As a combination sleeper who occasionally overheats, my dream mattress is cool, responsive, and supportive in every sleep position. The Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant ticks all those boxes, and I’m thrilled to say Bear is closing 2025 with an epic deal for you, readers. You can now get 40% off the Elite Hybrid mattress at Bear with our exclusive code, TOMS40.
We retested the Bear Elite Hybrid with Celliant under our new and improved mattress testing methodology (which includes thorough thermal tests), and it has proven worthy of the top spot in our best cooling mattresses guide.
Why I love the Bear Elite Hybrid mattress
I’ve slept on four top-rated hybrid mattresses this year, including the Helix Midnight Luxe, the Brooklyn Bedding CopperFlex Pro Hybrid, the Glacier Original Hybrid, and the Bear Elite, which has been my favorite so far.
This 14″ hybrid mattress is comprised of responsive coils, cushioning foams infused with copper, and a cover that uses moisture-wicking HydroCool technology. But pay an additional fee, and you can add a Celliant cooling cover.
As an active runner who sleeps hot depending on where I am in my cycle, the Celliant cover on the Bear Elite Hybrid mattress is worth the $92 upgrade in my opinion. This cover holds thermo-reactive synthetic fibers that absorb excess body heat and transform it into infrared energy.
This energy, the brand says, is then reflected to the body to aid thermoregulation (keeping you at an ideal sleep temperature) along with circulation and cellular oxygenation, which helps with muscle recovery.
In our updated Bear Elite Hybrid mattress review, we found the Celliant cover is incredibly good at pulling excess heat away from the body and dissipating it quickly through the mattress surface.
Outshining any other mattress in our thermal tests, we awarded the Bear Elite 5 out of 5 stars for temperature regulation, and recommend it to chronic hot sleepers looking for a robust cooling bed to put a stop to night sweats.
That said, our best mattress of 2025 overall, the 5-star Saatva Classic, also performed exceptionally well in our temperature regulation tests, proving itself a great bed for the average hot sleeper. (Read our full Saatva Classic mattress review for more details.)
