With its large selection of mattresses, Lucid has made quite a name for itself in the bed-in-a-box world. While the brand claims to have a bed to satisfy every sleeper’s unique needs, today, I’m taking a look at its best-selling model: the Lucid 10-Inch Gel Memory Foam Mattress.
Could this mattress be the bed of your dreams? I won’t know until I put it through my series of tried-and-true tests, designed to figure out exactly how it sleeps, how it feels, and whether or not it could be the perfect mattress for you.
Continue reading below for my full Lucid mattress review. Don’t have time to read it all? Click here to skip to the bottom and check out my review summary.
We recommend this mattress for the following sleeper types: This Lucid mattress is built with 10 inches of foam for a deep pressure-relieving sleep. The no-fuss construction not only helps to keep this bed super affordable but also highlights the great benefits of memory foam — body contouring and sinkage.
We recommend this mattress for the following sleeper types: This Lucid mattress is built with 10 inches of foam for a deep pressure-relieving sleep. The no-fuss construction not only helps to keep this bed super affordable but also highlights the great benefits of memory foam — body contouring and sinkage.
We recommend this mattress for the following sleeper types:Lucid 10" Gel Memory Foam Mattress
Material
Foam
Trial Period
30 nights
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Firmness
Firm: 7.5/10
Warranty
10-year warranty
Price Range
$$$$$
Hot Sleepers
If you often overheat while you sleep, this mattress should help you stay cool.
Couples
This bed has great motion isolation so you will not feel your partner tossing and turning at night.
Side Sleeping
Ideal for lightweight, average weight, and heavyweight side sleepers.
Lucid 10" Gel Memory Foam Mattress
Material
Foam
Warranty
10-year warranty
Firmness
Firm: 7.5/10
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Trial Period
30 nights
Price Range
$$$$$
Hot Sleepers
If you often overheat while you sleep, this mattress should help you stay cool.
Couples
This bed has great motion isolation so you will not feel your partner tossing and turning at night.
Side Sleeping
Ideal for lightweight, average weight, and heavyweight side sleepers.
Lucid 10" Gel Memory Foam Mattress
Material
Foam
Firmness
Firm: 7.5/10
Trial Period
30 nights
Warranty
10-year warranty
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Price Range
$$$$$
Hot Sleepers
If you often overheat while you sleep, this mattress should help you stay cool.
Couples
This bed has great motion isolation so you will not feel your partner tossing and turning at night.
Side Sleeping
Ideal for lightweight, average weight, and heavyweight side sleepers.
Construction
As the name suggests, this Lucid model is built with 10 inches of foam for a deeply pressure-relieving sleep. The no-fuss construction not only helps to keep this bed super affordable, but it also highlights all of the great benefits of memory foam — namely, its body contouring and sinkage properties.
But enough chatter! Let’s dive into these different layers.
Cover
The cover is crafted with Tencel, an eco-friendly material made from wood cellulose that’s often used as a cotton substitute. It’s soft and breathable, creating a pleasant cool feel. If you’re looking for a little added protection to your mattress, you might want to take a look at the Lucid Mattress Protector. This added protector is waterproof (bye sweat!), hypoallergenic, and soft enough that it shouldn’t change the feel of your original mattress.
Comfort Layer
Comprised of three inches of gel memory foam, the bed’s gentle comfort layer responds slowly to pressure, allowing the sleeper to sink in for some immediate pressure relief. While memory foam has a reputation for overheating, the gel infusion coupled with a cross-section of perforations along the surface help to encourage airflow and cooling throughout the structure. However, if you’re still worried about this all-foam mattress being too hot for your liking, you might want to consider adding the Lucid Gel Memory Foam Pillow Topper, which includes cooling gel and ventilation holes to make sure that body heat won’t get trapped in the mattress. This should lead to a cooler and better smelling mattress.
Foundation Layer
Directly below the layer of plush memory foam, you’ll find a foundational layer of high-density poly foam. This material is firm, providing the mattress with its shape and stability.
Firmness
After taking a look at the construction of the Lucid, let’s chat about the firmness and feel. I started off by applying light hand pressure to the mattress and found that I was immediately interacting with the gel memory foam up top. I sank snugly into this section and could really feel the material contouring to my hand. Pushing in further, I plunged even deeper into the memory foam before finally encountering the firm poly foam in the base.
Since folks of different sizes and body types are going to feel firmness differently, I decided to bring in three other testers to help me figure out the Lucid’s unique feel. We each took a turn lying on the mattress and gave it individual firmness ratings. Then, we compiled these ratings on the graph below.
While feel is always going to be personal, this will hopefully give you a better sense of the firmness range you can expect from the Lucid mattress.
While there was a bit of discrepancy among our results, my testers and I landed on an average firmness rating of 7.6 for the Lucid. When compared to the industry standard of 6.5 for medium firmness, it’s clear that this bed is fairly firm.
