Douglas Summit Mattress Review (2024)
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Disclaimer: We are owned and operated by GoodMorning.com. We hire 3rd-party engineers and use public data to rate mattresses on over 30 criteria that we believe are important. Brands we own—Douglas, Juno, Octave, and Logan & Cove, and Novosbed—are reviewed and advertised where indicated. Views expressed here are our opinions only. Full details.
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Douglas Summit Mattress Review (2024)
Douglas Summit is a medium-firm foam mattress and the highest-quality model of the award-winning Douglas mattress lineup, with additional temperature-regulating technologies and better pressure-point relief.
- 🏆 Winner: Best New Mattress for 2024
- 🏆 Winner: #1 Rated Motion Isolation
- 12-Inch Height; 3 Premium Foam Layers
- Free bedding bundle with mattress purchase
Key Features
- Triple-action cooling
- Enhanced pressure relief
- Temperature balancing
- Eco-conscious design
- 365-night sleep trial
- 20-year warranty
- Available in RV sizes
- Free shipping, returns & pickup*
* Fees may apply for some remote locations.
Winner! 2021 Product of the Year™
Voted the top choice overall in the Mattress-in-a-Box category according to a survey of 4,000 Canadians by Kantar.
*Douglas Original Mattress
“Canada’s Best Mattress” Gets a Bigger Budget – And Even Better Performance
Since arriving on the Canadian market in 2017, the Douglas mattress immediately became one of Canada’s top-selling online mattress brands.
That success continues to this day: the mattress that started it all – the Douglas Original – is now entering its fourth consecutive year as our #1 rated mattress.
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Now five years later, the makers of Douglas are ready to apply the lessons of the past half-decade of mattress making with their follow-up project: the Douglas Summit.
The Douglas Summit Mattress
If You Are Willing to Spend a Bit More, How Much Better a Mattress Can You Get?
The inspiration for the Douglas Summit comes from an exercise in imagination:
How much better could Douglas make the mattress?
Douglas Summit keeps many of the elements that made the original Douglas mattress so popular: a medium-firm feel; eco-conscious manufacturing; an unwavering focus on the unique needs of Canadian sleepers.
Then it enhances what Canadians already love about the product with some of the top innovations from the past five years of mattress making:
- Phase-change materials (PCMs) that don’t just cool down the mattress on warm evenings, but keep it within a comfortable temperature range during colder seasons;
- Innovative fibres that make the mattress cover feel icy cool to the touch;
- Rebalanced mattress layers for increased cooling, motion isolation, and pressure-point relief.
Already the Top-Rated Douglas Mattress by Owners
With over a thousand units sold within months of its release, the Douglas Summit is proving to be an even bigger success with customers than its predecessor. At the time of writing, the Summit has a 4.9 out of 5 customer rating compared to the 4.7 of the entry-level Douglas Original.
Enhanced Cooling to Help Eliminate Night Sweats
Traditional foam mattresses come with a trade-off, where the sought-after cushioning of memory foam comes at the expense of trapping body heat. Not the Douglas Summit. More cooling gel foam, the enhanced CoolSense® Cover, and Polar® Temperature Balancing PCMs make the Douglas Summit the coolest Douglas mattress we’ve seen yet.
Best Motion Isolation Rating out of 115+ Mattress Brands
By increasing the depth of each of Douglas’ three premium layers, the Douglas Summit has improved upon the strong motion isolation rating of the Douglas Original. The Summit is now objectively the best mattress for reducing motion transfer we have ever reviewed in six years of testing mattresses.
Still a Lower Price than Casper and Other American Mattresses
For just $1,299 CAD, the Douglas Summit sells for nearly $200 less than the Casper Original, which is a thinner mattress without cooling gel, phase-change materials, or a washable cover. The Summit carries on the company’s tradition of driving down prices for top-quality sleep products.
Why Is the Overall Rating Lower than the Douglas Original?
Our proprietary algorithm uses over 30 criteria to deliver an overall rating. One factor that weighs heavily is price, and the Douglas Summit – a premium upgrade – costs over $500 more than the value-priced Douglas Original. The Summit may offer objectively better performance than its sister mattress, costs aside, but fewer customers will be willing or able to shop in that higher price segment, so it scores lower on price.
