Aviya Mattress Review

Michael Magnuson

Founder of GoodBed, Leading Mattress Expert

Summary: Is Aviya a Good Mattress?

The Aviya bed is a hybrid mattress, a type that's increasingly common. Made with 3" of foam over a base of pocket springs, hybrid mattresses combine the traditional feel of an innerspring bed with the softness of foam.

Available in Firm, Luxury Firm and Plush, we tested the Luxury Firm version of the Aviya mattress. All three are similarly constructed; the difference is in the softness of the top foam layers.

The foams used in the Aviya are bio-based foams -- a blend of polyurethane (petroleum based) and soy (plant based), so compared to straight-up polyurethane foams used in most mattresses, the Aviya foams are a little more eco-friendly. The pocket spring support unit is zoned, meaning there are stronger coils in the central third of the mattress, where your hips will rest, giving extra support.

The Aviya bed is a 12" tall mattress. We judged the Luxury Firm version to be a medium-firm on our scale, so if you prefer a firm mattress but still like some softness on top, a medium-firm may suit you.

For our 200-pound tester, the Aviya mattress provided very good spinal alignment and back support in all sleeping positions -- something that is relatively unusual. We note in the video, and below, where we think certain individuals might want to choose the firmer or softer version instead, but for a wide range of people of average weight, we think the Aviya mattress will be well suited.

Edge support -- important if you like to sit on the edge of your mattress, or if you tend to sleep on the very edge -- is a strong point, as is ease of movement. We also felt this bed would be a good choice for those concerned about overheating in bed, since steel coils allow for lots of air flow.

If you or your partner tend to be easily disturbed by a partner's movements, the Aviya probably is not the best choice. In our motion isolation tests, the mattress performed below average compared to other hybrid mattresses with pocket springs.

Free shipping is included, along with a 100-night trial with full refund should you return the mattress. And the company will pick up the mattress; many of Aviya's competitors require buyers to provide proof of donation to charity, which is not always easy.

You can place the Aviya mattress atop the support of your choice, including a separately purchased box support, a bed frame, platform bed, or adjustable bed frame. Aviya sells its own box foundation in two heights, but it's not a required purchase. 

Read on for our detailed report and be sure to check out the video to see this mattress in action as we put it through our tests.

Note: The Aviya mattress is made partly of bio-based foams, meaning its foams are a blend of polyurethane and soy. Those foams rest on a zoned pocket spring unit. This type of mattress is commonly known as a "hybrid."

Bottom Line: Who is the Best Match for an Aviya Mattress?

BEST if you:

• Want excellent edge support
• Sleep in a variety of positions
• Like a traditional feeling mattress
• Need excellent edge support

NOT IDEAL if you:

• Like a slow-responding memory feel
• Are sensitive to a partner's movements
• Are a heavier stomach sleeper (choose firm version)
• Are a lighter back or side sleeper

If you’d prefer to watch rather than read, check out our full Aviya mattress video review.

Comfort and Feel

The “feel” characteristics of a mattress cannot be universally better or worse. They can only be more or less desirable to you, based on your personal preferences. For this reason, we call these “preference-based” attributes. Our ratings here are based on objective measurements that we apply to a consistent scale for products from all brands.

Softness ( what’s this )

Keep in mind that what mattress companies call “firm” or “soft” is a purely a preference. All mattresses should be supportive and promote healthy spinal alignment. Whether a mattress is fluffy and squishy (what mattress companies call soft or plush), or less so (what companies call firm), is purely down to your personal needs and preferences.

We classify the the Luxury Firm version of the Aviya mattress as a medium firm on our scale, but that feeling can vary depending on your size/weight and your preferred sleeping position. The Aviya mattress felt softer to our tester when side sleeping than when on his back, but the effect overall was what we would call a medium firm.

Not sure what softness is best for you? Take our Mattress Match Quiz and find out.

Cushioning Depth ( what’s this )

This refers to how deeply you sink into the mattress or feel cradled or hugged, versus a feeling of floating on top of the bed. We found the Luxury Firm version of the Aviya mattress to have a bit shallower cushioning than average, so the feeling is more floating versus sinking deeply, especially when back sleeping. Our tester felt more cushioning and conformance (where the mattress hugs your body) when side sleeping.

Responsiveness ( what’s this )

Responsiveness refers to how quickly a mattress recovers its shape after being compressed. When you press your hand into the mattress, for instance, then remove it, does it take several seconds for the mattress to return to flat, or does it recover immediately?

