I am still in my eval period with my Brooklyn BestMattressEver, and I’m reasonably happy with it, but my partner is less so. So I’m looking into Luxi and Helix specifically because they allow each side of the mattress to be customized independently, and they also address my partner’s preference of avoiding latex.
I’ve included the basic specs for the Luxi and Helix below, and would be interested in any insights into these mattresses’ relative pros and cons (or simply performance differences, even if not clearly better/worse) that anyone may be able to discern from those specs. Also, if by any chance anyone here has had first hand experience with any two of the three mattresses (Luxi, Helix, Brooklyn), I’d be curious to hear of your experiences and any comparison you’d make between them, or description of in what respects you found them similar or different. (Ideally, discussion of Luxi and Brooklyn would involve the current non-latex models, but that’s probably asking too much!)
Sharing/consolidating what I’ve learned so far, for anyone else comparing these: While Luxi and Helix are similar in being separately customizable on each side, there are also substantial differences in what they’re doing. Very broadly speaking, there is a similarity in that each has layers which can be re-ordered in different ways, independently for each side of the mattress. Luxi allows you to re-order the layers yourself. Helix does not, instead determining the likely optimum order for each sleeper based on your pre-purchase quiz. Helix also can employ foams with different characteristics based on that quiz, so the two different sides of the mattress not only may have their layers in different orders, but may actually be using materials of different firmnesses for each side as well. So despite the similarities, the philosophies seem almost opposite… Helix doing the customizing for you (using variable layer orders and also variable firmness levels for some of those layers), as opposed to Luxi allowing you to customize for yourself (using just variable layer orders). None of which necessarily means that the feel of any particular configuration of one will feel like anything you can get from the other, and I expect that it’s perfectly possible that you can intellectually prefer the design philosophy of one, yet end up preferring the actual feel of the other!
The materials…
Helix:
- Cover (thin)
- Helix Dynamic Foam 2" (their non-latex foam that behaves similar to latex) (3 possible weights from 2.5 to 3 lb, depending on how you fill out the quiz)
- Pocketed microcoil springs 2"
- Polyfoam comfort layer 2" (3 possible weights, depending on how you fill out the quiz)
- Polyfoam Base Layer 4" (1.8 lb)
(the layers won’t necessarily be stacked in that order)
Luxi:
- Quilted cover 1"
- Luxitex layer 1.5" (their non-latex foam that behaves similar to latex) (3 lb)
- SBT layer 3.5" (buckling columns, acting something like coil springs) (3 lb)
- Transition layer 1.5" (memory foam) (4 lb)
- Base foam layer 3.5" (2 lb)
(and you can re-order the layers)
All thoughts welcomed!