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For our complete review of the Douglas Summit mattress, please continue reading.
You'll Love Douglas Summit If You Want...
- A lower-priced alternative to Casper or Tempur-Pedic
- A free bedding bundle with sheets, pillow(s), mattress protector, and pillow protector(s)
- An entire year to test out the mattress at home
- Fewer sleep disturbances
- Extra cooling and pressure-point relief
- Best-in-class motion isolation
- A latex-free mattress
Skip This Mattress If You...
- Want a coil-based mattress
- Want a soft or fairly firm mattress
- Need to spend less than $1,000 CAD
- Live outside of Canada
★★★★★
“This is the best mattress we’ve ever owned! My husband moves a lot in his sleep which used to wake me up. Not anymore! We both sleep so much better!”
-Laurie F., Verified Buyer
01/29/23
★★★★★
“Originally purchased a pricier mattress (Casper Hybrid Original) that didn’t have half of the premium feel that the Douglas Summit provides. We absolutely love this mattress.”
-Frederic B., Verified Buyer
01/05/23
★★★★★
“There are few times in life that you say ‘I wish I had done this sooner’ and this for me was one of them! I get best sleep I have had in years now and what is even more life changing is I don’t wake up as sore! No more headaches and shoulder pain! It changed my life!!!!!”
-Mark E., Verified Buyer
05/18/23
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Table of Contents
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First Impressions: Straight Out of the Box
The Arrival
The Douglas Summit arrives at your door in a cardboard box about the size of a hockey bag. The compact size makes the package easier to navigate through your home and into the room of choice.
Douglas Summit mattresses include free shipping to the majority of addresses across Canada, though a flat shipping fee may apply to certain remote locations. In most of the country, you can even waive the delivery signature and have the mattress dropped off while you’re away from home.
The Unboxing
Once unboxed and out of the packaging, Douglas expands to its full, 12-inch height within a couple of minutes. You can even sleep on the Douglas Summit the same night it arrives.
The Look
The red-and-white colour scheme and Rocky Mountain stitching are an homage to the brand’s Western Canadian roots. Douglas Summit shares the same tight-top design as its sister models, the Douglas Original and Douglas Alpine, with the red Douglas nameplate and Summit tags sewn to its front sidewall. The iconic red zipper placed across the centre of the cover makes it easy and accessible to unzip and wash the top cover whenever needed.
The Feel
Like the other two Douglas mattresses, the Summit comes in a single firmness: “medium-firm.”
Medium-firm is a popular choice with Canadians, as it caters not only to all sleep styles, but to a very wide range of body weights. Douglas Summit offers a solid base for lower back support and spinal alignment, but provides considerably more pressure-point relief and cushioning than traditional firm mattresses. Take note of that last point if you have sensitive joints or a bony figure.
Surprisingly for a foam-based mattress, the Douglas Summit is quite cool to the touch. It also supports the body evenly. Unlike dense memory foam mattresses, the Summit does not form noticeable body grooves as it contours to your body.
Official Test Results: How Do Engineers Rate the Douglas Mattress?
The following results were determined by licensed 3rd-party engineers, commissioned by us:
To be able to accurately rate and compare the performance of the mattresses reviewed on this website, it was necessary to hire licensed 3rd-party engineers. Their independence and operating standards help to ensure the results remain unbiased, valid, and reliable. Each mattress was evaluated using the same strict methodology to protect the overall integrity of the results. The full report is linked below and has been given the official stamp of approval from an APEGA-certified engineer operating under a strict ethical code of conduct.
*Be advised: Mattress testing conducted outside of this professional standard poses a greater risk of validity errors or reviewer bias.*
How Our Engineers Test Each Mattress:
| Test Scores | Douglas Summit |
|---|---|
| Firmness: | 6.7 / 10 |
| Edge support: | 7.5 / 10 |
| Motion isolation: | 8.8 / 10 |
| Bounce: | 3.0 / 10 |
Feel & Firmness
The Douglas Summit received a firmness rating of 6.7 / 10. The Summit was designed to have the same popular firmness as the best-selling Douglas Original mattress, and the engineer test report confirms that the firmness ratings between these two mattresses are identical.
