Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling Review

In This Review
Performance Tests | Firmness | Support & Sleeping Positions | Design | Materials | Comparisons | FAQs

At NapLab, we put each mattress to the test.

We test 10 different factors that impact the performance, comfort, and feel of the mattress. We then take the results of those tests and compare them to every mattress we’ve tested to date.

Check out the full performance table below to see how this mattress ranks:

Factor	Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling	Average
Overall Score	9.18	8.51
Price (Queen)	$1,699	$1,488 (Hybrid only)
Cooling – Score	10	8.6
Sinkage – Depth	2.46″	2.25″
Sinkage – Feel	Deep	Moderate
Motion Transfer – Score	8.4	8.2
Motion Transfer – Acceleration	8.55 m/s²	8.81 m/s²
Response Time – Score	9.4	8.8
Response Time – Mostly Recovered	0.2 sec.	0.4 sec.
Response Time – Fully Recovered	1.0 sec.	1.0 sec.
Bounce – Height	7.93″	8.71″
Bounce – Feel	Low	Moderate
Edge Support – Score	9.2	8.7
Edge Support – Sitting	3.50″	3.87″
Edge Support – Lying	Excellent	Good
Sex – Score	8.2	8.2
Pressure Relief – Score	10	8.6
Comfort Layer Thickness	5.75″	4.31″
Mattress Thickness	14.50″	12.22″
Off-Gassing – Score	8.3	8.0
Off-Gassing – Smell	Strong	Strong
Off-Gassing – Days	6 days	7 days
Company – Score	8.2	8.8
Trial	120 nights	192 nights
Warranty	Lifetime	40% have lifetime warranties, average of other 60% of mattresses is 13 years

How is Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling Different?

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is a 14.50″ hybrid mattress with an overall performance level that is significantly higher than average and only a slightly higher price tag.

Advantages

Specific advantages include exceptional cooling performance, slightly less motion transfer than average, faster material responsiveness, better edge support, and 10/10 pressure relief.

This mattress is paired with a 5.75″ comfort layer, which is 33% thicker than the average mattress. Thicker layers (of high-quality materials) certainly play a role in better pressure relief scores in our tests.

Neutral Factors

This mattress has deep sinkage and low levels of bounce. These two factors are considered neutral since different sleepers may have different preferences, but these factors aren’t really “good” or “bad”.

The sex performance is also a bit neutral since the Aurora Luxe scores right at the average level.

Disadvantages

The only real disadvantages of this mattress lie with the company’s terms. The trial period is only 120 nights, 72 nights shorter than the average. Additionally, if you want to send the mattress back, you’ll be charged a $99 return fee.

Considering all of the mattresses that I’ve tested to date, 3 out of 4 mattresses offer free returns. While $99 isn’t the highest return fee I’ve seen, it certainly falls within the “disadvantage” category for the Aurora Luxe.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has outstanding cooling. During our tests, I did not feel any significant level of heat retention around my body.

Quite the opposite, in fact, the mattress felt notably cool. This mattress is available with and without a cooling pillow top. The mattress we tested was equipped with the cooling pillow top and it created a significant “cool-to-the-touch” feel. The fabric in the cooling cover is woven with cooling fibers.

This appears to be similar to the fabric that’s used in Helix Glaciotex cooling covers (another high-performance cooling cover we’ve previously tested).

According to the product page, the cooling cover is also infused with cooling gel beads that “liquefy at higher temperatures to deliver relief; those same beads solidify at lower temperatures to ensure the perfect sleep environment.”

• Baseline Temperature – the temperature of the mattress before anyone lies on it
• Maximum Temperature (0 minute) – the temperature of the mattress after lying on it for 15 minutes
• Ending Temperature (5 minute) – the temperature of the mattress after being lied upon and having no one on it for 5 minutes

Beyond the cooling cover, we also have copper-infused foam that helps to avoid excess heat retention, phase change material (PCM) infused with the top-most layer of comfort foam, and a hybrid design that brings more airflow into the mattress. The mattress is packed from top to bottom with materials and design choices that help improve cooling.

In our objective temperature tests, we measured a max surface level temperature of 89.6° F. This is 0.6° cooler than the average of 90.2° F, based on all of our tests to date.

After getting off the mattress, the temperature declined by 2.5 degrees from minutes 0 to 1, which is 2.3 degrees less cool than the average 0 to 1 minute decline of 4.8 degrees.

When we consider the combination of objective data, my subjective experiences, and an analysis of the materials, I’m confident in my view that cooling is outstanding.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has deep sinkage. During our tests, we measured a pressure point sinkage depth of 2.46″. This is 0.21″ more sinkage than the average sinkage depth of 2.25″, based on all of our tests to date.

