High Resilience Foam vs. Tempur

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.

Tempur

Tempur material is memory foam manufactured by Tempur-pedic. Tempur-pedic owns the original formula of memory foam developed by a NASA contract.

Tempur-pedic offers a variety of mattresses from firm to plush that use varying degrees of Tempur material along with higher density foams.

The main difference between Tempur and other types of memory foams that have been developed by competing foam manufacturers and mattress makers is the blend of substances in the memory foam.

Pros: Tempur material is the 'original' memory foam and has been refined by Tempur-pedic's scientists over the years specifically for mattresses whereas other types of memory foam may not have been as well developed.

Cons: Like other memory foams, Tempur material is a polyurethane foam blend and prone to claims of off-gassing.

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Material Scores

Overall Score:
High Resilience Foam: 8.9/10
Tempur: 9.4/10

Comfort:
High Resilience Foam: 8.8/10
Tempur: 9.4/10

Softness:
High Resilience Foam: 8.7/10
Tempur: 9.3/10

Cooling:
High Resilience Foam: 8/10
Tempur: 8.8/10

Hypoallergenic:
High Resilience Foam: 8.1/10
Tempur: 8.1/10

No Odor:
High Resilience Foam: 8.4/10
Tempur: 8.4/10

General Support:
High Resilience Foam: 9.4/10
Tempur: 9.1/10

Eco-Conscious:
High Resilience Foam: 8.5/10
Tempur: 8.5/10

Price Value:
High Resilience Foam: 9.4/10
Tempur: 8.5/10