What does this mean? It means that the Douglas Summit classifies as a “medium-firm” mattress. Slightly more cushioning than firm mattresses, and more supportive than medium mattresses, the medium-firm Douglas Summit is the best of both worlds. Not only are medium-firm mattresses preferred by Canadian sleepers, they easily accommodate a wide variety of body types and sleep styles.
The Douglas Summit is approved for side, back, and stomach sleepers. This makes it a great first choice for couples who share a bed, as well as for guest rooms and rental properties that will host a variety of sleepers.
Edge Support
Foam mattresses are not generally known for their edge support. While coil-based mattresses press your body upwards, assisting with mobility and support, foam-based mattresses simply absorb compression.
The Douglas Summit is an exception in this category. According to third-party engineer testing (commissioned by us), the Douglas Summit earns an above-average rating of 7.5 / 10 for edge support. The edges of the mattress have a cushioning feel, but they don’t sink deeper than they should. You can easily sit down along the edge of a Douglas Summit without a substantial effort to return to a standing position.
In fact, the Douglas Summit has a higher edge support rating than any foam-based mattress from Casper or Endy tested under the same conditions.
Motion Isolation
Are you a light sleeper? Do you share your bed with a partner or pets? Then you will want to seriously consider the Douglas Summit for your next mattress.
The Douglas Summit has the best motion isolation of the 115+ popular mattresses tested on this website. The mattress earned an unprecedented 8.8 / 10 rating, essentially neutralizing all light-to-moderate movement before it has a chance to reach other parts of the bed. So far, nearly one-fifth of all verified owner reviews cite and confirm that benefit.
Why is motion isolation so important?
Like how text messages and push notifications can disrupt your focus, movement along the surface of the bed can disturb your sleep. Sleep disturbances, even small ones, disrupt restorative deep sleep and REM cycles, replacing them with less-restorative light sleep. You may not even recognize the effects of fragmented sleep at first, but repeated over many nights it can lead to chronic fatigue and sluggishness. A mattress with great motion isolation can help you feel rejuvenated and energetic during the day by prolonging your restorative sleep cycles through minimizing motion disturbances.
Bounce
As expected for a foam mattress with best-in-class motion isolation, the Douglas Summit has little-to-no bounce. Pressure on the mattress is absorbed and neutralized immediately. According to the third-party engineers we commissioned to test all mattresses we review on this website, the Douglas Summit earned a bounce rating of 3.0 / 10.
This score tells us exactly what we expect: the Douglas Summit absorbs compression nicely – it’s numeric evidence of the mattress’s superior ability to neutralize pressure points. At the same time, the mattress still has some rebound potential. This tells us that the Douglas Summit has a solid base of support and premium, responsive materials.
Shoppers who are actively looking for a bouncier, more responsive style of mattress should check out our curated list of Best Hybrid Mattresses.
Mattress Construction: What Is the Douglas Summit Mattress Made Of?
| Construction | Douglas Summit |
|---|---|
| Mattress height: | 12" |
| Number of layers: | 3 |
| Comfort layer: | 2.5" Luxury ecoLight® Cooling Gel Foam + Polar® Temperature Balancing |
| Transition layer: | 2.5" Premium Elastex® Foam |
| Support layer: | 7" Motion-Isolation Support Foam |
| Cover materials: | High-Density Polythelene (HDPE), Polyester, Infinitex™, Spandex |
| Machine-washable cover: | Yes |
| Made in: | Canada |
Douglas proudly promotes its use of eco-conscious materials. If you’re interested in sustainability, you’ll appreciate the efforts the brand has taken to lower its carbon footprint across the entire manufacturing process.
The choice to develop and source environmentally conscious components doesn’t come at a sacrifice to quality. Douglas Summit feels plush and supportive and delivers on the comfort that people have come to appreciate from popular bed-in-a-box brands.
Douglas Mattress Layers
The Douglas Summit is a combination foam mattress made up of three specialty foam layers.
