TEMPUR-Breeze Mattresses Overview

Note: This is not a review. This is our plain-English explanation and overview of the TEMPUR-Breeze mattress collection from Tempur-Pedic.

If you’d prefer to watch rather than read, check out our TEMPUR-Breeze Mattress Overview video.

Available Models

Tempur-Pedic's TEMPUR-Breeze collection of mattresses has been revamped, and now includes 5 mattresses in the line, separated into the ProBreeze and LuxeBreeze collections.

TEMPUR-Breeze Cooling Features

The TEMPUR-Breeze line contains multiple innovative features intended to help counter the biggest complaint against memory foam mattresses — 'sleeping hot.' These are discussed in the video above, but we also provide some additional context about them in this video for the 2019 version of TEMPUR-Breeze products.

Pure Cool Material

For starters, all of the TEMPUR-Breeze models use Tempur-Pedic's Pure Cool Material. This is a memory foam with a classic slow, melting-into-the-bed memory foam feel, yet has a more open-cell construction intended to improve air flow. As you can see below, the Pure Cool Material on the right visibly has more nooks and crannies than the other Tempur-Pedic memory foam next to it. More air can pass through the Pure Cool foam because of those extra nooks and crannies.

The Pure Cool memory foam also includes improved phase change material. Put simply, these are small wax beads with a plastic coating that are applied to a surface (in this case, foam). That makes the surface cool to the touch when it's 'cold' -- when no one is in the bed, for instance. Then when you get into bed, it takes a while for your body to warm the beads and melt the wax. The idea is that the bed retains its cool feeling long enough for you to get to sleep.

According to Tempur-Pedic's own testing, the combination of the phase change material and the Pure Cool memory foam keeps the mattress up to five degrees cooler than it's "non-cooling" counterparts over an eight-hour period. Of note, this is a significantly longer timespan than most other brands that offer cooling features, which typically only make claims based on twenty to thirty minutes.

We should also mention that the LuxeBreeze models advertise that they sleep up to ten degrees cooler relative to their non-Breeze counterparts over an eight hour period. This is a claim that's essentially unrivaled amongst brands that offer cooling features.

Cooling Cover

Tempur-Pedic uses phase change beads on its Pure Cool foam. We see other manufacturers using a similar phase change material in the cover of a mattress, but Tempur-Pedic is using a very different approach to its cooling mattress covers.

Woven into the fabric are special high-density fibers that by their very nature feel cool to the touch. As an example, think about how a high density material like marble feels cooler than low-density material like wood. Since the fiber is woven in, it can't wash off or diminish over time. It's an innovative approach, and it does feels noticeably cool to the touch.

Tempur-Pedic uses this cooling cover on all four Breeze models, but the LuxeBreeze versions use a higher percentage of it.  We had a hard time noticing a lot of difference when we compared the two. However, we noticed a marked difference between the non-cooling cover and the cover on the LuxeBreeze mattresses, which the company says feel 30% cooler to the touch.

The cooling cover on all of the TEMPUR-Breeze models zips off and can be machine washed. These are tight-top covers, without quilting or anything between the cooling cover and the Pure Cool memory foam with its cooling features.

ProBreeze

There are two mattress choices in the ProBreeze collection. Both have identical materials in the top layers of memory foam. One has a foam support layer while the other uses a pocket spring unit. We thought they both had very similar feels. The principle difference is that the hybrid version has some bounce, while the all-foam version has almost none.

Our own assessment of their softness varies slightly from what the company calls them.

ProBreeze Medium

We would call the ProBreeze Medium a Firm on our scale. Even so, there's still plenty of softness on top, and cushioning depth (how deeply you sink in and how closely it conforms to your curves) is deeper than average.

ProBreeze Medium Hybrid

We would call the ProBreeze Medium Hybrid a Firm on our scale as well. It has very similar cushioning and feel as the all-foam version, but has a bit of deep bounce on account of its coils which gives it a more lively responsiveness.

LuxeBreeze

There are three mattress choices in the LuxeBreeze part of the line. Two of these are all-foam, and one is a new Hybrid with some unique features. All of these mattresses include a higher percentage of high-density yarns in the cooling cover; the company says this makes it 25% more cool to the touch compared to the ProBreeze models.

These models use Tempur's Pure Cool Plus material. This is an "enhanced version" of the Pure Cool material with more cooling capacity. The LuxeBreeze Hybrid also has two features unique to all of Tempur's mattresses. First, this uses a new responsive foam simply named "Hybrid Material." And second, this hybrid also uses a proprietary coil-on-coil design, as opposed to the other hybrid's single stage design. Coil-on-coil units use two sets of pocket springs stacked on top of one another as a way of adding even more conforming support and are generally considered very high-quality components. The combination of these features allows for a responsive, though very conforming feel that balances the slow response of memory foam with the more rapid response of pocket springs.

Our own assessment of their softness varies slightly from what the company calls them.

LuxeBreeze Firm

We would call the LuxeBreeze Firm an Extra Firm on our scale. As with the ProBreeze models, even though this mattress has a firm feel, there's still softness on top, and cushioning depth is deeper than average (though less deep than the Soft version or either of the ProBreeze models.

LuxeBreeze Soft

We would call the LuxeBreeze Soft a Firm on our scale. It does have lots of softness on top, but from a support standpoint, this is still a firm bed, not a soft and squishy mattress.

LuxeBreeze Hybrid

We would call the LuxeBreeze Hybrid a Medium-Firm on our scale, though we would place it at the firmest end of this classification. Nonetheless, this still makes it the softest model in the line-up. Like the ProBreeze Hybrid, it also has a little bounce, though this is offset by the amount of shock-absorbing memory foam on top of the mattress.

Other Factors to Consider

Delivery

• Free white-glove delivery
  

Tempur-Pedic mattresses are available in many stores, whose delivery and return policies will vary. For orders placed online directly through Tempur-Pedic, free white-glove delivery is included, meaning movers will unpack and set up the mattress in the room of your choice, and removing any packaging materials.

Returns

• 90-night trial period
• Full refund less $175 pickup fee
  

For orders placed online, Tempur-Pedic offers a 90-night trial period, with at least a 30 day required trial. Should you wish to return the mattress, a $175 return pickup and shipping fee will apply.

Warranty

• Warranty Length: 10 years
• Indentation Coverage: 3/4” 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 foam mattresses is generally between ¾” and 1”. Tempur-Pedic has chosen to cover indentations that meet or exceed 3/4”. Practically speaking, that means any softening or sagging would need to be at least that deep before the warranty would offer you protection.

Be aware that should your mattress require replacement or repair under warranty, the owner must pay all associated shipping charges. See: Tempur-pedic warranty info