Here are our top picks for mattresses made with safe, natural materials that won’t off-gas VOCs into your home when unboxed. Each mattress on this list is entirely free of chemical flame retardants, and nasties like benzene and naphthalene.
Table of Contents
- The Best Organic Mattresses: LeafScore top picks
- Plushbeds Botanical Bliss Mattress [Staff Tested]
- Savvy Rest Serenity Spring Mattress
- Naturepedic EOS Mattress
- Obasan
- Avocado Green / Vegan Mattress [Staff Tested]
- Savvy Rest Serenity
- PlushBeds Luxury Bliss
- Avocado Eco Organic [Staff tried and tested]
- Happsy Organic Mattress
- More reading
We spent over 200 hours reviewing more than 50 mattresses, a process that involved contacting and interviewing manufacturers and cataloging the most important mattress certifications. We also sent a latex sample from our top pick to Duke University to confirm the product is free of flame retardants.
Best mattress overall
The best customizable hybrid mattress
Best mattress with vegan / latex-free options
best luxury customizable mattress
Most sustainable mattress
Best customizable all-latex mattress
Best ready-assembled firmer mattress
Best affordable mattress-in-a-box
Best budget mattress for younger adults
This is our round-up of the best organic mattresses overall and offers a great starting point for anyone looking for an eco-friendly, non-toxic mattress. Our top picks will typically suit most adults, but if you’re in the market for a mattress to meet specific sleep needs, check out these resources:
In compiling this list, mattress brands with these key mattress certifications were given extra points.
- Eco-INSTITUT
- GOLS (Global Organic Latex Standard)
- GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)
- Greenguard Gold
- Made Safe
- B Corp (Benefit Corporation)
- 1% for the Planet
- GRS (Global Recycling Standard)
- Fair Trade.
The Best Organic Mattresses: LeafScore top picks
Plushbeds Botanical Bliss Mattress [Staff Tested]
Highlights: Impressive eco-certifications, great price, and super customizable on both sides. Great for all types of sleep-styles and body types, and you can refresh and reconfigure the mattress if needs change. LeafScore-tested to be free of flame retardants!
PlushBeds is offering LeafScore readers $100 off their purchase using coupon code LEAF100 at checkout. The coupon stacks with ongoing sales.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $2,799 – $3,798 (Queen $3,299 – $2,049 on sale at time of writing!)
- Materials: GOTS cotton, GOTS wool, GOLS latex
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS, GreenGuard Gold, Eco Institut
- Sleep Trial: 100-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Medium / Medium-Firm / dual firmness options
- Depth: 12-inch, 9-inch, and 10-inch options available
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, Cal King, Split Queen, Split King, Split Cal King
- Best for: Everyone!
- Available in medium and medium-firm
- Made with organic latex and no innersprings
- Can customize both sides
- Can adjust layers and flip for different firmness
- Free shipping, free returns, and a free 100-night sleep trial
- Free comfort exchange program (switch out layers!)
- 25-year warranty
- Dense latex resists indentations and sagging
- Can unzip to move a layer at a time
- Sturdy, well-placed handles
- Quiet (more discreet than innersprings)
- Very heavy full latex mattress
- More expensive than hybrid latex/coil mattresses
- Too springy or bouncy for some adults
- Home assembly is more challenging than it looks
- Less edge support than hybrid mattresses with reinforcing coils
The PlushBeds Botanical Bliss is an impressive all-latex mattress available in a 9-, 10-, and 12-inch build. You can choose between medium and medium-firm, and couples can customize their side to their needs. We recommend the 12-inch build for heavier adults and side-sleepers; lighter adults may do just fine with the 9-inch or 10-inch options.
PlushBeds makes its mattresses to order in a factory that carries Global Organic Textile Standard certification. The Botanical Bliss is GreenGuard Gold and Eco Institut certified and comprises entirely organic, non-toxic, and eco-friendly materials:
What’s in the Botanical Bliss?
