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Essentia Mattress → Review, Ratings & Complaints Based on 16 Owner Experiences
Updated December 15, 2011
What You Need To Know
Owner Satisfaction: Essentia mattresses overall have 81% owner satisfaction.
Price (queen): $1780-$4790 depending on Essentia model.
Pros: Little or no off gassing; no rubbery feel; generally easy to move on; 20-year warranty.
Cons: Pricey; heavy; limited consumer experience data available.
What Is It? Essentia is a mid- to luxury-level latex mattress made in Canada. The seven Essentia models consist of 2-4 inches of "natural memory foam" over a natural dunlop latex core (or denim core in the Jeanius model). "Natural memory foam" is a latex foam that is touted to combine the naturalness of latex with the comfort of memory foam.
Competition: Essentia often competes with latex mattresses and mid- to high-priced memory foam beds such as Tempurpedic Cloud and Simmons Comforpedic.
Essentia Mattress Ratings
The Essentia mattress report below is based on at least 15 consumer reviews of various models including Jeanius, Classic Skinny, Classic 8, Energie Opus, Beausommet, Dormeuse and Unity. The data was gathered using an unbiased, accurate methodology.
| Owner satisfaction | B | 13 of the 16 owners included in our research (81%) are satisfied with their Essentia mattress. This rating is about average compared to both latex and memory foam mattresses overall but well above average compared to all mattresses in general. There is not enough owner experience data currently available to rate the specific Essentia models. |
| Durability / longevity | B | Essentia was founded in 2006 and, as a result, long-term durability / longevity data for the mattress is not plentiful. What data is available shows Essentia to have about an average lifespan compared to latex and memory foam mattresses overall and an above-average lifespan compared to all mattresses overall. The Jeanius model, however, will likely have a shorter lifespan than the other Essentia models. |
| Price | D | $1780-$4790 for a queen depending on the model. This is well above the price range for the average mattress. |
| Less pain | B | Like latex and memory foam mattresses in general, Essentia performs well overall on the issue of pain relief, including back pain relief. It also tends to perform well on the issue of minimizing pressure points. (See mattresses and pain relief for general analysis on this issue.) |
| Firmness variety | B- | Most owners report their mattress to have medium firmness, but two report soft firmness and two report firm firmness. |
| Motion isolation | B+ | The mattress generally keeps movement localized which makes it couple friendly. |
| No initial odor / off gassing | B- | Reports of the mattress having an initial rubber smell are somewhat common. But, unlike Tempurpedic, Essentia has few if any complaints regarding off gassing which is the release of a chemical-like odor when the mattress is new. |
| Contours to body | B- | The mattress tends to contour and conform to one's body less than a high-density memory foam mattress such as Tempurpedic. But it tends to contour and conform more than a typical latex bed. |
| Easy to move on | B- | Essentia beds are generally considered easier to move on and get up off than high-density memory foam beds such as Tempurpedic, but somewhat more difficult to move on than the typical latex bed. |
| No sleeping hot | C | Two owners report that their bed acts as a heat trap. |
| No noise | A | The mattress is silent. |
| Lightweight | D | The high-density latex that is used results in the mattress having substantial weight; this will make the mattress difficult to transport and maneuver. |
| Warranty | b+ | The warranty length for all models except the Jeanius is 20-years with the first 10 years non-prorated. The Jeanius has a 10-yr warranty. (See mattress warranties: what you should know.) |
| Return policy | C+ | 60 days. All returns or exchanges require a transportation and recycling fee which is 9% of the listed retail price and 18% for the Jeanius model. (See returning a mattress: what you should know.) |
| Customer service | c+ | Customer service quality can be inconsistent, owner experience data suggests. |
| Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating | a- | Essentia currently has an "A-" with the BBB. It has received no BBB complaints over the past three years. |