If you're a business owner considering Lucid mattresses for your property, run the other way.
We purchased 90 Lucid mattresses for our hotel based on the company’s marketing claims of comfort, durability, and value. In reality, they’ve proven to be an unmitigated disaster — and worse, the company refuses to stand behind its product.
Within a few years, a significant portion of the mattresses began to fail. We’re not talking about minor issues — we’re talking about large-scale, premature degradation that has forced us to accelerate our replacement schedule at considerable cost. Lucid’s customer service team initially acknowledged the issue, telling us: “We are sorry to hear that those are all having an issue. We are going to reach out to our sales team here to see what we can do from here.”
But that soon changed. We were told the warranty was void because the mattresses were used in a commercial setting — a fact they claimed they were unaware of. This was patently false, given we had spent months working directly with Lucid’s sales team to select the right product for our hotel. When we reminded them of that, their story changed: “OK, maybe we knew, but we still consider the warranty void.” And when we pointed out that this exclusion had never been disclosed to us, their final response was essentially: “Sorry you weren’t told, but the warranty doesn’t apply.”
We made our purchase in good faith, expecting both product quality and manufacturer support. The result? No accountability. No support. Just a blanket refusal to engage.
So, we escalated. I messaged CEO Sam Malouf on LinkedIn. He replied to my initial message asking how he could help. I followed up with all the relevant details — and then… nothing. No response to that message, or to any of the four follow-ups I sent. Just silence.
I also emailed Eric Holmstead, the company’s President, three times. No reply. Not even the courtesy of an acknowledgment.
This isn’t just about defective mattresses — it’s about a company that refuses to take responsibility or even communicate with a paying customer. Their apparent strategy is to ignore the problem and hope it goes away.
If you’re a homeowner and one mattress fails, you're stuck. If you’re a hotel operator like us and dozens fail, the operational and financial fallout is massive. Either way, Lucid leaves you on your own.
Lucid’s combination of poor product quality and non-existent customer service should be a flashing red light for anyone — customer, supplier, or investor — considering doing business with them. They don’t just refuse to help; they refuse to even respond.
We’ve since been forced to find a new supplier and are phasing out all Lucid mattresses from our property. It’s been an expensive lesson — and one we hope others can avoid.
Buyer beware.
Date of experience: April 17, 2025