The delivery driver’s dread was palpable as I revealed my flat was on the fifth floor of a narrow building.
“It’s 60kg”, he remarked in an exacerbated tone before impressively hiking the bed in a box single-handedly, without complaint. His last job before the Christmas break, he heaved, through struggled breaths once he reached the top.
The weight of Simba’s Hybrid Luxe mattress comes from a whopping nine layers of sleeping surface at a total depth of 31cm. These include 5,700 springs as well as the brand’s trademarked Simbatex foam.
In the Simba collection, it sits near the top end of the range (just under the Ultra and above the bestselling Pro model in terms of price) and is one of the most highly rated. But does it pass the ES Best test? I got my eight hours to find out.
Specs
Set-up
The Simba Hybrid Luxe mattress is rolled up and contained within a box – a Simba signature, but it’s in no way manoeuvrable. It’s a hefty thing vacuum-packed and covered in plastic. Once unwrapped, it jumps into place and then takes around six hours to rise to its true height.
Moving the box is not a one-person job, but the unwrapping process was easily done alone with a tactical rolling of the plastic, eventually unsheathing the mattress and unfurling.
Design
The Hybrid Luxe mattress, as revealed above, has nine layers – boasting an additional one to the Pro model. These include three layers of springs totalling 5,700. It was created with the mission to bring both comfort and breathability, two elements that don’t always go hand in hand with a mattress. You often have to choose; memory foam for comfort or pocket spring for breathability. Enter the beauty of the hybrid.
The advanced composition begins with a removable, washable top layer made from recycled fibres, offering sustainability credentials but also knitted in such a way as to enhance airflow. This is taken to the next level with what the brand dubs Stratos technology, a fancy cooling top layer.
At layer two, the deluxe Hybrid Luxe incorporates silky soft wool with temperature-regulating bamboo, the latter of which is well-known for its heat management.
To create its trademarked Simbatex foam (layer three), the brand uses an open-structured graphite-infused material, followed by the good stuff - aka the springs to which there are two layers of titanium alloy aero coil springs. Sandwiching another type of foam known as Certipur that is responsible for stability, there is then an additional lower layer of high carbon steel micro springs under the foam in tactical cone shapes to adapt to the contours of the body, giving support where it is needed (at the pressure points).
As you get to the base, you will find the trademarked Supportcore which is only spotted in the more premium models. There are 1000 springs here that go right up to the very edge of the mattress so even the rollers among us can maximise the balance and breathability that this provides.
This mattress follows suit in the Simba collection with the brand’s Simbatex foam layer, the zip-off cover for easy washing and the very last base layer. It stands out for the number of springs, depth and the bamboo/wool top layer.
Sleep test
I have always favoured mattresses that allow me to completely sink into bed in the utmost cloud-like comfort – at the peril of my neck and back. The Hybrid Luxe mattress is a medium/firm level, which is slightly firmer than I’m used to, but I can already feel it working its magic as I wake up without needing to click my joints back into place.
As I made reference to above, I tend to find myself rolling around in the night so the distribution of springs across the entire width and length of the mattress is very supportive. And this movement-prone slumber seems to be a necessity for a mattress of this type as indents can form in the most used spots – something I noticed after a particularly lazy Sunday. To combat this, Simba recommends a regular rotation. But I needed to call in reinforcements for this based on the weight of the mattress.
I have only slept on the mattress in the winter and find it to trap the heat well – to the point where I was in a t-shirt with the heating off (I’m a hot sleeper). Each time I slip in, it feels fresh and well-ventilated. What this means in the summer, I will have to check back in but considering heatwaves are a rarity, I can’t imagine it will be that much of an issue.
Prices
Verdict
Simba Hybrid Luxe mattress - double
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Pros: Moisture-wicking upper layer, spring support and easy delivery
Cons: deeper mattress will need deeper sheets, it is on the expensive side
Simba Hybrid Luxe has joined the brand’s sleep soiree, and as the name suggests, it’s the most luxurious yet.
This design is made up of nine layers - that’s one more than the Hybrid Pro and double that of the original Hybrid mattress, which has just five.
Driven by data and bringing together the latest in sleep tech. Simba has included a bamboo wool layer between a new skin-facing surface and an open-cell foam layer beneath, improving airflow, temperature regulation and moisture-wicking capabilities.
There’s also an additional layer of 40mm high carbon springs, which together with a double whammy of 25mm aerocoil layer two ‘floors’ up, means the Hybrid Luxe offers a hugely upgraded level of firmness. After years of WFH, my spine can do with all the extra support it can get.
Like its predecessors, it isolates movement so you won’t wake if your bedfellow does, and there’s no hint of that ‘sinking’ feeling that you normally resign yourself to with an all-foam mattress.
Bottom line? This is Simba’s best, most indulgent mattress yet, and we’ve had nothing but sound sleep since it was delivered, waking up feeling refreshed and ready to pounce on the world. Despite being more than 30cm deep, our regular sheets fit fine, so there’s no need to buy new linen unless you want to.
A word of warning here though: the mattress is much larger even when packed down than the older models, so make sure there are two of you to get it into situ on the bed frame after delivery.
Buy now £1699.00, Simba
