Brooklyn Bowery Mattress Review

The Big Takeaway: The Brooklyn Bowery is an all-foam mattress with proprietary foam that boasts the pressure relief of memory foam and the responsive feel of latex. The balanced foam feel is good for the average sleeper. With a budget-friendly price and impressive scores during our testing, the Bowery is an excellent value. 

Who Is the Brooklyn Bowery Mattress Best for?

Brooklyn Bowery Mattress Highlights

What sets it apart:

• The Brooklyn Bowery is Brooklyn Bedding’s most budget-friendly option with a twin starting at only $499.
• The Bowery’s proprietary Energex foam brings the pressure relief of memory foam with the ease-of-movement of latex. It creates a balanced foam feel that falls between sleeping “on” and “in” the mattress. 
• The Bowery performed exceptionally well in our spine alignment test, which tells us it’s a good mattress for people with back pain. 

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Video Review

Our sleep testers evaluated the Bowery in-person. Watch how it performed to see if it’s the mattress of your dreams!

Our Mattress Advisor Scores

Check out the table below to see how the Brooklyn Bowery performed in our proprietary testing. We rate each mattress on a scale from 1–10 on 14 factors that evaluate the functional and performance characteristics of the mattress, along with the social responsibility of Brooklyn Bedding. 

Learn more about our review process. 

⭐Total Score for the Brooklyn Bowery Mattress: 8.5/10⭐

Testing Highlights

✅ Pros

• Great spine alignment: We found the Bowery to keep our sleep testers’ spines in a healthy, neutral alignment. Proper spinal alignments relieves back pain and body aches. 
• Impressive responsiveness: Proprietary foam boasts the quick-responsive feel of latex, making it easy to switch positions and get comfy. 
• Good motion isolation: Couples need a mattress that dampens motion, helping both people sleep peacefully. The Bowery performed well in our motion transfer tests.  
• Cooling: Open-cell foam promotes breathability, creating a cooler-than-average all-foam mattress. 

❌ Cons

• Pressure relief: With a score of 7/10 in our pressure relief test, the Bowery doesn’t cushion pressure points the same way that some foam beds do. 
• Off-gassing: We noticed a slight odor when first unboxing the Bowery. This scent faded within a few hours. 

Spine Alignment

Good posture is just as important when you’re sleeping as when you’re awake. The trouble is, you have no control over it! Instead, it’s your mattress’s job to ensure that your spine is in a healthy, neutral alignment. 

To determine how well a mattress supports proper spine alignment, we have our sleep testers lie on their sides and see how straight their spines are. Perfect spine alignment occurs when the spine is straight from the base of the back to the neck. As you can see from the images below, our sleep testers’ spines were each in an almost perfect parallel line to the mattress, earning the Bowery an 8.5/10 for spinal alignment.

Pressure Relief

Pressure relief is one of the most important factors when it comes to sleep quality and pain relief, especially for side sleepers. You need a mattress that cushions areas like the hips and shoulders, dissipating your body weight along the rest of your body. 

We use a pressure mapping film to determine how well a mattress cushions pressure points. What we’re looking for are cool colors, the blues and greens, which show areas of low pressure. High pressure zones are shown in red, and you don’t want red or you may wake up with pain in your hips and shoulders. 

Take a look at the images below to see how the Bowery performed during our pressure relief test. As you can see, both of our sleep testers had zero high pressure areas when lying on their backs, which is a great thing for back sleepers.

Unfortunately, both of their shoulders experienced high pressure when lying on their sides. What this tells us is that side-only sleepers may be better suited by another mattress, one with superior pressure-relieving properties.

Responsiveness

Do you toss and turn a lot in your sleep? If so, you’re not alone. A lot of us change positions throughout the night to stay comfy and cozy. The thing is, not every mattress makes moving around easy. 

Typically, memory foam mattresses are hard to move around on, and innerspring mattresses are easy. However, with new foam technology, this isn’t always the case. For this reason, we test the responsiveness of every mattress that comes through the Mattress Advisor lab. We do this by having our sleep testers lie down and switch from one position to the next, rating how easy it was to move around and get comfy in a new position on a scale from 1-10.

Both of our sleep testers found it easy to toss and turn on the Bowery, and felt comfortable in each new position. They scored the Bowery a combined 8.5/10 for responsiveness—an excellent score for a foam mattress!

How Firm Is It?

The Brooklyn Bowery is a medium firmness mattress. Its firmness falls at a 5 on the 1-10 firmness scale.

Does It Match Your Sleep Type?