The 12-inch PlushBeds Botanical Bliss comprises:
- GOTS organic cotton cover with zipper
- GOTS organic British wool flame barrier
- GOTS organic cotton underlay to prevent the wool from bunching
- 3-inch Talalay latex comfort layer
- 3-inch Arpico latex core for lumbar support
- 6-inch Arpico latex core.
The 9-inch and 10-inch models feature one 6-inch Arpico latex layer only. The 9-inch mattress has a 2-inch Talalay latex later instead of a 3-inch layer.
Why the Botanical Bliss is our top choice
The Botanical Bliss boasts a smart design that offers plenty of scope for customization. This means it is a great choice for every sleep style and body type. Because it is a home-assembly mattress that allows you to move layers around and replace layers at a later date, the Botanical Bliss is also very eco-friendly and budget-friendly. Instead of having to replace your entire mattress if your sleep needs change, you can reconfigure the Botanical Bliss to make sure it keeps working for you.
The Botanical Bliss is a great choice for guest rooms because you can move the layers around to meet different sleep needs!
We also love that the Botanical Bliss comes with the PlushBeds Lifetime Warranty, which is rare in the mattress world. PlushBeds also offers a 100-night comfort guarantee where you can exchange mattress layers for free if it doesn’t feel quite right in your initial set-up. After the 100-night period, you can buy replacement layers to reconfigure things if sleep needs change.
John’s been sleeping on the Botanical Bliss for many years and is a big fan. Here’s a video of the Botanical Bliss in action. Read more about John’s experience with the Botanical Bliss here.
The Botanical Bliss pairs ultra-dense Arpico latex with softer and airier Talalay latex. This means the mattress offers robust underlying support for spinal alignment, with excellent resistance to indentation and sagging. The top Talalay layer provides impressive breathability, buoyancy, and responsiveness, making it easy to move around and stay cool.
Read more about why we the Botanical Bliss is a top mattress choice for couples. You’ll also find the Botanical Bliss as one of our top mattress choices for side-sleepers, back-sleepers, stomach-sleepers, heavier adults, and lighter adults.
Savvy Rest Serenity Spring Mattress
Highlights: Impressive 12-inch hybrid mattress available with plush or firm coils and six choices of latex comfort layer! You can fully customize both sides, making this ideal for couples. White glove set-up available and a comfort layer exchange program!
Savvy Rest is offering LeafScore readers 20% off their purchase using coupon code LEAFSCORE at checkout.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $1,599 – $3,299 (Queen from $2,199)
- Materials: Organic latex, organic cotton, organic wool, recycled steel coils
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS
- Sleep Trial: None
- Firmness: Whatever you want!
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, Cali King, Split-sizes
- Depth: 12-inch
- Best for: Everyone!
- The most customizable latex hybrid mattress available
- Can customize coil and latex layers on both sides
- Made with organic, non-toxic, recycled materials
- GOTS and GOLS certified
- Choice of Talalay and Dunlop latex in soft, medium, firm
- Reconfigurable to meet changing sleep needs
- Made by a Staff-owned B Corp in the U.S.
- 90-day comfort exchange
- 20-year warranty
- White glove delivery and set-up available
- No returns
- No handles
- Not suitable for adjustable or Murphy beds
- Upgrade fee for Talalay exchanges
- Shipping fees for latex exchanges
If your mattress priorities include comfort and breathability, ongoing customization, and a mattress brand with a strong reputation for social responsibility and customer service, Savvy Rest is where it’s at.
The Serenity Spring is Savvy Rest’s signature hybrid mattress and is the most customizable coil and latex mattress we’ve found. With a 12-inch build, this super supportive and comfortable mattress is ideal for sleepers of all shapes, sizes, and sleep preferences.
What’s in the Serenity Spring?
Savvy Rest’s Serenity Spring is a latex and coil hybrid mattress comprising:
- GOTS certified organic cotton cover
- GOTS certified organic wool batting, quilted to prevent bunching
- 3-inch layer of c2c Talalay or GOLS Dunlop latex in soft, medium, or firm, customizable on both sides
- 8-inch pocket coil layer, customizable in firm or plush and on both sides.
