Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite 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 value of the mattress. We then take the results of that test and compare to every mattress we’ve tested to date.

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

Factor	Brooklyn Bedding Sedona	Average
Overall Score	8.32	8.52
Price (Queen)	$1,799	$1,385 (Hybrid only)
Cooling – Score	9.0	8.6
Sinkage – Depth	2.42″	2.16″
Sinkage – Feel	Deep	Moderate
Motion Transfer – Score	7.4	8.2
Motion Transfer – Acceleration	10.86 m/s²	8.76 m/s²
Response Time – Score	7.2	8.8
Response Time – Mostly Recovered	0.5 sec.	0.4 sec.
Response Time – Fully Recovered	2.2 sec.	1.0 sec.
Bounce – Height	8.68″	9.27″
Bounce – Feel	Moderate	Moderate
Edge Support – Score	7.7	8.6
Edge Support – Sitting	4.25″	4.04″
Edge Support – Lying	Fair	Good
Sex – Score	8.2	8.4
Pressure Relief – Score	9.0	8.6
Comfort Layer Thickness	5.5″	4.1″
Mattress Thickness	14.5″	12.1″
Off-Gassing – Score	7.8	8.2
Off-Gassing – Smell	Strong	Strong
Off-Gassing – Days	8 days	7 days
Company – Score	9.1	8.6
Trial	120 nights	179 nights
Warranty	Lifetime	27% have lifetime warranties, average of other 73% of mattresses is 13 years

How is Sedona Elite Different?

The Sedona Elite mattress has an overall performance that is slightly below average and a price that is above average.

In the interest of being a good value, this is not the combination we like to see, but there are still many reasons why the Sedona could be the right pick for you.

Advantages

Advantages of the Sedona include slightly better cooling performance, better pressure relief, and a thicker mattress profile.

If you’re specifically looking for a mattress that is 14″ or thicker, the Sedona Elite is a good pick. It is 14.5″ thick, 2.0″ thicker than the average mattress.

Neutral Factors

This mattress has deeper sinkage than average and slightly less bounce than average. So if you’re looking for that deeper hug and contour in a hybrid, the Sedona may be a good option.

Disadvantages

Disadvantages for the Sedona (besides price), include higher levels of motion transfer, slower material response time, poorer edge support, worse sex performance, slower off-gassing, and a shorter trial period.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite has excellent cooling performance. In our tests, I did not feel any significant level of heat retention around my body. The mattress has a cool-to-the-touch feel.

Brooklyn Bedding isn’t specific about what the fabric is, but it seems to be some type of phase change material. In any case, it does have a cool-to-the-touch feel.

After several minutes of lying on the mattress, it heats up to the temperature of your body. However, these types of phase change materials can be good, as when you change positions you’ll experience that cool-to-the-touch feel each time.

• 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

In terms of the larger design, we have copper memory foam, microcoils, and hybrid design, all of which are beneficial for cooling.

When we consider our objective data we measured a max temp of 89.3°F. This is 0.4° cooler than the average. The heat dissipation curve was a little disappointing. From 0 to 1 minute we saw a decline of 3.1°, which is slightly worse than average.

Heat Dissipation Over Time

From 0 to 5 minutes, we saw a 5.3° decline, which is also slightly worse than the average. If it wasn’t for my positive subjective experience, material layer choices, and phase change materials within the cover, the Sedona Elite would have likely received a worse cooling score.

Despite the lackluster heat dissipation curve performance, overall, I found the cooling to be respectably good. 

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite has a deep level of pressure point sinkage. In our tests, we measured 2.42” of sinkage depth.

This is deeper sinkage than the average of 2.15”.

The level of sinkage is documented in the image below.

The Sedona uses a mix of copper memory foam and microcoils as the comfort layer. Microcoils in particular offer very little resistance.

As a result, it’s not unexpected that we’re seeing a deeper level of sinkage. The Sedona has a fairly balanced level of contour and body hug. Despite the 2.42” of sinkage, I did not feel overly enveloped by the mattress.

