If you’re on the hunt for a new, reliable mattress, the process can sometimes become extremely overwhelming due to the plethora of options to choose from. There’s traditional innerspring, memory foam, and hybrids of the two, but there are also pillow top and Euro top mattresses. Both pillow top and Euro top models implement an extra layer of cushion or padding on top of the mattress, which can be made of foam and other hybrid materials. Euro top and pillow top mattresses are each great at helping you ease into a restful slumber at the end of the day, both offering their own unique set of characteristics that really make them shine. But which mattress type is better? To help you decide which bed is best for you, our experts have put together a guide comparing euro top vs pillow top mattresses and everything you need to know to start getting a better night’s sleep today!
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What is a Pillow Top Mattress?
Our Best Euro Top Mattress: Scott Living™ Charlotte Euro Top Queen Mattress
How to Choose Between a Pillow Top vs Euro Top Mattress
What is a Pillow Top Mattress?
Have you ever wanted your bed to offer the same amount of plush comfort that your pillow provides on a nightly basis? With pillow top mattresses, you’ll achieve just that. Pillow tops are similar to standard pocketed coil or innerspring beds, but they have an extra layer of padding sewn directly to the top of the mattress cover to provide more cushion and comfort. If you’re having a hard time picturing it, imagine a huge pillow cradling you on top of your bed as you head off to dreamland, hence the name “pillow top.”
Pillow tops can technically be found on all types of beds but are most common on mattresses with naturally firm support cores, like innerspring coils. Whether it’s a King size pillow top mattress or a Queen pillow top mattress, the extra padding enhances the softness and cushioning of most spring beds to provide pressure relief for heavier body parts, such as the shoulders and hips. Designed with ideal body contouring in mind, pillow tops are generally crafted from softer materials like latex foam, wool, fiberfill, and everyone’s favorite, memory foam, to help you easily drift off to sleep. Here are just a couple of benefits that come with sleeping on a pillow top mattress:
- Drastically improves the softness and contouring abilities of an innerspring or pocketed coil mattress.
- The extra layer creates a barrier between the coil support core when you sleep.
- Relieves pressure points without sacrificing the support of an innerspring bed. (This also maximizes spinal alignment and decreases back pain.)
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Our Best Pillow Top Mattress: Sierra Sleep® by Ashley® M627 Limited Edition Pillow Top Plush Full Mattress (M62721)
High-quality comfort always leads to high-quality rest. This full size pillow top mattress from Sierra Sleep by Ashley will soothe your body with cottony softness every single night when you hit the sheets. Packed inside this best pillow top mattress are layers of gel memory foam and additional support foam to help relieve your toughest pressure points, which are accompanied by rows and rows of power-packed wrapped coils to assist in reducing motion transfer so that no one is interrupted throughout the night. Serving as an incredibly worthy solution for side sleepers and for those looking for added contour when they turn out the lights, this pillow top mattress will have you waking up feeling more refreshed than ever.
Key Features:
- 13" profile
- 4-way stretch knit cover
- High-density, multi-layer foam support
- 10 year limited warranty
What is a Euro Top Mattress?
You might be asking yourself, what exactly is a Euro top mattress? Euro top mattresses are technically considered a type of pillow top because they come equipped with additional padding to enhance softness. However, they differ from standard pillow top models because the extra layer of padding is stitched beneath the mattress cover as opposed to sewn above on the top.
Euro tops also eliminate the gap found between the extra layer and mattress cover found in conventional pillow tops. No gap in material means less room for sinking, resulting in a thicker, more supportive mattress. And like pillow top beds, Euro top mattresses are made from a type of foam, wool, or fiberfill and are commonly found on innerspring mattresses to enhance cushion and pressure point relief. To further protect the additional layers of padding from deteriorating, many Euro top models use denser materials in their filling, which is a major plus for sleepers seeking relief from neck and back pain.
Euro top mattresses offer many different advantages and benefits, but here are just a few more to acknowledge:
- Stronger support from the bottom layers of the mattress because they lie directly above, making them less likely to shift out of place.
- Protected by the mattress cover, increasing durability.
- Designed to be even in width with each layer of the mattress, offering better edge support and a cleaner look.
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Our Best Euro Top Mattress: Scott Living™ Charlotte Euro Top Queen Mattress (SL-5000724-1050)
Crafted from years of engineering and innovation, this Queen Euro top mattress from Scott Living delivers all-around comfort and support to provide you with a truly restorative night’s sleep. Built with some of the most advanced mattress technology on the market, this queen-size bed features premium quality AlumiLast memory foam and Q5 TWIN Support which offers five individual support zones to help keep your body in correct spinal alignment. And that’s not all; this Scott Living Euro top mattress also comes with Restonic’s exclusive 2Cool cover that maintains a cooling sleep surface with an extra soft touch so that every time you go to call it a night, you’ll be greeted by revitalizing cool comfort as soon as you lie down.
Key Features:
- Q5 TWIN Innerspring Support
- AlumiLast Memory Foam
- 2Cool fabric cooling technology
- 10 year NPR
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How to Choose Between a Pillow Top vs Euro Top Mattress
As we summarized above, Euro top and pillow top mattresses each have many similar features as well as their own unique benefits. But how do you know which mattress type is just right for you? If you’re having trouble choosing, consider your sleeping preferences around the following key factors:
Softness: Pillow top mattresses are generally softer than Euro tops because of the absence of material between the added layer. The mattress cover allows sleepers to sink further into the bed, which also results in superior contouring and pressure relief—a fantastic choice for anyone who regularly deals with back, shoulder, or hip pain.
Motion isolation: Euro top mattresses are more thick and better at absorbing your sleep movements before they transfer across the bed. For anyone who frequently tosses and turns, Euro tops may be the best option. Plus, they are an ideal mattress type for couples because they’re better at isolating motion compared to pillow tops.
Durability: Euro top mattresses are more durable than standard sewn-on pillow tops and can last between eight to 10 years because they are stitched beneath the bed cover and less likely to sag, flatten, or shift. Euro top mattresses do run a bit more expensive than pillow tops; however, they last longer and provide unmatched comfort and a sense of luxury as you doze off. If you have the funds, a quality mattress with a Euro top is always a sound investment.
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FAQs
Q: Can you flip a pillow top mattress?
A: You shouldn’t flip any type of mattress unless it’s specifically marketed as a double-sided mattress. Most latex, memory foam, hybrid, and pillow top mattresses are one-sided. When you flip one-sided mattresses, it can lead to excessive pressure on the comfort layer, causing irreversible damage to the bed.
Q: Is pillow top or Euro Top softer?
A: If you want a softer feeling mattress that hugs you as you sink in, go with a pillow top. If you prefer something more firm, go with a Euro top mattress.
Q: Can you flip a euro top mattress?
A: As we mentioned above in regard to pillow top models, unless it’s double-sided, we don’t suggest flipping any style of mattress.
Q: Do pillow top mattresses sag?
A: Low-quality padding is always prone to sagging. Older, heavily-used pillow top mattresses or ones with thinner layers of padding (less than two inches) will tend to sag and wear out more quickly than other types of beds.
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