Tom's Guide Verdict
The Saatva Classic is still the highest-scoring mattress we’ve ever tested, following our latest round of testing. This luxury innerspring hybrid delivers excellent cooling, making it a safe choice for hot sleepers, and best-in-class pressure relief to reduce aches and pains. It's also an excellent option for bed-sharing families and anyone with mobility issues, thanks to its robust edge support. It doesn’t support co-sleepers who weigh over 300lbs each, and the premium price point won’t suit all budgets. But for everyone else, it offers a winning balance of quality, comfort and value for money. It's our top recommendation for most people.
Pros
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Cushioning and supportive
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Three firmness options
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Soothing lower back support
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Prevents heat build-up
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Easy to move around on
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Comfy for all sleep positions
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Supportive right to the edges+ Excellent build quality
Cons
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600lbs max weight capacity
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$99 exchange and return fee
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Saatva Classic review results
Overall score: 4.8 out of 5
| Product | Temperature control (Score) | Pressure relief (Score) | Motion isolation (Score) | Edge support (Score) | Value for money (Score) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saatva Classic | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
We conduct seven robust tests in our lab to capture objective data on the four areas of a mattress that most affect your sleep comfort: pressure relief, temperature regulation, motion isolation and edge support. We also sleep on a mattress for at least three weeks before subjectively rating it. All of this data is fed into our bespoke scoring system, along with feedback captured by our expert testing panel, to create an overall review score. Read our full mattress methodology here.
That nets Saatva’s flagship innerspring hybrid a five-star rating, making it the only mattress to have won a prestigious Tom’s Guide Editor’s Choice Award, and enabling it to retain its number one ranking as we move towards 2026.
I slept on a queen size, luxury firm version of the Saatva Classic for over seven months and loved it from the first minute. It’s the mattress I choose to sleep on when I’m not reviewing others, and the one I recommend to most people shopping for a Black Friday mattress deal.
It's extremely comfortable, supportive and breathable, and while it isn’t cheap, at over $1,800 for a queen size, it’s competitively priced in the luxury space with better benefits than its rivals, including free white glove delivery. It’s also built to last longer than the average mattress, and comes with a lifetime warranty.
The Saatva Classic didn’t come top of every lab test we ran. It also has a maximum weight capacity of 300lbs per person, so anyone heavier should consider The WinkBed Plus, which stretches to 450lbs per person. But in terms of the overall package, we haven't tested a better mattress yet. Here’s what we discovered during our most recent round of testing, conducted in October 2025, along with everything else you need to know about the Saatva Classic.
Price
- Costs around $40 more now than in May due to tariffs
- Usually sold with a $200-$400 discount
- Competitively priced for a luxury mattress
The Saatva Classic generally costs around $1,839 for a queen — if you see it lower than this, it’s a very good deal. It’s one of the more affordable options in the luxury mattress market. However, like many luxury and mid-range brands, Saatva has been impacted by new mattress tariffs, and a queen now costs around $40 more than it did in the first half of the year.
This moves the Saatva Classic closer in price to similarly specced rivals such as the Helix Midnight Luxe (usually around $1,918 for a queen) and the Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant-infused cover (around $1,899). However, the Saatva Classic comes with free white glove delivery, making it better value for money. It also has a longer mattress trial – you'll get a year with Saatva, versus 120 nights with Helix and Bear.
For context, you can get a good, mid-range, hybrid innerspring mattress like the DreamCloud Classic for less than half the price of the Saatva Classic. But it doesn’t have the same luxury build or best-in-class comfort and support as the Saatva, and it's delivered to your door rather than set up for you in a room of your choice.
Like most online mattresses, it’s rarely sold at full price, with various Saatva mattress sales offering a discount of between $200-300 most months – and up to $400 off during major holiday sales like Black Friday.
You don’t have to wait for the official Saatva Black Friday sale to launch this year to save $400 on the Saatva Classic though: the brand has given us an early access discount starting now. If you click through on our link, a queen size Classic drops to $1,739.
