TempurPedic Mattress Reviews

TempurPedic Reviews: Jump-To Outline

We’ve tried to include everything you could possibly want to know about TempurPedic mattresses, but that also means that this is a hefty post. In order to make it a little easier for you to jump around, we’ve included an outline below. You can click a link to a take you to a particular section.

• Overview Of TempurPedic’s Mattress Lineup
• Buying A TempurPedic Mattress Online
• Most Affordable — Tempur Adapt
• Most Popular — Tempur Pro Adapt 
• High-End — Tempur Luxe Adapt
• Upgraded Cooling — Tempur Pro Breeze
• Upgraded Cooling — Tempur Luxe Breeze

We also have a “Frequently Asked Questions” section below if you’re still searching for more information. We’ve tried to include answers to most of the questions we receive via email from consumers.

Overview Of TempurPedic’s Mattress Lineup

TempurPedic is one of those brands that spends a fortune on marketing, but somehow still manages to confuse consumers with their various beds. Recently, however, they’ve started to simplify their mattress lineup and now have five core models. Below is a graphic that depicts some of the differences between those five models.

• Adapt: This is the most affordable mattress in the lineup. It’s available in a Medium and Medium Hybrid version.
• ProAdapt: They say that this is the most popular bed in the lineup. It comes in a Soft, Medium, Medium Hybrid, and Firm version.
• LuxeAdapt: The brand says that this is their “most advanced” bed. We think it’s unnecessarily expensive, and it only comes in a Soft and Firm version.
• ProBreeze: Available in a Medium and Medium Hybrid option. The brand says it can sleep up to 3° cooler at night.
• LuxeBreeze: Comes in a Soft and Firm model, and supposedly can help you to sleep up to 8° cooler at night. Price point is shocking.

Just so you know, the Soft option is closer to a true medium on our soft/firm scale. It is the best option for strict side sleepers, including petite individuals.

The Medium and Medium Hybrid options are closer to a Medium-Firm and should work for a variety of sleeping positions, so long as you know they’re not soft.

The Firm models are truly firm and are best for back and stomach sleepers.

We have individual sections for all of the beds below, but let’s first start by discussing the online buying experience.

Buying A TempurPedic Mattress Online

TempurPedic is usually the first company that comes to mind when people hear “memory foam mattresses.” They’ve been around since 1992 and sell their products both online and in stores. Policies toward shipping and returns will vary from retailer to retailer, but if you end up purchasing any of their beds through their website, here’s how it shakes out.

You get free white glove delivery and a 90-night in-home trial. And one interesting thing about this is that the mattress ships inside a full-size box, which means when you get it, there’s no need to wait for the mattress to decompress. It is ready to sleep on day one. Most online mattresses (such as Tomorrow Sleep) take about 24-48 hours to fully inflate after you’ve removed all of the packaging.

After the mattress arrives, you will have 90 nights to make your mind up about it. A full three months should be more than long enough to allow your body to adjust to the bed and come to a final conclusion.

Regardless of whether you order through TempurPedic.com, or some other vendor, the mattress is backed by a 10-year warranty, which is about the standard length of a warranty for a brand new mattress.

Tempur-Adapt Mattress Review

While the Tempur-Adapt is pricey by normal bed-in-a-box mattress standards, we wouldn’t actually consider it an expensive mattress, especially when you compare it certain other beds such as the Beautyrest Black or Purple 4. Here’s a pricing breakdown for the Tempur-Adapt Hybrid.

Of course, that’s just the MSRP for the mattress. Prices change during holidays and sales. You can check TempurPedic’s wesbite to see current promotions on the Tempur-Adapt Hybrid. They usually throw in some sort of incentive during major holidays.

Sizes/Dimensions — Twin, Full, Queen, King, etc.

The Tempur-Adapt is available in all of the typical US sizes ranging from a twin up to a king and even a split California king option. Here’s a look at the dimensions and weight for each size (W x L):

• Twin — 38″ x 75″ (48 lb)
• Twin XL — 38″ x 80″ (52 lb)
• Full — 54″ x 75″ (67 lb)
• Queen — 60″ x 80″ (79 lb)
• King — 76″ x 80″ (99 lb)
• Cal King — 72″ 84″ (99 lb)

Also, keep in mind that all of the beds will work with a number or different foundations, including adjustable bed frames, platform beds, traditional frames, and even the floor. You can see all of the adjustable bed frames on TempurPedic’s website—they make at least three different models.

Construction Of The Tempur Adapt

The Tempur-Adapt mattress comes in two models: an all-foam option and a hybrid. The image below shows a construction breakdown for the hybrid model.