The level of sinkage is documented in the image below.

The mattress creates a balanced body contouring hug. From top to bottom, we have a pillow top, multiple poly foam layers, and a coil unit.

These materials are highly responsive, don’t create excessive hug, quickly change shape so it’s easy to move around on the mattress, and don’t create any type of polarizing feel.

Overall, I found the feel of the mattress to be extremely well-rounded, such that most sleepers could find this mattress comfortable.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has a low level of motion transfer. During our tests, we measured a total acceleration range of 8.55 m/s². This is 3% less motion transfer than the average of 8.81 m/s².

This mattress includes both highly responsive poly foams and a coil unit, which can create more motion. However, it’s also equipped with a thicker-than-average comfort layer and high-performance materials, which have a strong impact on mitigating and reducing motion transfer.

Lastly, the lower-than-average level of bounce is also helping to keep motion in check (another side effect of the thicker-than-average comfort layer).

The level of motion transfer is also documented in the video below.

In our motion transfer chart, which visualizes our accelerometer data, we can see the highest motion peaks from 0 to 0.25 seconds. Motion declines notably thereafter.

By 0.91 seconds, we’ve returned to near-zero levels of energy, which is 0.02 seconds longer than the average motion duration of 0.89 seconds. Both motion duration and motion intensity are essentially average.

While this level of motion transfer is far from the best we’ve seen, it’s also still sufficiently low that I don’t expect most sleepers to find it problematic.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is a mixed bag for material responsiveness, with an extremely fast mostly recovered response time and a moderate fully recovered response time.

In our mostly recovered test, we measured a recovery speed of 0.2 seconds, which is 0.22 seconds faster than the average of 0.42 seconds, based on all of our tests to date.

In our fully recovered responsiveness test, we measured a recovery speed of 1.0 seconds, which is 0.02 seconds faster than the average of 1.02 seconds.

Most of the materials in this mattress spring back to shape incredibly quickly. The mattress is a mix of a pillow top, poly foam comfort foams, and a coil base.

It’s only the pillow top that is slightly slower to fully recover to its original shape, which slightly slows down the full responsiveness speed for the mattress.

The level of responsiveness is documented in the video below.

To be clear, we tested a mattress with the optional cooling pillow top equipped. Without the cooling pillow top, we would expect material responsiveness speeds to be faster, likely 0.3-0.4 seconds for a full material recovery.

All that to say, I don’t expect these responsiveness speeds to be problematic for most sleepers. In our tests, I found the mattress easy to move around on and I never felt stuck in the mattress.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has a low level of bounce. During our tests, we measured a total bounce height of 7.93″.

This is 0.77″ less bounce than the average of 8.70″, based on all of our tests to date. This mattress is equipped with a significantly thicker-than-average 5.75” comfort layer. All of that extra comfort material suppresses bounce and better disperses energy. This results in a lower level of bounce.

The level of bounce is also documented in the video below.

The lower-than-average bounce is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it’s a notable reason that motion transfer is lower. However, that lower bounce also makes sex worse. As such, it’s worth considering which is more important to you. Lower motion transfer or better sex performance?

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has excellent sitting edge support and excellent lying edge support.

In our sitting edge support test, we measured a sitting sinkage compression of 3.50″. This is 0.37″ less sitting sinkage than the average of 3.87″, based on all of our tests to date.

The level of edge support while seated is documented in the images below.

While lying directly on the edge of the mattress, I felt that the support was excellent in all sleeping positions. This mattress is equipped with two rows of reinforced edge support coils along the left and right sides of the mattress.

These coils, in combination with the thicker-than-average total profile and high-quality foams in the mattress, are working to deliver fantastic edge support for both sitting and lying.

The level of edge support while lying is documented in the images below.

Notably, there are no reinforced edge coils at the head or foot of the mattress. This choice is helping to make the price a bit less expensive, but it also means edge support at the head and foot isn’t as good as the sides of the mattress.

All things considered, I found edge support to be excellent, and I expect most sleepers will find it perfectly satisfactory.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has good sex performance. First up, let’s talk through what the mattress does best.

We saw excellent or outstanding performance in 4 out of 5 sex testing categories, including minimal noise, outstanding pressure relief and cooling, and excellent edge support.

In our sitting edge support tests, we measured 3.50” of sitting edge sinkage. That’s notably better than average, which means we have a robust and supportive edge, extending the usable surface area of the mattress.

