Tempur-ProAdapt (2018-2023) Overview

Michael Magnuson

Founder of GoodBed, Leading Mattress Expert

Key Facts: Tempur-ProAdapt (2018)

  Mattress Height: 12"

  Price (Queen):    $2,999

Overview: Tempur-ProAdapt (2018) Mattress Line

New for 2018, Tempur-pedic's Tempur-ProAdapt mattresses feature a new cooling cover that's removable and machine washable, along with a new memory material called Tempur-APR that the company says is meant to improve pressure relief. The ProAdapt mattresses are sisters to the less expensive Tempur-Adapt mattresses, which share the same cooling cover, but the cover is not removable, and the Adapt does not use the new foam. Compared to the Tempur-Adapt, we found the ProAdapt models to offer greater conformance and cushioning.

Cooling Cover

The use of cooling materials is a new-ish trend among mattresses. Typically, we see "phase change" materials included as a coating on a mattress's cover that makes it feel cool to the touch. Tempur-Pedic takes a different approach with the new covers on the Tempur-Adapt and Tempur-ProAdapt mattresses. Woven into the fabric are special high-density fibers that by their very nature feel cool to the touch. (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 compared to Tempur-Pedic's previous mattress covers, it feels noticeably cool to the touch.

The Tempur-Adapt and Tempur-ProAdapt lines both use the cooling cover. On the ProAdapt mattresses, the cover zips off and can be machine washed, while it is non-removable on the Tempur-Adapt.

Materials and Construction

Tempur-Pedic, of course, is known for memory foam. Both the Tempur-Adapt and Tempur-ProAdapt mattress lines feature a top comfort layer of the company's Tempur-ES foam which it's been using in its other mattresses. This is a soft, slow responding foam that has plenty of that memory feel.

Under the Tempur-ES foam, however, the ProAdapt mattresses feature a new memory material, called Tempur-APR, meant to stand for "advanced pressure relief." As you can see in the image below, it's a very dense, slow-responding memory foam, even slower responding than the top ES foam.

While we can't comment on specific pressure relieving qualities of the Tempur-APR foam, we did note some differences compared to the Tempur-Adapt, which doesn't contain the new foam. We found conformance to be greater on all of the ProAdapt models, meaning that that the mattress adapts to the contours of your body very closely, especially as the foams warm to your body. At the same time, there's still firm support further down.

We most noticed the extra pressure relieving qualities in the ProAdapt Soft, which has the deepest cushioning and conformance.

For the Firm, Medium and Soft versions of the ProAdapt mattress, a third layer of support foam is under the ES and APR foams. For the Medium Hybrid, a pocket spring unit replaces the support foam.

Softness and Feel

There are four mattress choices in the Tempur-Adapt line. Our own assessment of their softness varies from what the company calls them.

Tempur-ProAdapt Firm

We would call the Firm version more of an Extra Firm on our scale. Even so, there's still plenty of softness on top, and the same contouring and conformance to curves we noticed in all of the Tempur-ProAdapt mattresses.

Tempur-ProAdapt Medium

We found the Medium version to be more of a Firm on our scale, and compared to the company's Firm version, progressively more cushioning and conformance.

Tempur-ProAdapt Medium Hybrid

The Medium Hybrid ProAdapt mattress has a support layer of pocket springs as opposed to foam. That will give this model more bounce than the all-foam versions. We felt that the Medium Hybrid was a good bit softer than the all-foam medium, calling it a true Medium on our scale.

Tempur-ProAdapt Soft

We would call the ProAdapt Soft a Medium Soft on our scale. It has the deepest cushioning of the four mattresses, and we noticed the pressure relief potential the most in this version.

Below: The ProAdapt Medium Hybrid