The Serta Perfect Sleeper is a mid-range hybrid mattress. It includes zoned pocket coils for support, with firmer springs in the lumbar area. Its comfort layers include quilted, memory foam, and polyfoam layers.
It's medium-plush, making it a good option for light and average side sleepers. Lighter back and stomach sleepers might find it suitable, but bigger people may want something firmer. This mattress has a responsive, moderately bouncy feel. You don't sink very deeply into it, but it's quite contouring, creating a light cradling feeling.
Our Verdict
The Serta Perfect Sleeper is great for sleeping. It has fantastic edge support, so you can sleep near the edge without feeling at risk of slipping off, and it's very responsive, so you never feel stuck in place. It also offers a good cooling performance, so while it won't create an issue if you don't already sleep hot, if you're often bothered by heat at night, it's not an ideal option. It's also not the best option for light sleepers, since its motion dissipation performance is just okay. You'll feel bigger movements across the mattress.
High responsiveness, so you don't feel stuck in place.
Superb edge support.
Good cooling.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
You'll feel your partner's movements.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper has good cooling performance. If you don't usually sleep hot, it shouldn't cause an issue. However, if you often feel overheated in bed, you might want to opt for a mattress with better cooling overall. This mattress feels warm during the first hour of sleep, but it does a slightly better job of dissipating heat over the whole night.
Good cooling.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper has okay motion dissipation. A lot of motion is transferred across the mattress, so you'll feel every movement. Motion also dissipates slowly, which makes it feel like the mattress is wobbling or jiggling whenever your partner rolls over.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
You'll feel your partner's movements.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper has fantastic edge support. The edges are reinforced with firm polyfoam and don't compress much when you sit or sleep on the very side of the mattress. This makes it easy to get out of bed, which is especially important if you have mobility issues, and it means you can sleep on the side of the mattress without feeling at risk of sliding off.
Superb edge support.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper has fantastic responsiveness. This mattress has a memory foam lower comfort layer but doesn't have a memory foam feel. It recovers its shape very quickly after being compressed, so you never feel constricted.
High responsiveness, so you don't feel stuck in place.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper Innerspring isn't a durable mattress. The upper comfort layer is made of dense, high-quality polyfoam, but the other foam layers, including the polyfoam in the quilted top, the memory foam lower comfort layer, and the polyfoam transition layer, are all of much lower quality. Because of that, the mattress is likely to start sagging or form permanent impressions sooner than mattresses with better-quality foam layers.
Great option for light and average side sleepers.
Back and stomach sleepers may want a firmer mattress.
Uses mostly low-quality foam prone to sagging or forming permanent indentations.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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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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Updated Sep 22, 2025:
We mentioned the DreamCloud Classic Hybrid in the Motion Isolation box for users looking for better performance in this area.
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Updated Aug 07, 2025:
Since this mattress is a great budget choice for side sleepers, we added a link to the top picks in that category for those looking for additional options.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
The Serta Perfect Sleeper mattress lineup includes three 'collections': Standard, Ultimate, and Enhanced. Each includes various firmness options. We tested the 'Ultimate' version, which is available in Firm, Medium, Firm Pillow Top, Medium Pillow Top, and Plush Pillow Top. It's available in Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, and California King sizes. We tested the 'Medium Pillow Top' variant in the Queen size, and other variants may perform differently. Here's a photo of our unit's label.
If you have this mattress or another variant, let us know about your experience in the comments!
Popular Mattress Comparisons
The Serta Perfect Sleeper is a hybrid mattress with a medium-plush firmness. It offers moderate sinking and maximum contouring, so you feel lightly enveloped but not hugged or restricted. It's not the best mattress for cooling, so if you like the feel but often sleep hot, you might want to consider the Stearns & Foster Lux Estate, which has a similar firmness level. The Serta mattress's main downside is its motion dissipation performance. You're likely to feel your partner's movements, so it's not the best option if you usually share the bed with someone and are a light sleeper. The Puffy Lux has a firmer feel, but offers better motion dissipation and is also suitable for average and heavier side sleepers.
If you're looking for a recommendation, check out our picks for the best mattresses or the best mattresses for side sleepers.
The Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid and the Serta Perfect Sleeper Innerspring are both hybrid mattresses with a medium-plush feel. The Sealy is a better choice for most people, as it offers better cooling and better motion isolation. The Serta has a more contouring feel, which you might prefer, and has a better edge support performance. The Serta uses one layer of good-quality polyfoam, which is more durable, but both mattresses also include lower-quality foams.
