Tom's Guide Verdict
The new Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite is a latex hybrid mattress packed with a strong combination of cooling technologies. Over our four-week testing period, my partner and I have found this cooling tech actually helps to regulate your temperature through the night and we've hardly disturbed each other thanks to the bed's ability to absorb movement. As the brand's most premium mattress, it's not cheap, but for the $2,239 queen price after discounts, you get exceptional back support, bags of pressure relief and an overall luxury feeling bed that could last for decades.
Pros
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Three firmness levels to suit different sleep styles
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Exception build quality
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Reliable temperature control and back support
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120-night trial and lifetime warranty
Cons
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Moving around may be difficult for some sleepers
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More expensive than other latex beds
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Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review in brief
Name: Eve Davies
Age bracket: 20-29
Weight bracket: 100-150lbs
Predominant sleep position: Combination sleeper who spends most time on their side
Sleep issues: Occasionally runs hot
When I visited the 3Z Brands factory in September 2025, I was excited to hear Brooklyn Bedding were working on a new PCM for an upcoming cooling mattress line. Having slept on (and loved) the brand's budget Copperflex Pro Hybrid, I had high expectations when this new, more premium Thermobalance mattress arrived in my own bedroom a month ago — and it's fair to say it hasn't disappointed.
Latex mattresses are known for durability and breathability, but also premium price tags, and the Thermobalance LX Elite is no exception. With a queen size at $2,399 after 25% off, it's a hefty purchase but it does promise an extended lifespan compared to other hybrid beds. A well-cared for latex mattress can last up to 20 years.
If you're looking for a more affordable latex option, we're currently testing the Awara Classic Hybrid mattress, which costs $799 for a queen. Our testers are so far impressed with its level of pressure relief and support.
Sturdy and supportive, and available in three firmness options, the Thermobalance is suitable for a range of sleep positions and body types. As an average weight sleeper, I found the medium model comfortable in all sleep positions. Thanks to responsive latex and cushioning copper foams, my spine remained supported and pressure points alleviated when on my front, side, and back.
Type: Hybrid
Materials: Steel coils, copper foams, PCM, Talalay latex
Firmness: Soft, Medium, Firm
Height: 14”
Trial Period: 120 nights
Warranty: Lifetime
Price: From $1,749 (MSRP $2,332) at Brooklyn Bedding
Heavier sleepers may find the cushioning foams make it difficult to switch positions. But unless you're a serious nighttime wriggler, this shouldn't put you off the Thermobalance LX Elite.
One of the tallest bed you'll get, it's not the best pick for those with mobility issues, but it does give larger bodies a dense sleep surface.
Top of the Brooklyn Bedding range and sporting a steep price tag, the Thermobalance LX Elite will only fit the budget of luxury mattress shoppers looking to bring hotel levels of comfort to their own bedroom.
Performing on par with the best hybrid mattresses online across our thorough mattress tests, covering key areas like comfort, support, motion isolation, temperature control, and edge support, the Thermobalance LX Elite is one of the most luxe-feeling mattresses in a box you'll find.
Packed with temperature balancing tech, the Thermobalance LX Elite remains cool in adverse conditions. Helping to dissipate body heat when I had a fever, it kept me comfortable through nights I expected to be restless. Hot sleepers would be wise to snap up the Thermobalance if their budget allows.
For peace of mind, you get 120 nights to decide if it's the right bed for you, and you're covered by a generous lifetime warranty at Brooklyn Bedding.
That's our Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite review in brief. Read on for all the details you need to know before you buy.
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review: Price and trial
- Elite model in the new Thermobalance range with a queen at $2,399
- Sales are common with up to 30% off during major sale periods
- Lifetime warranty, free shipping, and 120-night trial included
A step up from Brooklyn Bedding's budget Copperflex mattress range introduced in November 2024, the four-piece Thermobalance suite offers enhanced cooling technology with a more luxury hotel-feel.
The LX Elite model we're talking about here is the most prestigious model in the new range, built with "triple cooling technology" and Talalay latex. For that, there's a price.
Here's a break down of the current MSRP of each size of the Thermobalance LX Elite, plus the price you're most likely to pay after discounts...
