Leesa Natural Luxe 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	Leesa Natural Luxe	Average
Overall Score	9.07	8.54
Price (Queen)	$1,574	$1,990 (Latex Hybrid only)
Cooling – Score	9.0	8.6
Sinkage – Depth	2.87″	2.26″
Sinkage – Feel	Very Deep	Moderate
Motion Transfer – Score	7.9	8.2
Motion Transfer – Acceleration	9.65 m/s²	8.83 m/s²
Response Time – Score	9.7	8.7
Response Time – Mostly Recovered	0.2 sec.	0.4 sec.
Response Time – Fully Recovered	0.6 sec.	1.0 sec.
Bounce – Height	10.19″	8.60″
Bounce – Feel	High	Moderate
Edge Support – Score	9.2	8.8
Edge Support – Sitting	3.50″	3.82″
Edge Support – Lying	Excellent	Good
Sex – Score	9.1	8.2
Pressure Relief – Score	9.0	8.6
Comfort Layer Thickness	4.00″	4.38″
Mattress Thickness	12.50″	12.36″
Off-Gassing – Score	9.7	7.9
Off-Gassing – Smell	Strong	Strong
Off-Gassing – Days	1 day	8 days
Company – Score	10	9.0
Trial	365 nights	240 nights
Warranty	Lifetime	40% have lifetime warranties, average of other 60% of mattresses is 13 years

How is Leesa Natural Luxe Different?

The Leesa Natural Luxe is a 12.50″ latex hybrid mattress with an overall performance level that is higher than average, with a price that is lower than average. This results in a mattress that is an exceptional value.

Advantages

Beyond the low price, the Leesa Natural Luxe offers better cooling, faster material responsiveness, better edge support, better sex performance, and better pressure relief. This mattress off-gases in only 1 day, a full week shorter than the average duration.

Neutral Factors

This mattress has very deep sinkage and high levels of bounce. The body contour is balanced and it has a more generalized contour, like other latex hybrids that we’ve tested.

Disadvantages

The biggest disadvantage of the Leesa Natural Luxe mattress is higher levels of motion transfer. In our tests, we measured 10% higher levels of motion than the average mattress.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has excellent cooling. During our tests, I did not experience any significant level of heat retention around my body.

While cooling wasn’t perfect, it was still better than average. This mattress has a few material and design choices helping to improve cooling. First up, we have the latex, which naturally resists heat buildup.

• 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 addition, the other poly foam layers, while not immune to heat build-up, do appear to be fairly breathable. Lastly, we have the coil support base, which brings plenty of airflow into the mattress. This combination works to deliver solid cooling performance.

In our objective temperature tests, we measured a max surface level temperature of 90.7° F. This is 0.4° warmer than the average of 90.3° F, based on all of our tests to date.

After getting off the mattress, the temperature declined by 3.9 degrees from minutes 0 to 1, which is 0.9 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 excellent.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has very deep sinkage. During our tests, we measured a pressure point sinkage depth of 2.87″. This is 0.61″ more sinkage than the average sinkage depth of 2.26″, based on all of our tests to date. The mattress creates a balanced body-contouring hug.

The level of sinkage is documented in the image below.

The Leesa Natural Luxe uses a mix of wool quilted cover, latex foam, poly foam, and coils. Those materials work together to create a more blended feel. While this mattress does use latex, it doesn’t feel like a latex or latex hybrid mattress. The poly foams in the mattress are adding their own feel to the mix and creating the more blended feel.

Latex by itself can create a more significant polarizing feel. Not everyone loves the feel of latex, which can be more buoyant, restrained in its body-contouring hug, and create more of a floating feel. By blending latex with two other poly foam layers, we get a more balanced and even feel that many types of sleepers can enjoy.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has a moderate level of motion transfer. During our tests, we measured a total acceleration range of 9.65 m/s². This is 9% more motion transfer than the average of 8.84 m/s².

The higher than average motion transfer is pretty typical for a hybrid mattress that uses latex. Both latex and coils are highly resilient, springy, and highly responsive. This combination delivers more bounce and isn’t able to disperse energy as well as many other mattress types.

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 thereafter, but we do see a secondary energy spike from 0.5 to 0.6 seconds.

After which, motion declines and then remains fairly steady until around 1.0 seconds. By 1.19 seconds, we’ve returned to near-zero levels of energy, which is 0.27 seconds longer than the average motion duration of 0.92 seconds.

When we look at the complete motion transfer picture it’s fair to say this mattress leaves much to be desired. Both the motion intensity and duration are worse than average.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has an extremely fast mostly recovered response time and a very fast 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 0.6 seconds, which is 0.43 seconds faster than the average of 1.03 seconds.