The recycled steel coil unit is made in-house, with each coil wrapped in PLA (a plant-derived polymer), then heat-sealed together for stability.
Why we love the Serenity Spring
Unlike any other hybrid mattress on the market, the Serenity Spring allows you to choose the firmness of both the coil unit and top latex layer. And, like our top pick, you can keep reconfiguring this mattress even years after initial purchase. That makes the Serenity Spring a super sustainable, flexible choice.
Savvy Rest is employee-owned and is a Benefit Corporation that offsets its emissions through the Carbon Fund.
What we don’t love
The major downside with Savvy Rest is the lack of a company return policy. The Serenity Spring also lacks handles, which is common for home-assembly mattresses but still very irksome.
See why the Savvy Rest Serenity Spring makes our Best Of lists for side-sleepers, back-sleepers, stomach-sleepers, couples, heavier adults, and lighter adults.
Naturepedic EOS Mattress
Highlights: An organic, non-toxic, eco-friendly hybrid coil and latex mattress made in Ohio. Fully customizable and ideal for side-sleepers. Can also be made vegan and latex-free!
Naturepedic is offering LeafScore readers 15% off their purchase using coupon code LEAFSCORE15 at checkout.
Note: We chose Naturepedic as our top pick for reusable cloth face masks due to their commitment to quality and affordable price.
- Fully customizable (can choose firmness on both sides!)
- Made in the U.S. with organic latex, wool, and cotton
- Can be made vegan or latex-free!
- MADE SAFE certified as truly non-toxic
- Can swap and replace layers at a later date
- Reinforced edge support
- Breathable and temperature-regulating
- Excellent pressure point relief with good underlying spine support
- Very heavy and has no handles
- On the higher end of the price scale
- Ships in a lot of plastic (that’s hard to recycle in most places)
The Naturepedic EOS® (Ergonomic Organic Sleep) Mattress is actually a range of mattresses that are all exceptionally well made, non-toxic, and eco-friendly. You can customize the EOS (on both sides!) to suit your sleep needs and can even choose a vegan mattress option or latex-free design (view on Naturepedic).
What’s in the Naturepedic EOS?
The Naturepedic EOS comprises:
- GOTS certified organic cotton quilt – made with cotton grown in the U.S.
- Organic wool batting plus polylactic acid (PLA) comfort layer made from non-GMO sugarcane (for moisture-wicking)
- 3-inch comfort layer of GOLS certified organic latex
- 8-inch layer of individually wrapped steel coils
- Organic cotton batting
- Organic cotton cover with solid brass zipper.
Naturepedic makes its coil contour layer in-house, wrapping each coil individually for inch-by-inch support and minimal motion transfer. The EOS design has full perimeter reinforcement for excellent edge support.
If you choose the Pillow-Top EOS, the encasement has an additional top pocket into which you slide the extra comfort layer.
Sizes Queen and up have split layers, meaning you can customize both sides. The split design also makes it easier to move the layers into place.
If you’re vegan or have a wool allergy, Naturepedic offers the EOS without wool (with extra cotton batting). You can also choose a latex-free version of the EOS, made with the same pocket coil layer plus an additional 3-inch pocket coil unit on top. Currently, you can only choose the latex-free version in plush, medium, cushion-firm, and firm.
Why we love the Naturepedic EOS
Naturepedic has a team of Amish craftspeople that makes the EOS in Ohio in a GOTS-certified factory under fair labor conditions. The factory is GOTS and Greenguard Gold certified and the EOS comes with a 25-year warranty with free mattress repair or replacement in the first 10 years..
The overall design of the EOS makes for a very breathable, comfortable mattress. Thanks to the depth of support and overall customization, the EOS is a top choice of eco-friendly, organic mattress for pretty much everyone, regardless of sleep-style, body shape, or weight.
We also love that Naturepedic ships the EOS for free and offers white glove delivery and mattress removal (for an additional fee).