Here are today's lowest prices for the Saatva Classic:
Design
- Luxury hybrid innerspring mattress
- Three firmness options (soft, medium firm, firm) and two heights
- Design is mostly springs, with a little foam and Euro pillow top
The Saatva Classic is a hybrid innerspring mattress made from a combination of foams and coils, and it's the best Saatva mattress for nearly all sleepers. You can pick from three firmness levels and two depths: 11.5 inches and 14.5 inches.
The difference here is purely in spring height, and the pricing is the same regardless which one you go for. Sizes range from twin all the way up to split California king.
Inside the Saatva Classic, there are five distinct tiers. On top you'll find a 3-inch thick Euro pillow top made from organic cotton, with zoned quilting in the central third for extra lumbar support.
In the centre third of the mattress, beneath the pillow top, is a layer geared specifically towards keeping your spine in healthy alignment (we rate the Classic amongst the best mattresses for back pain). This section is the only part of the mattress to use memory foam – CertiPUR-US certified, of course.
Next, a layer of individually wrapped 14.5-gauge recycled steel coils is designed to contour to your body, providing tailored support and easing pressure points. These coils are firmer in the central third, to support the lumbar.
They sit on top of a base of 13-gauge tempered steel support coils that have been oven heated, and the aim is to prevent the mattress from sagging over time. Together, these two coil layers create a responsive, dual support system that help air flow through the mattress, keeping you cool at night.
A foam encasement wraps around the perimeter, offering edge support and helping stabilize the entire mattress.
Comfort: what it's like to sleep on
- Responsive and supportive with a luxury feel
- Soothing cushioning in all positions
- Not a mattress you sink into deeply
I clocked up over 1,500 hours of sleep on our luxury firm review model during a seven-month period, and would agree with Saatva's claim that it offers an experience akin to sleeping on a luxury hotel mattress.
I’m such a chronic hot sleeper, I could probably overheat in a fridge. The Saatva is the only mattress that's felt consistently cool to me
I’d describe it as initially firmer than you might expect, but it quickly softens to offer soothing contouring around your body. This isn’t a mattress you sink deeply into, unless you’re approaching the maximum weight limit of 300lbs per person.
Instead, you sleep on top of the Classic, with soft contouring to relieve pressure around your shoulders, hips and glutes (or knees, if you’re lying on your side).
The Saatva excels in this, delivering the best pressure relief of any mattress we’ve reviewed so far. The morning after my first night sleeping on it, I commented to my husband that I hadn't slept that well since I was a teenager. Pregnancy left me with ongoing hip and lower back pain that became worse whenever I lay down, but that disappeared when I switched to the Saatva.
It wasn't a surprise, then, when the Saatva Classic received full marks in our mattress sinkage and recovery lab tests (no other mattress has achieved this), indicating a best-in-class ability to quickly contour to your body and provide support where it’s most needed. Jump to the test results section for more on how it performed in our pressure relief tests.
By contrast, I slept on the DreamCloud Classic for a couple of weeks after reviewing the Saatva Classic. The lower back support wasn’t as strong and I felt pressure around my hips, so after the test period I switched back to the Saatva Classic for every-day use — and now continue to do so after I’ve reviewed any new mattress.
The Saatva Classic also excels at temperature regulation. I’m such a chronic hot sleeper that I could probably overheat in a fridge. The Saatva is the only mattress I’ve tested that has felt consistently cool through the night — no hot spots, no pooling of body heat. Just a gloriously cool-touch surface.
We saw this in the data, too. In our temperature regulation tests (jump to those test results), the Saatva Classic absorbed the least amount of heat, and while its cooling rate of 1.26°F/min wasn't quite as fast as the Bear Elite's (1.82°F/min), it was still one of the fastest to return to its original temperature.
Firmness
- Available in three different firmness levels
- Luxury firm is the best option for most people
- If you're not sure, use the year-long sleep trial
I rate the luxury firm version of the Saatva Classic as 6.5 out of 10 on the firmness scale for people of an average weight (130-240lbs), which matches Saatva's description of 'medium'. However, lighter people might find it firmer, and heavier people might find it softer.
