95% of the reviews on the flagship Avocado Green mattress are now obsolete as of 2026. The “I slept on this for 5 years” are of the old mattresses, the original Avocado Green. Here is what you need to know about Avocado’s new product offering and whether it’s a fit for your budget and sleep style.
Avocado sits at the top of the organic mattress hierarchy, and for good reason. They pair best in class green certifications with a Made in the USA product offering that just went through a major overhaul. Here is our experience testing the new Avocado line.
And before you get started, there are two things you should know. First, we accepted a mattress to test from Avocado so we would have first-hand knowledge of the new products. We also tour an Avocado store once per year. But we conduct a rigorous investigation according to our longstanding methodology and have no problem being critical of Avocado when we believe it is warranted.
As a Dad to 2 young toddlers, sleep is hard to come by these days, so when I finally get to bed, I need a safe haven where my “zzz”s come easily. I finally found that in the new Avocado Green Mattress lineup, which radically changed recently. We love the Avocado mattress so much, we also use the bed frame and organic latex pillows from Avocado. What was once a standard medium firm mattress is now offered in five different styles designed to suit all sleep styles.
Avocado Green Mattress
Made with certified organic wool, latex, and cotton, with a Vegan option available.
- Options available for every sleep style
- Sustainable supply chain
- Made in USA
- No off gassing – Made Safe and Greenguard Gold certified
- Price point is out of reach for many families
- Unable to corroborate carbon offsets at the corporate level
- Still a lot of plastic wrapping
- 11″ thickness may not be enough for some
Early childhood is what some parenting experts call “intensive parenting.” They’re right. For a couple years now, I haven’t been taking care of myself like I should and have seen my sleep score decline along with my HRV on my Whoop Strap. One of the shocking things about the Avocado mattress we now use is how it has actually helped me get back in shape and improve my sleep score. Believe it or not, there is precedent for this type of recovery on PubMed. Getting mattress firmness right can actually improve how you sleep, it’s not just marketing.
Despite writing mattress reviews for years now at LeafScore and seeing the research on how back and stomach sleepers can benefit from a firmer mattress, I was always attracted to something medium firm, like the old Avocado Green. But in retrospect that seems like a mistake for my sleep style. Having slept on the firm option for a few months now, the most surprising impact has been on the health of my lower back. Choosing the correct firmness has taken strain off my back and allowed me to start running again. Sleeping on the Avocado firm is cozy and even though I don’t sink into the mattress, there hasn’t been a sacrifice in overall comfort. In fact, as I train for a 5K, the extra sleep has been helping me improve my times.
It used to be that the flagship Avocado Green was the staple, and it played to the largest audience, right down the middle with medium-firmness for all. Now things are different and they elude a standard 1-10 firmness scale like you see on a lot of blogs. Avocado is moving away from firmness metrics arguing they can’t be standardized across brands.
Here is how our contact at Avocado, Amy, described the changes as we went back and forth on this review:
Specifically for the Green Mattress, we now offer five different feels:
- Firm, Medium (the original), and Plush are selectable from the same product page for core comfort levels
- Extra Firm and Ultra Plush are on standalone product pages
I went with the Firm, not the extra firm. As a runner and mostly stomach sleeper, the firm was enough for me.
The Delivery Process
We chose the White Glove Delivery service. A team from LA came up and unboxed the mattress, plus set up our new Avocado Midcentury Modern bed in under 45 minutes. While it’s technically possible to take delivery yourself, latex mattresses are a load to move. They’re heavy and cumbersome. Seniors, singles, and sleep deprived young families may find it easier to have the Avocado team setup everything for you. As we noted in our review of the Avocado kids mattress, which we have been staff testing for two years, the mattress does come wrapped in quite a bit of plastic. The delivery team cleans it up, but it can’t be recycled, at least not in our curbside bin.
The first thing we noticed when the mattress was removed from its vacuum seal was the lack of any off gassing. You do smell the latex, but it’s not a chemical smell like you register with polyfoam deliveries from popular bed in a box online shops. For foam, the new mattress smell isn’t harmless, it’s VOC actively entering your bedroom and impacting indoor air quality. This is a big reason we trust Avocado, they are vigilant with materials and certifications. Avocado, as a 100% natural product, carries none of the VOC risk of a new polyfoam product. Anecdotally, the Avocado smelled better and cleaner than Evaya and Plushbeds.
We are so confident in Avocado’s eco street cred that we let our kids start bouncing on the new mattress immediately.
Performance
After digging in on the research, it seems the reason I have found such benefit from the Firm mattress by Avocado is spinal alignment. As a stomach sleeper, having my hips and shoulders on the same plane with “neutral” alignment has been making it easier for my back to recover after long runs. I used to think it was the impact that was giving me lower back discomfort after runs. Now, I see it as a sleep issue. When I was on a mattress that was too plush, my hips were sinking below my shoulders which put undue stress and strain on my low back and hurt recovery.
The mattress has heavy duty support and is a meaningful upgrade over Evaya, which was the mattress we last used. Pulling the trigger on the firm model wasn’t easy. I tend to equate pillow tops with luxury and comfort, and was worried the firm mattress would be too austere. It’s also a new model and we were one of the first to test it. Sleeping on an unknown quantity new SKU felt like a risk at first. What if it’s like sleeping on a wood plank or on the ground? Neither turned out to be true. Instead, the firm Avocado mattress is my Goldilocks zone for firmness and I wish I’d had it years ago. Breaking up the old Avocado Green mattress into five personalized models that can be tailored to any sleep style takes an already great brand to the next level.
Another benefit for those who sleep with a partner. The taut surface and non plush support prevents an excess of motion transfer, which means my wife and I wake each other up less if we need to get up in the middle of the night to help the kids, or if we have different bed times.
The edge support, both when sitting and lying on the mattress, are excellent and the latex is genuinely cooling, you won’t overheat on this mattress. As an allergy sufferer, I like that latex repels dust mites instead of accumulating them as foam does. The fabric handles on either side make it much easier to move the Avocado mattress than some competitors which means this mattress is built to stay with you for a decade or more.
The warranty offered by Avocado is a whopping 25 years and they feature a mattress recycling program.
Last, here are our recommendations for buyers based on their sleep style:
- Extra Firm — stomach & heavy back sleepers
- Firm — stomach, back & hot sleepers
- Medium — back, combo & couples
- Plush — side sleepers, hip/shoulder pain
- Ultra Plush — side & lightweight sleepers
Pricing
The Queen starts at around $2,000, which is a big investment, but is also on par with most brands that use all natural safe materials (and can prove it with real certifications). If you want the certifications and peace of mind from the Avocado brand and supply chain with a lower price point, the Eco Organic is still a good option, and a better choice than Happsy in our view.
The mattress industry also runs a lot of sales, so be on the lookout for price discounts around the 4th of July and other big Holidays.
Bottom Line
The bottom line for us at LeafScore is always sustainability. Our questions surrounding Avocado are not at the brand level, they are only at the corporate level with carbon offsets.
While the mattress does ship in a lot of plastic, this product is about as good as it gets for an all natural, USA made mattress that won’t offgas and that lasts forever. Avocado is a certified B corp and makes all of its mattresses in California. They carry the most important non-toxic mattress certifications and have done impressive work building a mostly sustainable supply chain.
If you’re in the market for an Avocado Mattress, the new online store layout can be confusing. It confused me until I studied it. The old Avocado Green page can be viewed, here. That page contains the Firm, Medium, and Plush options.
The other two “extremes,”are the Extra Firm and Ultra Plush, each of which have their own dedicated pages. So, if you are shopping online, you have 5 styles to choose from spread across 3 landing pages.