The only area where performance lacks a bit is bounce, which we measured at 7.93”. This is a good bit less bounce than average. When it comes to sex, more bounce is almost always better. The lower bounce can primarily be attributed to the optional cooling pillow top.

Sex Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Rating
Bounce	65%	7.4	Moderate
Edge Support	20%	9.4	Excellent
Noise	5%	10	Minimal
Pressure Relief	5%	10	Outstanding
Cooling	5%	10	Outstanding

Without the pillow top, I expect bounce would be higher, which would mean the sex performance would be better. All that to say, the sex performance is good, but it’s clear there is also room for improvement.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has an outstanding level of pressure relief. During our tests, I felt no significant pressure points on my body.

Very much the opposite. The Aurora Luxe Cooling was incredibly comfortable to lie on. The mattress is equipped with 5.75″ of comfort material, which is 1.45″ more comfort material than the average comfort layer thickness of 4.3″, based on all of our tests to date.

In all NapLab mattress tests, we make a point to cut the mattress open to examine the foam layers. In doing so, I found the foams look and feel high quality, both on the body and in-hand. This mattress is available with an optional cooling pillow top.

We tested the version with the pillow top, which I expect is providing a sizable pressure relief and comfort improvement over the version without the pillow top.

Beyond improving cooling performance, the optional pillow top adds significant additional foam comfort material to alleviate pressure and more evenly distribute body weight. In our objective pressure mapping tests, we measured a max PSI of 0.43, which is well within the 1.0 PSI threshold that I ideally want to see.

Pressure Relief (PSI)	Average	Maximum
Side Sleepers	0.10	0.37

Pressure Relief (PSI)	Average	Maximum
Back Sleepers	0.06	0.43

Pressure Relief (PSI)	Average	Maximum
Stomach Sleepers	0.07	0.29

When I consider our objective pressure mapping tests, material thickness, material quality, and my subjective experience on the mattress, I’m confident most sleepers will find the pressure relief to be outstanding.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling had a strong smell upon the initial unboxing. The mattress smelled for 6 days. This is 1.3 days shorter than the average smell duration of 7.3 days.

Brooklyn Bedding mattresses come with a 120-night trial period and a lifetime warranty. Shipping is free. Returns are $99.

Company Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Data
Returns	40%	7.0	$99
Trial Period	30%	8.0	120 nights
Warranty	20%	10	Lifetime
Shipping	10%	10	$0
Country of Origin	0%		USA

Comparing 113+ brands tested to date, the average trial period is 192 nights, 72 nights more than Brooklyn Bedding offers.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe is available in three different firmness options—Soft, Medium, and Firm. For the mattress in this review, we tested the Medium Version.

In addition, this mattress is available with an optional pillow top cover. We tested a mattress that was equipped with the pillow top. While the pillow top does change the feel, likely adding more sinkage and hug, I don’t expect it will significantly alter the firmness.

Soft Version

We did not test the Soft version first-hand, but we estimate it would have a 4 out of 10 rating, where 10 is the most firm.

Medium Version

We used the Medium version for this review and found it had a medium-firm feel that comes in at a 6 out of 10 on our firmness scale.

Firm Version

We also haven’t tested the Firm version, but we estimate that it would come in at an 8 out of 10 on the firmness scale.

Support on the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is outstanding. During our tests, I felt well supported in all sleeping positions.

Support Factor	Data
Comfort Layer	5.75″
Support Layer	8.75″
Firmness	Soft, Medium-Firm, and Firm
Body Contour	Balanced
Zoned Support	Yes
Reinforced Edge	Yes

The mattress is equipped with an 8.75″ support layer. This is 0.84″ thicker than the average support layer thickness of 7.91″, based on all of our tests to date.

For a mattress to create ideal support, it must both fully support the body, keeping the spine in a neutral alignment, while also providing ample comfort and pressure relief.

The Aurora Luxe Cooling meets and exceeds both of these requirements. Moreover, the mattress is available in 3 firmness levels—soft, medium, and firm.

We tested the medium version and found it has a medium-firm feel, 6 out of 10 on our firmness scale. The medium version will create an ideal support and comfort dynamic for all sleeping positions and most sleepers.

If you’re an exclusive side sleeper, weigh less than 120 pounds, or simply want the most plush feel possible, then the soft version is a possible choice.

If you’re an exclusive back or stomach sleeper, weigh more than 280 pounds, or simply want a more firm feel, then the firm version could be a possible choice.

Check out the table below to see the sleeper weights and sleeping positions that would be best suited for this mattress.