What we don’t love
The EOS ships in a staggering amount of single-use plastic. This is fairly common for the mattress industry but the EOS seems overly wrapped. We’d love to see Naturepedic extend its sustainability approach to cover packaging, perhaps taking a leaf out of Avocado’s books and switching some of that plastic for paper wrap.
Obasan
Highlights: Eco-friendly, highly customizable, zoned all-latex mattresses. Made in Canada in a carbon neutral workshop! GOTS and GOLS certified with a 20-year warranty.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $2,599 – $6,499+ (Queen from $4,299)
- Materials: Organic latex, organic cotton, organic wool
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS
- Sleep Trial: 180-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Whatever you want!
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Double, Queen, King, Cali King
- Depth: 10-inch, 13-inch
- Best for: Everyone!
- Totally customizable (on both sides)
- Re-customizable at a later date!
- Zoned for tailored comfort and support
- Free of any toxic chemicals and materials
- Organic and eco-friendly
- Made carbon-neutral in Ottawa, Canada
- 180-night sleep trial and 20-year warranty
- One-time free comfort exchange
- Very expensive compared to off-the-shelf mattresses
- No manual customization option (all through its automated system)
- No returns unless there’s a manufacturing defect or product is unopened
- Comfort exchange only applies after 180 days
If you have very specific sleep needs and find that most mattresses just don’t work for you, check out Obasan. This Canadian company offers one of the most customizable all-latex mattresses around.
What’s in the Obasan mattress?
Obasan has two adult mattress designs: the No.1 (AKA the Classic) and the 13-inch Deluxe.
The Classic comprises:
- 2-inch soft Talalay latex comfort layer
- 4-inch customizable core with head to toe zoning
- 2-inch firm latex base layer.
The Deluxe comprises:
- Organic topper with 1-inch soft Talalay latex and 1-inch needle-punched organic wool on both sides
- 2-inch soft Talalay latex comfort layer
- 4-inch customizable core with head to toe zoning
- 4-inch customizable latex base layer.
We highly recommend that if you’re a larger or heavier adult, or an average-weight side-sleeper, you choose the 13-inch model. This provides the needed depth and underlying support for your spine.
Why we love the Obasan mattress
Obasan lets you customize both sides of its all-latex mattresses, including zoning in the middle layer for additional hip and shoulder support. Even our top choice, the Botanical Bliss, doesn’t offer that level of customization. You can also reconfigure an Obasan mattress as needed, even years later, should your sleep needs (or partner) change.
The Obasan factory is carbon-neutral and carries GOTS certification. Obasan makes all mattresses by hand and to order. The company also takes the guess work out of choosing a mattress by offering an automated design tool on its website. Plug in your height, weight, sleep-style and body type (and the same for your sleep partner) and, within seconds, Obasan will design a mattress to meet your needs.
What we don’t love
Obasan offers a luxury experience and luxury product. The downside is that this doesn’t come for free. Expect to pay more upfront for a fully customized Obasan mattress, but know that this can save you money in the long-run, especially as you can reconfigure the Obasan if sleep needs change years later.
Obasan also doesn’t offer refunds on these custom-made mattresses. The mattresses also require home-assembly and don’t have handles.
Avocado Green / Vegan Mattress [Staff Tested]
Highlights: One of the best organic, non-toxic mattress options from an eco-friendly company! Avocado’s signature Green mattress is a top choice for a mattress-in-a-box that doesn’t require home-assembly.
