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What Is a Hybrid Mattress? Construction, Materials, and Who It's Best For

Updated October 30, 20204 min read
Written by The Mattress Firm Sleep Experts
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Our Sleep Expert Takeaways:

  • Hybrid mattresses combine multiple sleep technologies, typically pairing supportive coils with comfort layers such as foam or latex. This design aims to balance pressure relief, support, responsiveness, and airflow in a single mattress.
  • The popularity of hybrid mattresses comes from their versatility. By blending the benefits of different mattress materials, hybrids can appeal to a wide range of sleep positions, body types, and comfort preferences.

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Overview What is a hybrid mattress? Who can benefit from a hybrid mattress? What makes hybrid mattresses unique? Finding the Best Hybrid Mattress for You

Overview

Hybrid cars, hybrid energy, hybrid bicycles, hybrid animals — those are the things we tend to think about when we hear the word “hybrid." We know it basically means combining two or more things to create a new and improved version or process that adapts to current needs. So, what is a hybrid mattress? And is a hybrid mattress the right mattress for you?

What is a hybrid mattress?

Hybrid mattresses combine the comfort of individually pocketed innerspring coils with layers of memory foam on top to provide a dreamy blend of luxury and support for a restful night's sleep. Hybrid mattresses are among the latest and greatest products in sleep technology. According to GoodBed.com CEO, Michael Magnuson, a large percentage of people who could benefit from sleeping on a hybrid mattress don't know they should be looking for one during their mattress shopping journey.

Who can benefit from a hybrid mattress?

If you're the kind of sleeper that likes a mix of bounciness and the melt-into-the-mattress feeling you get with memory foam, a hybrid mattress might be the bed for you. With more support than a standard memory foam mattress, hybrid beds make sleeping, reading, watching television or having breakfast in bed a more comfortable experience than you might get with a traditional mattress.

In a study by Furniture Today and Apartment Therapy, mattress reviews showed that when evaluating performance and popularity, consumers highly favored hybrids, with those beds reaching a higher satisfaction score than any other type of sleep set. Hybrids are the fastest growing segment of the mattress industry. But don't take it from us — read our hybrid mattress reviews, where customers share why they love having a hybrid mattress

What makes hybrid mattresses unique?

There are three components that separate hybrid mattresses from the rest:

  1. Pocketed coils provide excellent support for proper spinal alignment –no matter your sleep position. The pocketed coil technology also helps reduce motion transfer caused by tossing and turning, which may allow you to get more REM sleep.
  2. Layers of memory foam rest on top of the support coils to provide comfort and pressure relief for restorative sleep – allowing the mattress to conform to your body.
  3. Many hybrid mattresses feature gel-infused memory foam that helps decrease the mattress' heat retention caused by your warm body temperature and diffuses heat away from your body.

Finding the Best Hybrid Mattress for You

Whether you're a side sleeper, back sleeper or stomach sleeper, hybrid mattresses are a good fit for anyone looking for a more holistic mattress choice, rather than the traditional innerspring, latex or memory foam options.

When evaluating which hybrid mattress is right for you, consider visiting a Mattress Firm store in person to test the following mattress brands, or start researching our selection of best hybrid mattresses online.