- Twin MSRP: $2,332 (on sale for $1,749)
- Twin XL MSRP: $2,465 (on sale for $1,848.75)
- Full MSRP: $3,132 (on sale for $2,349)
- Queen MSRP: $3,199 (on sale for $2,399.25)
- King MSRP: $3,999 (on sale for $2,999.25)
- Cal King MSRP: $3,999 (on sale for $2,999.25)
There's often 25% off all mattresses in regular Brooklyn Bedding mattress sales, and that discount tends to rise to 30%, or 32% at best, around major sale periods like the upcoming Memorial Day mattress sales and Black Friday. So while the current sale price is good, be aware that it could get better over the coming weeks.
If you're on a tighter budget but still invested in the Thermobalance collection, check out the standard model at $1,899 for a queen at Brooklyn Bedding now.
With a limited lifetime warranty, 120-night sleep trial, and free shipping included, you can rest assured you're getting fantastic value and customer service at Brooklyn Bedding.
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review: Design
- First latex mattress from Brooklyn Bedding
- One of the tallest mattresses you can get at 15.5"
- Built with a range of cooling technologies packed into a luxe-feeling cover
Standing 15.5" tall, the Thermobalance LX Elite is a whopper of a mattress — the big new kid on the block. It's finished with a swanky navy and white handcrafted cover, but what's inside? Let's dig in...
All mattresses in the Thermobalance range have three distinct cooling features: a ThermoCool cover, ThermoPhase foam (infused with Phase Change Material - PCM), and a breathable gusset with a 360-degree airflow design.
If you're not acquainted, PCM is a substance that can absorb and release heat as it changes from a solid to a liquid state. No, this doesn't mean you feel your mattress melting beneath you. When infused into the foam layers, it helps dissipate heat within the mattress, maintaining a cool sleep surface.
Its cooling powers don't end there. Akin to the Aurora Luxe Cooling mattress and Copperflex Pro Hybrid mattress from Brooklyn Bedding, the Thermobalance is built with zoned coils to support the lumbar and copper-infused foam that helps conduct heat away from your sleeping body.
As the most premium model, the ten-layer Thermobalance LX Elite also features Talalay latex — a premium, porous foam made from the sap of a rubber tree — which adds buoyancy to the bed to help relax your muscles while you sleep.
Together, these materials form a breathable, robust mattress with exceptional cooling capabilities, plenty of support, and ample cushioning. It certainly feels like it belongs in a luxury hotel suite.
Having lugged mattresses around our sleep studio and regularly manoeuvring them at home, I always appreciate a mattress, like the Thermobalance, that has handles. Neatly stitched to the side panel, these robust handles make flipping and rotating your mattress (which you should do regularly to improve its life span) easy work.
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review: Comfort and support
- Superb balance of sturdy support and contouring around pressure points
- Ideal for average weight side and back sleepers, but stomach sleepers may want a firmer bed
- Some people may find it difficult to switch positions due to multiple foam layers
The Thermobalance LX Elite in a medium firmness (it comes in soft and firm models, too) is the first latex mattress I've slept on. After getting mixed opinions from my fellow mattress testers, I wasn't sure what to expect. Typically, I like a soft-ish bed that you slightly sink into rather than lay on top of, so I wasn't certain latex was for me. Alas, I was wrong.
I've honestly never felt such a perfect blend of comfort and support as that offered by the Thermobalance LX Elite.
As a marathon runner, two things I look for in a mattress are: 1) Solid support — I don't want my hips dipping, adding any tension to my back while I sleep. 2) Plenty of contouring around high-impact areas — my hips and knees take enough stress when I'm pounding the pavements, so it's important for me to alleviate strain in these pressure points through the night. And the Thermobalance LX Elite has fulfilled these needs over the past month that I've slept on it.
In terms of a firmness level, the medium-firm Thermobalance LX Elite sits around 7 out of 10 on the firmness scale, making it supportive enough for most average-weight bodies.
Although its not as dense feeling as other latex beds I've laid on, I'm a combination sleeper and there's enough of a responsive, springy feel to easily change positions through the night without getting sucked into foams, which I found myself doing on the pillow top of the Copperflex Pro Hybrid. I've also felt well supported when sitting up in bed reading or on my laptop.
However, I also asked for my parents' verdict. Slightly heavier than me, they found themselves fighting the foams when rolling over. Do note, however, they are used to a standard spring bed, whereas I've been sleeping on luxury hybrid mattresses for some time now.
Some people may experience a slower, memory foam-like response, which can make it harder to move around on. But, ultimately, the Thermobalance LX Elite is ideal for side and light-weight back sleepers seeking a luxurious, balanced feel. That said, stomach sleepers would benefit from the firm model, or a firmer bed entirely like the Plank Firm mattress for example, to prevent their hips from dipping through the night.