Thanks to a medium firmness level and balanced foam feel, the Brooklyn Bowery works for side, back, and stomach sleepers. And due to its responsive foam construction, it’s also great for combination sleepers who spend a lot of the night tossing and turning.

Cooling Factors

The Brooklyn Bowery mattress sleeps cooler than the average mattress. With a score of 8/10 in our cooling evaluation, it’s particularly cool for a mattress made entirely of foam. This cool sleeping experience is thanks to proprietary foams that are extra-breathable, allowing airflow to whisk away excess body heat.

Can It Support Your Weight?

The Brooklyn Bowery bed supports people who weigh up to 350 pounds. In fact, it’s one of the few all-foam beds that does a good job supporting plus-size people. However, we do still typically recommend a hybrid mattress for people who weigh more than 230 pounds as the innersprings boost support and longevity. Take a look at the Brooklyn Bowery Hybrid for extra support. 

What Is the Best Foundation?

You can use most any foundation or bed frame that’s in good condition with the Bowery, just be sure that it provides little-to-no flex. Consider using a box spring foundation, slatted base, platform bed, adjustable frame, or bunkie board.

A Look Inside

The Brooklyn Bedding Bowery mattress is made from three foam layers for a distinct all-foam mattress feel. With both the comfort and support layers made from polyurethane foam, you won’t experience the hugging memory foam experience, but rather a balanced foam feel that falls between sleeping “on” and “in” your mattress.

Brooklyn Bowery Mattress Sizes, Dimensions, and Pricing

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How to Set Up Your Mattress

The Bowery mattress comes compressed in thin plastic in a box. We were impressed by how easy it was to unbox the Bowery mattress. We had it set up in just one minute, and it puffed up to life immediately! There was a slight off-gassing odor, but it quickly faded. We didn’t notice any residual scent after just a few hours.

Brooklyn Bedding Buying Guide

Here’s what you can expect when you buy an online mattress from Brooklyn Bedding. 

How Shipping Works

Brooklyn Bedding offers free shipping to the lower 48 United States, with an additional fee for shipments to Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada. Shipping time typically takes between 3–4 days.* You can expect your new bed to arrive at your doorstep in a box smaller than you’d expect from a mattress. You won’t need to sign for your new mattress. 

*With the ongoing effects of COVID-19, shipping times may take longer than normal. Contact Brooklyn Bedding for current shipping times. 

Explore Your Sleep Trial

Every Brooklyn Bedding mattress comes with a risk-free 120-night trial period with free returns. From the day you receive your new bed, you have 120 nights to try it out and make sure that it’s everything you’d hoped it would be. If it isn’t, contact Brooklyn Bedding and they’ll walk you through the return process. They’ll even find a local charity to come and pick up the mattress so it doesn’t go to waste!

Explore Your Warranty

The Bowery mattress comes with an industry-standard 10-year warranty that covers defects in materials or workmanship. If you have a problem with your mattress and want to know if it’s covered by your warranty, reach out to Brooklyn Bedding’s customer service team. 

BB Customer Service

Brooklyn Bedding has excellent customer service, just as you would expect from a leading online mattress company. Every time we’ve reached out, we’ve received immediate and thorough help using the live chat feature at brooklynbedding.com. But if you’re someone who would rather talk to a live human, give them a call at 1-888-210-8751. You can also email them using their online form. 

They’re open 7 days per week, from 7am to 7pm on weekdays and 9am to 5pm on weekends, MST.  

Your Return Policy

Returning a mattress to Brooklyn Bedding is simple, and they offer truly free returns! All you need to do is contact their customer service team to initiate a return, and they’ll help you find a local charity to donate the used mattress. Once the bed has been donated, you’ll receive a full refund on your initial form of payment. 

Brooklyn Bedding accepts returns during the 120-night trial period only after you’ve waited for 30 days. This waiting period ensures that your body has sufficient time to get accustomed to a new mattress. You can think of a new bed like a new workout—it takes time for your musculature to get used to something new. For this reason, it’s important to really give the bed a chance before returning it.  

Should You Buy the Brooklyn Bowery?

The Brooklyn Bedding Bowery mattress is an excellent budget-friendly all-foam mattress. With a medium firmness level and balanced foam feel, the Bowery mattress works for every sleeping position. 

In our in-house testing, we found the Bowery to excel in spinal alignment, responsiveness, motion isolation, and cooling. What this means is that the Bowery works well for people with back pain, those who toss and turn, couples who share the bed, and hot sleepers. 