- First layer: 2.5” of ecoLight® cooling gel foam + Polar® Temperature Balancing. Douglas’ proprietary cooling gel foam is lighter, more durable, and less carbon-intensive than conventional memory foams (as tested to ASTM D3574-I3 Procedure C, against 4lb memory foam). Because it is infused with cooling gel, this layer won’t retain heat and circulates air much more freely than the equivalent layers in some of Douglas’ top competitors.
The comfort of this layer is also enhanced with Polar® Temperature Balancing, a phase-change material, or “PCM,” that keeps the temperature of the mattress within a comfortable range. The PCM absorbs excess body heat during warm evenings, and releases the heat back to you during colder nights. Foam density: 2.5 lbs/ft3.
- Second layer: 2.5” of Elastex® foam. This transition layer provides spring and support. Many mattresses use latex for similar reasons. The synthetic Infinitex™ foam is free of the allergy-causing chemicals found in latex. Foam density: 1.85 lbs/ft3.
- Third layer: 7” Motion-Isolation foam. Lastly, more than half of Douglas’ height comes from the motion isolation support layer. The density of the foam almost entirely eliminates motion transfer, so you will sleep soundly, even if your bedmate tosses and turns all night long. Foam density: 1.85 lbs/ft3.
Douglas Mattress Cover
Douglas’s patented CoolSense® cover is made from sustainable Infinitex™ fibres. They draw moisture away from the surface of the mattress, leaving you with a dry sleep surface. The cover’s natural breathability also helps to improve air circulation throughout the mattress layers, enhancing the performance of Douglas’s ecoLight® cooling gel foam.
Unlike other Douglas mattresses, the top cover of the Douglas Summit is interwoven with CryoFusion™ cooling nanofibres. This innovative fabric makes the cover noticeably cool to the touch, an extra luxury on warm summer evenings.
Cleaning & Care Instructions
When it comes to care and general upkeep, the machine-washable top cover has a 360° zipper for easy removal. Once the cover has been cleaned, it can be reattached in seconds without having to lift or move the mattress.
How to clean the removable top cover:
- Unzip the upper portion of the cover;
- Put in the washing machine on a gentle cycle;
- Tumble dry on low or air dry.
Brand Bio: What's the Story Behind Douglas?
| Company Overview | Douglas Summit |
|---|---|
| Model Launched: | 2022 |
| BBB rating: | A+ |
| Trustpilot Rating: | 4.8 / 5 "Excellent" |
| Made in: | Canada |
| Company HQ: | Canada |
| Ownership: | Privately owned (GoodMorning.com) |
| Warranty: | 20 years |
| Where to buy: | CLICK HERE |
Douglas is the top-selling mattress brand by GoodMorning.com, Canada’s largest independent online mattress retailer.
The first Douglas mattress was introduced in 2017. At that time, the makers of Douglas recognized an obvious problem in the mattress industry: mattresses sold in Canada were being designed for American sleepers.
The Douglas Original mattress soon filled that gap by creating an extremely comfortable mattress that was:
- Manufactured in Canada using Canadian materials
- Designed for the unique firmness preferences Canadians love most
- Built to perform during all four Canadian seasons
- Made with eco-conscious materials and manufacturing processes
- Sold at the lowest possible price
Douglas quickly started outselling even well-established mattress brands, as well as earning several accolades as Canada’s Best Mattress.
In 2022, Douglas introduced two new mattresses: the Alpine and the Summit. These upgraded models take the same features and values that made the Douglas Original such a success, and enhance them with some of the latest innovations in mattress making.
Delivery, Sleep Trial & Returns
| Delivery, Trials & Returns | Douglas Summit |
|---|---|
| Courier: | FedEx |
| Shipping cost: | Free |
| Shipping time: | 3–10 days |
| Sleep trial length: | 365 nights |
| Return ease: | Company picks up |
| Additional fees: | No |
Douglas uses FedEx to deliver their mattresses directly to customers’ doors throughout most parts of Canada. The shipment can even be left on a porch or deck if you are away from home. Shipping is free for the majority of Canadians, but fees may apply for some remote locations. The order ships by ground from Ontario or Alberta, which means you’ll typically receive your bed within 3 to 10 days after placing your order.
How long is the Douglas sleep trial?