The Tempur-Adapt Hybrid uses both foam and coils. The base (or foundation layer) is comprised of 1,000 spring coils that are individually wrapped to reduce motion transfer, but still offer plenty of support. Additionally, along the perimeter of the mattress is a dense layer of foam that acts as a border for the coils to help with edge support (more on this below). This is why you only see foam, no coils, in the image above.

Next is a transition foam that TempurPedic vaguely calls the “Original TEMPUR Support Layer.” This basically ensures that you don’t feel the coils through the top of the mattress. This is a denser, firmer foam. On top is a slightly softer layer of memory foam, which again, TempurPedic vaguely calls “TEMPUR-ES Comfort Layer.” This is the layer that you’ll feel most. It has a true, deep memory foam feel.

Cooling Cover On The Tempur Beds

The Tempur-Adapt Hybrid has a knit cotton cover with a cooling gel technology that makes it cool to the touch. It’s not the softest cover ever, but it does actively cool you down throughout the night, which is a good thing since traditional memory foam beds are known for sleeping a little warmer.

While the cover is removable, we don’t recommend that you actually ever remove it. It’s not machine washable, so there’s really no point. If you do happen to spill and stain the cover, just use some mild soap and warm water to spot treat it.

You can also look into getting a mattress protector on Amazon if want to actively protect against stains. Our only qualm with mattress protectors is that they tend to change the firmness profile of a mattress and they can diminish the cooling effects of the cover.

Firmness Rating

Overall, the bed has a dense memory foam feel. When you first lay down, the bed feels quite firm, but after a few seconds you start to sink as the memory foam contours to the shape of your body. It offers a good deal of support, but if what you want is a soft mattress, the Tempur-Adapt Hybrid is not it.

The bed sort of has a deep, viscous feel to it. It’s comfortable if you like memory foam, but it’s not for everyone. Also, keep in mind the more you weigh, the more you’ll sink into the bed, and the less you weigh, the more you’ll lay on top of the mattress. Heavier individuals will therefore get more of a stuck-in-the-mud feeling than lighter individuals will.

As for the firmness level of the mattress, it’s about a medium-firm for someone that weighs between 150 lb and 250 lb. It’s a tad (just a tad) softer than DreamCloud, but firmer than Nolah.

As a heads up, firmness is a relative measure. The heavier you are, the softer you will experience a mattress to be. The opposite is true for lighter individuals. We might put it at a medium-firm, but that doesn’t mean everyone will exactly agree with us. if you’re closer to 250 lb, you’re going to swear up and down that the bed really isn’t that firm. If you’re 125 lb, you’re going to argue that this bed is the definition of firm. So, just remember that there’s a fair bit of subjectivity involved in rating the bed’s firmness level.

Let’s Talk Sleeping Positions: Side, Stomach & Back

Given that the Tempur-Adapt Medium Hybrid is a firmer bed, it ends up being a good choice for back and stomach sleepers. It’s not so firm that it won’t conform to the shape of your body, but it’s also not so soft that you’ll feel extra pressure under your lower back. In fact, we actually would argue that this is a really nice bed for individuals with low back pain since it offers plenty of support and it’s on the firmer end of the spectrum.

This would not be our favorite mattress for side sleepers, particularly individuals that weigh under around 160 lb. It just doesn’t offer a ton of pressure relief for your shoulders and hips unless you’re closer to the 200 lb mark.

As for combination sleepers that rotate between several positions at night, again, the Tempur-Adapt is probably not our favorite mattress, but we think most people will be just fine.

The only wrinkle here is that the memory foam makes it a little more difficult to switch sleeping positions. Therefore, if you tend to rotate frequently at night, it can slow you down a bit and possibly even make you feel a little restless.

As a counterpoint, however, there’s a chance that the memory foam feel actually helps you sleep better if you’re prone to rotating around. We say this because the indentation that your body creates can almost act as a weighted blanket, making you feel more secure and subconsciously less inclined to move around. This completely depends on the sleeper.

Can TempurPedic Handle Heavy People?

Yes. The Tempur-Adapt is a suitable mattress for heavy people, especially if you like memory foam. The springs in this bed provide great support and ensure that the bed will be more durable than your average online mattress. And, at the risk of stating the obvious, since the Tempur-Adapt Hybrid can handle heavier people, it can clearly also take on individuals weighing under 250 lb.

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More About Temperature And The Cooling Cover

While a lot of memory foam beds tend to heat up and sleep warm at night, this bed does a good job of cooling you down. That’s thanks in part to two things. First, the active-cooling cover helps to dissipate heat. And second, the firmness profile of the bed ensures that most people will sleep on top of the bed rather than in the bed. In other words, less of the material will cover your body, which should help to keep you cooler.

