The Beautyrest Black is a high-end hybrid mattress. This mattress features pocket coils as its support layer, a thick quilted top, and memory foam and latex comfort layers. This model is a higher-end option in the lineup and is marketed for its motion isolation and responsiveness.
It has 'Medium' firmness, making it best suited for average and heavier side sleepers. Lighter side sleepers may want something plusher, and it may not offer enough support for bigger back and stomach sleepers. This mattress is moderately bouncy, with a contouring but not enveloping feel. It's very responsive, so you don't feel stuck in place or tightly hugged.
Our Verdict
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Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
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Light Weight
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Average Weight
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Heavy Weight
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
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Light Weight
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Average Weight
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Heavy Weight
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
The Beautyrest Black is reasonably durable. Its construction uses a mix of low-quality, good-quality, and high-quality foam, but most of the layers reach the standard for good quality. Both the memory foam upper comfort layer and polyfoam transition layer are dense enough to be considered good quality, while the latex lower comfort layer meets the standard for high quality. The quilted top contains two low-quality layers of polyfoam. These can be expected to sag and form indents faster than the rest of the mattress.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Uses mostly good-quality foam.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
The Beautyrest Black has satisfactory cooling performance. This hybrid mattress has several layers of foam above its springs, which may make hot sleepers feel overheated. If you often feel overly hot or live in a warmer climate, it's not a great option. That said, if cooling isn't a priority, its performance is good enough that it won't create a problem.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Not cooling enough for hot sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
The Beautyrest Black has very good motion dissipation. It does a good job of isolating movement, so you won't feel every move your partner makes. That said, you'll feel bigger movements across the mattress. Motion doesn't dissipate as quickly as some mattresses, so you might also feel the mattress jiggling or bouncing slightly after bigger movements, like when your partner rolls over.
Very good motion isolation.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
The Beautyrest Black has fantastic responsiveness. The mattress regains its shape very quickly after being compressed, so you can roll over without feeling restricted or stuck in place. While its upper comfort layer is memory foam, which has lower responsiveness, it's below a very responsive quilted layer. The result is that the mattress doesn't have a slow-moving memory foam feel.
Very responsive.
Great edge support.
Great for average and heavier side sleepers.
Lighter side sleepers may want a plusher mattress.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Mar 09, 2026: We converted this review to Our Verdict section to clearly show the suitability of a mattress for your weight and sleeping position.
- Updated Feb 12, 2026: We converted this review to Test Bench 1.1. We've added new tests, including Body Conformity, Support, and Comfort Layers Envelopment, and also added scoring to the Bounciness test. Our usage scores have also changed, with new usages 'Side Sleeping,' 'Back Sleeping,' and 'Stomach Sleeping' replacing the 'Sleeping' verdict. We've also added 'Pressure Relief' and 'Support' performance usages. You can find more details in the full changelog.
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Updated Oct 31, 2025:
Compared its cooling performance to the Puffy Royal's.
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Updated Oct 06, 2025:
We rewrote portions of this review to align with Test Bench 1.0.1, which adds a Longevity verdict and a score to the Foam Layer Mass Density box for users interested in the mattress's durability.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Beautyrest Black model name is used for a lineup of mattresses with different designs. There are four 'Series,' with Series One being the lowest-end and Series Four the highest. Each mattress is available in Firm, Extra Firm Pillow Top, Medium, Medium Pillow Top, Plush, and Plush Pillow Top.
There's also the 'Beautyrest Black Hybrid' mattress. The Beautyrest Black and Beautyrest Black Hybrid models are both considered hybrid mattresses, featuring similar designs. The 'Hybrid' models don't have a quilted top, which Beautyrest says creates a more enveloping mattress that you sink into more.
We tested a Queen-sized 'Medium' Series Three Beautyrest Black mattress, and other variants will perform differently. Here's a picture of our unit's label. If you have the Beautyrest Black Series Three or another variant, we invite you to share your experience in the comments below!
Popular Mattress Comparisons
The Beautyrest Black is a high-end hybrid mattress. It uses polyfoam, memory foam, and latex in its comfort layers, and has a bouncy, responsive feel. You feel lightly cradled but not hugged. If you want a mattress with a more contouring, hugging feel, you might prefer the Tempur-Pedic TEMPUR-Adapt, which has a more typical memory-foam feel, with lower responsiveness. The Beautyrest Black isn't ideal for hot sleepers, since it retains a lot of heat overnight. The Beautyrest Harmony Lux has a similar feel and better cooling, although you sink a little deeper into it.
If you're looking for a recommendation, check out our list of the best mattresses.
The Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid and the Beautyrest Black have different strengths. The Sealy performs better in terms of cooling, motion isolation, and edge support. The Beautyrest Black is a more responsive mattress, making it easier to move around in your sleep. It uses mostly good-quality foam, which is more durable. The Beautyrest has a medium firmness, making it better suited for average and heavier side sleepers. In contrast, lighter side sleepers might prefer the plusher feel of the Sealy.
The Helix Midnight Luxe 2025 is better than the Beautyrest Black for most people. They both have a medium firmness, a responsive feel, and moderate sinking and contouring. However, the Helix offers significantly better cooling, so it's much more suitable for hot sleepers. It has better motion isolation, so your partner's movements are less likely to wake you. It also offers better edge support, so it's more comfortabale to sleep near the side of the mattress.
The Beautyrest Mattress has a better performance than the Beautyrest Black. The Beautyrest Mattress offers significantly better cooling, motion dissipation, and edge support. That said, the higher-end Black mattress is more durable since it uses a greater proportion of good-quality foam. You might also prefer its more contouring feel.
The Beautyrest Black is a little better than the Saatva Rx. Both mattresses have a medium firmness level and are suitable for most side sleepers. They're moderately bouncy and very responsive, so it's easy to change sleeping positions. The Beautyrest has significantly better edge support, making it more comfortable to sit and sleep on the side of the mattress. It also offers better motion isolation. That said, the Saatva has better cooling. You sink deeper into it, so you might prefer it if you like feeling slightly enveloped by your mattress.
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