WinkBeds Mattress Review: Our Top Models

We tested three popular mattresses from this company to evaluate features like motion isolation, pressure relief and more

Taylor Leamey,

AARP

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Published March 24, 2026

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WinkBeds is a mattress company known for hybrid beds — those made with a combination of memory foam for comfort and innerspring coils for support — that feature plush pillow tops and cushioning foam layers. The company also makes a memory foam model that features conforming memory foam and reports that it handcrafts its beds in the United States.

If you’re interested in shopping with this company, we’re here to help. Our lab team tested more than 30 mattresses overall, including three models from WinkBeds, and consulted our focus group of testers ages 50-plus to find the best options.

WinkBeds offerings tend to be on the higher end of pricing — all queen-size models retail for more than $2,000 — but they also earned high marks in our testing. All three models we evaluated earned an overall score of at least 9 out of 10. Our testing also found that these beds provide strong spinal alignment to help minimize back pain and isolate motion well for couples (see our review of the best mattresses for couples). In addition, in our 2025 survey of 300 adults ages 50 and older who bought a new bed in the last three years, all WinkBeds buyers said they were either “very” or “somewhat happy” with their purchase.

Read on for our reviews of three of the company's most popular beds: the WinkBed, WinkBed Plus and WinkBeds GravityLux. (All models tested were queen-size mattresses.)

Comparing WinkBeds models

What we like about WinkBeds

WinkBeds stood out during our testing for motion isolation and edge support. In general, hybrid mattresses with individually wrapped coils tend to lag behind memory foam when it comes to motion isolation, but this company’s hybrid beds scored among the highest of any bed type we’ve tested on this measure. The company’s offerings have made several of our best-of lists, including the best firm mattresses, where one of its mattresses earned the top spot for adjustable base compatibility. The models we tested also performed well in pressure relief and spinal alignment: In fact, all three beds in this review earned average or higher scores on these measures.

WinkBeds makes sturdy mattresses that arrive at your doorstep compressed in a box. This packaging may make it easier to move the new bed inside, though the box can be heavy for some people. (Queen-size mattresses from this company usually weigh around 135 pounds without packaging.) If you need to take your bed upstairs or have mobility limitations, consider adding the option for “mattress set-up and removal” when you check out for a starting fee of $150. Or consider recruiting help or hiring a mover.

These beds come with a 120-night trial period. This timeframe is shorter than that for some brands like Saatva that offer a 365-night trial. Beds also come with a lifetime warranty that covers manufacturing flaws or defects after normal use, such as sagging of more than 1.5 inches.

WinkBed: Best Hybrid

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Score: 9 out of 10

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Pros and cons

Pros

Solid spinal alignment and pressure relief for back sleepers
Supportive edges
Conforms well to an adjustable base

Cons

Subpar cooling
May be too firm for some stomach sleepers

Features

Type: Hybrid
Firmness options: Soft, luxury firm or firm
Best sleeping positions: Side, back and stomach

Key takeaways from our testing

Supportive feel for back sleepers. We tested the luxury firm model of the WinkBed, which the company classifies as a level of 6.5 out of 10 on the firmness scale. Dana, a 67-year-old tester and combination sleeper with lower back pain after a fall, said she felt well-supported when lying on her back. She gave it an above-average score for spinal alignment and pressure relief on her back. “I typically don't sleep on my back but I feel well-supported with this mattress,” she said. “The firmness is giving me good support.”

A woman lying on her back on the WinkBed mattress.

Tester Dana said she felt well-supported while lying on her back on the WinkBed.

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However, that firmness proved too much for Dana while positioned on her side. “The pressure is too firm for my shoulder in this position,” she said. “But my hips feel good and well-supported.” She gave an average rating for pressure relief on her side and a subpar rating on her stomach. “I carry more weight in my midsection and bottom half, so I think I need a mattress with a little more forgiveness,” she said. Side sleepers who want more pressure relief may prefer the soft model, which the company classifies as a 4.5 out of 10 on the firmness scale.

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Impressive edge support. Dana gave the WinkBed Luxury Firm’s edges a strong rating. “Overall I feel pretty stable on the edge,” she said. “I'm used to sleeping very close to the edge. This isn’t the greatest edge support I have experienced but it’s better than average.” For older adults with mobility issues or who need extra support, these strong edges may make it easier to steady themselves when sitting up and getting out of bed.

Subpar cooling. Our cooling gun test, which involves placing a heating pad on the bed for one minute and measuring the surface temperature after a one-minute cool-down, revealed a lackluster cooling score for the WinkBed, which retained 19.6 degrees. Hot sleepers may want to consider the WinkBeds GravityLux, which nabbed a perfect score in our cooling gun test.