It’s not the coolest mattress in the world, but it’s a nice option for hot sleepers that know for sure that they want a memory foam bed.

Two Extra (Overlooked) Factors For Couples

We think this will be a suitable mattress for couples, as long as both partners sleep a little warmer and like memory foam. Beyond that, there are two areas that are important that the Tempur-Adapt performs well in.

The first is edge support, which refers to the strength of the edges of the bed. If the bed is too soft, you can get a roll-off sensation. Fortunately, because it has a dense foam border, the Tempur-Adapt has good edge support. Feel free to spread out on this mattress.

The second element is motion isolation. Remember those Tempur-Pedic commercials from 1995 where they put a wine glass on the bed and jumped around on the mattress and the glass didn’t spill? Well, we tried that too, and it didn’t spill with us either—only we used water, not wine.

This means that when your partner moves, you’ll have a lower chance of feeling it, especially compared to your 15-year-old innerspring bed. The Tempur-Adapt probably isn’t the absolute best mattress for light sleepers, but it’s one of the better hybrid options.

Tempur-ProAdapt Mattress Review

Within the Tempur-ProAdapt line, there are four options for you to choose from:

• Soft — Best for strict side sleepers
• Medium — Good for all sleep styles (i.e. back, side, etc.)
• Medium Hybrid — Same as above, but more responsive and supportive since it has a coil foundation.
• Firm — For individuals that want a firm, dense surface and favor their stomach/back at night

The Medium and Medium Hybrid will be the most popular models since they are the most accomodating in terms of being able to handle all sleep styles.

Heavier individuals should consider going with the Medium Hybrid because of the coil base. Hybrid mattresses are widely accepted to be more ideal for heavy people over the long run, as compared to beds made entirely of foam. For the record, when we say “heavy” we mean in the 230-250 lb range or more.

Tempur-ProAdapt Construction

You should not cut into the mattress—we did, though. The construction will vary somewhat depending on the model you select, but in any case it will be close to what we describe below with the only difference being density of the foams and whether there is a foam or coil base.

The bed starts with a dense layer of poly foam (or coils) and transition up to several layers of memory foam. TempurPedic has fancy names for the memory foam such as “TEMPUR-APR Support” and “TEMPUR-ES Comfort Layer,” but to you it will just feel like dense memory foam.

The cover is removable and utilizes a special cooling technology known as phase-change. The cover might be removable, but it is not machine washable, so you should clean it by hand. This is the case with 95% of beds out there.

Feel And Firmness Of The Tempur-ProAdapt

Given that this is a memory foam mattress and TempurPedic, as a company, is known for memory foam, the Tempur-ProAdapt line, unsurprisingly, has a true memory foam feel.

When you lay down on the bed, it will feel firm at first, but it softens as heat and pressure are applied (i.e. your body). This is common will all memory foams. In fact, memory foam will feel extra firm when it’s cold and softer when it’s warm in your room.

The firmness rating for the bed will depend largely on your body, and, in particular your height-t0-weight ratio. The more weight you concentrate in a given area, the softer the bed will appear. The opposite is true for petite individuals. This isn’t unique to TempurPedic either. Firmness just happens to be a mostly subjective measurement.

We rate the Medium option at about a medium-firm, though it will feel softer as you sink into the bed. This is part of the reason that everyone tends to rave about the pressure relief you get from a memory foam bed—they compress to cradle your body almost exactly.

All Sleeping Positions: Will The Tempur Pro Adapt Work?

Of the four models within the Tempur-ProAdapt line, the Soft, Medium, and Medium Hybrid should be just fine for side sleepers, though, it depends on your preference for firmness. Petite side sleepers, for example, might gravitate toward the Soft model, whereas someone in the 150 – 250 lb range would likely prefer the Medium or Medium Hybrid.

Larger side sleepers (i.e. over 250 lb) will want to go with the Medium Hybrid option for the reasons we mentioned above. The pressure relief will certainly be there, as well is the support given the coil base.

Bottom line, there are plenty of options for side sleepers with the Tempur-ProAdapt mattress. Again, though, a lot of this comes down to your personal preferences.

There is a similar story for back sleepers and stomach sleepers—there is a model that will be suitable. You will likely want to stick to the Medium, Medium Hybrid, and Firm models.

When you lay on the bed, your weight gets distributed, so the firmness level you select will come down to your body type. In any case, though, you have at least three options to choose from with the Tempur-ProAdapt.

For anyone that rotates positions at night (i.e. a combination sleeper), a memory foam bed could be just what you need or don’t need, depending on how your body reacts to the bed. For example, if you toss and turn at night, the memory foam could leave you feeling restless because it takes more effort to switch sleeping positions. On the flipside, since the memory foam creates a little cocoon for your body to lay in, it could actually stop you from tossing and turning so much.