The Serta Perfect Sleeper Innerspring and DreamCloud Premier Rest Hybrid are both medium-plush hybrids. While the Serta has better performance overall, both mattresses have their strengths, and you may prefer one or the other based on what matters to you. The Serta is more responsive and has better edge support, so it's easier to move around on. The DreamCloud has better motion isolation, so it's a good choice if you're a light sleeper. It's also more cooling, and while the Serta still has good cooling, only the DreamCloud is cooling enough for hot sleepers.
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
This is a thick 14-inch mattress, so you might need to use deep-pocket sheets.
It's a medium-plush mattress. This firmness level is a good option for light to average side sleepers. Back and stomach sleepers and heavier side sleepers may want to opt for something firmer.
While not extremely bouncy, it has an airy and responsive feeling typical of innerspring mattresses, allowing it to avoid the completely static sensation of some all-foam mattresses.
This mattress's quilted top is very plush and contours your body closely. The quilted polyfoam and fiber fill layer is very responsive, so you don't feel restricted or stuck in place. You sink moderately, so you feel slightly enveloped without being hugged or constricted.
It recovers its shape extremely quickly after being compressed. You don't feel restricted or stuck in place.
Its motion isolation performance is just okay. You'll feel even smaller movements across the mattress. Movement in the lumbar area is slow to dissipate, which can make it feel like the mattress is wobbling after every movement. If you prefer a hybrid with better motion isolation, check out the Nectar Classic Hybrid or the DreamCloud Classic Hybrid.
It stands out for its fantastic edge support. Even compared with pricier options like the Stearns & Foster Lux Estate, its edges hold up very well when you sit or sleep on the side of the bed. This makes it easy to get out of bed, especially if you have mobility issues, and allows you to sleep on the very edge without feeling at risk of sliding off.
It has good cooling. While it's not the most cooling mattress, it shouldn't make you feel overheated overnight if you don't usually sleep hot. However, it's not cooling enough for hot sleepers. Compared to some mattresses, it feels warmer during the first hour or so as you're falling asleep, with a somewhat better cooling performance over eight hours.
This mattress has firm polyfoam built into the edges, which contributes to its fantastic edge support.
The quilted top layer is made of polyfoam and fiber fill and is soft, so you easily sink into it. The next layer of polyfoam is firmer and bouncier. Below it is a layer of memory foam, which helps with contouring and adds plushness but doesn't create a slow-moving memory-foam feel since it's below more resilient layers. The transition layer of polyfoam is the firmest foam and helps prevent you from sinking into the springs.
Most of the foam layers are made of low-quality foam, including the memory foam lower comfort layer and polyfoam transition layer. There are a couple of different foams used in the quilted layer. The white foam makes up most of the layer and has a density of 20 kg/m³, while the yellow foam has a slightly lower density of 19 kg/m³, but neither is dense enough to be considered good quality. While the upper comfort layer is made of high-quality polyfoam and will resist forming permanent indentations for longer, the rest of the layers aren't as durable, which may lead to body impressions or sagging sooner than mattresses that use higher-quality materials.
The mattress has about six inches of foam above its pocket coil layer. The lower comfort layer of memory foam is just 1" thick, and since it's below nearly four inches of more responsive foam and fiber fill, including 2" of medium-firm polyfoam, you don't get the sluggish feel of memory foam.
This mattress uses pocket coils for its support layer, which generally offers better contouring compared with other types of coils. The springs in the lumbar region are a lower gauge than the others and add some firmness in that area, which can help keep your hips from sinking further into the mattress. Here are both types of springs side by side.
The quilted top is soft, so you'll easily sink into it. The upper comfort foam is medium-firm, with a layer of soft memory foam underneath, so if you compress the polyfoam, it'll allow heavier parts of your body to sink further. The transition layer of polyfoam above the springs is much firmer, which helps avoid you feeling the springs if the foam layers above are compressed.
The lower-gauge springs in the lumbar area are firmer, which can add support to your hips. The springs are all quite soft, which helps explain the mattress's overall medium-plush feel.
The quilted top and polyfoam upper comfort foam are quite resilient, or bouncy, which contributes to the bounciness of the mattress. The memory foam lower comfort layer isn't very resilient, which is typical for memory foam, which is usually contouring and soft but not bouncy. The firmer transition layer below has a medium amount of resilience.