Aviya Mattress Review (2019)

Comfort & Feel

There are three aspects that make up our assessment of comfort and feel. We call these "preference-based characteristics" because no rating here is better or worse – rather, the attributes that are most desirable to you will be determined solely by your personal preferences. We apply the same classification standards to each mattress so you can more easily compare apples to apples.

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.

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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?

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 & Pressure Relief

The two things that you should always be sure to get from your mattress are spinal alignment (commonly thought of as "back support") and pressure relief. Unfortunately, no mattress will deliver these two things equally well for all sleepers. In particular, spinal alignment and pressure relief capabilities will vary across sleepers with different weights, body shapes, and sleep positions. To help you determine how this mattress will perform for you, we break down our spinal alignment and pressure relief assessments by sleeper type.

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

Overall, we found the pressure relief offered by the Aviya mattress to be excellent. Our tester didn’t experience any specific issues. As with side sleeping in general, we felt lighter people might be better served with the Plush version.

Other Features

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, and 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.

Additionally, steel does not offgas, so the Aviya mattress's coil unit should not be an issue for smells/odors.

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.

Price, Value & Longevity

How Much Does the Aviya Mattress Cost?

Prices shown are list prices. Remember that GoodBed keeps our site current with the best available discounts on all online mattresses, many of which are exclusive discounts for our readers.

What Are You Getting?

The Aviya mattress is a 12-inch hybrid mattress made with 3" of bio-based comfort foil on top of a zoned pocketed coil unit. It has a very traditional look and feel.

How Long Will the Aviya Mattress Last?

When it comes to estimating the comfort lifespan of a mattress, we tend to use foam density as our best, albeit imperfect, predictor of how long a foam will retain its shape and resiliency. In the case of the Aviya mattress, the bio-based foams are all 1.8-lb density, which is on the low side compared to foams we have seen used in other mattresses. However, there's only three inches of comfort foam on the mattress, and it's supported by a well made coil unit.

In our view, the coil unit is a key asset, and should hold up very well. The stronger middle coils not only provide extra support for the heaviest part of your body, but should also boost long-term durability and help prevent sagging over time.

Overall Value