The Aviya mattress does not include any memory foam, so it does not have any of that slow, melting into the bed memory feel that you would get from a memory foam mattress. Rather, the mattress springs right back to shape after being compressed.

This also translates to bounce, which we test in two ways. When we dropped our 16-lb. bowling ball in the mattress, it bounced quite a bit. When our tester dropped his weight onto the bed, the mattress pushed him back up several times before settling. If you like a mattress with some bounce, the Aviya bed has it.

Back Support

The key to good back support is for the mattress to support your spine in a “neutral” position while you sleep, meaning that the shape of your spine is roughly the same as when you're standing. The ability of any given mattress to do this will vary by sleeper, depending on its “fit” for your weight, body shape, and preferred sleep position(s).

In our evaluations, the Aviya mattresses afforded very good back support and spinal alignment for all sleeping positions, and in our history of evaluating mattresses, this is fairly rare. We more typically end up feeling a mattress works better for two of the three main sleeping positions.

This means that the Aviya bed might be a solution for a couple that, for example, each sleeps predominantly in a different position.

A possible exception in all sleeping positions, we felt, might be for those who are substantially heavier than our tester (250+ lbs.). While we cannot know for sure, our experience tells us that heavier individuals can sometimes sink ‘through’ the softer comfort layers of the mattress, bottoming out on the firmer support layers below. In this case, we felt the Firm version of the Aviya would likely work better.

We also suspected that very light (less than 150 lbs) side and back sleepers might be better suited to the Plush version of the Aviya mattress.

Spinal Alignment

The key to good back support is maintaining proper spinal alignment while you sleep. This means that the mattress should hold your spine in roughly the same position it's in when you're standing. The ability of a given mattress to do this will generally depend on your weight, sleep position, and body shape.

Here is how we break down the spinal alignment of the Aviya mattress:

Back Sleepers:

While our tester was on his back, he noted that his hips sank just deeply enough to create a perfectly neutral spine, while he felt the mattress did a nice job reaching up to support his lumbar curve. We feel that sleepers of a wide weight range would have a similar experience, with the possible exception of those on the far ends of the weight spectrum. Lightweight persons might not be quite heavy enough to compress the mattress in the hip area, and would likely be better served by the Plush version of the Aviya bed. And those significantly heavier than our tester (over 250 lbs) might have the opposite issue, and would be better with the Firm version. But overall, we thought the Aviya mattress would suit a wide swatch of back sleepers.

Side Sleepers:

The picture was also good, in our view, for side sleeping. Again, our tester felt well supported, and could sense his hips and shoulders compressing the coils the maintain good spinal alignment. We felt the Aviya mattress would suit a lot of side sleepers well, with the possible exception of very light persons, who might instead choose the Plush version.

Stomach Sleepers:

Achieving good spinal alignment for stomach sleepers can often be trickier as the hips can tend to sink down too far with some mattresses, but our tester felt well supported in this position, saying it "feels great." While on his stomach, our tester experienced good alignment, and this hips/belly did not sink too deeply. One possible caveat would be for individuals significantly heavier than our tester, who might sink too deeply in the hip area. In that case, the Firm version of the mattress may be more appropriate.

Pressure Relief

Inadequate pressure relief from your mattress results in “pressure points,” which can be a source of pain, soreness, loss of circulation, restlessness, and other problems. Pressure relief requirements will vary be sleeper, with side sleepers needing the most. Likewise, the amount of pressure relief that a given mattress provides will also vary by sleeper, depending on its “fit” for your weight and body shape.

When a mattress pushes back against your body with too much force in a concentrated area, the result can be pain, soreness, loss of circulation, excessive tossing, and other problems. In general, such "pressure points" are of greatest concern for side sleepers, since that's the position in which your body's weight is distributed over the smallest surface area. To find the right mattress for your needs, keep in mind that the pressure-relieving capabilities of any given mattress will vary depending on the sleeper. Factors like your weight and body shape (e.g., broader shoulders and/or hips) will determine how far you sink into the mattress, and the pressure relief offered by that mattress will vary widely at different depths.

Performance Features

With the “features” of a mattress, performance will tend to be consistent across all sleepers – without regards to your body type or preferences. However, these attributes have differing levels of importance to each sleeper, which is why we consider them “priority-based” characteristics.

