweat swamps, so how will the Leesa mattress fare all spring and summer long?

Other than that concern, I also generally like it. Like Daniel said, it’s better than what we had. I’ll even go so far as to say that it feels kind of luxurious to sleep in it every night. Even after a month, it feels like I’m staying in someone else’s really nice bed, the kind of experience that would make me want to buy a new bed. So I would say that, despite having done almost no research on a pretty expensive purchase and making the purchase somewhat hastily, it has turned out to be a really good decision.

If you’re interested in buying a Leesa, visit here. Leesa is currently having a March Mattress event, offering a $200 sale, so if you’ve been thinking of buying a new mattress, this might be the time for you.

If you have any questions for us on this mattress, our buying experience, etc., chime in in the comments section below.

To read more about our master bedroom, read here, here and here.