While the copper memory foam creates immediate pressure relief and comfort, it does not excessively contour to the body due to the 2.5” microcoil layer.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona has a moderate level of motion transfer. In our tests, we measured a total acceleration range of 10.86 m/s². This is more motion transfer than the average of 8.80 m/s².

The cover has a fairly tight design. This type of cover, in combination with a comfort layer that includes micro coils and a pocketed coil foundation, results in an unsurprisingly high level of motion transfer.

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

In general, foam layers are able to absorb energy and reduce motion transfer better than non-foam layers. In the Sedona, we have a 14” mattress that has 10.5” of non-foam layers.

When we look at our motion transfer chart, which visualizes our accelerometer data, we can see the highest levels of motion from 0.00 to 0.14 seconds. From 0.14 to 0.57 seconds we see a moderate level of motion transfer before energy returns to near-zero levels.

While the motion spikes are certainly not great, the total motion duration is more reasonable. The best mattresses we’ve tested to date are able to disperse all significant energy within 0.3 seconds.

The Sedona Elite is about twice that. Nevertheless, it’s far better than the worst offenders, which can easily take 1.0-1.5 seconds before they are able to fully disperse all motion.

All things considered, motion transfer on the Brooklyn Bedding Sedona isn’t great. However, the relatively short motion duration is a silver lining.

Material response speed for the Brooklyn Bedding Sedona is a bit of a mixed bag. In our tests, we measured a mostly recovered material response time of 0.5 seconds and a fully recovered response time of 2.2 seconds.

The mostly recovered response time is slightly longer than average (the average response is 0.41 seconds). However, the fully recovered response time is far slower than the average of 0.92 seconds (based on all of our tests to date).

The level of responsiveness is documented in the video below.

Our response time score is based only on the mostly recovered timing. We take the secondary fully recovered measurement as an additional demonstration.

Generally, we don’t see the fully recovered time trailing this far behind the mostly recovered response time.

In fact, the Sedona has the 4th largest time gap between its mostly and fully recovered response measurements.

The top layer of 1.5” of copper memory foam is the slow-to-respond material layer. The other layers within the Sedona Elite bounce back quickly, but it will take some time for that top layer to fully adapt to changes in movement.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite has a moderate level of bounce. In our tests, we measured a total bounce height of 8.68”. This is 0.85” less bounce than the average of 9.53” (based on all of our tests to date).

As a general rule, I am looking for 8-12” of total bounce. This is enough bounce to see the benefits of ease of movement and improvements for sex, without creating new significant problems due to too much bounce.

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

The Sedona is on the low end of what I like to see, but still within the ideal range. Overall, I’m pleased with the level of bounce and do not expect it to be an issue for most sleepers. 

Edge support on the Sedona is a mixed bag with sitting edge support being quite good, but lying edge support leaves something to be desired.

In our sitting edge support tests we measured a sitting sinkage compression of 4.25”. This is 0.2” more sitting sinkage than the average of 4.05”.

Ideally, I like to see 4.0” or less. As a result, the Sedona misses that mark by a bit, but nothing too crazy.

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

Overall, I found the mattress supportive while sitting directly on the edge. However, when lying directly on the edge I don’t feel tremendously well supported.

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

The support is worse when lying on my back and slightly better when on my side. The relative softness of the comfort layers creates deeper sinkage at the edge.

Also, the microcoil layer does no favors for edge support. It simply too easily compresses and provides very little resistance. The combination of these factors means lying edge support lacks.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite has good sex performance. The edge support is good, but not amazing. Bounce is also on the lower side, which for sex, holds it back a bit. These two factors alone make up 80% of the sex performance score.

Sex Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Rating
Bounce	65%	7.9	Moderate
Edge Support	20%	8.4	Good
Noise	5%	10	Minimal
Pressure Relief	5%	9.0	Excellent
Cooling	5%	9.0	Excellent

The other three factors, noise, pressure relief, and cooling make up the other 20% of the sex performance. In the case of the Sedona, this mattress was quiet, had good pressure relief, and good cooling.

It’s a perfectly fine mattress for sex, but nothing amazing, since it’s lacking in two critical areas—bounce and edge support.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona mattress has excellent pressure relief. The comfort layers have very little resistance, creating immediate pressure relief and softness.

