Shannon Flynn—July 4, 2014✓ Verified purchase
The product name is a bit vague. This is not an encasement, it is a cover, like a basic mattress pad. Unlike allergy mattress encasements that go all the way around the mattress/box spring and have a secure zipper closure, this cover fits only over the top and corners, just like a mattress pad would. Having said that, it does have an absorbent quality on top (to the touch it feels like a soft towel) and the corners fit over a very deep mattress, which is nice. The corners are also not an allergy-proof material of any kind. Like a normal mattress pad, the corners are a shear, stretchy, netting material. So basically, in terms of allergy protection/bed bug barriers just think of this more as laying a piece of material on top of your bed and then placing your sheets over it like normal. They are high quality (as they should be for the price I paid) but since I bought them to protect my bed from me and me from it, I believe my money would have been better spent elsewhere. Update: Not more than 2 days after I wrote my original review I spilled a HUGE cup of bright red fruit punch all over my bed by mistake- 52 ounces to be specific. The sheets and blanket went into the washing machine immediately as I kept stripping the bed as fast as I could. In all fairness, I do have a total allergy encasement protector over my mattress UNDER this mattress pad and that probably would have prevented the punch from getting to and staining the mattress IF it had even gotten to the allergy encasement but there wasn't so much as a drop- not damp- not pink- NOTHING! I stand by my review in terms of this being a mattress pad and not a full-allergy protection piece HOWEVER, this is one WONDERFULLY absorbent mattress pad. When my cup spilled all 52 ounces, of course, basically all pooled to the center of the bed where I had been lounging. All 52 ounces ended up staining (temporarily, until it was washed) an area only about one foot wide and 2 feet long- that's a lot of liquid in a very small area and yet, this mattress pad contained it all, which is very good since this kind of punch is known for its ability to stain. In fact, I was barefoot at the time that I spilled my drink everywhere and even after a shower the bottoms of my feet and cuticles were still a bit tinted but my mattress and it's encasement were perfectly fine and totally dry so my review is now going to 5 stars for this product's absorbency. Read more
Marilyn G.—June 23, 2015✓ Verified purchase
I rated this five stars. It has a really nice terry cloth cover. There are two layers on the top cover. The top layer is a cotton, polyester blend. The second layer is a vinyl type material, which is the layer for liquid spills. The remainder of the cover is a elastic polyester, nylon material that stretches around the side area and down around the bottom area of the mattress. I bought this just to protect the top of my new memory foam mattress. It's a true to fit for a deep pocket mattress. The deep pockets on this cover, it will fit up to a 16" mattress height. My mattress is 12", and the cover will stretch around another 4". I plan on adding a 4" memory foam topper, on top of my mattress. I do believe, this will fit over the whole mattress with the memory foam mattress top. I will let you know, if this cover stretches over the extra top part, with the extra foam on top of my mattress. It's a nice cover. I don't worry about getting warm with the mattress cover. Only because I have a sheet and thick blanket on top of the mattress cover. We are unusual sleepers in our house. We sleep on top of the bedspread with separate blankets. My husband hogs the blankets. He's a restless sleeper, obviously. He always took my side of the blankets, and I woke up cold every single night. I use to keep a separate blanket at the foot of the bed, but I was getting tired waking up cold to get the extra blanket. So we sleep with our own separate blankets. Now that I am older, I run hot all the time. So I wouldn't know if the cover would be adding to the warmth. Anyway, it's a nice mattress cover. I would like to get a zipper type mattress cover for protection, but this will do for now. Read more
The Candid Critic—July 22, 2010✓ Verified purchase
I am in the midst of surgical menopause and also have a topper on my bed that is about 4" thick. Even with a pillow top mattress and my topper, this mattress protector fits! With hot flashes and an occasional night sweat, this is great. We needed a new cover because we bought one from a big box store and ended up wearing a hole in it at the feet (restless legs perhaps). The other cover lasted about 2 years but was a complete mess when we replaced it with this one. This cover is in an entirely different class of mattress cover and seems extremely durable. The ONLY place where I think it might show some wear over time (or may rip) is with the material on the sides. The material allows for a lot of stretching which is great with elastic all around. The material on the sides is a fine mesh. It's definitely a nice cover. I am giving it 5 stars because of the price and the quality. Also because it comes with a 15 year guarantee! You can't beat that. The top is a terrycloth material which has something on the backside that keeps it waterproof and allergen proof -- a big plus without dealing with TOTALLY having to encase your mattress. Kudos! Read more