Pressure relief score: 4.5 out of 5
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review: Delivery and set up
- Easily manoeuvred and unboxed by one (short) person, though two sets of hands are recommended
- Minimal off-gassing
- No visual defects with the exception of a loose thread
I'm well aware that two pairs of hands on deck is advised when unboxing a mattress. But the boxed-up Thermobalance arrived one weekday when I was working from home unaccompanied. As per usual, my impatience and hyper-independence got the better of me, and within an hour of the courier dropping it off, I was single-handedly lugging it up a flight of stairs.
I may have developed a sweaty upper lip, but it was fairly easily manoeuvred for such a big mattress, even by a 5'3" woman. I fought off the plastic wrapping and observed very little off-gassing apart from a faint chemically tang if I held my nose right up to the mattress surface.
After inspecting with critical glasses on, I was impressed by how immaculate the cover was, with the exception of one loose thread (nothing gets past this review team).
Overall set up took around an hour, including the time it took to wrestle a deep fitted sheet over a 15.5" mattress.
Delivery and setup score: 4 out of 5
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress review: Performance
- Remains temperature neutral in adverse conditions, showing the cooling technology really works
- Effectively minimises motion transfer, making it a great option for couples
- Edge support is solid, but it's a high mattress to clamber up on
Alongside objective home tests mimicking our sleep lab testing methodology, I've slept on the Thermobalance LX Elite for over four weeks at home, and gathered opinions from a wider testing panel (my parents and partner) to see how it performs in a real life setting.
Through objective and subjective trials, I've assessed the mattress in three key areas: Motion isolation (can you feel someone moving next to you through the night?), temperature control (does the mattress hold on to heat or help dissipate it?), and edge support (how well does the perimeter of the bed stand up when you sit / lay right up to the edge?).
Here's everything you should know about sleeping on the Thermobalance LX Elite...
Motion isolation
Motion isolation describes how well a mattress quells motion transfer across the bed, i.e. when someone gets into, or moves on, the bed beside you, can you feel it? To measure motion isolation, I performed a series of drop tests and slept on the bed with my hot-sleeping-prone partner.
To gather objective data that I can cross-reference with our other mattress reviews, I placed a wine glass on the left-hand side of the mattress and dropped a weight on the right-hand side from a 24" height, mimicking someone getting into bed. With a 30" gap between the drop zone and the wine glass, I was impressed by how little the glass wobbled.
I dropped the weight repeatedly five times and observed almost no movement from the glass for the first three drops. By the fourth and fifth, it did shift slightly more. When the weight landed, it bounced slightly on the mattress surface before settling, showing just how responsive the latex foams are.
Although this responsiveness indicates some motion will travel across the bed, my partner and I have both agreed that we barely feel each other moving next to each other on the Thermobalance, and we're both fidgety sleepers. Effectively limiting motion transfer, the Thermobalance LX Elite is a great choice for restless couples.
For the parents out there, I recruited my twin nephews as part of my testing panel. Motion isolation was as good as it could get with two four-year-olds bouncing next to me. But when they pretended to sleep, I could barely feel them wriggling on the other side of the bed. Being the deep sleeper I am, I'm sure they wouldn't have disturbed me if I was in a deep slumber.
Motion isolation score: 4 out of 5
Temperature control
Temperature regulation is a key marketing point for the Thermobalance. It's literally spelt out in its name, but does the mattress live up to the hype?
As someone who has slept on many of the best cooling mattresses of the year, I'm a well-placed judge with a high benchmark. In fact, I've tested the Thermobalance LX Elite after sleeping on our number one cooling mattress of 2026: the Bear Elite Hybrid mattress with Celliant. Although it isn't quite good enough at shifting the heat to knock the Bear from the top spot in our cooling guide, it gives a good fight.
To fairly test temperature regulation, I conducted a subjective heat absorption and dissipation test. This involved lying on the mattress for 15 minutes with my bedroom at average room temperature (69 F, to be precise), noting how the mattress felt and whether there were any areas of heat buildup.
I immediately noticed how cool the cover felt, but not quite as cool-to-touch as I remember the Copperflex Pro Hybrid being. Although there was a slight warmth at my lower back at the end of the 15 minutes, I wouldn't say there was any severe heat buildup on the Thermobalance.
Plus, the three weeks I've spent sleeping on this mattress put it through its paces in terms of temperature regulation: the first week was on the cusp of the British spring time temperature rises, the following week I picked up a fever (hello, stuffy nights), and I was on my period during the third week, which meant my body temperature was naturally higher.
