Brooklyn Bedding Cool Luxe

[phoenix]

Hi dankchicago,

1. I’m looking for anyones experience on this mattress because aside from the sellers site there are limited reviews.

As I mentioned in my last reply … reading mattress reviews or other people’s experiences on a mattress will tell you very little about whether a mattress will be a suitable choice for you or will be a durable choice for your body type. Mattress research and reading mattress reviews are very different things.

2. I know latex mattresses are all different, but we do not like the immediate bounceback latex has. For me being heavy, it puts too much pressure on areas rather than the floating pressure memory foam feels to me.

I completely understand and the choice of material is always a preference choice and not a “better/worse” choice. There is more about how the two materials compare in post #2 here. In a suitable design a latex mattress can be just as pressure relieving as a suitable memory foam mattress so this is a matter of whether a specific mattress design is suitable for you regardless of the material (some memory foam mattresses would also cause pressure points for you) but latex will always have a more resilient and “on the mattress” feel than memory foam that some people like and some don’t.

3. We have a Beautyrest elite plush now, and it’s actually too hard. It was good for about a year, but has become hard and not comofortable. I realize most mattresses soften up, this one seemed to get worse.

Most of the major brands (including Simmons) tend to use much lower quality materials in their comfort layers which are subject to much more rapid softening and foam breakdown and when this happens and the top layers become softer they may no longer isolate you as well from the firmer layers underneath them which can result in the mattress feeling firmer … especially if you are heavy enough to “go through” the softer upper layers.

4. The Temper cloud luxe is the one we keep coming back to when trying beds locally. As such, we are trying to duplicate that experience for a lesser price. Are you saying that given my weight, the thick layer of 4 lb density may not be good enough? I was choosing this bed based on the supposed similar feel to the cloud luxe, but yet having a solid base layer density to offer supports as the bed softens (hence why I gave up on dreamfoam).

There are two issues involved here and I would be cautious about both in your weight range.

The first issue is that higher weights tend to do better with firmer mattresses than lighter weight ranges and buying a mattress that has comfort layers that are too thick and/or soft or a support core that is too soft has a much greater risk of sleeping out of alignment and causing back pain or discomfort. While this isn’t a certainty because it depends on your weight distribution and physiology as well … the risk would certainly be higher and I would make sure you have done some very careful testing (using the testing guidelines in the tutorial) on the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe so you are confident that it (or any other similar mattress) not only relieves pressure in all your sleeping positions (which is likely since it’s their softest mattress) but even more importantly keeps you in good alignment over the course of the night. I would keep in mind that you can always soften up a mattress that is too firm and needs some additional pressure relief but there is very little you can do to firm up a mattress that is too soft without removing and replacing the rs that are too thick and/or soft.

The second issue is with durability. Lower density foams will soften and break down faster than higher density foams and this could be an issue over time with heavier weight ranges as well. This more rapid foam softening can lead to the premature loss of comfort and support that is the reason you purchased the mattress in the first place and if a mattress is already “on the edge” of the comfort/support range that would be suitable for you then even a relatively small amount of foam softening can take you outside of comfort/support range that is suitable for you fairly quickly (see post #2 here). Memory foam won’t tend to develop impressions that will be covered by a warranty and foam softening and the gradual (or more rapid) loss of comfort or support isn’t covered by a warranty so you would have little recourse if this happens other than buying a new mattress. In general I would tend to reduce and minimize the use of 4 lb memory foam in your weight range. There is more about the variables that can affect the durability and useful life of a mattress relative to each person in post #4 here and the posts it links to.

These cautions would also apply to the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe as well which uses an even thicker 3.5" layer of 4 lb memory foam than the Brooklyn Bedding Cool Luxe which would make it even more subject to these potential suitability and durability issues.

Thanks for all your help, are you aware of any other manufacturers that try to duplicate the tempur cloud luxe experience that may have better layers of foam for my size?

Again these types of issues would apply to the Cloud Luxe itself along with any other mattresses that used a similar design so rather than finding another mattress that is a close match to the Cloud Luxe it may be worthwhile considering another alternative in the Tempurpedic lineup to use as a reference point that uses less 4 lb memory foam or uses higher density memory foams. The tutorial post includes a link to a list of the better online memory foam options I’m aware of (in the optional online step) and several of these (including Brooklyn Bedding) sell mattresses that are designed to be good approximations of the Tempurpedic line. The potential issues here wouldn’t be as much an alternative to Brooklyn Bedding but to any mattress that is similar to the Tempurpedic Cloud Luxe.

Phoenix