The Puffy Lux is a mid-range hybrid bed-in-a-box mattress made with memory foam, polyfoam, and pocket coils as a support layer.
It has medium firmness, making it best suited for average and heavier side sleepers and lighter back and stomach sleepers. It has a responsive feel, so you don't feel stuck in place. It has some bounce, but it isn't really bouncy for a mattress with springs. You sink into it a bit, and it has moderate contouring, which creates a cradling feeling.
Our Verdict
The Puffy Lux offers a good sleeping experience. It has great motion dissipation, so movements aren't likely to wake you up unless you're a very light sleeper. It's also very responsive, so you won't feel restricted or stuck. However, it's not a good option for anyone who sleeps hot. Even if you don't usually have an issue with overheating, it might make you feel warmer. It doesn't have good edge support, which can make you feel like you might slide out of bed when you're sleeping near the edge.
Very responsive.
Great motion isolation.
Good for most side sleepers.
Suitable for lighter back and stomach sleepers.
Not cooling enough for hot sleepers.
Edge support is just okay.
Uses lower-quality foams.
Heavier back and stomach sleepers may want something firmer.
The Puffy Lux's cooling performance is just decent. It feels warm as you fall asleep and also retains a fair amount of heat overnight. If you sleep hot, you may have difficulty falling asleep or wake up overheated later on. Its cooling performance is satisfactory if you're not a hot sleeper, but it still might make you feel a little warmer than usual.
Not cooling enough for hot sleepers.
The Puffy Lux has great motion dissipation. If your partner rolls over or a bigger pet jumps on the bed, you'll feel it in the lumbar area. However, with movements originating around the lumbar area, not much motion is transferred to the head or foot of the mattress. Motion also dissipates quickly, so it doesn't feel like every little movement makes the mattress jiggle.
Great motion isolation.
The Puffy Lux has adequate edge support. However, its edges are easily compressed when you sit or sleep on the side, making it difficult to get out of bed, especially for people with mobility issues. If you sleep on the very edge of the bed, you might slide off, which is a particular issue if you sleep with someone else and want as much available sleeping space as possible.
Edge support is just okay.
The Puffy Lux delivers great responsiveness. It recovers its shape quickly after being compressed, and you won't feel stuck in place. It uses memory foam as its upper comfort layer, but it's below a more responsive quilted layer, so it feels slightly hugging but doesn't have a slow-moving memory foam feel.
Very responsive.
The Puffy Lux isn't a very durable mattress. While the transition layer is made of good-quality polyfoam, the comfort layers are made of lower-density and less durable foam. These lower-quality foams, including the memory foam upper comfort layer and the polyfoam in the quilted top, are likely to start forming permanent impressions sooner than higher-quality materials.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Oct 31, 2025:
Added a note that the Puffy Royal is a firmer option that some back/stomach sleepers may prefer in Firmness.
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Updated Oct 21, 2025:
Added a note that the Beautyrest Mattress has better edge support.
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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.
- Updated Oct 06, 2025: Converted this review to Test Bench 1.0.1. We've added scoring to the Foam Layer Mass Density section and a new 'Longevity' performance usage. Read more about it in our Changelog.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Puffy Lux is considered 'Medium-Plush' by the manufacturer and comes in Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, California King, and Split King. We tested the Queen size, and you can see a photo of our unit's label here.
There's also the Puffy Lux (Canadian Version), which is an all-foam mattress we tested separately and performs differently. If you encounter another variant, let us know in the comments, and we'll update our review.
Popular Mattress Comparisons
The Puffy Lux is a hybrid mattress with a 'Medium' firmness. It has a balanced feel, since you sink into it moderately, and it offers moderate contouring, for a lightly hugging feeling, similar to mattresses like the Beautyrest Black. However, it doesn't feel slow-moving or constricting. It's not particularly cooling, and while it offers great motion dissipation, other mattresses with a similar design perform even better, such as the Beautyrest Harmony Lux.
If you want to see more options, check out our recommendations for the best mattresses.
The Nectar Premier Hybrid and Puffy Lux are both moderately bouncy hybrids with medium firmness, though the Puffy offers more contouring, and you sink farther into it. You may prefer either option depending on your preferences. The Nectar outperforms the Puffy in motion dissipation and cooling, so it's a better option for hot sleepers and people who sleep with a partner. The Puffy has the advantage when it comes to responsiveness and edge support, so it's the better option if ease of movement is your priority. It's easier to move around on and while its edge support is just adequate, it's still better than the Nectar's, making it more comfortable to sleep next to the sides.
The Helix Midnight Luxe 2025 is better than the Puffy Lux for most people. They have a fairly similar feel, with medium firmness and moderate sinking and contouring, but the Helix offers better cooling, motion isolation, and edge support.