At a glance:
- Pricing (with Pillow-Top): $1,799 – $3,199 (Queen is $2,499)
- Materials: Organic Fair Trade cotton, organic wool, organic Dunlop latex, upcycled steel coils
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS, Made Safe, GreenGuard Gold, Climate Neutral certified, FSC, Responsible Wool Standard, Formaldehyde Free (UL), Eco Institut, Fair Trade, 1% for the Planet, B Corporation, Sustainable Furnishings Council
- Sleep Trial: 365-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Gentle-firm (with pillow-top)
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Double/Full, Queen, King, Cali King
- Best for: Lighter side-sleepers
- Made with all organic materials and upcycled steel coils
- Rare certification from Made Safe (free of toxic chemicals)
- 5-zoned support and reinforced edging
- Less motion transfer and partner sleep disruption
- Made in the U.S. by a carbon negative B Corp
- Affordable and durable with a 25-year warranty
- 365-night sleep trial
- More sustainably packaged than most mattresses
- One firmness level (can’t flip for different firmness)
- Pillow-top (optional) can’t be removed
- Can’t move comfort layers around
- Only two handles on long sides
We were lucky enough to have Avocado staff members show off the Avocado Green Mattress in the company showroom in La Jolla, California, and we were impressed by its features and sustainability.
Avocado is a leading organic mattress maker offering eco-friendly bed-in-a-box mattresses that have the rare Made Safe certification as non-toxic. The Green is Avocado’s signature mattress and is a great choice for almost all adults. Avocado also offers this mattress wool-free and PETA-approved for vegans.
What’s in it?
The Avocado Green mattress is a hybrid latex and coil mattress comprising:
- GOTS organic cotton encasement
- (Optional Pillow-Top) 2-inch layer of GOLS Dunlop latex
- 2-inch layer of GOLS Dunlop latex
- 8-inch recycled steel coil unit with up to 1,418 individually wrapped pocket coils
- 1-inch latex base layer.
The Avocado Green stands out from its competitors thanks to the smart coil unit design. Avocado uses upcycled 16 gauge perimeter coils for reinforced edging, narrower 17 gauge coils in the middle of the mattress, and wider 14 gauge coils at the shoulder and hip. This makes it one of the few zoned hybrid latex mattresses available.
Why we love the Avocado Green
Avocado excels at transparency and traceability, with ethical sourcing of materials and labor. As the most vertically integrated mattress company around, Avocado uses latex from its co-owned cooperative farms in India and Guatemala and sources its GOTS organic wool from its co-owned farmer’s society in India.
Avocado is the first mattress company to switch most of its plastic wrap for paper! And it’s on its way to operating the first certified zero-waste mattress factory in the world!
The Avocado Green offers zoned spinal support and a responsive sleep surface. There’s also excellent edge support and minimal motion transfer. Without the pillow-top, the Green is quite firm (likely too firm for most side-sleepers). With the pillow-top, the Green combines a softer sleep surface with excellent pressure-point relief and robust core support for postural alignment.
In other words, you won’t just sink into the Avocado Green and wake up with back pain caused by a poorly made mattress.
What we don’t love
We don’t love that the Avocado Green pillow-top is fully attached. If you choose this option, you’re pretty much stuck with the pillow-top. Sure, you can unzip the top compartment and remove the latex layer, but you’ll have an empty and loose mattress cover to deal with.
A better option, if you’re on the fence about the pillow-top, is to purchase the Green without the topper and then add an organic topper if you need one later. This also makes for more flexibility should your sleep needs change or should you decide to use this mattress for a guest room or other family member later.
Savvy Rest Serenity
Highlights: Mid-price, fully customizable, 10-inch layered latex mattress ideal for lighter adults. Can choose between Talalay and Dunlop! Made in the U.S. by a staff-owned B Corp!
Savvy Rest is offering LeafScore readers 20% off their purchase using coupon code LEAFSCORE at checkout.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $1,799 – $3,999 (Queen from $2,699)
- Materials: Organic latex, organic cotton, organic wool
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS
- Sleep Trial: 90-day Latex Exchange (no sleep trial or returns)
- Firmness: Whatever you want!
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Full, Queen, King, Cali King, Split-sizes
- Depth: 10-inch
- Best for: Lighter to average-weight people
- GOTS and GOLS certified organic and non-toxic
- Can customize both sides and all three layers
- Choice of Talalay and Dunlop latex in soft, medium, firm
- Reconfigurable to meet changing sleep needs
- Made by a Staff-owned B Corp in the U.S.
- 90-day comfort exchange
- 20-year warranty
- Available in custom dimensions and shapes!
