Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe: Which pillow top cooling mattress should side sleepers buy?

The Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid and the GhostBed Luxe Foam are two top-rated cooling mattresses, both featuring a cloud-like pillow top that offers excellent pressure relief.

While the GhostBed Luxe is our recommended luxury option in our best cooling mattress 2025 guide (with a premium price tag to match) the Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid is rated as the best luxury mattress for under $1,000. Either one would be a strong option if cooling features and a pillow top are your priorities when finding the best mattress for your sleep needs.

Both mattresses are great value in this month's mattress sales, with 25% off at Brooklyn Bedding and an extra 20% off the usual sale price at GhostBed. However, the CopperFlex Pro comes in at a much lower price than the GhostBed Luxe. So, how do the two compare in terms of design, comfort and performance? Stay tuned...

Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe Mattress: Price & trial

• Brooklyn Bedding sales range between 20% and 30% off
• There's an extra 20% off at GhostBed now
• Brooklyn Bedding offers better sleep trial and warranty

Brooklyn Bedding mattress sales tend to stick around no matter the time of year. Yes, they get better around major sale periods, but you can almost always bag great value on the CopperFlex mattress — affordable luxury is its USP, after all. There is 25% off right now, a pretty standard Brooklyn Bedding discount, reducing a queen CopperFlex Pro Hybrid to $999 (was $1,332).

Similarly, big savings aren't uncommon in GhostBed mattress sales. You'll never have to pay 'full MSRP for the Luxe mattress and, even better, there is an extra 20% off beds in the GhostBed early 4th July sale. This means you can get a queen size for $1,199.20 now (usually on sale for $1,548).

Despite its lower price point, the CopperFlex comes with a longer warranty and trial period than the GhostBed — a particularly generous lifetime warranty as opposed to 25 years (though this should be ample), and a 120-night sleep trial rather than 101 nights. That said, GhostBed will ship free within 24 hours, whereas you'll have to wait five to seven business days for Brooklyn Bedding to dispatch your bed for free.

Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid mattress: from $932 $699 at Brooklyn Bedding
The Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid is a pillow top mattress with specialist cooling technology at an unbeatable price. It's 25% off this month, with a queen reduced to $999 (was $1,332). You'll also get free shipping, a 120-night sleep trial and lifetime warranty.

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GhostBed Luxe mattress: from $1,349 $1,079.20 at GhostBed
The GhostBed Luxe all-foam mattress is laced with cooling technology to help you sleep comfortably. But, unlike the CopperFlex, it has premium price tag attached. Alongside the standard discount you can now save an extra 20% with the code GB20, reducing a queen to $1,199.20. There's free delivery, a 101-night trial and 25-year warranty.

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Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe Mattress: Materials & design

• The CopperFlex is a 14" hybrid mattress
• The GhostBed is a 14" all-foam mattress
• Both have specialized materials geared towards cooling

Both of these 14-inch tall mattresses have a contouring quilted cover infused with heat conducting fibers for cooling relief. The main difference between the two is the fact one (CopperFlex) is a hybrid mattress, while the other (GhostBed) is an all-foam mattress (although there is a more expensive hybrid version available).

Beyond a GlacioTex cover and copper foam, the Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid is made up of quilt foam, transition foam, high-density support foam and a zoned individually-wrapped spring layer composed of 760 coils. This mixture of materials provides a cool, yielding sleep surface that's able to keep many sleepers comfortable, regardless of sleep style or body weight.

Moreover, the GhostBed Luxe is a seven layer mattress comprising many different different types of memory foam. Specifically, the first three layers form the quilted top. The next layer is where you find the patented Ghost Ice cooling technology, followed by two inches of gel memory foam. Finally, there is a two-inch bounce foam layer and a 7.5-inch-high density base foam.

Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe Mattress: Comfort & support

• The CopperFlex is a medium-firm mattress, while GhostBed is medium-plush
• The CopperFlex suits various sleep styles, even combination sleepers
• The softer surface GhostBed is great for lightweight side sleepers

At such a height of 14 inches, both are sturdy beds with a reliable balance of support and cushioning. As pillow top mattresses, you do slightly sink into them upon laying down but the foams respond to your movements through the night and bounce back when pressure is removed.

GhostBed says its new ProCore Elite Layer "delivers 33% more support in the center third of the mattress," providing targeted support and relief for your back. Our reviewer rates the mattress a 6 out of 10 in terms of firmness and says: "There is a soft give to the top layer that creates a hug or cloud-like experience."

For this reason, we recommend the GhostBed to lightweight side sleepers who like a cushioning bed. Heavier side sleepers and back sleepers will benefit from the firmer, more responsive CopperFlex Pro Hybrid, which means their hips won't dip too much.

The medium-firm (seven out of 10) CopperFlex Pro Hybrid mattress molds to your movements through the night, offering ample pressure relief while the coils provide spinal support. Our average-weight tester is a combination sleeper and found it comfortable and supportive in every sleep position she took up during the night.

However, strict stomach sleepers should generally avoid pillow top mattresses, opting instead for a firmer bed like the Plank Firm mattress to ensure their spines and hips are supported as well as possible while they sleep.

Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe Mattress: Temperature control

• Our best luxury and affordable luxury cooling mattress picks
• CopperFlex uses metal ribbons with high thermal conductivity
• GhostBed features patented thermo-sensivity technology

As its name suggests, the CopperFlex Pro is infused with copper ribbons with high thermal conductivity properties. Coupled with heat conducting fibers in the GlacioTex cover, this mattress effectively draws heat away from your sleeping body. Breathability is also abundant thanks to an airy coil layer.

Our reviewer slept on the CopperFlex Pro Hybrid in a stuffy attic bedroom and credits the bed for helping her sleep through a British heatwave. Hence, it earns 4.5 out of 5 for temperature control.

The GhostBed, on the other hand, features more unusual cooling tech. This includes patented Ghost Ice technology, which claims to respond to your body heat through the night. But what actually is the material? It's a combination of graphite and gel-infused memory foam. Graphite works in a similar way to copper, conducting heat away from you.

Pushing the GhostBed to the max to see if it lives up to its label as the 'coolest bed in the world', our tester slept on this mattress with a heavy comforter and the thermostat set to 78-80 degrees. They report remained comfortably cool all night long, scoring the mattress 5 out of 5 for temperature regulation.

Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid vs GhostBed Luxe Mattress: Which should you buy?

Buy the Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid if...

✅ You sleep on your back: The slightly firmer surface of the CopperFlex Pro ensures your hips don't dip when laying on your back so you an avoid back pain.

✅ You're on a tighter budget: A queen size CopperFlex Pro is $200 cheaper than a queen GhostBed Luxe. In fact, it offers some of the most outstanding value for money in the mattress market overall.

✅ You want a longer trial period: You get 19 nights longer to decide if this is the mattress for you. Plus you're covered by a lifetime warranty with Brooklyn Bedding, compared with 25 years from GhostBed.

Buy the GhostBed Luxe Mattress if...

✅ You like a soft bed: The memory foam GhostBed is the softer of the two mattresses here, suited to lighter weight sleepers and side sleepers who enjoy cloud-like comfort.

✅ You want your new mattress to get to you ASAP: GhostBed mattresses are dispatched for free within 24 hours, whereas Brooklyn Bedding can take up to seven days to send your bed on its way to you.

✅ You struggle to sleep due to poor temperature regulation: You'll pay more for it, but the GhostBed's advanced cooling tech outperforms the CopperFlex Pro's. The extra few hundred dollars would be worth it for particularly hot sleepers.