Avocado vs. Purple Mattress Comparison
Both the Avocado Green mattress and the Purple mattress are suitable for hot sleepers and back sleepers. However, while the Avocado is an organic hybrid bed, the Purple is an all-foam mattress with a unique comfort grid layer. Keep reading to see which mattress will work best for you.
Avocado vs. Purple Overview
The Avocado mattress is an eco-friendly latex and innerspring coil hybrid mattress with a buoyant, sturdy feel that will appeal to heavyweight sleepers, stomach sleepers, and those who need a little extra support. On the other hand, the Purple mattress’s foam build will work best for couples who want less motion transfer and for lighter or side sleepers who want a softer and more contouring bed.
| Avocado is best for… | Purple is best for… |
| Eco-friendly shoppers | Couples |
| Back and stomach sleepers | Side sleepers |
| Heavyweight sleepers | Lightweight sleepers |
Who Should Choose the Avocado Mattress?
- Eco-friendly shoppers: Made with organic latex and cotton, and recycled materials, the Avocado is a great pick if you’re looking for an environmentally-friendly bed.
- Back and stomach sleepers: The Avocado is built with a latex layer that provides gentle pressure relief and firm support to prevent sinkage and keep back and stomach sleepers propped up in a healthy spinal posture.
- Heavyweight sleepers: Sleepers who weigh more than 230 lbs will get the support they need thanks to the Avocado bed’s firm latex and innerspring support.
Who Should Choose the Purple Mattress?
- Couples: The Purple mattress’s all-foam construction absorbs movements before they can travel across the bed and disturb your partner.
- Side sleepers: Side sleepers need extra give in the surface of the bed to prevent pain in the hips and shoulders. The Purple bed’s grid layer is designed to cradle your pressure points to stress from these joints.
- Lightweight sleepers: Lightweight sleepers need a softer sleeping surface to get the pressure relief they need, and they’ll be able to sink into the Purple’s grid comfort layers to sleep sound and pain-free.
Avocado vs. Purple: Top Similarities
- Temperature regulation: Both of these mattresses are built with materials that prevent your body heat from building up in the bed so you can sleep cool.
- Firmness level: Both of these mattresses are medium-firm, which is a versatile firmness level that provides a balance of comfort and support for most sleepers.
- Bed-in-a-box: Both of these beds are delivered to your door compressed into a box. This allows you to easily bring the bed into your home and set it up yourself.
Avocado vs. Purple: Top Differences
- Price: The Purple mattress is several hundred dollars cheaper than the Avocado Green mattress, so it might be the better pick if you’re looking to stick to a strict budget.
- Pressure relief: The Avocado bed’s latex layers offer gentle pressure relief, but those who need deeper cushioning will want to opt for the Purple bed. The Purple mattress is built with a grid foam layer that is designed to provide cushioning comfort to joints and sore spots.
- Body types: The Avocado mattress’s firm innerspring coil core will provide stability for all body types. The Purple bed’s all-foam construction, however, likely won’t be supportive enough for folks who weigh more than 230 lbs.
Avocado vs. Purple: Firmness & Feel Differences
These beds have similar firmness levels—but you’ll feel a unique sensation from each bed as you lay on top of the mattress.
What’s the Firmness Of the Avocado vs. Purple Mattresses?
Mattress firmness can be subjective, but we use a scale of 1-10 to give you a general idea of how a bed will feel. If 1 is the softest bed and 10 feels like sleeping on the floor — the Avocado mattress lands at a 7/10, while the Purple mattress is at a slightly softer 6.5/10. Both of these beds are considered medium-firm.
What Do the Avocado vs. Purple Mattresses Feel Like?
The Avocado mattress and the Purple mattress have different constructions, so they’ll feel different too. Since the Avocado has a firmer and more bouncy feel, this mattress will feel like you are floating on top of the bed, rather than being hugged by it.