The level of responsiveness is documented in the video below.

While the fully recovered response time wasn’t quite instant, it’s also not far from it. These material recovery speeds are more than fast enough to facilitate excellent ease of movement on the mattress and will help prevent feeling any type of “stuck” feeling in the mattress.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has a high level of bounce. During our tests, we measured a total bounce height of 10.19″. This is 1.59″ more bounce than the average of 8.60″, based on all of our tests to date.

The higher than average level of bounce is a product of the hybrid design, latex comfort layer, and other poly foam layers that are both highly responsive and resilient. Together these materials deliver a higher degree of pushback, creating more bounce on the surface of the mattress.

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

The higher bounce is especially beneficial for sex performance and ease of movement. That said, more bounce is also the reason we see motion transfer being worse than average.

The Leesa Natural Luxe 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 0.31″ less sitting sinkage than the average of 3.81″, 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 coils running along the left and right sides of the mattress. Those coils are 15.5 gauge (according to Leesa).

Those reinforced coils, in combination with the quality materials and thicker-than-average total mattress height, create the right material conditions to create strong edge support.

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

Even so, it’s important to note that there are no reinforced coils on the head or foot of the mattress. So while edge support is quite good on the sides of the mattress, it’s less impressive along the head and foot.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has excellent sex performance. First up, let’s talk through what the mattress does best, which includes creating minimal noise and delivering excellent edge support.

In our sitting edge tests, we measured a sitting sinkage compression of 3.50”, which is notably better than average. The more robust edge extends the usable surface area of the mattress, which is beneficial for amorous activities.

In addition, both pressure relief and cooling also earned excellent scores, meaning we have a comfortable feel.

Lastly, we need to talk about bounce, which earned a good score, but one that didn’t quite make it into the excellent performance tier. In our bounce tests, we measured a total bounce height of 10.19”.

That is notably more bounce than average. More bounce is almost always better than less when it comes to sex performance. Ideally, we’ll see 12” or more, which helps to greatly facilitate ideal amorous activity.

Sex Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Rating
Bounce	65%	8.9	High
Edge Support	20%	9.4	Excellent
Noise	5%	10	Minimal
Pressure Relief	5%	9.0	Excellent
Cooling	5%	9.0	Excellent

While the Leesa Natural Luxe is a bit south of that ideal threshold, it’s still better than average and more than enough (when combined with the strong scores for other testing factors) for the mattress to earn an excellent overall sex score.

The Leesa Natural Luxe has an excellent level of pressure relief. During our tests, I felt no significant pressure points on my body.

The mattress is equipped with 4.0″ of comfort material, which is 0.38″ less comfort material than the average comfort layer thickness of 4.38″, based on all of our tests to date. The Leesa Natural Luxe uses a quilted cover (with wool and memory foam), latex foam, two different types of poly foam, and coils to create a more blended feel.

This feel delivers a more balanced body-contouring hug with an even, non-polarizing feel that many types of sleepers can enjoy. In some ways, this mattress is a bit of an oddity, as it’s marketed as a natural mattress, while using memory foam and poly foam layers.

While that may make it less similar to other natural mattresses on the market, it’s also the reason the mattress is able to create better pressure relief and a more balanced feel that’s suitable to the needs of most sleepers.

Many natural mattresses only use latex as the primary comfort layer, which is a more polarizing feel that not all sleepers enjoy. The Leesa Natural Luxe’s mix of material types help to solve that problem, and in our tests we found the comfort to be better than average.

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 excellent.

The Leesa Natural Luxe had a strong smell upon the initial unboxing. The mattress smelled for 1 day. This is 6.6 days shorter than the average smell duration of 7.6 days.

Leesa mattresses come with a 365-night trial period and a lifetime warranty. Shipping and returns are both free.

Company Factor	Factor Weight	Score	Data
Returns	40%	10	$0
Trial Period	30%	10	365 nights
Warranty	20%	10	Lifetime
Shipping	10%	10	$0
Country of Origin	0%		USA

Comparing 121+ brands tested to date, the average trial period is 240 nights, 147 nights less than Leesa offers. Leesa mattresses also come with a lifetime warranty, a benefit only offered by about 40% of mattresses that we’ve tested to date.

The Leesa Natural Luxe mattress is only available in a single firmness option, which Leesa calls “Medium.”

Based on our tests and personal experience, I rate the Leesa Natural Luxe as a medium-firm feel that is a 6 out of 10 on the firmness scale, where 10 is the most firm.