Yet I'm pleased to report the Thermobalance LX Elite remained temperature neutral through these trials. I haven't experienced any hot flashes at night and slept peacefully even when my temperature was sky-high during the day.
Temperature control score: 4 out of 5
Edge support
Edge support refers to the sturdiness of the mattress’s perimeter.
My preceding mattress, the Bear Elite Hybrid, actually fell short in our edge support tests, so I was hopeful the Thermobalance performed better. Feeling like you're going to fall out of bed when reaching for something on your bedside table is no fun.
To objectively test it, I placed a 53lb weight midway across and 3” in from the foot of the mattress. The weight compressed 3" into the mattress surface, which is an average indentation when compared to other top-rated hybrid mattresses. Plus, the mattress's sides recovered instantly once the weight was removed, indicating great edge support, durability and responsiveness.
I also felt well supported when sitting on the edge and reaching out towards the bedside. I didn't feel like I was sliding off or that the mattress was collapsing beneath me. It certainly beats the Bear Elite Hybrid.
While we usually recommend a mattress with strong edge support to people with mobility issues who might need to sit safely on the edge of the bed before standing, over 15" tall, the Thermobalance LX Elite may be difficult to clamber upon. In this case, the Saatva Classic, which scores 5/5 for edge support and has an 11.5" tall option would be a wiser choice.
Mobility issues aside, you can certainly rely on the Thermobalance LX Elite to keep you from rolling out of bed even when you sleep right up to the edge (partners of bed-hoggers, I see you).
Edge support: 5 out of 5
Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress: Customer reviews
- Limited users as new launch
- Available reviews are positive
As a new launch, just four months old, there aren't thousands of customer reviews online yet. Two reviewers on the Brooklyn Bedding website award it 4 stars.
Fellow mattress review sites rate it highly in similar areas to us here at Tom's Guide, awarding top marks for cooling, pressure relief, edge support, and motion transfer.
Reviewers agree it delivers a plush feel while maintaining strong support, and there's no noticeable heat retention, making this a solid mattress for hot sleepers and different body types.
Should you buy the Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress?
Buy the Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress if...
✅ You sleep hot: Thanks to a combination of cooling technologies, the Thermobalance lives up to its name, helping to dissipate heat and regulate your temperature through the night.
✅ You need exceptional back support: Sturdy yet contouring thanks to its latex layer, the Thermobalance keeps your spine in healthy alignment during sleep to prevent neck and back pain.
✅ You want a long lasting bed: The latex foams in the Thermobalance LX Elite promise extended durability. Latex holds its shape longer than standard memory foam and recovers quickly after pressure is removed.
Don't buy the Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress if...
❌ You have mobility issues: Although edge support is solid, over 15" tall it may be difficult to clamber up on with reduced mobility.
❌ You're shopping on a budget: Top of Brooklyn Bedding's mattress range, the Thermobalance LX Elite is no budget pick. If you want affordable luxury, check out their Copperflex line instead.
Is the Brooklyn Bedding Thermobalance LX Elite mattress worth it?
When you look at the Thermobalance LX Elite's price point, design, testing data, and performance review, it's evident that it's a worthy investment for three types of mattress shoppers: luxury shoppers with a larger-than-average budget, sleepers with an achy back and hot sleepers.
If I were shopping with my budget-first mindset on, I'd probably say you can get a similar feeling mattress for a smaller cut at Brooklyn Bedding and other brands.
For example, the Aurora Luxe, a similar luxury cooling mattress, is still $700 cheaper in a queen size than the Thermobalance LX Elite. Although I haven't slept on this bed overnight, I have tested it in our sleep studio and can vouch that it is a super comfortable, premier feeling bed.
Also remember the Saatva Classic mattress which remains unbeaten across all our mattress tests is just $1,779 for a queen size in current Saatva mattress sales.
However, there are plenty of benefits to investing in the Thermobalance latex mattress. It certainly feels more sturdy than the cheaper options, and offers exceptional spinal support. If you're a hot sleeper and taking care of your lumbar is one of your key mattress shopping priorities, I'd say it's worth investing in the Thermobalance LX Elite if your budget allows.
What's more, latex mattress are proven to be more durable and hard-wearing than memory foams and even hybrids. Thanks to the resilient nature of natural latex foam, these mattresses are better at resisting sagging and body impressions. So you're getting good value for money here.
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