The Nectar Premier is a budget-friendly all-foam mattress with a memory foam comfort layer. This higher-end version of the all-foam Nectar Classic is marketed as a more cooling option and has a thicker memory foam comfort layer.
It has a medium firmness level, so it's suitable for light and average back/stomach sleepers as well as average and heavier side sleepers. The upper layers are highly contouring, so it feels like the mattress molds around you, but you don't sink deeply into it. It's moderately bouncy and has high responsiveness, which makes it feel easy to move around on.
Our Verdict
The Nectar Premier mattress offers a very good sleeping experience. This all-foam mattress is cooling enough for hot sleepers. It also offers excellent motion dissipation, so light sleepers won't be disturbed by movement. It has excellent responsiveness as well, which makes it feel easy to move around in your sleep. However, edge support is a weak point. The sides compress easily, and you may feel at risk of slipping out of bed if you like to sleep near the edge of the mattress.
Very responsive, so it feels easy to move around on.
Excellent motion dissipation, so movement is unlikely to wake you.
Cooling enough for hot sleepers.
Good firmness for light and average back sleepers as well as average and heavier side sleepers.
Mediocre edge support makes it harder to get in and out of bed.
Uses mostly low-quality foam.
Too firm for lighter side sleepers.
Too soft for heavier back/stomach sleepers.
The Nectar Premier mattress offers a great cooling performance. It doesn't feel overly warm when you first get into bed, so if you often feel overheated as you're trying to fall asleep, it's a good option. It continues to dissipate heat efficiently overnight, so you shouldn't wake up boiling hot later on, either. Overall, it's cooling enough for most people, including hot sleepers.
Cooling enough for hot sleepers.
The Nectar Premier mattress offers an excellent motion dissipation performance. You won't feel smaller movements, like a pet jumping onto the foot of the bed. You may feel bigger movements, but only near the source, like in the lumbar area when your partner rolls over. Motion also dissipates very quickly, so you'll feel the initial shock, but not like the mattress is wobbling or bouncing with every little movement.
Excellent motion dissipation, so movement is unlikely to wake you.
The Nectar Premier mattress has mediocre edge support. Nothing is built into the mattress edges for support, and they compress easily when you sit or sleep on the side of the mattress. If you like to sleep at the very edge of the mattress, you may feel at risk of sliding out of bed. This also makes it more difficult to get in and out of bed, particularly for people with mobility issues.
Mediocre edge support makes it harder to get in and out of bed.
The Nectar Premier mattress has excellent responsiveness. It recovers its shape very quickly after being compressed, which helps prevent you from feeling constricted and makes it feel easy to change sleeping positions.
Very responsive, so it feels easy to move around on.
The Nectar Premier isn't a durable mattress. Its memory foam comfort layer and polyfoam transition layer are both made of low-quality foam, which is prone to forming permanent indentations sooner than higher-quality foam. That said, the support layer is just dense enough to be considered good quality, which will help it resist sagging for longer than low-quality foam support layers.
Uses mostly low-quality foam.
Changelog
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Updated Oct 15, 2025:
We rewrote portions of this review to align with Test Bench 1.0.1, which adds a Longevity verdict and a score to the Foam Layer Mass Density box for users interested in the mattress's durability.
- Updated Oct 15, 2025: Converted this review to Test Bench 1.0.1. We've added scoring to the Foam Layer Mass Density section and a new 'Longevity' performance usage. Read more about it in our Changelog.
- Updated Oct 15, 2025: Review published.
- Updated Oct 07, 2025: Early access published.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Nectar Premier mattress comes in standard sizes, including Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, California King, and Split King. It only comes in one firmness level, 'Medium-Firm' on Nectar's scale. Here's our unit's label. This is the all-foam version, and we reviewed the Nectar Premier Hybrid separately.
If you encounter another variant, let us know in the comments and we'll update our review.
Popular Mattress Comparisons
The Nectar Premier is an all-foam mattress with a 'Medium' firmness. It's more suitable for side-sleepers compared to the firmer Nectar Classic all-foam mattress, and also offers significantly better cooling, so it's a better option for hot sleepers. This responsive mattress feels easier to move around on compared with some memory foam mattresses, such as the Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Adapt. This mattress performs very similarly overall to the Nectar Premier Hybrid, which has springs instead of foam for support, with the main difference being its more contouring feel and higher responsiveness.
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The Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Adapt and Nectar Premier have different strengths. The Nectar is a much more responsive and bouncy mattress, so it's easier to move around on and you're less likely to feel stuck in place. Its better cooling performance also makes it more suitable for hot sleepers. The Tempur-Pedic is much less responsive, which gives it a slower-moving feel. However, if you don't mind that, its significantly better motion dissipation makes it worth considering for light sleepers.
The Purple Mattress and the Nectar Premier have different strengths. While both are cooling enough for hot sleepers, the Purple has exceptional cooling, so it's worth considering if that's a big priority. On the other hand, the Nectar has significantly better motion isolation, so movement is less likely to wake you. The Nectar is a softer mattress, with a 'Medium' firmness more suitable for average and heavier side sleepers or light and average back/stomach sleepers. The Purple's firmer feel is more suitable for back and stomach sleep, especially for heavier people.