The mattress leans on the softer side of medium-firm. It’s softer than many mattresses that describe themselves as a “luxury firm” or “medium-firm”.

While that softness can create a sinkage or support issues for some body types and sleeper positions, at least with respect to pressure relief, it’s a major win.

It’s an immediate type of softness that just feels fantastic to lie on. Overall, I’m pleased with the level of pressure relief and don’t expect it to be an issue for most sleepers.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona had a strong smell right out of the box. It smelled for a little over a week, finally dissipating after 8 days.

To speed up off-gassing, remember to place the mattress in a well-ventilated space and leave off bedding or mattress protectors until the process is complete.

The company score takes a look at factors that may influence your experience with the mattress.

Factors include length of the trial period, warranty, shipping / return costs, and country of origin.

Company Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Data
Trial Period	15%	8.0	120 nights
Warranty	10%	10	Lifetime
Shipping	5%	10	$0
Returns	20%	7.0	$99
Trust	50%	10	Outstanding
Country of Origin	0%		USA

Brooklyn Bedding offers a 120-night trial period for their mattress. If at any point in that window, you change your mind, you can request a refund. Keep in mind, all returns will be hit with a $99 return fee.

I will add here that you need to try the mattress for 30 days before requesting a refund. This is known as the “Break-In Period” and it is pretty common in the industry. Waiting 30 days allows your body some time to get used to the mattress.

Compared to companies who send a crew out to pick up the mattress, this extra step of having to load the mattress yourself may be an important detail to consider.

Assuming you keep the mattress, Brooklyn Bedding offers a lifetime warranty with reasonable terms and conditions.

Comparing to all mattresses tested to date, this trial is 32% shorter than average and the warranty is 3.1 years shorter.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite is available in a single firmness—medium, a 5 out of 10.

This firmness is a touch softer than many other medium firmness mattresses, which often come in closer to a 6 out of 10.

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona mattress has excellent support. Throughout our tests, I felt well-supported in all sleeping positions. It has a thick 14” profile with a robust support system and more than sufficiently thick comfort layers.

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

While I don’t love the microcoil layer (it does very little for pressure relief or transitional support), it does help to improve cooling.

Even with the 2.5” microcoil layer serving more as an air gap barrier, the mattress still has plenty of high-performance foams and coils to create ample support for the mattress.

Design

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona is a hybrid mattress with a 5.5″ comfort layer, 9″ support layer, and a 14.5″ total profile.

Materials

There are five main layers on the 14.5″ Brooklyn Bedding Sedona mattress. From top to bottom, these layers include:

• 1.5” copper memory foam
• 2.5” micro coil
• 1.5” poly foam
• 8.0” pocketed coil
• 1.0” support foam

The Cover

The cover of the Sedona hybrid is a thin, cooling cover with a hexagonal pattern. Directly below the cover is a layer of copper-infused foam which offers antimicrobial benefits and limits heat retention within the cover.

The Comfort Layer

The comfort layer includes three layers. On top is the copper-infused memory foam, followed by a 2.5″ layer of microcoils for airflow and response.

The third layer of the comfort material is a 1.5″ layer of poly foam. This acts a bit like a transitional layer that translates pressure from the comfort material into the support layer.

Below the gel foam is a 1.0″ layer of transitional poly foam. This helps to ease the transition between foam and support coils below.

The Support Layer

The support layer is an 8.0″ layer of pocketed coils with a bit of foam wrapped around the coils at the edge. Foam-wrapping the coils dampens sound from the coils and also provides a bit of reinforced edge support (albeit not much).

Product Evolution

The Brooklyn Bedding Sedona hybrid was first released in fall of 2020. There have been a number of changes to the mattress since its initial release. Check out the differences side-by-side below.

Other Mattresses to Consider

Not sure if the Brooklyn Bedding Sedona Elite is the right pick for you? Check out these three other top-rated hybrids below, which offer similar feels and price points.

Frequently Asked Questions

Still have questions? Check out some of the top FAQs on the Brooklyn Bedding Sedona below and get the answers you’re looking for.