For the reasons above, we consider this bed a “maybe” for combo sleepers—again, depending on how your body reacts. The Medium Hybrid model will be the most ideal for combination sleepers since it’s a little quicker to respond.

Temperature For This TempurPedic Bed

Like most things with a mattress, temperature depends on several factors, including your body type, preferred sleeping position, room temperature, firmness, and more. As such, we can’t give it a concrete temperature rating, though, for most people it should be neutral or on the cooler end.

While the bed doesn’t have gel memory foam, the cover is supposed to draw heat away from the surface and actively cool down the sleeper. It is cool to the touch and doesn’t seem to trap heat the way other polyester covers can. We wouldn’t consider this the coolest sleeping mattress, but it’s among the best memory foam beds for temperature regulation. There is no hard and fast rule on temperature regulation though.

Will Couples Like The Tempur-ProAdapt?

The biggest factors for couples are feel and firmness. If you’re in agreement on those two items, the following factors are less important, but still worth considering.

Edge support is a term that refers to the strength along the perimeter of the mattress. It is only worth getting all worked up over if you sleep along the edges of the mattress. The firmer the bed, the better the edge support in many cases.

The Tempur-ProAdapt for the most part has good edge support, but you also have to consider how memory foam works. It will remember its shape, and, therefore if you’re sleeping along the edge, the bed will compress to accomodate your body. Thus, when you go to roll back into the center, it will be more difficult, and actually the path of least resistance is going off the mattress. As such, we can’t say the bed has great edge support—it just has odd edge support. The bed with best edge support is probably the Beautyrest Black, Leesa Hybrid (Sapira), or Stearns & Foster Addison Grace.

Another factor worth considering is motion isolation, which is all about how well the bed deadens movement. You’ve probably seen it demonstrated with a glass of wine and someone rolling on the bed. We have a similar test, though, we use water.

There is very little movement that transfers through the bed. Of course, if you jump around, more motion will show up, but that’s not what most people will do. Motion isolation is important for restless sleepers and people that get up in the middle of the night or early morning, but do not want to disrupt their partner. We’d say that the Tempur-ProAdapt is just fine here.

The last thing that we should bring up for couples is the split king and split California king options. Not many companies offer these, but they can be a nice solution if you plan to use an adjustable bed frame or you and your partner can’t sync up in terms of preferred firmness level.

Tempur-LuxeAdapt

By now, we have covered TempurPedic beds ad nauseam, so rather than go through every single thing with the LuxeAdapt, let’s cover what’s special about it—besides the $3,999 price tag for the queen size. The following is according to TempurPedic’s website.

• It’s 30% more conforming, meaning the memory foam (i.e. “TEMPUR-APR+”) is more accomodating.
• It has a 13″ height profile versus 12″ for the ProAdapt.
• No hybrid option.
• No double or full size.

That’s really it. I’m sure you can tell by our tone that we think the vast majority of consumers will be just fine with the Tempur-Adapt or -ProAdapt and can save at least $1,000 in the process.

Tempur-ProBreeze

The Tempur-ProBreeze came out in 2019 and is essentially the same bed as the Tempur-ProAdapt, but with a few cooling upgrades. Let’s focus on those so that we don’t have to rehash feel, firmness, etc.

• It has a new cooling cover (same name though “SmartClimate”) that we actually like better. It’s a little softer.
• It incorporates a “PureCool+ Phase Change Material” that’s essentially a laminated gel strip, which is situated under the cover.
• It has a layer of “TEMPUR-CM+ Comfort Foam” that is a thin strip of gel-infused foam under the aforementioned gel strip.

That’s really all there is to the Tempur-ProBreeze. It’s only available in a Medium and Medium Hybrid, but will feel nearly identical to the Tempur-ProAdapt, only it should remain cooler for longer. Our opinion is that you can absolutely feel the cooling effects of this mattress, and it would be a great solution for hot sleepers that want a cooling memory foam bed.

Tempur-LuxeBreeze

Moving over to TempurPedic’s most expensive bed, the Tempur-LuxeBreeze supposedly can help you to sleep up to 8° cooler during the night. Sure, you can 100% tell that it’s a cooling mattress, but we can’t prove or disprove this 8° cooler claim.

So what could make the LuxeBreeze sleep up to 5° cooler than the ProBreeze? Truthfully, we don’t know, but supposedly it has something to do with the ventilated support layers (primary difference over ProBreeze). All we can really say is that it definitely sleepers cool, but “how cool?” is the question that we can’t answer.

Also, the LuxeBreeze is available in a “Soft” and “Firm” comfort profile, while the ProBreeze only comes in a “Medium” and “Medium Hybrid.”