Soft Version

Sleeper Weight	Stomach Sleeper	Side Sleeper	Back Sleeper
Under 150 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
150-250 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes
250-300 lbs.	Yes	Yes	Yes

Medium Version

Sleeper Weight	Stomach Sleeper	Side Sleeper	Back Sleeper
Under 150 lbs.	No	Yes	Maybe
150-250 lbs.	No	Yes	Maybe
250-300 lbs.	No	Yes	Maybe

Firm Version

Sleeper Weight	Stomach Sleeper	Side Sleeper	Back Sleeper
Under 150 lbs.	Yes	No	Yes
150-250 lbs.	Yes	No	Yes
250-300 lbs.	Yes	Maybe	Yes

All that said, the vast majority of sleepers will be best served by the medium version. When we consider the material quality and material design, I am exceedingly pleased with what we tested and experienced. The Aurora Luxe Cooling is a fantastically strong performer, especially given the price point.

This mattress is equipped with a zoned coil unit, which creates more support in the middle of the mattress where most sleepers carry most of their weight. Zoned support creates better support and better resists body impressions, dips, and sagging where you sleep.

Based on all of my tests to date, an analysis of the materials, and my subjective experiences, I’m confident most sleepers will find support on the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is outstanding.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is a 14.50″ hybrid mattress that comes in three firmness options—Soft, Medium-Firm, and Firm. It has a plush, cooling pillow top and provides a robust support dynamic.

Design Factor	Data
Type	Hybrid
Thickness	14.50″
Cover Type	Pillow Top
Weight	125 lbs.
Has Handles	Yes
Fiberglass-Free	Yes
Ships in a Box	Yes

This mattress arrives shipped in a box and it has handles on the two long sides of the mattress, which makes it easier to transport or rotate the mattress.

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling is 14.50″ thick and contains a combination of poly foam, coils, and support foam. From top to bottom, here is a full list of the materials used in this mattress:

Layer Type	Thickness	Layer Specs
Pillow Top	2.25″	1.5 PCF, 15 ILD
Poly Foam	1.50″	3.5 PCF, 11 ILD
Poly Foam	1.00″	3.0 PCF, 10 ILD
Poly Foam	1.00″	1.5 PCF, 30 ILD
Pocketed Coils	8.00″	16.00 Gauge (Head Foot), 14.75 Gauge (Outer Coils), 13.50 Gauge (Center Zone)
Support Foam	0.75″	1.5 PCF, 52 ILD

The Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe Cooling has a 2.25″ cooling pillow top cover. This mattress is also available without the cloud cover.

If you opt for the standard cover, you’ll save about $200, but if you want the better pressure relief performance, I would recommend adding the cloud cover.

The cloud cover contains quilted foam, topped with a Phase Change Material (PCM), which helps to regulate body temperature while you sleep.

Brooklyn Bedding shows the whole assembly as diamond-stitched on their website, but the model we received had round stitching. Regardless of the exact stitching detail, the cloud cover gives the mattress a more luxurious look compared to the standard cover.

The comfort layer is 5.75″ thick, which includes the pillow top cover. Below the cover, there are three additional layers of foam. First, we see a 1.5″ poly foam (pink foam), followed by two 1.0″ poly foam layers (gray foam + white foam).

These three layers work together to provide comfort and transitional support before engaging with the support materials below.

The support layer is 8.75″ thick and made of an 8.0″ pocketed coil unit followed by a 1.0″ support foam base.

The coils are zoned, which provides more supportive coils at the center of the mattress, and lighter coils at the head and foot of the mattress.

Edge support on the Aurora Luxe is very good and that is largely due to the reinforced coils used at the outer edge of the mattress. This improves support when sitting or lying at or near the edge.

Product Evolution

The Aurora Luxe first launched in 2017 as a standard hybrid, but underwent considerable upgrades in 2024 and 2026.

The original Aurora Luxe (prior to 2021) used a pocketed coil base with consistent firmness and gauge across the entirety of the mattress. In 2021, we tested a version that contained zoned coils.

In 2024, a newer Aurora Luxe (still with zoned coils) was released. This mattress has the same thickness as the 2021 version, but some changes to the materials.

Here is a list of the most notable changes:

• Updated Quilted Cover (GlacioTex)
• Optional Pillowtop Cover
• Thinner Comfort Layer (20% thinner, but seemingly better quality foams that performed notably better)
• Thicker Support Foam (25% thicker)

In 2026, another set of updates was made with the following changes:

• Cloud pillow top now includes Phase Change Material (PCM)
• Updates to the foam formulations (designed to improve pressure relief and responsiveness; exact foam changes were not disclosed)
• Redesigned outer cover (navy and copper accents)

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