At 365 nights, the Douglas sleep trial is among the longest in Canada. The company also arranges to pick up returns for free within the sleep trial period and will issue a full refund.
What happens to returned mattresses?
Returned Douglas mattresses are either donated to nearby community organizations or picked up by a local recycling partner, depending on regional restrictions.
How will the Douglas mattress arrive?
The Douglas mattress is delivered in a cardboard box about the size of a hockey bag. The mattress is fully protected from the elements with two layers of heavy-duty plastic – one to form the vacuum seal, and another to keep it tightly rolled in a cylinder shape. If there is damage to your mattress, Douglas has a very responsive customer service team that is based in Canada and available to help work out any product issues.
Can you sleep on Douglas Summit the first night?
Yes! Douglas fully expands in two minutes and is ready to sleep on the same day it’s delivered.
Social & Environmental Impact
| Eco-Consciousness | Douglas Summit |
|---|---|
| Green policies: | Manufactured using renewable energy (all Eastern Canada Orders); ecoLight® gel memory foam; Recycled cardboard; Recycled plastic protection |
| Social responsibility: | Returned mattresses are donated to charity |
| Box materials: | Recycled cardboard |
| Foam materials: | 100% Made in Canada |
| Cover materials: | High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Polyester, Infinitex™, Spandex |
| CertiPUR-US®: | Yes |
| Green manufacturing: | Manufactured using renewable energy (all Eastern Canada orders) |
Price and Size Listings: Douglas Summit
Verified as of: This Month | This Week | Today ✅
Twin
38″ x 75″ x 12″
$999 CAD
Twin XL
38″ x 80″ x 12″
$1,049 CAD
Double
53″ x 75″ x 12″
$1,149 CAD
Queen
60″ x 80″ x 12″
$1,299 CAD
King
76″ x 80″ x 12″
$1,399 CAD
Cal King
72″ x 84″ x 12″
$1,399 CAD
Ratings Breakdown: How the Douglas Summit Mattress Measures Up
There’s a reason Douglas placed so highly on our list of best mattresses. Find out why we scored Douglas as our top pick and how it could have achieved an even higher rating.
We hire 3rd-party engineers and use public data to rate mattresses on over 25 criteria.
Where Douglas Summit Wins Points
- Made in Canada
- Free shipping to major metro areas
- Above-average sleep trial period
- Above-average warranty length
- Convenient boxed delivery
- CertiPur-US® certified foams
- Cooling gel foams
- Phase-change materials
- Above-average edge support
- Above-average motion isolation
- Full refunds
- Arranged return pickup
- A+ Company Rating (BBB)
Where It Could Do Even Better
- Multiple firmness options
- Queen mattress price $1,000 CAD
- High-density memory foam
Final Thoughts on the Douglas Summit Mattress
Douglas has sold over 150,000 mattresses in Canada for a good reason. Not only has the company exclusively focused on the unique needs and comfort preferences of Canadian sleepers, but it delivers everything at an amazing value. Each Douglas mattress sale comes with a free bedding bundle, along with a 20-year warranty and 365 nights to try out the mattress at home.
The Douglas Summit takes something well-loved and makes it even better. Real customer reviews and the third-party testing we commissioned both support the brand’s bold claims of improved comfort and performance.
Granted, not everyone will be willing to spend $1,299 CAD for their next mattress. But Douglas is okay with that; it already has two other mattresses at lower price points to cater to sleepers with tighter budgets.
Great sleep is an investment in your health and well-being, and one that pays dividends every night of the year. There will be plenty of investors willing to pay a small premium for those kinds of returns.
If you’re in the market for a memory foam mattress and you value cooling, pressure relief, and motion isolation, we highly recommend the new Douglas Summit mattress. And once it accumulates the long-term track record of the Douglas Original, we anticipate that the Summit will overtake it as the top pick on our List of Best Mattresses.
Verified Customer Reviews
This is a live feed from the Douglas website of real reviews from real Douglas customers. The reviews below include any and all sizes, firmness options and/or versions of this product.
Visit the website to see all customer reviews or to filter by rating or topic (e.g. Firmness, Back Support, Delivery).
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