The Nectar Premier offers a slightly better sleeping experience than the Novaform Serafina Pearl. The Nectar is a bit more cooling, making it more suitable for hot sleepers, and offers better motion dissipation, so you're less likely to be disturbed by your partner's movements. Its higher responsiveness and bounciness also make it feel easier to move around on. On the other hand, the Novaform has better edge support, which is a plus if you like to sleep near the side of the bed, although it doesn't have a great performance in that respect. You'll also sink more deeply into the Novaform's upper layers, so you might prefer it if you want a slightly more enveloping feel.
The Nectar Premier Hybrid and the Nectar Premier perform very similarly. Aside from the difference in design, the biggest difference is that the all-foam Premier offers a more responsive feel, so it feels a little easier to move around on. The Hybrid's slightly less bouncy and firmer memory foam comfort layer is less contouring, so it doesn't mold around your body as much as the all-foam version's. The Hybrid's foam layers are also made of higher-density foam which will be slightly more durable, but both mattresses use a mix of good and bad quality foam.
We've recently started testing mattresses. We use objective data and repeatable testing for key characteristics like firmness, cooling, and motion isolation, to ensure each mattress gets the same treatment. Since we buy all of our mattresses, we can tear them down layer by layer and isolate the mechanical properties of every component: quilted tops, foams, coils, and any special materials. Our approach gives us unprecedented insight into how each product design decision contributes to a mattress's overall performance and feel, and allows us to tailor our results to different body types and sleeping positions.
Test Results
It's a 13" mattress (33 cm). Ours measured a little less at 12.4" (31.6 cm). It can work with standard fitted sheets, but deep-pocket sheets might be a better fit.
It has medium firmness, making it a good option for light and average back or stomach sleepers, or average and heavier side sleepers. You may need a plusher mattress if you're a lighter side sleeper, and heavier back and stomach sleepers may need something firmer.
It's moderately bouncy. Although it's an all-foam mattress, it doesn't have a lifeless feel. Its moderate bounciness helps make it feel easier to move around on.
You hardly sink into it at all, so it feels like you're sleeping 'on' and not 'in' your mattress. However, it contours around your body closely, so it feels like the mattress molds around you, versus cradling or enveloping you.
The Nectar Premier is a very responsive mattress. It recovers its shape quickly after being compressed, so you don't feel stuck in place.
It has excellent motion isolation. You'll only feel bigger movements nearby, so you'll feel the initial shock in the lumbar area when your partner rolls over, but you won't feel it around your head or feet. Motion also dissipates very quickly, so while you'll feel the initial shock of movement, you'll never feel like the mattress wobbles with every little motion.
This mattress has mediocre edge support. There's nothing built into the edges for extra support, and they compress significantly when pressure is applied. If you sit on the very edge of the bed, the sides compress and form a ramp outward, which can make you feel at risk of slipping out of bed. This also makes it more difficult to get in and out of bed, especially for people with mobility issues.
It has great cooling. Somewhat surprisingly for an all-foam mattress, it dissipates heat just as efficiently as the Nectar Premier Hybrid, which has a spring support layer. It doesn't feel overly warm when you first get into bed, and it continues to dissipate heat efficiently all night, making it a good option even for hot sleepers.
The cover is made of polyester (87%) and polyethylene (13%), which the manufacturer describes as 'cooling fibers.' Nectar warns not to remove the cover or put it in the washing machine.
There's nothing built into the edges for extra support, and overall, it has mediocre edge support.
The comfort layer is made of memory foam, which is soft and contouring. There's a firmer polyfoam transition layer, which prevents the heavier parts of your body from sinking too far. A firmer layer of polyfoam below provides support.
This mattress uses mostly lower-quality foam. The memory foam upper comfort layer isn't dense enough to be considered good quality, so it's prone to forming indentations sooner compared with higher-quality materials. The polyfoam transition layer is also lower-quality. That said, the support layer polyfoam is just dense enough to be considered good quality, which will help the mattress resist sagging for longer compared with models with lower-quality support layers.
This mattress has a 2 in/5 cm upper comfort layer of memory foam. Since it's only 2 in/5 cm thick, you may compress it completely and also feel the firmer 3 in/7.5 cm polyfoam transition layer. This layer helps distribute your weight over the support layer below and prevents you from feeling that much firmer layer directly.
The memory foam upper comfort layer is soft, and you'll sink into it easily, although you won't feel like you're sinking very far because it's only 2 in/ 5 cm thick. The transition layer is much firmer but will allow the heavier parts of your body to sink into the mattress, such as your shoulder and hip area, for side sleepers. The support layer is very firm, so it provides support and helps prevent the heavier parts of your body from sinking in too far.
The memory foam upper comfort layer has low resilience, or bounciness. It doesn't 'push back' very much when compressed. This is normal for memory foam, which has a sinking feel and contours around your body closely. The other layers are much bouncier, so they offer more push-back and help make the mattress feel easier to move around on.