The gel is a uniform grid. It's intended to be that way. The minor lumps are the sheets which are not super tight, but as another user mentioned I cannot detect them.
Regarding the size, yeah I did realize that when I finished, but it's still visibly larger than a king in person. If I were doing it from scratch knowing that I know now I'd probably do 8x8 and then I wouldn't have had to cut the buckling column gel and it would be even more comical.
Edit: Regarding the size again, I already knew the Queen sized mattress was slightly too short for bed habits even though I am not 80" tall, and the King is the same height. The California King is the full 7' tall but 6' is slightly less than my wingspan and I wanted that to be covered.
Regarding the size, yeah I did realize that when I finished, but it's still visibly larger than a king in person. If I were doing it from scratch knowing that I know now I'd probably do 8x8 and then I wouldn't have had to cut the buckling column gel and it would be even more comical.
Edit: Regarding the size again, I already knew the Queen sized mattress was slightly too short for bed habits even though I am not 80" tall, and the King is the same height. The California King is the full 7' tall but 6' is slightly less than my wingspan and I wanted that to be covered.