Not the Bed you Want, but the Bed you NEED
Our Awara latex hybrid mattress arrived in a heavy box, shrink wrapped and contained. We positioned it on our box spring and opened it up. No smell! Once unfurled we laid on it and rolled around finding the the mattress to be quite firm (we got the basic mattress, no pillow top) but comfortable, yet not overly comfortable. When you buy a mattress after a decade of sleeping on the same one you kinda expect to love it right? And we were like 'Eh, its good, maybe not great'. However, after a week (and now many months) of sleeping on it we had both come to the conclusion, this is the best mattress we could have purchased. I sleep great, not too hot or cold, my body has adjusted nicely to the firmness and I now appreciate the care put into the construction. My wife says her back feels so much better than our prior mattress (no pain!), and she is more rested. This was the mattress we NEEDED, even if we didn't know it when we got it. 5 stars easy.