Avenco Silence Mattress Review

10-Inch model: 3/5, 12-Inch Model: 4/5
Motion isolation is well above-average in the Avenco Silence mattress. A major strength of memory foam is its pinpoint compression, meaning that the foam only reacts in the places where weight is directly applied to it. As a result, little to no vibration travels across the mattress surface when you move around on the bed. The transition foam layer underneath the memory foam supplements the contouring, providing even better motion isolation. This effect is especially strong in the 12-inch model because it has a much thicker comfort system.

The 12-inch version has three inches of memory foam, which confers excellent motion isolation and makes it a solid fit for people who share a bed and don’t want to be disrupted by their bed partner’s movement.

10-Inch Model: 3/5, 12-Inch Model: 4/5
Memory foam is central to the high marks that the Avenco Silence mattress gets for pressure relief. Memory foam’s ability to closely contour to the body means that it can deliver extra cushioning to the heaviest areas and sharpest pressure points. This tailored, proportional support helps soften impact points at the hips and shoulders and promotes a natural, pain-free spinal alignment.

As with motion isolation, the pressure relief is greatest in the 12-inch model thanks to the thicker layers of memory foam and transition polyfoam. While the 10-inch model offers solid pressure relief, the thinner memory foam top layer may be insufficient to effectively support sleepers over 230 pounds or to fully cushion the sharpest pressure points.

10-Inch Model: 3/5, 12-Inch Model: 2/5
One downside of memory foam is that many people find that it sleeps hot, and this is a potential issue with the Avenco Silence mattress. Because of how it hugs the body, memory foam leaves little room for air to flow over and around the skin to help cool the body down. As heat builds up, memory foam actually gets softer, with more hug and less airflow.

Avenco Home utilizes an open-cell memory foam, which is meant to keep the top layer from collecting too much heat, and the memory foam is gel-infused to cut down on heat retention. In addition, the AirWave foam in the support core is built for enhanced ventilation. Despite these design elements, the Avenco Silence mattress may sleep too warm for people who have a tendency to overheat at night.

Heat buildup is worse in the 12-inch model because of its thicker memory foam layer and its softer firmness level, which can mean tighter hug against the body.

Edge support in the Avenco Silence mattress is below average because of the significant compression that comes from the top layers. Both the memory foam and transition polyfoam will sag as weight is applied, and the perimeter experiences the greatest degree of compression. These foams have minimal responsiveness, so they are slow to bounce back to their normal size. A result of this minimal responsiveness is that the mattress can feel more unstable around the perimeter.

Edge support is worse in the 12-inch model because of the total of five inches of softer foams in the comfort system. While you can still sit or sleep near the edge of the Avenco Silence mattress, it may feel slightly unstable, especially for people with a higher body weight who place added pressure on the foam.

10-Inch Model: 3/5, 12-Inch Model: 2/5
While memory foam’s hug provides comfort and support, it can reduce ease of movement on top of the mattress. As its name indicates, memory foam retains its compressed form before slowly rebounding to retake its original size and shape. This low level of responsiveness means that there’s very little bounce on the Avenco Silence mattress, and as a result, it takes more effort to move around on the surface of the bed.

Smooth movement is more likely on the 10-inch model because it’s easier to avoid feeling stuck in its thinner comfort layers. The softer feel of the 12-inch Avenco Silence mattress can make the amount of sink more pronounced, reducing the ease of movement relative to the 10-inch model.

10-Inch Model: 3/5, 12-Inch Model: 2/5
Most people can maintain an active sex life on the Avenco Silence mattress, but at the same time, it’s not the optimal bed for sex. An ideal mattress for sexual activity has plenty of bounce that facilitates rapid, effortless movements on top of the bed while delivering enough cushioning to ensure comfort during intimate activities.

While the Avenco Silence mattress has plenty of cushioning, it doesn’t have the level of bounce that is found in the best mattresses for sex. Because of the limited responsiveness of memory foam, there’s a greater risk of feeling impediments to movement that could be noticeable during sex.

Most people will detect more difficulty moving on the 12-inch mattress because of its softer firmness rating and thicker comfort levels that allow the body to sink further into the bed.

When you first open the Avenco Silence mattress, you can expect to detect a light chemical odor that some people describe as a “new mattress smell.” That odor isn’t harmful, but it may be annoying enough to bother some people when they try to get to sleep.

The smell comes from off-gassing of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are a byproduct of the manufacturing process. Foam materials give off significant VOCs, which is why a smell is typical for the all-foam Avenco Silence mattress. Because the 12-inch model features two added inches of foam, you can expect slightly more smell from it than the 10-inch version.

While the smell usually goes away within a few days, it will dissipate more quickly if you ensure good ventilation in the bedroom. You can also remove the mattress cover for a few hours to facilitate more rapid dissipation of VOCs.