Beyond the preference-based characteristics of comfort and feel, and the body matching for spinal alignment and pressure relief, a mattress will have a number of other attributes that can make it a better or worse choice for you. We call these "priority-based characteristics" because they are areas in which a mattress can be better or worse, but that will have differing amounts of importance to each sleeper. So, determining how much importance to give to these features will be entirely a matter of your own personal priorities. As always, we apply the same ratings standards to each mattress so you can more easily compare apples to apples. 

Motion Isolation ( what’s this )

With a bowling pin standing upright on the Aviya bed, we tested motion isolation by dropping a 16-lb. bowling ball on it, as well as the whole weight of our 200-lb. tester.

Temperature ( what’s this )

For most people, we do not think the Aviya mattress will feel hot. Foam has a reputation for heat retention, but the Aviya mattress has just three inches of foam on top, and it isn't memory foam. The bed also has shallower cushioning, so more of your body floats above the mattress and is exposed to air. The support core of springs allows for plenty of airflow, but that's somewhat mitigated by the three-inch foam edge perimeter that would prevent air from moving in and out freely.

But overall, we do not think people will have an overheating issue on the Aviya mattress.

Edge Support ( what’s this )

Ease of Repositioning ( what’s this )

If you tend to move and change positions a lot over the course of a night, ease of repositioning will be a priority for you. Our tester did experience any problems and found changing sleeping positions very easy.

Green Features ( what’s this )

For mattress shoppers concerned with the use of natural materials, sustainable manufacturing practices or the like, we offer our subjective evaluation of any efforts taken by the company to make the mattress more green, healthy, or safe. 

In the case of the Aviya mattress, the mattress's foams are partly plant based, but are still primarily made from petroleum products. Since this is a hybrid mattress, however, the bed uses a smaller quantify of chemical-based foams than would an all-foam mattress, and still springs are at least theoretically recyclable. Additionally, steel does not offgas, so the Aviya mattress's coil unit should not be an issue for smells/odors.

The foams are certified to the CertiPUR-US standard, which verifies that a material has low VOC off-gassing as well as a lack of chemicals and other substances regulated by the CPSC. That's a very standard certification these days.

Adjustable Base Compatibility ( what’s this )

We also tested the Aviya mattress atop an adjustable base. Here, we are looking for how well the mattress conforms, and for any concerning behaviors that might lead us to believe that the bed could be damaged. We did not notice anything concerning or unusual, and the company says that using the bed on an adjustable base is perfectly safe.

Materials & Construction

What is in an Aviya Mattress?

Overall, we classify the Aviya mattress as a "Bio-Based Foams over Pocket Springs" construction type.

The Aviya mattress is a 12″ thick mattress comprised of 4 layers (listed below from top to bottom). All foams are 1.8-lb. density.

• 1" bio-based foam quilted into top cover
• 2" bio-based foam
• 8" pocket spring unit
• 1" foam base layer

The Aviya mattress is a foam-over-pocket spring mattress. All foams are bio-based, meaning they are a blend of polyurethane and soy foams, and all foams are 1.8-lb. density. The support unit is an 8" pocket spring unit, with a section of stronger coils in the central third of the mattress. These stronger coils help support the heaviest part of your body, your midsection and hips.

Surrounding the coil unit is a 3" perimeter of foam as edge support.

Durability, Warranty & Value

The “value” of any mattress is both subjective and personal – reflecting how well it meets that person’s unique sleep needs and preferences, relative to their budget. As a result, our ratings in this area are focused on more objective factors like quality and longevity.

Other Factors to Consider

Delivery

• Free delivery to door

Aviya includes free delivery to your door, via common carrier. It arrives in a large box, and the mattress will expand once you release it from its plastic packaging.

Returns

• 100-day trial period
• Full refund, including free pickup within trial period

Aviya offers buyers a 100-day trial period. Returns within the trial period are free, with pickup of the mattress included. Read the Aviya returns policy. See: Aviya returns policy

Warranty

• Warranty Length: 10 years
• Indentation Coverage: 1” and above

One of the biggest, if not THE biggest complaints about any mattress from consumers regards body impressions—the inability of a mattress to spring back, eventually creating a low spot/sinkhole in the mattress. As such, mattress warranties all contain a term defining how big a sag or ‘body impression’ (measured when no one is on the mattress) is considered a defect, and thus covered under the warranty. The industry standard for innerspring mattresses is generally 1.5”. Aviya has chosen to cover indentations that meet or exceed 1", a more generous policy than most. Practically speaking, that means any softening or sagging would need to be at least that deep before the warranty would offer you protection.