We recommend luxury firm for most people. However, the Saatva Classic is also available in two other firmness levels: Plush Soft (3 out of 10) and Firm (8 out of 10). If you're not sure which one to choose, here's what we recommend based on your body weight and dominant sleeping position:
Dominant sleeping postition | Under 130lbs | 130-240lbs | 240-300lbs |
Side sleepers | |||
Back sleepers | |||
Stomach sleepers |
If you regularly change position throughout the night, my advice is to choose a firmness level based on your body weight first, and then your most comfortable sleeping position — this is the one you fall asleep in each night.
You get a year’s sleep trial with the Saatva Classic. That’s plenty of time to figure out which firmness level suits you. Just bear in mind that while Saatva does offer a returns program, it charges a $99 fee to swap your mattress for a different one.
Lab and home-based test results
The Saatva Classic came top of the class in the first round of testing that we’ve completed using our new methodology. We now have seven objective, repeatable lab tests that we use to capture verifiable data about a mattress, which is fed into a scoring system along with subjective data captured by our lead reviewer and testing panel.
Under that system, the Saatva Classic achieved a full five marks for pressure relief and edge support. These two factors alone make it a top choice for anyone who needs excellent back support, or wants to wake up feeling less stiff. It isn’t a specialist mattress for back pain (our top recommendation there is the Saatva RX), but it’s the best we've tested for handling everyday aches and pains.
It also tied in top place for temperature regulation with the Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant-infused cover: even hot sleepers are unlikely to overheat on the Saatva Classic. And it's surprisingly good at isolating motion for a hybrid mattress, beaten only by the Siena Signature in its ability to prevent movement being transferred across the mattress. If you have a restless partner / child / pet, you'll be less disturbed sleeping on the Classic than most other mattresses.
Let’s take a closer look at how the Saatva Classic performed in each of our critical mattress tests...
Saatva Classic review results
Overall score: 4.8 out of 5
| Product | Temperature control (Score) | Pressure relief (Score) | Motion isolation (Score) | Edge support (Score) | Value for money (Score) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saatva Classic | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Temperature control: 5 out of 5
- One of the best cooling mattresses you can buy
- Cool-touch surface delivers immediate relief in hot weather
- Absorbs less excess heat and gets rid of it fast to keep you cool
Temperature regulation is the ability of a mattress to manage and prevent a build-up of excess heat on the surface and within its materials. As a hybrid innerspring mattress made with a heat and sweat-wicking organic cotton cover, I expected the Saatva Classic to be breathable.
But to get robust objective data on how well the mattress really performs at temperature regulation, we devised a test that measures both heat absorption and heat dissipation.
The test first measures the Maximum Temperature Increase (MTI) — the highest temperature a mattress reaches during the test, indicating its ability to resist high levels of heat buildup. Then it measures the Cooling Rate (CR) — how fast the mattress sheds heat (°F per minute).
We had a biologically female mattress tester of average body weight lie on the Saatva Classic for 15 minutes. During this time, we used a thermal imaging camera to track heat at six standardized points (five on the mattress and one on the tester) to see how much heat the Saatva absorbs, on average, per minute.
After 15 minutes our tester left the mattress. We then used the same thermal imaging camera to measure the speed at which the Saatva Classic dissipates heat.
How it performed
We recorded an MTI of 6.3°F and a CR of 1.26°F/min. That's the least amount of heat absorbed by any of our five top-ranked mattresses, making it an excellent choice for hot sleepers.
The only other mattress to match the Saatva Classic's full marks for temperature regulation overall was the Bear Elite. That had a faster cooling rate (1.8°F/min) than any other mattress we tested, and returned to its original temperature in 18 minutes — seven minutes faster than the Saatva.
That's why the Bear Elite takes the top spot in our best cooling mattress guide instead of the Saatva — but it's a very close call. They're both excellent at temperature regulation; they just approach it in different ways.
Saatva Classic: temperature regulation test results
The lower the maximum temperature increase (MTI), and the faster the cooling rate, the cooler you'll sleep
Maximum temperature increase
| Product | Value (°F) |
|---|---|
| Saatva Classic | 6.3 |
| DreamCloud Classic | 7.3 |
| Nectar Premier | 8.1 |
| Siena Signature | 9.8 |
| Bear Elite Hybrid | 10.5 |
This data stacks up with my experience of sleeping on the Saatva Classic. I've never overheated on it, whereas I have on other mattresses, including the DreamCloud Classic.