I personally gave the mattress a firmness rating of 7, which some might find surprising, given the thick layer of memory foam in the top layer. While this soft section does produce some deep body contouring for relief and comfort, the high-density poly foam in the base works to counteract this sinkage with some firm support. The result is a balanced feel that should satisfy a wide range of sleepers.
Keep in mind that Lucid sells a number of different mattresses, so if you’d like a softer feel, you might want to check out the brand’s ultra-plush 16 Inch Natural Latex + Memory Foam Mattress.
Pressure Map
No conversation about a bed’s feel would be complete without taking a look at pressure, specifically where tension is likely to build up while lying on top of the mattress. While a description would probably suffice, I’d rather give you a visual representation of where these pressure points might form.
To do this, I placed a pressure map on top of the mattress and lay on my back, side, and stomach. You can see the results on the image below where pressure is represented from blue (low pressure) to red (high pressure).
Back: Lying on my back, I felt as though my weight was pretty evenly distributed. I detected some initial firmness from the bed as I waited for the memory foam to conform to the curves of my body; once it did, I sank into the material and experienced quality pressure relief at my lower back. While this sinkage made for some nice comfort, it did make it difficult to move around and change positions.
Side: As you can see in the graphic above, once I rolled onto my side, I felt very little pressure at my shoulders and hips, typical problem areas for side sleepers. The memory foam did an excellent job of contouring to these sensitive spots, providing me with a lot of relief in this position.
Stomach: Stomach sleepers typically prefer firmer mattresses, as they keep their hips lifted on top of the structure for even spinal alignment. That being said, I did feel my hips sinking into the bed slightly, which caused a bit of discomfort in this position. For a more comfortable sleep, I’d suggest that stomach sleepers check out one of the firmer models in the Lucid mattress line.
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Motion Transfer
Now, let’s chat a bit about motion transfer, or the amount of disturbance you’re likely to experience from one side of the bed to the other. This test will be especially important for those of you who are looking for the best mattress for couples, as it’ll let you know whether or not you’ll be bothered by your bedmate’s midnight movements.
To illustrate this motion transfer, I dropped a 10-pound steel ball from heights of 4 inches, 8 inches, and 12 inches and used a seismometer to measure the disturbance it caused: The bigger the lines, the bigger the disturbance.
Though memory foam is usually pretty good at absorbing motion and dispersing it evenly throughout a mattress, the Lucid didn’t perform that well on this motion transfer test. I’d attribute this to its simple design, which lacks any sort of fabrication geared toward containing movement. Unfortunately, this means you’re likely to feel your partner tossing and turning in the night.
Sinkage Test
When buying a new bed, you’ll probably be curious to know whether or not you’re going to feel like you’re sinking into the mattress or lying on top of it.
To visualize this sinkage, I placed four balls of varying sizes and densities (a 6-pound medicine ball, a 10-pound steel ball, a 50-pound medicine ball, and a 100-pound medicine ball) on the mattress and measured how much they compressed the surface.
The variations in size, weight and density are meant to simulate different body parts and different-sized sleepers.
- 6-pound medicine ball: 1 inch of sinkage
- 10-pound steel ball: 2.5 inches of sinkage
- 50-pound medicine ball: 4.5 inches of sinkage
- 100-pound medicine ball: 6 inches of sinkage
These are fairly above average results for a mattress of this design, but they are consistent with the other tests I’ve conducted in this review. What this tells me is that you’re likely to sink deep through the memory foam top layer for some satisfying contouring. This will leave you with a bit of a stuck feeling, which is ideal for anyone who wants to feel as though they’re sleeping in their bed as opposed to on top of it.
Edge Support
If you’re going to share your bed with a partner and need to use the entire surface area of the mattress, it’s going to be crucial for you to consider the amount of edge support it’ll provide.
Lying on my back near the edge of the Lucid, I felt about as supported as I did in the center of the bed. As I scooted closer to the side of the mattress, I did begin to notice some compression through the top memory foam layer, which you can clearly see in the photo above. This is to be expected from an all-foam mattress like this, so it wasn’t that surprising, nor did it make me feel less secure at the edge.
Rolling onto my side, I felt even more compression through the top memory foam layer. You can really see how this material conformed to the curves of my body, especially at the shoulders and hips. While I didn’t necessarily feel as though I’d fall out of bed in this position, I wouldn’t say that I felt totally solid, either.
In this position, I wanted to simulate what it would feel like to be sitting on the bed in the morning when you’re lacing up your shoes and getting ready for the day. A lot of foam mattresses experience severe compression in this position, and the Lucid was no exception.
Basic Information
- Warranty: 10 years.