While the Bowery mattress works for most sleepers, it’s not the best mattress for everyone. For starters, some people do better with a softer or firmer mattress. Lightweight side sleepers may want to find something softer, while back and stomach sleepers who like a firmer feel should opt for a firm mattress. 

Additionally, the lack of innerspring coils means the Bowery doesn’t offer the level of support that most plus-size people need. If you weigh more than 230 pounds, you may want to check out one of the beds that made our bed hybrid mattress list. 

Is the Brooklyn Bowery Like Other Mattresses?

Brooklyn Bowery vs Other All-Foam Mattresses

The Bowery is less expensive than the average foam bed, costing less than half the price of many foam mattresses. Its polyfoam construction has a balanced feel that’s unlike that of the foam beds that have generous memory foam layers. Instead of the deep contouring memory foam feel, the Bowery balances cushion, support, and responsiveness for a sensation that falls between sleeping “on” and “in” the mattress.

As for its performance in the Mattress Advisor Lab, the Bowery is better than the average foam mattress when it comes to cooling properties, ease-of-movement, and spinal alignment. However, it earned a lower score than most foam beds for pressure relief, a characteristic particularly important for side sleepers. 

Brooklyn Bowery vs Other Brooklyn Bedding Mattresses

Brooklyn Bedding offers a wide variety of foam and foam hybrid mattresses. Here’s how the Bowery compares to each of BB’s other mattress models. 

• Bowery vs Bowery Hybrid: The Bowery Hybrid is another 10” mattress, but it has a supportive layer of innerspring coils rather than the Bowery’s thick layer of base foam. The Hybrid is slightly firmer and more supportive than the all-foam Bowery. Additionally, the Hybrid is cooler thanks to breathable innerspring coils and a quilted cooling gel memory foam top layer. Read our Brooklyn Bowery Hybrid review.
• Bowery vs Aurora: The Brooklyn Aurora is a luxury hybrid mattress, with a higher price point and thicker profile than the Bowery. Thanks to a thick layer of innerspring coils, the Aurora is cooler and more responsive. Another difference is that the Bowery comes in one firmness level, medium, and the Aurora in three firmness options: soft, medium, and firm. Read our Brooklyn Aurora mattres review. 
• Bowery vs Signature: The Brooklyn Signature is another affordable BB mattress, although it’s a hybrid bed rather than an all-foam mattress like the Bowery. In comparison to the Bowery’s medium firmness level, the Signature comes in three firmness options: soft, medium, and firm. Performance-wise, the Signature’s TitanFlex foam delivers superior pressure relief and edge support, while the Bowery is better at motion isolation, perfect for couples. Read our Brooklyn Signature mattress review.  
• Bowery vs Sedona: The Brooklyn Sedona is the most luxurious BB mattress. The Sedona’s construction differs greatly from the all-foam Bowery. It boasts innerspring and memory foam, creating a deeper contouring feel and greater support. The Sedona is better for bigger bodies, and it comes in three firmness options (soft, medium, and firm), compared to the one firmness of the Bowery. 
• Bowery vs Spartan: The Brooklyn Spartan is a luxury hybrid mattress with polyfoam, memory foam, and innerspring layers. It’s thicker and more supportive than the Bowery, better for plus-size people. It comes in more firmness options than the Bowery, so people who like soft or firm beds are better suited by the Spartan. The Spartan is one of our highest scoring mattresses. The only test that the Bowery outperformed the Spartan was motion isolation. Read our Spartan mattress review. 
• Bowery vs Bloom: The Brooklyn Bloom is an eco-friendly hybrid mattress. The materials of these two mattresses couldn’t be more different. The Bowery uses a variety of polyfoams for a balanced foam feel while the Bloom utilizes natural and recycled materials. The Bloom’s layers include an organic cotton cover, organic wool padding, natural Talalay latex, and recycled steel coils. The Bloom offers superior pressure relief, durability, and cooling properties. The Bowery is less expensive and better isolates motion. Read our Brooklyn Bloom mattress review. 
• Bowery vs Titan: The Titan is a hybrid bed designed specifically for plus-size people. It’s firmer than the Bowery and delivers better spine alignment for back and stomach sleepers. The Bowery’s softer feel is superior for side sleepers, and it’s less expensive than the Titan. Read our Titan mattress review. 
• Bowery vs Plank: The Plank is a two-sided all-foam mattress that’s much firmer than the Bowery. The Bowery is better for the average sleeper and side sleepers while the Plank is a good option for anyone who desires an all-foam feel with unparalleled support. Read our Plank review.

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