Brooklyn Bedding Spartan Mattress Review 2024: The Best Mattress for Athletes? – CNET [CNET]
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Spartan Mattress
Like
- Available in three firmness options that should work for anyone
- Accommodating neutral hybrid feel
- High tech “infrared” cover designed for athletes
Don’t like
- Other good options at more affordable prices
- Not as many options as other beds from the same brand
- Not the best motion isolation
The Spartan mattress is one of many beds available from Brooklyn Bedding, which is one of our favorite brands. The company consistently manufactures beds that are affordable yet high quality, and this mattress is designed to fit a very specific niche for high-performance athletes, thanks to its special cover which we will discuss at length, along with all of its other features.
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First impressions of the Spartan Mattress
We first tested the original iteration of the Spartan Mattress about five years ago. After unboxing this new version of Spartan I immediately noticed some changes. It is now a thicker mattress and has more of a pillow top design that is similar to the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe mattress.
The cover of the Spartan mattress did not change with this new update, and it is the most striking thing about the mattress. We’ll get into everything about the cover and its features in this review, but it has a unique design and a nice feel to it.
The Spartan mattress also had a very minimal off-gassing process, which is the odor, softness and misshapen look a mattress can sometimes have right out of the box. It was a bit soft in the first few hours but firmed up nicely by the next day.
Video: Spartan Mattress by Brooklyn Bedding
Spartan mattress policies
Free shipping
Like most online mattresses, this will ship right to your door at no extra cost inside of a large box (as long as you live in the contiguous United States). If you live in Canada you can still purchase the Spartan mattress or any other mattress from Brooklyn Bedding but there will be a $250 shipping cost.
Unboxing a mattress usually only takes a few minutes and we recommend unboxing it with a friend to make the process go more smoothly.
I have unboxed many beds by myself and while it’s doable, it is much more difficult.
120-night trial
All Brooklyn Bedding mattresses come with a slightly longer than standard 120-night trial period to determine if you actually like the mattress and want to keep it long-term.
Keep in mind that it can take a month or longer for your body to adjust to a new mattress, no matter how well-suited it is to your sleeping preferences. The trial period begins the day the mattress is delivered, not when you actually start sleeping on it so make sure you unbox it as quickly as possible to not accidentally shorten your trial period.
Return policy
At any point after the first 30 nights post-delivery you decide the Spartan mattress isn’t for you for any reason, you can return it and get a refund. There is no upfront fee to return a mattress, but $99 will be deducted from your refund.
Also, don’t worry about keeping the box the bed came in or any of the packaging because that is not how mattress returns work. You just contact the company and it will coordinate with a third party to pick up the mattress for you and then the bed is usually donated.
Warranty
All Brooklyn Bedding mattresses are backed by a standard 10-year warranty. If you buy a mattress online, a 10-year warranty is the minimum you should expect.
Spartan mattress construction and feel
The Spartan mattress is roughly 13 inches thick and features five distinct layers, not counting the cover.
The bottommost layer is a .25-quarter-inch-thick layer of support foam. This layer provides the eight-inch-thick layer of pocketed coils with a stable foundation.
Above the coil support layer is a 1-inch-thick layer of gel memory foam that functions as a transition layer. Thin transition layers like this are common to help make sure sleepers only feel the bounce and support from the coils, not the actual coils to maintain comfort.
The next layer is a 1.5-inch-thick layer of “medium supreme response” comfort foam, which is meant to be body contouring like a memory foam, but not as slow to respond as a memory foam.
Then the topmost comfort layer is a .75-inch-thick layer of “Copperflex” foam which is found in a lot of Brooklyn Bedding mattresses and is a generally comfortable, soft neutral foam.
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This is the construction of the “medium” model of the Spartan. The construction is slightly varied in the “soft” and the “firm” versions, but the overall feel remains the same across the models with a soft, neutral hybrid feel.
This type of feel is generally accommodating for most sleepers because it doesn’t lean too heavily one way or another. It doesn’t have a dense memory foam type of feel or an ultra-responsive latex or gel feel either. Most people who try a bed like this usually find it comfortable.
In fact, the construction and feel of this mattress are virtually identical to the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe mattress which our team thinks is an excellent bed and is one of my personal favorites.
Spartan mattress cover
Where the Spartan mattress differentiates itself from the Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Luxe is the technology found in the cover. It features “far infrared rays” tech, which is designed to provide numerous benefits for athletes.
Brooklyn Bedding Claims this technology can improve circulation and blood flow which speeds up muscle recovery and also leads to more restful sleep. We’ve tested beds with special covers that are meant to provide similar benefits like the “celliant” covers available on many mattresses from the brand Bear.
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