Support on the Leesa Natural Luxe is excellent. During our tests, I felt well supported in all sleeping positions. The mattress is equipped with an 8.5″ support layer. This is 0.51″ thicker than the average support layer thickness of 7.99″, based on all of our tests to date.

Support Factor	Data
Comfort Layer	4.00″
Support Layer	8.50″
Firmness	Medium-Firm
Body Contour	Balanced
Zoned Support	No
Reinforced Edge	Yes

Mattresses that deliver the best support do so by achieving two major objectives. First, they sufficiently support the body, creating a neutral spinal alignment. Second, they create plenty of pressure relief. The Natural Luxe met both of those objectives without any issues.

This mattress is available in a single firmness that we rated as medium-firm, which is a 6 out of 10 on our firmness scale. A medium-firm feel works well for most sleepers and all sleeping positions.

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

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

Moving on, in all mattress tests at NapLab, we make it a point to cut the mattress open and measure the material quality. In doing so, we found the poly foams measured 1.39 to 2.59 PCF (pounds per cubic foot).

While the 1.39 PCF foam is south of what we ideally want to see, I am more pleased with the 2.59 PCF (which is Leesa’s new plant-based poly foam).

A 2.59 PCF is within the “excellent” quality tier that we look for for poly foams. In addition, the coil gauge measured 14.5 gauge along the interior and 15.5 gauge along the edge. Certainly, I’d like to see a thicker wire along the edge, but I’m mostly pleased with the 14.5 gauge coil thickness for the center coils.

Overall, I’m happy with the material quality we measured. Certainly there is room for improvement, and yet, for a natural mattress at this price point, it’s not bad.

Based on all of my tests to date, an analysis of the materials, and my subjective experiences, I’m confident most sleepers will find the support on the Leesa Natural Luxe excellent.

The Leesa Natural Luxe is a 12.50″ latex hybrid mattress that comes in a single firmness option—Medium-Firm.

Design Factor	Data
Type	Latex Hybrid
Thickness	12.50″
Cover Type	Quilted
Weight	99 lbs.
Has Handles	Yes
Fiberglass-Free	Yes
Ships in a Box	Yes

Within the Leesa collection, there are currently two latex hybrid options available—the Leesa Natural Luxe and the Leesa Natural Essential Hybrid.

The Leesa Natural Luxe is aimed at a higher price point and targets sleepers who want a thicker profile and a more luxurious feel. The Leesa Natural Essential Hybrid has a thinner 10.0 thickness and a lower price tag.

We haven’t fully tested this mattress, but I expect its performance to be a bit lower than what we measured on the Leesa Natural Luxe simply due to its thinner profile and lower price tag.

The Leesa Natural Luxe is 12.50″ thick and contains a combination of mixed foam types and a pocketed coil base. From top to bottom, here is a full list of the materials used in this mattress:

Layer Type	Thickness	Manufacturer’s Specs	Tested Specs
Quilted Cover	0.50″	1.5 PCF	1.34 PCF
Latex Foam	1.50″	Not Available	3.67 PCF
Poly Foam	1.00″	3.0 PCF	2.59 PCF
Poly Foam	1.00″	1.8 PCF	1.39 PCF
Pocketed Coils	8.00″	14.75 Gauge (Interior), 15.5 Gauge (Edge)	14.5 Gauge (Interior), 15.5 Gauge (Edge)
Support Foam	0.50″	1.5 PCF	1.20 PCF

The Leesa Natural Luxe has a 0.5″ quilted cover that is made of 100% organic cotton. Beneath the organic cotton cover is a layer of GOTS-certified New Zealand wool, which helps provide moisture-wicking properties as well as a more natural flame barrier.

The cotton and wool layers are quilted in an X-stitched pattern, giving it a tufted look.

The comfort layer is 4.00″, which does include the organic cotton cover. Directly under the cover are three layers of foam. The first is a 1.5″ layer of latex foam (ivory foam), followed by a 1.0″ layer of Leesa’s GreenFlex poly foam (green foam). The last layer within the comfort system is a 1.0″ layer of transitional poly foam (orange foam).

These three foam layers work together with the organic cotton cover to give the mattress a balanced feel with more natural materials.

The support layer is 8.50″ thick and made of an 8.00″ pocketed coil unit followed by a 0.50″ support foam base.

Product Evolution

The original Leesa Natural Hybrid launched in early 2024. In 2026 the Leesa Natural Hybrid was discontinued and replaced by the new Leesa Natural Luxe.

We tested this mattress in October 2026. Since our test, the manufacturer hasn’t made any major changes to this mattress. If we note any changes or material developments in the future, we will update this section accordingly.

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