Best Hybrid Mattresses

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For this roundup, we focused on hybrid mattresses and offered recommendations based on those we deemed most likely to replicate that experience. We took several factors into account when compiling our list, including sleeping positions, cooling features, mattress construction, edge support, and more.

A hybrid mattress is essentially a combination of two of the most common mattress types: memory foam and innerspring. These beds combine the best of both worlds: thick comfort layers on top, bolstered by a sturdy coil unit below.

The construction of these layers can vary from bed-to-bed, providing a wide range of mattresses with specialized features and performance.  We’ll dive deeper into that below so you can become a master of hybrid mattresses.

We mentioned at the start of this page that hybrid mattresses provide a nice “balance”—this balance comes from supportive coils and pressure-relieving foams.

A bed with good support should keep your spine aligned. Usually, hybrids with zoning in either the foam or coil layers will ensure each part of your body gets the proper lift. Pressure relief, on the other hand, allows sensitive areas (such as the hips and shoulders) to sink comfortably into the mattress. The thicker and cushier the foam layers on top of a hybrid are, the better it’ll be at relieving pressure.

Beds that offer both usually aren’t too firm or too soft. It’s why we tend to recommend beds in the middle of the firmness spectrum, medium-firm (5 to 6.5 out of 10).

These two performance scores often oppose one another. That’s because the bouncier the bed is, the more likely it’ll transfer motion—since hybrid beds have coils, they tend to fall in this category.

Bounce or responsiveness is an important factor for folks who want to move around easily on their mattress surface, such as combination sleepers or those who are sexually active. Motion isolation, on the other hand, is good for couples who don’t want to feel each other’s movements from their side of the bed.

During testing, we often find hybrid beds show a lot of motion transfer. But there are a few that stand out as great beds for couples, thanks to the thick foam layers on top.

Unfortunately, you may have to figure out which you should prioritize based on your needs.

Many people opt for a hybrid mattress because they can be some of the best mattresses for cooling. This is because the coil unit allows air to flow through the mattress.

Most comfort layers are also designed to regulate temperature, whether by the cooling gel or larger pores.

We use a heat gun to test for cooling, measuring how much the temperature increases after lying on the bed for 5 minutes. The picture on the left shows us performing a cooling test for the Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid.

Hybrids are generally excellent for edge support, which means the sides of the bed provide equal support to the sleeper. Many brands place higher-gauge coils along the perimeter to ensure quality edge support. Couples or people who like to spread out across the mattress may benefit from this as it gives them more surface space use.

We test edge support by sitting on the mattress and tying our shoes, as well as lying on the edge for about five minutes. From there, we’ll observe how much the bed sags and judge how secure we felt.