The Purple mattress, on the other hand, allows you to sink into the mattress—but not as much as a typical memory foam bed. The Purple’s gel design gives it a unique floaty and responsive feel.
What’s It Like to Sleep On the Avocado and Purple mattresses?
Either mattress will work well for most light and average-weight back sleepers. The Avocado has firmer support to suit heavy-weight sleepers and the Purple has better pressure relief for lightweight folks that prefer a plush feel.
Both mattresses also are responsive and sleep cool.
The Avocado Green & Purple Mattresses By Body Type
Avocado Green Performance By Body Type & Sleeping Position:
| Body Type: | BACK SLEEPERS | STOMACH SLEEPERS | SIDE SLEEPERS |
| Lightweight (< 130 lbs): | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Average-weight (130–230 lbs): | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| Heavyweight (> 230 lbs): | 4 | 4 | 2 |
Purple Performance By Body Type & Sleeping Position:
| Body Type: | BACK SLEEPERS | STOMACH SLEEPERS | SIDE SLEEPERS |
| Lightweight (< 130 lbs): | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| Average-weight (130–230 lbs): | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Heavyweight (> 230 lbs): | 3 | 1 | 3 |
1 = Very poor, 2 = Not good, 3 = Fair, 4 = Good, 5 = Excellent
Average-Weight Sleepers (130–230 lbs)
Both the Avocado and the Purple mattress will be ideal for average-weight sleepers back sleepers; however, stomach sleepers will prefer the slightly firmer Avocado. That’s because it will keep you from sinking too far into the mattress and putting your spine out of alignment. Both mattresses are adequate for side sleepers, but if you tend to wake up with sore hips or shoulders, you should look for a mattress that provides deeper pressure relief.
Heavyweight Sleepers (> 230 lbs)
The Purple mattress likely won’t have enough support to prevent sinkage for sleepers over 230 lbs. The Avocado mattress, however, provides firm enough support to keep both back and stomach sleepers comfortable. Heavyweight side sleepers should look for a bed with deeper pressure relief—the Avocado’s firm surface won’t have enough give to keep your hips and shoulders comfy as they press into the bed.
Lightweight Sleepers (< 130 lbs)
Lightweight back and stomach sleepers will be supported and cushioned on the Avocado mattress, but this bed’s latex foam doesn’t provide quite enough plush pressure relief for the joints of lightweight sleepers. However, adding an optional pillow topper may provide more comfort for lightweight side sleepers who are set on this eco-friendly mattress.
The original Purple has a balance of support and firmness that will keep lightweight back and side sleepers comfortable, but lightweight stomach sleepers should opt for a bed with a firmer support layer, such as the Avocado.
Differences In Mattress Construction
The Avocado Green mattress is 11″ high—13″ high if you add an optional plush or firm pillow-top option. The original Purple mattress measures 9.25” high, and built with a combination of gel memory foam and polyfoam.
| Avocado Mattress Materials | Purple Mattress Materials |
| Organic cotton and wool cover | Stretchy knit cover (polyester, viscose, and Lycra) |
| Hypoallergenic Dunlop latex (2″) | Smart comfort grid (2” GelFlex) |
| Zoned Pocket coils (8″) | Medium-firm polyfoam (3.5”) |
| Dunlop Latex (1″) | High-density polyfoam (4”) |
| Non-slip bottom |
Cover
The Avocado mattress is topped with organic moisture-wicking cotton and wool. The Purple mattress comes wrapped in a stretchy cover made from polyester, viscose, and Lycra.
Comfort Layers
The Avocado mattress has a buoyant layer of latex that stays temperature neutral and gently conforms to your curves without allowing too much sinkage.
The Purple mattress has a unique grid-designed comfort layer made of 2” aerated gel foam. This layer is bouncy, breathable, and responds to your body’s natural curves by deeply cradling your pressure points as they press into the bed.
Support Layers
Underneath the Avocado bed’s first latex layer is an 8″ coil support system that is ergonomically-designed to provide sections of support to different areas of your body. The Avocado bed also has an inch of latex beneath these coils to provide extra durability and stability to the mattress.
