Juno Mattress Review
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The Juno Mattress
Construction
1. Knit Cover
The default cover feels soft, but to get the full cooling capabilities you need to purchase the Cool+ Cover upgrade (which costs $79).
2. Full-Body Cooling Gel Foam
This layer has two inches of cooling gel memory foam. It is meant to keep you cool throughout the night but gives the mattress a less supportive feel
3. Total Support Foam:
The second foam layer is six inches thick and is supposed to support your hips and back while eliminating motion transfer. Our testers didn’t find it firm enough to offer adequate support though – more on that later.
Are Juno Mattresses Made in Canada?
Yes! Juno manufactures their mattresses in Canada. Similarly, brands like Endy and Silk & Snow manufacture their mattresses in Toronto, local to their head offices.
Comfort & Performance
To really understand the pros and cons of the Juno mattress and how it compares to other foam mattresses, let’s break down the key details.
The Juno Mattress is a medium-firm mattress manufactured in Canada, ranking at a five out of ten on the firmness scale. This is considered an average level of firmness, but with only two thin layers of foam, our testers found this mattress doesn’t offer enough support. Other all-foam mattresses we’ve seen have at least three layers – offering a much higher level of comfort and stability. There’s a noticeable difference as soon as you lie down on this mattress: it feels quite soft. I’d consider other more supportive options for the best level of comfort.
The mattress also has a longer break-in period to adjust to your body shape and sleeping positions. According to the Juno website, the Juno Mattress can take up to eight weeks to get used to, while other competitors have a recommended break-in period of only two to three weeks. They have a 120-night trial, but do not allow customer returns until 21 days after purchase to account for the long break-in period. This is not on par with other offerings on the market, where you can have a shorter adjustment period and immediate returns from day one of the trial.
Bounce:
The soft surface of the Juno Mattress combined with the thinness of the layers gives it more of a sinking feeling. This means the mattress has a less bouncy feel: there isn’t much recoil, and the foam is not supportive or firm enough to offer bounce.
Motion Transfer
When it comes to a mattress, motion transfer elimination is incredibly important for those who share a bed as it ensures no motion will be felt from one side of the bed to the other. All-foam mattresses tend to provide less motion transfer, as foam does a better job than coils of absorbing pressure.
The Juno Mattress’s Total Support Foam layer is intended to reduce motion transfer, and in our testing, we did find the mattress effectively achieves this. One of the advantages of the foam being so soft is that you sink right into it, without creating a disturbance to the surface area around you. So essentially what you lose in back support, you gain in motion transfer elimination – you may not wake your partner up during the night, but you might find yourself waking up with back pain! Whether or not you’re comfortable with that trade off is up to you.
Breathability
While the Juno Mattress has some cooling features to give it that breathable feeling, including a Full-Body Cooling Gel Foam layer, overall we found the negatives outweigh the positives. First, in order to get the mattress’s full cooling capabilities, you need to pay extra. The Cool+ cover has a cooling yarn to help hot sleepers, but costs an additional $79 on top of your original mattress purchase.
We also found the Cooling Gel Foam isn’t the most effective cooling technology we’ve tried. Open-cell breathable foam works much better to maintain a comfortable temperature all night long as it consistently allows for air to flow through the mattress, so heat isn’t able to build up. Cooling gel, on the other hand, may provide a cool feel initially, but that will wear off quickly as it starts to absorb your body heat. Juno’s Cooling Gel Foam couldn’t quite live up to the breathability provided by open-cell foam.
Conclusion
The Juno Mattress is a Canadian-made all-foam mattress. The price point may seem appealing, but the mattress offers less targeted support as it only has two thin layers of foam for spinal alignment and feels quite soft and flimsy. It doesn’t seem durable enough to maintain its comfort and quality over the years, or supportive enough to keep your spine in a healthy, neutral position all night, so you may need to replace it sooner than you’d hope (especially if it’s starting to cause back pain!).
It has a Cooling Gel Foam layer, but it doesn’t maintain a cool feeling all night long in the way a breathable foam would. The optional Cool+ cover could help, but it costs an extra $79 on top of the original mattress price. The break-in period is also longer than normal at a recommended eight weeks, and the return process is not convenient. While they offer a 120 night trial, returns are actually only available after 21 days of trying the mattress. Those returning also need to re-wrap the mattress in plastic wrap themselves for it to be picked up. Finally, when we unboxed the mattress, there was a lasting off-gassing odour.
Overall, this mattress may be a good choice for those who are looking for a temporary, low-cost option. If you’re looking to invest in your sleep and your back health though, Juno’s thin layers of foam and minimal support won’t meet your needs.
Please note: All prices referenced in this article reflect MSRPs and are accurate to the best of our knowledge as of August 4, 2024.
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