- White glove delivery and set-up available
- Heavy
- No handles
- No returns
- Not for use on Murphy or adjustable beds
- 10-inch profile may be too shallow for heavier adult sleep partners, especially side-sleepers
- You pay shipping fees for layer exchange
- Upgrade fee for switch from Dunlop to Talalay
The Savvy Rest Serenity is another all-latex mattress you assemble at home. The 10-inch build is best for lighter to average weight adults and is made in the U.S. in a GOTS factory. Savvy Rest offers the Serenity in a wide range of sizes, including dual firmness split sizes. You can even get the Serenity in custom dimensions and shapes!
What’s in it?
The Savvy Rest Serenity is an all-latex mattress, comprising:
- Organic cotton casing with brass zipper
- Organic wool batting (quilted to prevent bunching)
- Three 3-inch layers of natural latex (Dunlop or Talalay) in soft, medium, and firm.
What we love about the Serenity
The Savvy Rest Serenity looks quite similar to the Botanical Bliss and other all-latex builds, at least at first. Upon closer look, you’ll see that this mattress offers twice the customization. This is because you can choose the firmness of three layers and choose between Dunlop and Talalay for each layer.
Given the scope for building your own mattress, the Serenity is a great choice for a wide range of sleep styles, though we wouldn’t recommend this 10-inch design for much heavier side-sleepers.
Savvy Rest is a B Corp, employee-owned, and operates a charitable program donating new pillows to domestic violence shelters across the U.S.
What we don’t love
We wish Savvy Rest had a more generous refund policy. As it stands, unless there’s a manufacturing defect, you can’t return it for a refund. You can make use of the 90-day Latex Exchange, though, albeit with an upgrade fee if you choose new Talalay layers to replace Dunlop.
PlushBeds Luxury Bliss
Highlights: A latex hybrid mattress available in medium-firm and medium. GOTS, GOLS, GreenGuard Gold, and Eco Institut certified. Excellent choice for reduced motion transfer and edge support, and for heavier adults.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $2,399 – $3,598 (Queen is $2,999 – $1,499.50 at time of writing!)
- Materials: GOTS cotton, GOTS wool, GOLS latex, steel coils
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS, GreenGuard Gold, Eco Institut (latex), GreenGuard Gold
- Sleep Trial: 100-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Medium / Medium-Firm / dual firmness option
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Double/Full, Queen, King, Cali King, Split King
- Best for: Side-sleepers (medium), stomach-sleepers and back-sleepers (med-firm)
- A hybrid latex and coil mattress made with organic materials
- Impressive edge support and reduced motion transfer
- Available in a split firmness design
- Excellent for heavier adults (combined weight of 600 lb.)
- Free shipping, free returns, and a free 100-night sleep trial
- Lifetime mattress warranty
- Lighter and easier to move than an all-latex mattress
- Up to six heavy-duty handles
- No chemical flame retardants or other toxic materials
- Much more expensive than Avocado and Happsy
- Too firm for some side-sleepers
- No option to switch out comfort layers
The PlushBeds Luxury Bliss is a ready-made organic latex and pocket coil mattress available in medium-firm and medium. Couples can configure both sides to meet individual sleep needs, and the mattress comes with a Lifetime Warranty!
What’s in it?
The 12-inch Luxury Bliss is a hybrid mattress, comprising:
- 1-inch GOTS certified organic cotton cover
- GOTS wool quilted layer
- 3-inch Talalay latex
- 8-inch fabric-encased coil core
- GOTS wool
- 1-inch GOTS certified organic cotton cover.
PlushBeds uses 1,057 coils in the Queen-size Luxury Bliss, all in individual fabric wraps for inch-by-inch support and reduced motion transfer. There are more coils, at a larger gauge, at the edge for full perimeter support.
Why we love the Luxury Bliss
The Luxury Bliss offers a breathable, moisture-wicking sleep surface that helps you regulate your temperature. It has excellent customizability for sleep partners whose needs differ, and it works well for most sleep positions and body types.
