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Do Beautyrest Mattresses Sleep Hot?

Derek Hales

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It will depend on how sensitive you are to heat retention, but most Beautyrest mattresses have worse cooling performance than average. Among over 400+ mattresses tested to date, the average cooling score is 8.6. Seven of the eight Beautyrest mattresses we tested scored 8.0 out of 10 for cooling.

The only model to earn an above-average score (9 out of 10) is the Beautyrest Black (the specific model we tested was the Medium Pillowtop from Series 3).

Beautyrest MattressesCooling ScoreComfort LayerMattress TypeRead Review
Beautyrest Black9.08.00″HybridRead Review
Beautyrest Black Hybrid8.04.50″HybridRead Review
Beautyrest Black Hybrid LX Class8.04.75″Memory Foam HybridRead Review
Beautyrest BR8008.03.50″CoilRead Review
Beautyrest Harmony Lux8.06.00″HybridRead Review
Beautyrest Pressure Smart Hybrid8.04.25″HybridRead Review
Beautyrest Silver8.03.00″CoilRead Review
Beautyrest Silver DualCool8.05.25″HybridRead Review

While the Beautyrest Black does have the thickest comfort layer, this layer includes a micro coil unit, hole-filled latex foam, and diamond-infused memory foam designed to transfer heat away from the sleeper.

These features significantly improved its cooling performance during our testing experience.

Beautyrest Black Back Sleeeping
Beautyrest Black Back Sleeping

Below, you can watch a video of how the heat dissipates on each Beautyrest mattress during our cooling test. For this test, we lie on the mattress for 15 minutes, get off the mattress, and then take periodic surface-level temperature measurements.

Beautyrest Black

Beautyrest Black Hybrid

Beautyrest Black Hybrid LX Class

Beautyrest Pressure Smart Hybrid

Beautyrest Harmony Lux

Beautyrest BR800

Beautyrest Silver

Beautyrest Silver DualCool

About Derek Hales

Derek Hales

Derek Hales is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of NapLab. His insights and work has been featured on ABC's Tamron Hall Show, Freakonomics, CBS News, ESPN, Reader's Digest, Homes & Gardens, New York Post, CNET, & More. Derek has personally tested 530+ mattresses and began testing mattresses in 2014.

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