High Resilience Foam vs. Hybrid

High Resilience Foam

High resilience is a polyurethane foam that has a much higher responsiveness than memory foam, which has a slower response. Because of this, those that enjoy more of a bounce in their mattress will gravitate towards this type of foam.

High resilience foams are much less popular than memory foam, but they make up important layers of many popular mattresses. Oftentimes the transitional layer or base layer of memory foam mattresses will contain high resilience foam at high densities. This provides a more even feel across the mattress, and less of a sinking feeling that memory foam alone would have.

Like all polyurethane foam, high resilience foam is made of a blend of polyurethane and has a tendency to off-gas. If you are susceptible to lung issues, please do additional research on the quality of foams before purchasing.

Pros: Quicker response than memory foam provides many mattresses with an even supportive feel.

Cons: Sagging and off-gassing problems with lower quality foams.

Hybrid

A hybrid mattress blends foam and pocket springs in one mattress. Usually this involves a more substantial foam layer than other mattresses that are marketed as innerspring.

A hybrid mattress offers a 'best of both worlds' type feel, where there is added support from the pocket coils and a comfortable, pressure point relieving surface.

Though there are latex and memory foam hybrids, the feel of them can be quite different because of the response of the latex vs the memory foam's slow response.

Pros: Best of both worlds with memory foam / latex and pocket coils provide ultimate comfort and support.

Cons: Beware of the foams being used as some hybrids still off-gas or sag because of lower quality materials.

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Material Scores

Overall Score:
High Resilience Foam: 8.9/10
Hybrid: 9.8/10

Comfort:
High Resilience Foam: 8.8/10
Hybrid: 9.8/10

Softness:
High Resilience Foam: 8.7/10
Hybrid: 9.8/10

Cooling:
High Resilience Foam: 8/10
Hybrid: 9.2/10

Hypoallergenic:
High Resilience Foam: 8.1/10
Hybrid: 9/10

No Odor:
High Resilience Foam: 8.4/10
Hybrid: 9.1/10

General Support:
High Resilience Foam: 9.4/10
Hybrid: 9.8/10

Eco-Conscious:
High Resilience Foam: 8.5/10
Hybrid: 8.9/10

Price Value:
High Resilience Foam: 9.4/10
Hybrid: 8.4/10