The Luxury Bliss is available in medium and medium-firm, with dual firmness options. These rate 8/10 and 5.5/10 for firmness, respectively.
For older adult and anyone who wants a ready-assembled mattress they don’t have to put together at home, the Luxury Bliss is a top choice. It’s also lighter than the Botanical Bliss and has up to six handles, making it easier to move.
What we don’t love
The Luxury Bliss comes read-made, meaning you can’t reconfigure the mattress if your sleep needs change. It’s also a bit pricier than the fairly similar Avocado Green, though more customizable overall.
Avocado Eco Organic [Staff tried and tested]
Highlights: A very affordable, eco-friendly, 10-inch, non-toxic mattress! Made by an award-winning B Corporation with organic latex, wool, and cotton, with recycled steel coils and no toxic chemicals. Best suited to lighter adults and teens.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $699 – $1,599 (Queen is $1,299)
- Materials: Organic Fair Trade cotton, organic wool, organic Dunlop latex, upcycled steel coils
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS, Made Safe, GreenGuard Gold, Climate Neutral certified, FSC, Responsible Wool Standard, Formaldehyde Free (UL), Eco Institut, Fair Trade, 1% for the Planet, B Corporation, Sustainable Furnishings Council
- Sleep Trial: 365-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Gentle-firm (5/10)
- Sizes: Twin, Twin XL, Double, Queen, King, Cali King
- Best for: Lighter adults, teens, children
- Very affordable eco-friendly mattress
- Made with organic latex and recycled steel innersprings
- Good edge support
- Excellent for lighter adults and children
- Heavily certified, with Made Safe certification as non-toxic
- Made by a sustainable B Corporation
- Lighter than the Avocado Green
- Full one-year sleep trial and 10-year warranty
- More sustainably packaged than most mattresses
- Not enough support for heavier adult sleep partners
- Low coil count may mean more motion transfer than Avocado Green
- Can’t be flipped over
- Shorter warranty than the Avocado Green
Avocado’s Eco Organic mattress is a great budget option well suited to lighter adults, teens, and children. It is made to order in Avocado’s GOTS factory in the U.S. and is Made Safe certified non-toxic.
One member of the Leaf Score team has been sleeping on the Eco Organic for more than a year and loves it!
What’s in it?
The Eco Organic hybrid mattress-in-a-box comprises:
- GOTS organic cotton cover
- GOTS certified wool batting (natural flame retardant)
- 2-inch layer of GOLS certified organic Dunlop latex (D65 / 14-19 ILD)
- 8-inch double-tempered, recycled steel coil unit
- Organic wool batting
- Organic cotton canvas bottom cover.
Unlike the Avocado Green mattress, the Eco Organic doesn’t have the extra base layer of latex, meaning you definitely can’t flip it to use the other side for sleeping. The Eco Organic also has a different coil unit, with fewer coils and less zoning. Still, Avocado uses 14.5-gauge upcycled steel coils at the edge for full perimeter support.
Why we love the Eco Organic
It may be a budget option but the Eco Organic is impressively built for comfort and support. It rates 5/10 (medium) for firmness, making it softer than the Avocado Green and Luxury Bliss, making it a great choice for lighter adults, including some side-sleepers.
The Eco Organic is very breathable and helps hot sleepers keep their cool. It also helps to wick away moisture for a non-sweaty sleep. If you’re wary of home set-up mattresses and super heavy latex mattresses, you’ll love how light the Eco Organic is, and the two robustly stitched handles on each side.
What we don’t love
Because it’s a shallower mattress overall, the Eco Organic is liable to bottom out if you’re a heavier adult, especially tall, or very hip or shoulder heavy. It’s also not typically firm enough for stomach-sleepers and may suffer from a bit more motion transfer compared to mattresses with more coils.
The Eco Organic also comes with just a 10-year warranty instead of the 25-year warranty with the Green. This suggests Avocado expects this mattress to reach end of life faster, meaning it may not be a budget buy longer-term.
