Tempur-Pedic LUXEbreeze Mattress Review

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.

Tempur-Pedic uses their firmness classifications differently than we do. They use it to indicate cushioning, and how deeply you sink into the mattress, while we use it more as an indication of how the mattress feels right away at the top.

The company calls this mattress a Firm, but we found it to be more of an Extra Firm on our scale. Note that the Soft version of this mattress is also a Firm on our scale, but you do sink in more deeply, which accounts for Tempur-Pedic's "soft" classification.

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

Cushioning Depth ( what’s this )

Cushioning depth refers to how deeply you sink into a mattress, and how closely it conforms to your body's curves. Some people really enjoy sinking in a lot, and like the feeling of being hugged or cradled. Others prefer more of a floating feeling you get from shallower cushioning, where you're not sleeping "in" your mattress as much as on it.

The LUXEbreeze Firm, despite it's initial firmness, allows for a lot more than average of that "sink" quality. It hugs your curves as your body warms the bed. It's a feeling of being "hugged" or cradled by your mattress. We reviewed the Firm version, but we expect the Soft version to have an even more pronounced amount of memory feel.

Responsiveness ( what's this )

We look at responsiveness in two ways. The first is memory feel; that's the ooey-gooey melty feeling that memory feel imparts. Some mattresses have "fast" memory foam, meaning you don't get as much of that slow/melting feeling. Instead, the foam springs back rather quickly. On the other end, "slow" memory foam lets you gradually sink deeper and deeper into the mattress as your body warms the warm. Then when you get up, there's a visible impression where your body was, which slowly puffs up and back into shape.

The Tempur-Pedic LUXEbreeze Firm is more like the latter; it has much more of that melting/sinking aspect.

We also look at responsiveness in terms of bounce. All-foam mattresses typically do not have much of is, as foam has such a dampening effect on movement. Mattresses with slow memory foam tend to have even less bounce, and the LUXEbreeze Firm fits into that category.

You can see bounce demonstrated in our video when we toss our bowling ball on the Titan mattress; it barely moves. The same is true when our tester plops his whole weight on the bed. That pin is rock steady.

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.

The Tempur-Pedic LUXEbreeze Firm is a very firm mattress; while the memory foam allows your body to sink a lot, the inherent firmness of the mattress ensures that the mattress doesn't really feel squishy underneath you.

The first job of any mattress is to hold your spine in alignment, and that will vary depending on where you stop sinking in the LUXEbreeze.

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 LUXEbreeze Firm mattress:

Back Sleepers:

We thought that most back sleepers would feel well supported on the LUXEbreeze Firm. If there's an exception, it might be those on the heavy end of the scale, whose hips might sink too deeply into the mattress, especially since there are no springs in this bed to provide opposition. If hips sink too deeply, the back arches too much and the spine isn't aligned. But we don't think most back sleepers will have this issue.

Side Sleepers:

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. We did think this would be an issue for most stomach sleepers on the LUXEbreeze Firm. Lighter stomach sleepers might be fine. We don't think any side sleepers should go for the Soft version.

Pressure Relief

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 LUXEbreeze Firm bed, we tested motion isolation by dropping a 16-lb. bowling ball on it, as well as the full weight of our 200-lb. tester. In both tests, the bowling pin barely moved at all.

We think this mattress would be a great choice for those who are easily disturbed by a partner's movements in bed.

Temperature ( what’s this )

If you are a “hot” sleeper, or perhaps a woman who experiences hot flashes, how a mattress affects your body temperature may be a concern. I

All--foam mattresses, and especially memory foam mattresses, tend not to be the best in this department. Tempur-pedic has taken aim squarely at this issue and has introduced many features intended to combat sleeping hot. Every layer and material in the mattress includes some kind of cooling feature.

The top memory foam includes flecks of phase-change material, particles that stay solid until your body eventually warms them. This helps you stay cool while you are falling asleep. The cover includes high-density fibers, which give it a coolness to the touch, also helpful while falling asleep.

To help keep you cooler overnight, several features improve airflow, channeling warm air away from the body and allowing cooler air to replace it.

The Tempur-APR foam, the second layer of memory foam, has holes drilled right through it, giving air a place to travel. The third transition foam layer is an open-cell foam, meaning there are visible spaces between the fibers of the foam, again allowing for air to flow through it. And lastly, the support foam is convoluted, with channels carved into it allowing for more air flow.

We found the science behind all of these features very persuasive and substantial, and we felt this mattress feels noticeably cooler, even cooler than most mattresses of any type (including innerspring mattresses, which are typically coolest). We especially noticed the cooling effects in the first 10-15 minutes, the time during which you are trying to fall asleep. We were very impressed with this mattress's cooling features, and have given it the highest rating we've given any all-foam mattress.

Edge Support ( what’s this )

If you like to sit on the edge of your mattress, or if you tend to sleep right on the edge of your mattress, you want a model that has good integrity and stability around the edges.

Edge support isn't usually a strength of all-foam mattresses, and that's no exception here.

Ease of Repositioning ( what’s this )

For those with joint and mobility issues, ease of movement -- changing positions and getting in and out of bed -- is a priority.

This is a mattress with a lot of squishy memory foam, and while people that don't have a particular mobility problem should be fine, for those with a known issue, movement is not as easy as it might be with a mattress that has less memory foam.

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. 

Adjustable Base Compatibility ( what’s this )

We tested the LUXEbreeze mattress on the same adjustable base we use with all the mattresses we evaluate. The mattress is certainly safe to use on an adjustable base - doing so will not damage the mattress in any way.

We always look at conformance, or how well the mattress adjusts to the base when it's raised and bent into a fully articulated position. The mattress performed very well in this respect.