- Shipping: Free, arrives compressed in a box
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Size and Pricing Information
If you’re convinced the Lucid 10-Inch Gel Memory Foam Mattress is the right bed for you, the size and pricing information for the mattress are below.
| Size | Dimensions | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Twin | 38" x 75" x 10" | $275 |
| Twin XL | 38" x 80" x 10" | $275 |
| Full | 53" x 75" x 10" | $325 |
| Queen | 60" x 80" x 10" | $375 |
| King | 76" x 80" x 10" | $425 |
| California King | 72" x 84" x 10" | $425 |
Are Lucid Mattresses Good?
Now that we’ve taken a closer look at the Lucid, I want to share for whom I think it’d be a fantastic fit. I recommend this mattress to side sleepers on a budget who are fans of the way memory foam feels.
- Anyone who wants a memory foam feel: Given the bed’s thick memory foam comfort layer, the Lucid embodies all of the great qualities of the foam, namely its contouring and sinkage. This will be great for fans of the material or anyone who could benefit from its pressure-relieving properties.
- Side sleepers: The all-foam construction also lends itself nicely to side sleepers, who will find a lot to love in the cushy relief it provides at the shoulders and hips.
- Anyone on a budget: At under $500 for a queen-size, the Lucid is an awesome choice for those looking for a budget-friendly mattress.
If you want to want to make your mattress extra personalized, you could also add the Lucid L300 Adjustable Base underneath your Lucid Gel Memory Foam mattress. This base allows sleepers to sit up in bed or raise up their knees just with the press of a button on the wireless remote. The head of this adjustable base can go from 0-60 degrees, while the leg portion can adjust anywhere from 0-45 degrees.
Other Models from Lucid
If you’re set on buying from Lucid but don’t know if the Lucid Gel Memory Foam mattress is the right one for you, don’t worry! There are many other options from this company that might better suit your sleeping position, weight, and pressure relief preferences.
Lucid Gel Memory Foam vs. Lucid Hybrid
The main difference between these two mattresses is that the Lucid Gel Memory Foam is an all-foam mattress, while the Lucid Hybrid is, obviously, a hybrid mattress, so it includes both foam and pocketed coils. These coils help to make this mattress a little firmer than the Lucid Gel Memory Foam, and they give the Lucid Hybrid more of an “on top” feel to it, while the Lucid Gel Memory Foam has more of a “sinking” feel.
How do these two feels differ? Well, mattresses with more of an “on top” feel are great for combination sleepers who need to switch positions easily during the night and back sleepers who need support along their spine in order to keep it in a healthy alignment. These sleepers might find that the Lucid Hybrid is a better fit for them than the Lucid Gel Memory Foam.
The other main difference we found between these two mattresses was how well they worked for couples. While this review showed that the Lucid Gel Memory Foam did not have the best motion isolation or edge support, the Lucid Hybrid showed just the opposite. This mattress has good motion isolation results, so couples shouldn’t feel the tossing and turning of their partner during the night. The Lucid Hybrid also includes a firm layer of poly foam that is wrapped around the edge coils, creating strong edge support. This is great for couples who want to use the full surface area of their bed without fear of sinkage near the sides.
If you feel like the Lucid Hybrid might be more your style, you can find our best deals here, or read our full Lucid Hybrid review for more information.
The Lucid Hybrid has a buoyant top layer of gentle latex that overlays sections of memory foam and pocketed coils, This creates a structure that’s both lively and pressure-relieving.
The Lucid Hybrid has a buoyant top layer of gentle latex that overlays sections of memory foam and pocketed coils, This creates a structure that’s both lively and pressure-relieving.
Lucid Hybrid 10"
Material
Hybrid
Trial Period
30 nights
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Firmness
Firm: 7/10
Warranty
10-year warranty
Price Range
$$$$$
Lucid Hybrid 10"
Material
Hybrid
Warranty
10-year warranty
Firmness
Firm: 7/10
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Trial Period
30 nights
Price Range
$$$$$
Lucid Hybrid 10"
Material
Hybrid
Firmness
Firm: 7/10
Trial Period
30 nights
Warranty
10-year warranty
Shipping Method
Free shipping
Price Range
$$$$$
FAQs
What is the Lucid mattress made of?
The Lucid mattress consists two main layers. The first layer is three inches of gel memory foam and below that is a foundational layer of high-density poly foam.
What is the cover of the Lucid mattress made of?
The cover of the Lucid mattress is made with Tencel, an eco-friendly material made from wood cellulose. It’s soft and breathable, creating a pleasantly cool feel.
How much will I pay to have the Lucid mattress shipped to me?
The Lucid mattress is a bed-in-a-box option that will arrive compressed. The shipping is completely free.
Still deciding? Take a look at our mattress performance rating for the Lucid mattress below.
Lucid Mattress
This Lucid mattress is built with 10 inches of foam for a deep pressure-relieving sleep. The no-fuss construction not only helps to keep this bed super affordable but also highlights the great benefits of memory foam — body contouring and sinkage.
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