Brooklyn Bedding vs. GhostBed Mattress Comparison

The original GhostBed and the Brooklyn Bedding Signature are each the flagship mattresses for their respective brands. The GhostBed is an all-foam, medium-firm mattress that incorporates aerated Dunlop latex, memory foam and polyfoam and has a mixed foam feel with a little bit of bounce. The Brooklyn Signature is one of Brooklyn Bedding six hybrid mattresses with proprietary Brooklyn Bedding comfort foams and a pocketed coil core. It’s available in three firmness settings to suit a wide variety of sleepers.

If you’re interested in selecting your ideal firmness level, the Brooklyn Signature is the primary choice. It’s also supportive enough for heavyweight sleepers, and it sleeps noticeably cooler than the GhostBed. Shoppers who want an all-foam bed but don’t like the sinking feeling of memory foam will really like the GhostBed’s neutral foam feel. Below, we share more detailed information about how they’re made, which we recommend for different body types and sleeping positions, and how well they perform in a few key areas.

Comparing Brooklyn Bedding & GhostBed Mattresses

The Brooklyn Bedding Signature is a popular bed-in-a-box hybrid mattress made with proprietary foams and coils. It’s also available in three firmness settings (soft, medium and firm), making it easy to match a consumer’s sleep style to the bed. The GhostBed is a latex foam mattress with a medium firmness that offers more bounce and breathability than most all-foam beds.

Differences

• Although the mattresses are close in price on paper, the Brooklyn Signature is typically available cheaper year-round after discounts are applied. That being said, GhostBed has been known to run significant discounts during holiday seasons.
• The Brooklyn Signature is available in a firm setting (7.5/10 on our firmness scale) that’s supportive enough for heavyweight sleepers. Conversely, the GhostBed only comes in one firmness setting: a medium-firm feel (6/10) that’s suitable for average-weight and lightweight sleepers.
• Each mattress has its pros and cons for couples: The GhostBed is better at limiting motion transfer, while the Brooklyn Signature is cooler and more supportive.

Similarities

• Both mattresses offer a balance of responsiveness and pressure relief. The latex comfort layer in the GhostBed offers buoyancy for sleepers, and the pocketed coils in the Brooklyn Signature add bounce while the top layers of foam respond quickly after pressure is released.
• Neither bed hugs your body the way that traditional memory foam does. This is good news for sleepers who change positions frequently and do not want to feel stuck. Both options are good mattresses for combination sleepers.
• Both mattresses can suit all sleeping positions (side sleepers, stomach sleepers, back sleepers and combination sleepers), but the right one for your body will come down to your body type. We recommend both mattresses for stomach sleepers, with the Brooklyn Signature as the best hybrid mattress for stomach sleepers.

Who the Brooklyn Bedding Mattress is Best For 

Best For…

• Shoppers on a budget. The Signature has a high-quality design and a below-average price point when compared to other hybrid mattresses, and it’s almost always available for less than the GhostBed after discounts.
• All body types, including heavier sleepers. Heavyweight sleepers should receive adequate support on the firm version of the Signature, making it the best mattress for heavy people, between the two. A firm setting isn’t available with the all-foam GhostBed.
• Shoppers who want to choose their firmness setting. The bed’s three firmness options ensure most lightweight, average-weight, and heavyweight sleepers can find an option they’re comfortable on.

May Not be Best For…

• People who like deep contouring. Because the Signature is so responsive, it doesn’t offer the traditional “cradling” feeling of a memory foam mattress.
• Shoppers who want a highly responsive, bouncy bed. While the Signature does offer some bounce, it doesn’t have the same responsiveness level that’s often found in hybrid mattresses and innerspring beds.

Read our full Brooklyn Bedding Mattress Comparison to learn more! 

Who the GhostBed Mattress is Best For 

Best For…

• Sleepers who like a mixed foam feel. If you like a foam feel that’s comfortable but doesn’t feel distinctly like the sinking feeling of memory foam, we think you’ll enjoy this mattress.
• Shoppers who want a mattress with nice mobility. The top layer of latex foam in the GhostBed gives the bed more bounce than most all-foam mattresses, making it a safe choice for shoppers who don’t want to feel “stuck” in their mattress when trying to change positions.
• Average-weight sleepers. The GhostBed balances support and pressure relief, and its medium-firm feel is best for average-weight sleepers in any position. Even so, lightweight sleepers who like firmer mattresses may enjoy the GhostBed as well.
• Budget-conscious shoppers. Even though the Brooklyn Signature is usually available for less than the GhostBed, the latter is still an affordable mattress. It’s a value buy with a 20-year warranty, and the company often runs steep discounts during the holiday season.

