Puffy Mattress Comparison for 2024

Puffy Mattress Overview

Puffy Mattress Comparison: How Are They Similar?

• Safe materials – Each Puffy mattress is CertiPUR-US® certified, which means they don’t contain harmful substances such as ozone depleters, PBDEs, heavy metals, formaldehyde, and phthalates.
• 101-night sleep trial – Puffy mattresses come with a 101-night sleep trial period. You’ll have up to 101 nights to return your mattress for a full refund if it’s not the right fit.
• Free shipping and returns – Puffy offers free shipping within the United States (including Hawaii and Alaska). Additionally, within the 101-night sleep trial, any Puffy mattress is eligible for a free return with a full refund.

Puffy Mattress Comparison: How Are They Different?

• Firmness – Puffy mattresses vary in their firmness ratings. While some, like the Puffy Roya Hybrid skew quite soft, others like the Puffy Lux Hybrid have more of a medium-firm feel. 
• Price – These three mattresses vary in price, with the queen-size Puffy Cloud costing $2,399, the Puffy Lux Hybrid Queen costing $2,849, and the queen-size Puffy Royal Hybrid costing $3,928. If you’re shopping on a budget, some or all of these mattresses may be outside your price range.
• Motion isolation – Each of these mattresses scored differently for motion isolation capabilities. The Puffy Royal Hybrid excelled in motion isolation (5/5), the Puffy Lux Hybrid did well (4/5), and the Puffy Cloud did just alright (3.5/5). 

Puffy Mattress Comparison: Firmness, Feel, and Construction

Firmness & Feel

Firmness is how soft or hard a mattress feels when lying on it. Here at Sleep Advisor, we rate mattresses on a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the softest and 10 being the firmest. 

Mattress Construction

The Puffy Cloud, Lux Hybrid, and Royal Hybrid are similar in that they all feature memory foam, but aside from this, these beds are all unique. While the Puffy Cloud is solely made of foam, both the Lux Hybrid and Royal Hybrid have both foam and coils. Additionally, the Puffy Cloud is 10 inches tall, whereas the Puffy Lux Hybrid stands 12 inches high, and the Puffy Royal Hybrid is even taller at 14 inches tall.

What’s the Puffy Cloud Made Of?

• Polyester Cover
• 2 inches of Cooling Cloud™ foam
• 2 inches of Climate Comfort™ foam
• 6 inches of Firm Core Support foam

What’s the Puffy Lux Hybrid Made Of? 

• Stain-resistant and hypoallergenic Cloud cover
• 2 inches of Cooling Cloud™ foam
• 1.5 inches of Dual Cloud foam
• 2 inches of Climate Comfort™ foam
• 7 inches of individually pocketed coils and high-density foam
• A supportive base layer

What’s the Puffy Royal Hybrid Made Of? 

• Stain-resistant and hypoallergenic Cloud cover
• 1.5 inches of cooling gel foam
• 1.5 inches of Reflexive memory foam
• 2 inches of Climate Comfort™ foam
• 2 inches of Cloud Air Technology polyfoam
• 7 inches of pocketed coils rimmed with high-density foam
• A grip base cover that holds the mattress in place

We test pressure relief by using a pressure map that shows where on your body there is a lot of pressure buildup versus where there’s little pressure (if any). We also consider whether we can feel noticeable pressure anywhere.

The Puffy Cloud and the Puffy Lux Hybrid exhibited fantastic pressure relief when we tested them, both scoring a 5 out of 5. When I tested the Puffy Cloud, the map was mostly blue and green, meaning there was very little pressure. Similarly, the Puffy Lux Hybrid excels in relieving pressure with its memory foam; Julia didn’t feel any pressure buildup when testing this bed. 

The Puffy Royal Hybrid earned a score of 4 out of 5 because even though this mattress relieves pressure well for lightweight and average-weight folks, it doesn’t seem to do as well for heavyweight sleepers.

Support is measured by how well a mattress maintains your spine alignment and holds you up in different positions. We test this for side, back, and stomach sleeping.

The Puffy Lux Hybrid is the most supportive mattress of the three, scoring a 4 out of 5 because it isn’t quite supportive enough for heavyweight sleepers. 

The Puffy Cloud and Puffy Royal Hybrid both are slightly less supportive than the Puffy Lux Hybrid. The Puffy Cloud doesn’t support stomach sleepers or heavyweight folks well, and the Puffy Royal Hybrid fails to support both back sleepers and some stomach sleepers.

Each of these mattresses performed differently when we tested motion isolation, which is a mattress’s ability to prevent motion from traveling across the bed when somebody moves. Couples typically prefer a mattress with good motion isolation so one person’s movement does not disturb the other sleeper on their side of the bed. At Sleep Advisor, we test motion isolation using a seismograph to record movement and try to see if we can feel movements when our teammate repositions.

The Puffy Royal Hybrid outperformed the other two mattresses regarding motion isolation; the combination of foam layers and wrapped coils keeps movement on one side of the bed. When testing the Puffy Lux Hybrid, the seismograph detected the slightest bit of movement, but motion isolation was generally great, so the bed scored a 4 out of 5. Finally, the Puffy Cloud performed just average compared to the other two beds, with bigger waves detected by the seismograph. 

To see how well a mattress regulates temperature and stays cool, we use a temperature gun to measure the temperature of a bed before and after lying on it for five and then 10 minutes. Based on our testing, the Puffy Cloud has the best temperature regulation of the three beds; the mattress only increased 5 degrees after I lay on it for five minutes, and it felt cool to the touch. 

The Puffy Lux Hybrid and Puffy Royal Hybrid both have pretty good cooling capabilities, they’re just not as great as the Puffy Cloud’s temperature regulation. The Lux Hybrid’s cooling sensation didn’t last long after lying on the bed, and the Royal Hybrid trapped some heat.

All three of these beds performed pretty similarly when it came to bounce, which is another way to describe a bed’s responsiveness.

To measure bounce, we move around on a mattress, but we also drop a lacrosse ball and a medicine ball onto the bed to see how much they bounce. 

The Puffy Cloud earned a score of 4.5 out of 5 for bounce because although it performed well, it could be bouncier if it were a hybrid mattress. Both the Lux Hybrid and Royal Hybrid scored a 4 out of 5 for bounce because they were very responsive for how much foam they contained, but the foam still slightly restrained ease of movement.

We test edge support by lying and sitting near and on the edge of a mattress, both for a full minute. If we feel supported, a bed has good edge support, but if we feel like we’re going to slip off or that we’re on the verge of rolling off the bed, we lower the score. 

The Lux Hybrid and Royal Hybrid both offer good edge support. Although both of these beds contain memory foam, which is a soft, squishy material, their hybrid nature helps them maintain the desired edge support. 

The Cloud, an all-foam mattress, however, doesn’t have good edge support. When Julia sat at the edge to tie her shoes, she felt like she was sliding off the mattress.