Bought this for use with the Lucid 10 Memory Foam Mattress. Bed bug protection was important to me since this was for daughters college apartment being shared with roommates and because the apartment historically has 2-4 new students leasing it every 12 months. Thats lots of traffic and contamination potential. 

I recommend already having on hand if using with a new foam mattress. Because the foam mattress was not fully expanded when first removed from the box, applying this mattress protector was fast and easy. It allowed the mattress to be fully protected from the moment it was taken from the factory plastic.