It also matches the feedback from our panel. Senior Mattress Writer and Tester Ruth Jones commented that the Saatva Classic felt cool to touch. She noticed the same neutral temperature that I have when sleeping on it at home.
“By the end of the testing period, the mattress was slightly warmer than when I started but remained largely cool,” she observed in her testing notes. “The Saatva Classic felt cooler than most other mattresses I’ve tested. I’d rate it among the best for temperature regulation.”
How the Saatva Classic regulates heat versus its rivals
This shows how effectively our five top-rated mattresses absorbed, managed and dissipated heat during our temperature regulation test
| Timestamp (minutes) | Saatva Classic (°F) | DreamCloud Classic (°F) | Siena Signature (°F) | Nectar Premier (°F) | Bear Elite Hybrid (°F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 3.5 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 8 | 8.2 |
| 2 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 8 | 8.1 | 9.5 |
| 3 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 8.6 | 6.76 | 9.2 |
| 4 | 5.4 | 7 | 8.4 | 5.6 | 9.3 |
| 5 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 5.7 | 9.8 |
| 6 | 4.6 | 7 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 8.9 |
| 7 | 5.8 | 7 | 9.2 | 5 | 9.3 |
| 8 | 5 | 6.2 | 8 | 6.2 | 10 |
| 9 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 10 |
| 10 | 5.5 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 9.6 |
| 11 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 9.4 |
| 12 | 4.8 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 9.3 |
| 13 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 9 | 6.1 | 9 |
| 14 | 5 | 6.7 | 9 | 6.3 | 10.1 |
| 15 | 5.2 | 6 | 9.8 | 6.6 | 10.5 |
| 16 | 5.3 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 |
| 17 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.1 |
| 18 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 |
| 20 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 |
| 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 22 | 0.4 | -0.4 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.2 |
| 23 | 0.3 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.1 | -0.3 |
| 24 | 0 | 0.2 | 2 | 2.5 | -0.4 |
| 25 | -0.9 | 0 | 1.8 | 2.4 | -0.1 |
| 26 | -1 | -0.7 | 2.1 | 1.4 | -0.7 |
| 27 | -1.2 | -0.7 | 2.1 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| 28 | -1.3 | -0.6 | 2.1 | 1 | -0.7 |
| 29 | -0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | 1.1 | -1.3 |
| 30 | -0.6 | -0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -1.1 |
Pressure relief: 5 out of 5
- Distributes body weight evenly in every sleep position
- A contouring yet highly supportive mattress for great spinal alignment
- Euro pillow top delivers an instant hit of contouring comfort
The Saatva Classic achieved the highest test scores we’ve given a mattress for pressure relief. This is a mattress that not only relieves your pressure points as soon as you lie down, but throughout the night too.
A Euro pillow top offers an immediate hit of cushioned comfort. Underneath that lies a layer of contouring high-density foam, followed by a dual coil system (micro-coils and heavy duty 13-gauge tempered steel support coils). Together, these help support and disperse body weight to reduce pressure points.
In our pressure relief test, we placed a 25kg cast iron weight on two standardized spots on the mattress — one in the shoulder area and one in the hip area — to represent the two largest pressure points when a person is lying down.
First, we measured how far the weight sank after five minutes. This gives us an indication of how effective a mattress is likely to be at contouring to your body and providing support where you need it.
We then removed the weight, and timed how quickly the mattress returned to its original state. The faster the time, the quicker a mattress is able to adapt to your body to provide support and relieve pressure — both initially, when you lie down, and as you change position throughout the night.
How it performed
The Saatva Classic delivered the deepest sinkage, coupled with the fastest recovery time, of any of our top-five ranked mattresses. The 25kg weight sank 4.75 inches in the hip area and 4.6 inches in the shoulder area.
That’s enough to provide excellent contouring, without you sinking too much, and represents a first-class ability to prevent pressure from building up in areas like the shoulders and hips, which bear the most weight. When I lie on the Saatva, I can really feel the firmer support underneath all the immediate cushioning.
