Brentwood Home Oceano Mattress Review

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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.

While Brentwood Home called the Oceano mattress a "medium" we found it to be more of a Medium-Firm on our scale, perhaps a bit to the softer side of 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. The Brentwood Home Oceano mattress is a bit more to the "floating on top" side of this spectrum, though the quilted top gives it surface softness and conformity, so on the whole we would call cushioning depth to be medium, or about average.

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? Beds that respond slowly usually contain memory foam, so we include our assessment of a mattress's memory feel -- that slow, melting sensation you get from a slow-responding bed.

The Oceano bed has a 2" layer of memory foam, and it is a slow-responding foam you would normally associate with a "melting into the bed" sensation. However, it's just 2", and it sits under a deeply cushioned quilted cover which negates the memory foam feel. We did still get a bit of that memory foam sensation.

We also took a look at bounce, which we expected to be more significant given the bed's two layers of coils. When our tester dropped his body on the bed, he experienced some slight bounce, but not as much as you might expect from a mattress with more than 2,000 springs.

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.

We found the Brentwood Home Oceano mattress to be excellent in this respect when in back and stomach sleeping positions, and we felt that regardless of body weight, most people would have the same support and spinal alignment when back sleeping and stomach sleeping.

We questioned the Oceano mattress for certain side sleepers, however. The same firm support that's perfect for back and stomach sleeping may be too firm for lighter individuals who sleep predominantly on their sides.

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 Brentwood Home Oceano mattress:

Back Sleepers:

Our 200-pound tester felt this mattress to be exceptional while on his back, with excellent spinal alignment. And we felt that most people would have the same experience and excellent spinal alignment in this position, including those significantly heavier than our tester.

Side Sleepers:

Spinal alignment for our tester while side sleeping was also good, and we felt that especially those heavier than our tester would be well served by the memory foam and layer of micro-coils in this bed. We did wonder about those lighter than our tester, who might simply find this bed too firm for side sleeping, with their shoulders unable to sink into the mattress enough.

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 very well supported in this position. Further, we felt that most stomach sleepers, regardless of body weight, would have a similar good experience on the Oceano. For heavier stomach sleepers that really like memory foam, we felt that the Oceano is about as good as it gets. There's a chance that those much heavier than our tester might find a little too much softness in the hip area, but the two layers of micro-coils should offer enough firmness.

Pressure Relief ( what's this )

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 Oceano 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. In both drop tests, the bowling pin wiggled but did not fall.

We thought the Oceano mattress would be a good choice for those who might be easily disturbed by a partner's movements on the bed, or by pets or kids jumping in and out of bed.

Temperature ( what’s this )

For those who tend to sleep hot, or for those that experience hot flashes, temperature is a concern. The Brentwood Home Oceano mattress has a number of features that we think promote heat dissipation and air flow. First, this is a relatively firm mattress, which means your body doesn't sink deeply into it. That means more of your body is exposed to the air. Second, the majority of this bed is springs, and air can travel freely around springs, allowing hot air to move away, and cool air to replace it.

Although it does have some memory foam, gel flecks are added to help draw heat from the body, and above the memory foam is a layer of wool stitched into the Tencel mattress cover. Wool has natural moisture and heat-wicking capabilities. It can help keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer.

Taken altogether, we think that the Oceano mattress will not feel hot to most people.

Edge Support ( what’s this

If you tend to sleep right on the edge of your bed--or you tend to get pushed there by kids or pets, then edge support will be important. A mattress with good edge support means more usable area for sleeping and sitting.

Edge support was very good on the Oceano. Note that there's some crowning to the cover, meaning that it domes up higher than the sides. Our tester did note a slight tilting feeling because of this, but he never felt unstable.

Ease of Repositioning ( what’s this )

Another highlight in our testing was very good ease of movement on the Oceano mattress. Changing from position to position was not an issue for our tester. It does have a very heavily quilted cover, which could possible hinder movement for a small subset of people that have a serious mobility issue, but for most, we do not think changing positions will be a challenge.

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. 

While the Oceano mattress isn't natural (it's foams and memory foam are petroleum based), the mattress does have some eco-friendly features and safety certifications. The mattress cover, made of plant-based fiber and natural New Zealand wool, is certified to the OEKO-Tex standard, meaning it's been tested for hundreds of harmful chemicals.

Steel coils, while not natural, do not off-gas, so should not be a concern for those with chemical sensitivities. And at least theoretically, steel is recyclable. Instead of chemical glues, Brentwood Home uses functional tufting to hold the mattress together. And the entire mattress has been certified to the Greenguard Gold standard, meaning it's been deemed safe for the more sensitive environments, such as hospitals and schools.

So while the Oceano is not a natural or organic mattress, we were impressed with the care that's been taken to ensure a lower degree of chemicals and off-gassing. The Brentwood Home website has more details on its safety certifications.

Adjustable Base Compatibility ( what’s this )

If you plan to use your mattress atop an adjustable base, the manufacturer says that the Oceano mattress should work perfectly well. Since we were sent a twin-size bed to test, it would not fit on our adjustable base. However, based on its construction, we do expect the Oceano to work well on an adjustable base. The manufacturer says that it is perfectly safe, and heavier mattresses like this one typically conform quite well. We might expect some bunching of the top quilt/cover when the bed is fully articulated (bent) but would not expect this to be very bothersome.

Altogether, we expect adjustable base compatibility to be very good.

Price, Value & Longevity

How Much Does the Brentwood Home Oceano Cost?

Prices shown are list prices for the Oceano mattress and optional box foundation. 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.