We've recently started testing mattresses. We use objective data and repeatable testing for key characteristics like firmness, cooling, and motion isolation, to ensure each mattress gets the same treatment. Since we buy all of our mattresses, we can tear them down layer by layer and isolate the mechanical properties of every component: quilted tops, foams, coils, and any special materials. Our approach gives us unprecedented insight into how each product design decision contributes to a mattress's overall performance and feel, and allows us to tailor our results to different body types and sleeping positions.
Test Results
The Puffy Lux is a 12-inch mattress, so you can use standard fitted sheets. There are grab handles, but only on one side.
It has medium firmness. It's best suited for average and heavier side sleepers, as well as lighter back and stomach sleepers. Lighter side sleepers may want something plusher, while some heavier back and stomach sleepers may prefer a firmer option, such as the Puffy Royal.
The Puffy Lux is moderately bouncy. It doesn't have the 'dead' feel of all-foam mattresses, but compared with many mattresses with springs, it's not very bouncy. If you like a mattress with noticeable bounce that you can move around on effortlessly, it may feel a little lifeless.
It has moderate sinking and contouring, which creates a cradling feeling but doesn't make you feel enveloped.
It has great responsiveness. It recovers its shape quickly after being compressed, so you don't feel stuck in place. However, it's a little slower-moving compared with some hybrid mattresses, which can contribute to a lightly hugging feeling.
If you prefer an even more responsive mattress, you might be interested in the Bear Elite Hybrid or Saatva Rx, which recover virtually instantly when compressed.
The Puffy Lux has great motion isolation. You'll feel bigger movements around the lumbar area, but less around your head and feet. Movement also dissipates quickly, which helps reduce the chance of motion waking you up during the night.
The edge support is okay. The edges are reinforced with polyfoam, but compress significantly when pressure is applied. This can make it more difficult to get out of bed. It can also make you feel at risk of slipping out of bed when sleeping at the very edge. If strong edge support is important for you, you may want to consider the Beautyrest Mattress or Sealy Posturepedic Plus Mount Auburn.
This mattress's cooling performance is just decent, so it's not a good option for hot sleepers. It feels warm as you fall asleep and also retains a fair amount of heat overnight. If heat's basically never a problem for you, it's an acceptable option, but if you have any concern about cooling, it's not ideal. The WinkBeds The WinkBed and Helix Midnight Luxe 2025 have better cooling, and may be better if you want to be sure your mattress won't create an issue.
The sleeping surface is made up of 64% Polyester, 22% Polyethylene, 12% Rayon, and 2% Elastane.
The edges of the spring layer are reinforced with polyfoam. However, its edge support performance is just okay.
The quilted layer is medium-soft and made of polyfoam and fiber fill. It doesn't feel extremely plush, but the memory foam layer below is softer and has low resilience. This contributes to the mattress's moderate sinking and contouring. The polyfoam transition layer below is medium-soft and prevents you from feeling the firm spring layer.
Most of the foam isn't of good quality. The exception is the transition layer, which is made of polyfoam that's dense enough to be considered good quality, meaning it will resist sagging for longer compared with lower-quality foams. However, the polyfoam in the quilted top and memory foam upper comfort layer are lower-density and not as durable, making these layers prone to forming permanent impressions sooner than higher-quality foams.
The quilted top is made of polyfoam and fiber fill, followed by a 2.3-inch (5.8 cm) layer of memory foam, which is soft and easily compressed. The 2.3-inch (5.8 cm) layer of polyfoam below prevents you from feeling the spring layer if you compress both upper layers.
The spring layer is made of pocket coils, which are individually wrapped coils that help with contouring and motion isolation versus other types of springs. They are 14-gauge coils, but they're quite short and firm compared with some other 14-gauge springs, such as the Serta Perfect Sleeper Innerspring's coils.
The quilted layer is medium-soft, while the memory foam underneath is soft. You'll likely compress the quilted layer and feel the memory foam below, which helps give the mattress its moderately contouring feel. The polyfoam layer below is firmer and adds support if the heavier parts of your body compress both upper layers.
The springs are very firm. The mattress has six inches of relatively soft foam above the springs, so combined, the firm springs and soft foam layers give the mattress medium firmness overall.
The quilted layer has high resilience, so it has a bouncier feel compared with the memory foam layer below. The bouncier upper layer helps reduce the slow-moving feel of the memory foam layer. The firmer polyfoam layer below is also quite resilient, which gives it some 'push back.' Overall, it's not a very bouncy mattress, which can be explained by its less resilient upper comfort layer and lower spring layer bounciness.
The springs aren't particularly bouncy compared with other mattresses, and overall, it's only a moderately bouncy mattress. While it doesn't feel lifeless or static, it doesn't feel as springy or easy to move around on as some models.