May Not be Best For…

• Some side sleepers. Lightweight side sleepers may find that the GhostBed is too firm and creates added pressure at the hips and shoulders.
• People who sleep very hot. The aerated latex foam layer in the GhostBed allows it to offer better temperature control than most all-foam mattresses, but the Brooklyn Bedding Signature is the clear winner for people who need extra airflow.

Read our full GhostBed Mattress Review to learn more! 

Deciding Between Brooklyn Bedding & GhostBed

Firmness / Feel 

The GhostBed is available in just one medium-firm setting, and the Brooklyn Bedding Signature comes in soft, medium and firm options. Each Brooklyn Signature firmness setting offers a distinct feel and is best suited to different types of sleepers, while the GhostBed should work best with average-weight sleepers. The beds share a neutral foam feel, which means that they’re comfortable but don’t hug your body like memory foam, like many of the best mattresses for back sleepers. 

Motion Isolation

Foam beds tend to absorb more motion than hybrid mattresses, but the Signature has above-average motion isolation for a hybrid bed because of its thick foam comfort layers. The GhostBed falls behind some other all-foam mattresses in motion isolation because of its latex comfort layer. The bottom line? We’d say these beds will reduce motion transfer pretty much equally. They won’t be perfect at motion isolation, but they’ll work well as long as you or a partner isn’t a very light sleeper. 

Edge Support

Edge support is typically best in hybrid and innerspring mattresses that have supportive coils, and it’s an important performance quality to consider if you plan to stretch out across the full width of the mattress when you sleep. Those who like to sit on the edge of their bed will, of course, also appreciate robust edge support. The Brooklyn Signature includes perimeter coils that reinforce the bed’s edges and minimize sinkage, giving it above-average edge support. The GhostBed will compress a bit when you sit along the perimeter, but it holds up better than other all-foam beds because of its high-density support core and stable latex comfort layer.

Pressure Relief 

Pressure relief is a bed’s ability to alleviate tension in sensitive spots for each sleeping position. The GhostBed’s firmness setting creates the most pressure relief for back and stomach sleepers. On your side, you may experience some pressure at the hips and shoulders from the GhostBed’s latex layer. The Brooklyn Bedding Signature offers moderate contouring and pressure relief for all three positions because of its 2” TitanFlex comfort layer. For those sleepers who need the most pressure relief, see our recommendations on the best mattress for side sleepers.

Durability 

Beds built with high-quality materials, especially high-quality foams and durable coils, tend to last the longest. While neither the Brooklyn Bedding nor GhostBed brand has been around long enough to evaluate the full lifespan of their mattresses, we expect both to be on par with industry averages. While Brooklyn Bedding offers a 10-year warranty, GhostBed offers a 20-year warranty. 

Cooling / Temperature 

Airflow is almost always better in mattresses that have coil cores, and beds that are firmer tend to sleep cooler. We think the Brooklyn Bedding Signature wins in this category because of its pocketed coil core, but note that lightweight and side sleepers who select the plush firmness option may experience a bit more heat retention. The GhostBed is a better cooling mattress because of its aerated latex top layer, but some heat retention may occur in the memory foam layer beneath it.

Brooklyn Bedding Signature Construction

The Brooklyn Bedding Signature is an 11.5” tall hybrid mattress that comes in three firmness settings: soft (3.5/10 on our firmness scale), medium (5.5/10) and firm (7.5/10). This firmness range, combined with the Signature’s hybrid construction and 4” tall all-foam comfort system, can provide the right balance of support and pressure relief for a wide variety of sleepers.

The cover of the Signature feels soft to the touch and is quilted with a thin layer of foam to provide you with a nice soft feel as soon as you lie down. The comfort portion of the mattress contains 2” of TitanFlex foam, which is a proprietary foam by Brooklyn Bedding that combines the contouring of memory foam and the response of latex. You will not sink deeply into this top layer, but it shouldn’t feel stiff, either.