When we removed the weight, the materials bounced back instantly — no other mattress has done this in our testing so far. It signals that the Saatva is extremely responsive and able to instantly respond to any movements you make, redistributing your weight and contouring to your body to prevent sore points forming.
This responsiveness is also one of the reasons why I’ve never felt ‘stuck’ in the Saatva. That alone makes it a better choice than any of our other top-five rated mattresses for combi-sleepers, who change position throughout the night and therefore need a mattress that can respond quickly.
Saatva Classic: pressure relief test results
The deeper the indentation and faster the response time, the better the ability of a mattress to relieve pressure
Hip indentation (25kg)
| Product | Value (inches) |
|---|---|
| Saatva Classic | 4.75 |
| DreamCloud Classic | 4.5 |
| Siena Signature | 4 |
| Nectar Premier | 4 |
| Bear Elite Hybrid | 3.875 |
This data corroborates my continued experience of sleeping on the Saatva Classic: it distributes my weight and contours to my body well, without letting me sink too much into it. By comparison, the DreamCloud Classic initially offered me a cozy, contouring feel, but it lacked the support I needed and I started feeling pressure in my hips, which then radiated down my thighs.
Our panel testers largely agree. I invited four people of different body weights to lie on the Saatva Classic in all three major sleeping positions — stomach, back, side — for 10 minutes per position. After each position, the testers filled out a pressure relief survey noting their overall feedback and details of any sore points they felt on their body.
Tom’s Guide Sleep Features Editor, Lauren Jeffries, rated the Saatva for excellent pressure relief in all three sleep positions. “I felt very little pressure — weightless in most positions — and when stomach sleeping I didn’t feel any pain, which is unusual for me,” she wrote in her testing notes.
Senior Mattress Writer, Ruth Jones, also rated it highly, enjoying it the most when stomach and back sleeping. But she did report slight pressure in her shoulders when side sleeping. “During the testing period I felt the level of pressure fade, but I might have appreciated a softer mattress for this specific position,” she wrote.
Motion isolation: 4 out of 5
- The best hybrid bed we’ve tested for motion isolation
- Dampens the majority of motion from your partner
- You’ll sleep more soundly on the Saatva compared to other hybrids
I share a queen size Saatva Classic with my husband, an active sleeper, and our toddler, a flat-out refuser of his own bed because he prefers being in with us. If I’m awake then I might hear one of them rolling over occasionally, but I don’t feel their movements much.
That’s because the Saatva is very good at stopping motion transfer, despite it housing several hundred bouncy springs (around 884 in the queen size).
In our lab-based motion isolation test, we dropped a 5kg slam ball onto a standardized drop zone on the Saatva Classic to represent the motion created by a partner getting in or out of bed, or turning over. (Or a toddler climbing in, or a pet jumping up...)
We used an accelerometer to record the impact of the initial absorption (IIA) of each drop. We repeated the test 10 times, and recorded the average IIA rate: the lower the impact, the better the mattress is at absorbing the initial force.
We also captured how long it allowed any residual motion to transfer from one side of the bed to the other (the decay rate). Together, these data points enabled us to measure how effectively the Saatva Classic dampens motion.
How it performed
Our accelerometer recorded an initial impact absorption rate of 7.8m/s² on the Saatva Classic. That’s a very good result for a spring-based mattress, roughly matching the performance of the Nectar Premier, a top-rated luxury mattress packed with dense foam.
The Saatva Classic was also the second-fastest mattress to stop the motion transferring from one side to the other, beaten only by the Sienna Signature mattress — a firmer, all-foam budget mattress.
That means the Saatva Classic balances a responsive feel with strong motion control, making it a top mattress for couples who need a bed that’s easy to move around on, but one that will also help them sleep peacefully next to each other.
If you’re a bed-sharing, very light sleeper, and consider strong motion isolation performance the single most important factor in your mattress, it would be worth considering the Siena instead. However the trade-off is a less-premium build quality, and poorer pressure relief, edge support, and temperature regulation — the Saatva trounces the Siena in these areas.
