Jamison Hudson Bay Cooling Pillowtop Mattress

The plush one that doesn't run hot

Plush beds collect heat; it's the oldest complaint in the category. The Hudson Bay Cooling Pillowtop is Jamison's answer at the comfortable end of its line: a genuine pillowtop under the same cool-touch CoolTex cover that defines the Hudson Bay family. Side sleepers who want shoulder relief without the 2 a.m. cover-kicking are the audience.

The trick is the order of the layers. The heat-conducting cover sits on the outside of the pillowtop, so the cooling works where your skin actually is, not buried under padding. Under it sit a 1-inch gel super-soft foam and a 9/16-inch super-soft foam that cradle the shoulder and hip, then 2 inches of EverFlow responsive visco foam, all riding on 686 zoned pocketed coils that carry the load with extra support through the middle third, where your weight rides. It stacks to a 14-inch profile. The Mattress Overstock team rates it about 5 out of 10: plush at the surface, supported underneath.

What you notice in the first few minutes

Lie down on your side and two things register. First, the surface gives: the pillowtop is a real soft landing, so the shoulder sinks in and the hip settles instead of being propped up. Then, once it has settled under your cheek and shoulder, the cover still reads cool on your skin. That second part is the whole pitch, and you can verify it in two minutes; no spec sheet proves it the way your hand does. The zoning is what makes that soft surface safe: firmer support under the hips and lower back keeps a plush bed from sagging into a hammock, the failure mode of soft beds that skimp on the core. The cushion is up top where you want it, the support is in the middle where you need it.

Who it suits, and who should step down

This is built first for hot side sleepers: a plush pillowtop for the shoulder, under a cover made to pull heat off your skin. Side sleepers generally get the same hip-and-shoulder cradle, and combination sleepers who want soft without the overheating land here too. For couples it does double duty: the 686 zoned pocketed coils keep a partner's movement on their own side, the cool cover helps when one of you runs warm, and the plush-medium feel splits the difference when two people disagree on firmness.

Be honest with yourself on softness, though. If you want the cool cover but a firmer, flatter feel, step down to the Medium Cooling: same cover and coil family, no pillowtop. If you tried that and thought 'almost, just softer,' this is it with the pillowtop added. And if you want plush without the cooling cover, the Chandler Euro Pillowtop is the one to feel. All three sit within twenty feet of each other on the floor: the hand test settles cooling covers and the lie-down settles plush, both in minutes.

Living with it, and how to shop it

One honest expectation on the cooling: a cool-touch cover is strongest at first contact and each time you move to a fresh patch of surface. It's not air conditioning, but it takes the edge off the heat a plush pillowtop would otherwise trap, which for most warm-leaning side sleepers is the problem worth solving. Rotate it head-to-foot a few times a year so the pillowtop wears evenly, and give a new bed about three weeks to settle before judging it. The pocketed-coil core flexes, so it works on an adjustable base, a platform, a slatted frame (slats no more than three inches apart), or a matching Jamison foundation. At a 14-inch profile it's a tall pillowtop, so reach for deep-pocket sheets, and it carries a 10-year limited warranty.

The comfort call on a bed like this happens before you buy, not on a mail-back gamble. The Mattress Overstock team keeps the Jamison line on the floor across five Kentucky showrooms (Lexington, Richmond, Georgetown, London, and Somerset), no appointment needed, and nobody there is paid more for steering you to one brand, so the read you get is straight. Select your size to see the live Mattress Overstock price; free delivery, free setup, and free old-mattress removal come with it across the Kentucky service area. The full Jamison lineup review goes deeper, and a matching Jamison foundation keeps everything level.