The transition layer is made of 2” of Energex foam, another Brooklyn Bedding foam that eases the body into the mattress and prevents you from feeling the pocketed coils at the core. The coils underneath are 6” tall and individually wrapped, so they encourage airflow and encourage more motion isolation than innerspring coils. The base of the Signature is a 1” layer of high-density polyfoam, which supports the coils and enhances the bed’s responsiveness. 

GhostBed Original Construction

The GhostBed is an 11” tall all-foam mattress built with layers of latex foam, gel memory foam and high-density polyfoam. While most all-foam mattresses that incorporate latex do so in the second or third layers, the GhostBed includes a latex element on top, so you won’t detect the memory foam right away when you lie down.

The cover on the GhostBed has a stretchy feel that’s also breathable. Just below that, there’s a 1.5” layer of aerated latex foam, which makes the bed more responsive than a typical all-foam model and helps it stay cooler than average. While latex is naturally cooling, GhostBed went one step further and aerated that layer to encourage more breathability. 

Below the latex layer is memory foam. In most all-foam mattresses that contain latex, memory foam sits on top of the latex, but GhostBed does the reverse. This allows the bed to provide some of the body contouring and pressure relief of memory foam without a deep sinking, viscous feel. 

The base of the bed is a 7.5” layer of high-density polyfoam, which supports the softer foams above it and contributes to the bed’s firmness setting. The predominant feel in this mattress is one of support and bounce, though the middle layer of memory foam provides some nice contouring as well.

Check out our Memory Foam vs. Hybrid article to learn the pros and cons of both constructions.

Sizing & Price Comparisons 

For the best price on a new mattress, check out our Brooklyn Bedding Mattress Coupons and GhostBed Mattress Coupons.

Shipping and Returns for Brooklyn Bedding & GhostBed

Brooklyn Bedding

The Signature ships free via FedEx Ground to the contiguous U.S., and most mattresses arrive within 3-4 business days. If you live in Hawaii or Alaska, you’ll need to pay $125 per mattress for shipping. Shipping to Canada via DHL is also available for $250 per mattress.

You’ll have a 120-night sleep trial to try out the Signature, and if you don’t like it, you can return it or exchange it with free shipping. Brooklyn Bedding asks that you try out the bed for at least 30 days before initiating a return. The Brooklyn Bedding warranty last 10 years and protects against defects and some indentation, among other issues.

GhostBed

GhostBed offers free shipping to the contiguous U.S., but shipping to Alaska or Hawaii costs $600. It ships vacuum sealed as a bed-in-a-box mattress, just like the Brooklyn Bedding Signature.

The bed comes with a 101-night sleep trial, which requires a 30-night break-in period. If you decide you don’t like the GhostBed after 30 nights, you can start your return process. The GhostBed warranty lasts 20 years, which protects against defects.

To avoid the same issues, be sure to read our common GhostBed Mattress Complaints and Brooklyn Bedding Mattress Complaints.

More Brooklyn Bedding Mattresses

See Brooklyn Bedding Aurora Mattress Review to learn more.

See our Brooklyn Bedding Bloom Mattress Review to learn more.

More GhostBed Mattresses

Check out our GhostBed Flex Mattress Review to learn more.

Haven’t made a decision yet? Check out these other comparisons:

• Brooklyn Bedding vs. Tuft & Needle
• Brooklyn Bedding vs. Casper
• Brooklyn Bedding vs. Leesa 
• GhostBed vs. Leesa
• GhostBed vs. Purple
• GhostBed vs. Casper
• GhostBed vs. Nectar

Our Final Take

So which new mattress is right for you? Brooklyn Bedding runs discounts throughout the year, while GhostBed offers great specials around the holidays. If you’re looking for immediate savings during a non-holiday season, go with the Signature. The Signature is also a better choice for people who want to choose their firmness setting. And if you’re a heavyweight sleeper, the Signature offers a more supportive core. We recommend the GhostBed for people who want a mattress that incorporates latex but don’t want the steep price tag that often comes with latex mattresses. It’s also a better choice for people who are set on an all-foam bed and want a mixed foam feel.