Saatva Classic: motion isolation test results
The lower the initial impact of the ball, the better the mattress is at dampening the original force, meaning there's less motion to transfer
Initial impact
| Product | Value (m/s2) |
|---|---|
| Siena Signature | 5.527 |
| Saatva Classic | 7.863 |
| Nectar Premier | 7.961 |
| DreamCloud Classic | 7.965 |
| Bear Elite Hybrid | 8.976 |
Edge support: 5 out of 5
- The best edge support of every mattress we’ve tested
- You can lie right up to the edges and still sleep comfortably
- A top choice if you need a bed that’s easy to get in and out of
Edge support refers to the stability of the perimeter of a mattress. It acts like a frame to stop you rolling off while you’re lying down, and it’s what holds you up when you’re sitting on the side.
Without good edge support, the sides of a mattress will collapse under your body weight. Over time, the mattress will also begin to sag faster and need to be replaced sooner.
The Saatva Classic’s edge support is created from a high-density foam rail that surrounds the base layer of coils. We tested it by placing a 25kg cast iron weight in two standardized locations: three inches in from the side of the mattress (where you might get in or out), and three inches in from the foot of the mattress (where you might sit to get dressed).
We allowed the weight to sink in for five minutes, then measured the indentation (how much the mattress compressed under the weight) in both spots.
We also performed a more subjective ‘roll test’. For this, we measured how much space a person of average body weight would have on the mattress before they a) felt too uncomfortable to sleep, and b) rolled off the bed completely.
How it performed
Overall, the Saatva Classic delivered best-in-class edge support, achieving the only 5 out 5 score during our lab-based edge support tests so far. It performed well in our compression tests: the Siena offered slightly more robust support, but the Saatva wasn’t far off.
However, where the Saatva excelled was in our ‘roll off’ test. While all the mattresses performed well in this, not only could our panel lie on the full 60 inches of the Saatva Classic feeling fully supported, one of our mattress testers, Lauren Jeffries, had 2.5 inches of her body hanging off the edge of the bed and still felt comfortable enough to sleep.
That isn’t true of every mattress we tested — there was a one-inch loss in effective sleeping space on the Siena Signature, for example.
Both edge support results combined make the Saatva Classic an excellent mattress for bed-sharing families like mine, as well as for people who need a robust mattress they can put their full weight on when getting dressed or climbing in and out of bed.
If edge support is a crucial consideration for you, and you have the budget, the Saatva Classic is our top recommendation. For smaller budgets, the firmer Siena or DreamCloud mattresses are also well worth considering.
Saatva Classic: edge support test results
Less compression means better support for climbing in or out of bed
Compression at foot of bed
| Product | Value (inches) |
|---|---|
| Siena Signature | 3.06 |
| Saatva Classic | 3.625 |
| Nectar Premier | 4.625 |
| DreamCloud Classic | 5.125 |
Value for money: 5 out of 5
The Saatva Classic delivers an extremely strong performance and set of benefits for the price. It costs roughly the same as similarly specced mattresses like the Helix Midnight Luxe, Bear Elite (with celliant-infused cover) and The Winkbed. But its best-in-class performance in our tests and free white glove delivery give it the edge. The latter is a premium service worth around $175-200, so it’s a considerable bonus.
It’s also the only mattress in our top five that’s handcrafted — the others are constructed on an assembly line.
This lands the Saatva Classic a full five marks for value for money, matched only by the DreamCloud Classic. The DreamCloud is considerably cheaper and still delivered an impressively strong performance in most of our tests. However, it doesn’t have the same luxury feel as the Saatva or offer free white glove delivery. Side by side, the Saatva Classic is the better mattress.
Final verdict
Few mattresses compare to the Saatva. The build quality is impeccable, the natural, organic and premium materials used to make it are among the best in the industry, and its performance is unmatched in three out of five critical areas in which we test and analyze mattresses.
The Saatva Classic is a rare breed of mattress that suits most people, especially anyone of average weight (135-240lbs) — as long as you can afford the price. If it blows your budget, the DreamCloud Classic is my top alternative – you get a lot of mattress for the money there.