Happsy Organic Mattress
Highlights: Super affordable, non-toxic, organic mattress with Made Safe certification. On the firmer side and great for stomach sleepers and average weight back- and side-sleepers. Hybrid coil and latex mattress with little motion transfer and plenty of support where you need it. Fully detachable pillow-top available.
At a glance:
- Pricing: $899 – $1,699 (Queen is $1,399)
- Materials: Organic cotton, organic wool, organic latex, recycled steel coils wrapped in polypropylene
- Certifications: GOTS, GOLS, Made Safe, GreenGuard Gold, UL Formaldehyde Free, Zero Toxics Product Registry, Rainforest Alliance, FSC, Green America certified business, 1% for the Planet, Sustainable Furnishings Council,
- Sleep Trial: 120-night sleep trial
- Firmness: Medium-firm
- Depth: 10-inch
- Best for: Stomach-sleepers and average weight back-sleepers
- Exceptionally affordable
- Made with certified organic materials and recycled steel coils
- Firmer mattress with reinforced edging
- Pocket coils help reduce motion transfer
- Made Safe certified non-toxic
- Free shipping and free returns
- 120-night risk-free trial
- 20-year limited warranty
- Made in the U.S. by a sustainable company
- Available up to Cali King size
- Fully detachable pillow-top available
- No zoned support, so best for adults with no back pain
- No handles on the sides
- Can’t customize comfort level
- Less transparency on materials and construction (but owned by Naturepedic, who we trust!)
- Polypropylene wrapped coils (zero-VOC certified)
Happsy is the brainchild of one of our favorite mattress companies, Naturepedic. This budget mattress-in-a-box is astonishingly well made and carries more eco-certifications than most mattresses costing twice as much!
The one downside is that the Happsy comes in one firmness and can’t be customized. It’s quite firm, 10-inches deep, and best for younger adults without back issues and who sleep on their stomach or back. Some average-weight side-sleepers may also like the Happsy, but it’s not deep enough for larger adults and is too firm for most lighter adults. Adding the pillow-top can help though!
What’s in it?
A Happsy mattress has a 10-inch profile and comprises:
- GOTS organic cotton cover (with metal zipper)
- GOTS organic wool flame barrier
- GOLS organic Dunlop latex layer (1-2 inches)
- 8-inch pocket coil layer
- GOTS organic cotton batting and bottom cover.
It’s not clear what firmness of Dunlop Happsy uses, and we’re estimating the latex thickness as there’s much less transparency about the mattress design than we see with other mattress companies. Typically, we’d dock a leaf for that, but Happsy is so well credentialed and backed by Naturepedic that we feel good about our five leaf rating.
With some digging, we found that Happsy uses synthetic fabric (polypropylene) to wrap its coils and then heat-seals these. The fabric is zero-VOC certified by GreenGuard Gold and meets GOTS and Made Safe requirements
Why we love the Happsy
Despite it’s impressive budget price, the Happsy mattress is one of very few products to carry Made Safe non-toxic certification. It is free of glues or adhesives, poly-foam, synthetic latex, and fire-retardant chemicals.
Thanks to that pocket coil layer, the Happsy is really breathable and airy, making for a lighter mattress that works well for folks who sleep hot.
The Happsy mattress is a great choice if you love a firmer mattress. It rates medium-firm (6/10) and is best suited to stomach-sleepers and some back-sleepers. Lighter adults may find it too hard and heavier adults may sink in too much and feel the coils under the thinner latex layer. You can add the Happsy Topper for more cushioning though, and the Happsy is fully refundable with a 120-night sleep trial.
What we don’t love
There’s no scope to customize the Happsy mattress and it isn’t zoned, which is great for keeping the price low but means this mattress won’t work for everyone. If you tend to need targeted hip and shoulder support in your mattress, skip the Happsy and go for the Avocado Green, Obasan, or Luxury Bliss instead.
More reading
Well, there you have it, our top picks for an organic mattress. If you’re interested in doing more research, the following posts might be of use. Good luck with your search!