The Purple bed has two Polyfoam layers that add support to the core of the mattress.
Avocado vs. Purple Pricing
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| Size | Avocado Green Prices | Purple Prices |
| Twin | $ | $ |
| Twin XL | $ | $ |
| Full | $ | $ |
| Queen | $ | $ |
| King | $ | $ |
| California King | $ | $ |
Avocado vs. Purple Mattress Performance Ratings & Differences
Temperature
Both the Avocado and Purple mattresses do a great job of keeping you cool. Both beds are made of aerated materials that stay cool to the touch. If temperature is your primary deciding factor, you may opt for the Avocado mattress. Its latex layers give it a slight advantage over the Purple in staying temperature neutral.
Motion Transfer
If you sleep with a partner, you’ll want your bed to limit motion transfer so you aren’t woken up by your partner’s tossing and turning. The Purple mattress has the edge here, with plenty of give in its grid and foam layers to help dampen any movement.
Edge Support
If you need help getting in and out of bed, or like to sleep or sit near the edges of the bed, you’ll need sturdy edge support to keep you from slipping off the side. You may experience some slight sinkage at the sides of the Purple mattress, but the Avocado bed is consistently sturdy and supportive across the entire surface of the mattress.
Pressure Relief
For pressure relief, the Avocado Green mattress wins by a landslide. Especially for back sleepers, the Avocado’s supportive coils and latex will help you keep excellent spine alignment all night long, while the Purple’s more collapsible foam won’t hold up as well for heavier sleepers.
Pain Relief
Whether a mattress relieves pain depends on how well it supports your body type and sleeping position. The Purple mattress will provide pain relief for lighter-weight and side sleepers— but heavyweight sleepers may not get the support they need from this foam mattress. The Avocado provides a firmer level of support that will help keep heavier sleepers and stomach sleepers pain-free.
Durability
Between these two mattresses, the Avocado’s all-natural materials, solid edge support, and steel coils may help it go the extra mile over time, beating out the Purple bed in terms of durability.
Shipping, Returns, & Warranties
The Avocado Green comes with free shipping to anywhere in the contiguous United States—but you can ship to Alaska or Hawaii for an extra fee. You can test out your bed for a full year thanks to Avocado’s 365-night trial period and return it for free if you don’t love it. If you keep the bed, your mattress is covered by a 25-year warranty.
The Purple mattress also comes with free shipping within the contiguous United States, and it comes with a trial period of 100 nights with free return and a 10-year warranty.
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Our Final Take
The Avocado Green and the Purple are both medium-firm mattresses that suit hot sleepers and back sleepers. The Avocado’s latex hybrid construction gives it a bouncy and firm feel that will keep heavier sleepers and stomach sleepers in a healthy posture all night long. The Purple’s foam and gel surface, on the other hand, is great for combination sleepers and lightweight needing pain relief. Lastly, for policies, the Avocado comes with a more generous warranty, but the Purple has a more affordable initial price tag.
Avocado & Purple FAQs
Are Avocado and Purple environmentally friendly?
Both of these mattresses are good picks if you’re looking for an eco-friendly bed. The Avocado mattress is made with eco-friendly materials like latex, organic cotton, and recycled steel. Purple makes their mattresses with CertiPUR-US certified foams, which means that these foams meet strict environmental and quality regulations.
How long does it take to get used to my new Purple or Avocado mattress?
The Purple and Avocado mattresses will feel different if you’re used to sleeping on a traditional innerspring bed. Give yourself a 30-day period of sleeping on your new mattress before you make a final decision. Both Purple and Avocado have generous sleep trial periods and free returns.
How long will my Purple or Avocado mattress last?
Your Purple or Avocado mattress should last about 7 to 10 years before it starts to show significant signs of wear. When it does though—keep in mind that your Purple mattress is covered by a 10-year warranty and the Avocado is covered for 25 years.