If you weigh 130lbs and under, and sleep on your side, consider the plush soft version of the Saatva Classic instead. This will have the softness you need to cradle your lighter body. Alternatively, if you genuinely like harder mattresses, and you and your co-sleeper both weigh over 240lbs each, then the Saatva Classic Firm is your best option.
So who shouldn’t buy this mattress? Co-sleepers where one or both of you weigh 300lbs or more — the Saatva isn’t designed to support your weight. Try the Bear Elite Hybrid or The WinkBed Plus instead.
The other group of people I don’t recommend the Saatva Classic to are those with chronic and intense back pain and joint issues, including arthritis.
The lumbar crown and pressure relieving properties of the Classic can relieve pain and boost circulation — I've benefited from both of these features and my physical sleep comfort has improved because of them. However the Classic isn’t designed to provide comfort to the level needed by anyone with intense, lifelong back pain.
That job goes to the Saatva RX (from $1,699 at Saatva), the brand’s only mattress made with a Therapeutic Support Core. It's designed to constantly adapt to your movement to relieve pain and boost circulation (which helps reduce pain).
The RX is very expensive, so a good alternative is the Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant Technology upgrade (from $1,599 at Bear). Celliant is a thermo-reactive fiber designed to convert body heat into infrared energy to help with blood circulation and tissue oxygenation to help reduce pain.
For everyone else, the Saatva Classic is the best mattress you can buy to improve your sleep. It’s comfortable, supportive to the edges, and stays cool all night. That's the pinnacle of sleep comfort.
Saatva Classic mattress review: Alternatives
If the Saatva is out of your budget, consider the DreamCloud Classic instead (see how the two compare in our DreamCloud vs Saatva head to head.) It's the best mattress in a box we've tested and is a good alternative for couples on a budget. The DreamCloud normally sells for between $649 and $699 for a queen, and matches Saatva's year's trial and lifetime warranty. The free shipping is basic though.
The WinkBed comes in four feels, including a Plus version for heavier people, but a recent $300 price increase reduces its competitive edge (it's now $1,799 for a queen). In our WinkBed Mattress review we praise it for side and back sleeper comfort, and especially those with back pain. The trial period is 120 nights compared to Saatva’s year trial, but that's still enough time for home testing.
The Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant-Infused Cover is another hotel-style luxury hybrid mattress, and like the Saatva Classic it comes in three feels. We recommend the Bear over the Saatva only if you're dealing with night sweats and hot flashes and therefore need a proper cooling mattress. Now is a good time to buy too as queen size Bear costs less than $1,630 in the Black Friday sales and you get $320 worth of free bedding.
FAQs
When is the best time to buy the Saatva Classic?
Using the queen bed size as the benchmark, the lowest price we've recorded was $1,345 in early May three years ago. That was the result of a special Tom's Guide discount. Due to the rising prices, we're not expecting to see those kinds of lows again. For 2025, the Saatva Classic has ranged between $1,695 and $1,799 for a queen when on sale. At MSRP it costs $2,139 for a queen size and $1,399 for a twin.
Some brands bump up their discounts in the sales events that accompany national holidays – so it's worth checking around Labor Day, Presidents' Day, the 4th of July and Memorial Day, if it suits when you need to buy. However, the very best time to buy a Saatva Classic is in the Black Friday mattress deals in late November – these traditionally deliver the lowest prices of the year.
What are the dimensions of the Saatva Classic?
The Saatva Classic mattress weight limit is up to 600lbs in total, so up to 300lbs per side of the mattress. The dimensions are as follows:
- Saatva Classic twin dimensions: 38'' x 75''
- Saatva Classic twin XL dimensions: 38'' x 80''
- Saatva Classic full dimensions: 54'' x 75''
- Saatva Classic queen dimensions: 60'' x 80''
- Saatva Classic king dimensions: 76'' x 80''
- Saatva Classic split king dimensions: 76'' x 80'' (two Twin XL)
- Saatva Classic Cal King dimensions: 72 x 84''
Where can you buy it?
The Saatva Classic is only available to purchase via Saatva itself, so you won't find these luxury mattresses in any third party retailers – whether in store or online. Saatva has 12 different Viewing Rooms located across America for you to view and test the Classic (and other Saatvas) in person, with every bed available to purchase from the Saatva website.
