Quick Answer: The Brooklyn Bedding Ascension Ultra ($1,349 Queen, per brooklynbedding.com) and the Helix Adjustable Base ($1,248 Queen, per helixsleep.com) are priced within $100 of each other at Queen — but the Ultra includes app control, wall-hugging, and an 850 lb weight capacity, while Helix has none of those three. Both bases are owned by the same parent company, 3Z Brands, making this the rare case where the feature gap isn’t between competitors but between corporate siblings. If you don’t need those three features, Helix’s tiered warranty (2yr full / 5yr parts / 10yr limited, per helixsleep.com) runs longer than the Ultra’s 2yr full / 3-5yr parts-only schedule.
Brooklyn Bedding and Helix have each been reviewed separately on this site, but never against each other — an odd gap given they’re owned by the same company, 3Z Brands (also the parent of Nolah and Leesa, both reviewed here too). Brooklyn Bedding and Helix went a step further in July 2022, jointly acquiring a fifth base, Bear, together — making this the first comparison on this site between two bases that are corporate siblings rather than competitors.
Brooklyn Bedding Ascension Ultra vs. Helix Adjustable Base at a glance
| Spec | Brooklyn Bedding Ascension Ultra | Helix Adjustable Base |
|---|---|---|
| Queen price (list) | $1,349 | $1,248 |
| Weight capacity | 850 lb | 750 lb |
| Massage | Yes — 3 modes, 3 intensities, head & foot | Yes — 3-intensity, independent head/foot zones |
| Wall-hugging | Yes, per Brooklyn Bedding's own product page | No — moves away from the wall when raised, per Helix's own support docs |
| App control | Yes — Apple and Android | No — wireless remote only |
| Lumbar support | Yes | No |
| USB charging | Not published by Brooklyn Bedding | Yes — USB-A and USB-C, both sides |
| Warranty | 2yr full, 3–5yr parts-only | 2yr full, 5yr parts, 10yr limited |
| Trial / returns | None — sale final | Disputed across sources; Helix's own marketing cites 30 nights |
Brooklyn Bedding Ascension Ultra Adjustable Base
- App control on both Apple and Android, wall-hugging motion, and a three-mode head-and-foot massage system, all included at a Queen price $100 below Helix's.
- 850 lb weight capacity — 100 lb higher than the Helix base — per Brooklyn Bedding's own current product listing.
- Same corporate parent (3Z Brands) as Helix, Nolah, and Leesa, but the only one of those four with both wall-hugging and app control confirmed on this site.
The honesty-hook: same parent company, a real feature gap at nearly the same price
This isn’t the usual budget-vs-premium comparison on this site — it’s two bases from the same owner, priced within $100 of each other at Queen, where one simply includes more. Per Brooklyn Bedding’s own product page, the Ascension Ultra ships with app control on both Apple and Android, a wall-hugging mechanism, a dedicated lumbar zone, and an 850 lb weight rating. Per Helix’s own support documentation, the Helix Adjustable Base has none of those four: it’s remote-only, and raising the head section moves the sleeper away from the wall rather than hugging it — the opposite of what Brooklyn Bedding’s sibling base does at a lower price.
That gap matters more here than in most of this site’s brand comparisons because Helix and Brooklyn Bedding aren’t rivals — they’re both owned by 3Z Brands, which also co-owns Bear jointly between them. A shared parent company doesn’t mean shared engineering: each 3Z Brands base is still built and priced independently enough that one sibling can out-feature another by this much at a near-identical price point. Helix does claw back ground on warranty length (10 years of limited coverage vs. the Ultra’s 5) and on USB charging ports, which Brooklyn Bedding doesn’t publish for the Ultra at all — so the trade isn’t one-sided, but the headline features (app control, wall-hugging, lumbar, weight capacity) all favor the Ultra.
Who should buy which
- Buy the Brooklyn Bedding Ascension Ultra if: you want app control, wall-hugging, or a dedicated lumbar zone — Helix has none of the three, and the Ultra costs less at Queen.
- Buy the Helix Adjustable Base if: you already own a Helix mattress and want the brand-matched warranty support, or you specifically want USB-A/USB-C charging ports built into the frame, which Brooklyn Bedding doesn’t list for the Ultra.
- Check weight capacity first if you’re near 750 lb combined: the Ultra’s 850 lb rating gives more headroom — see our best adjustable bed for heavy person picks for how both stack up against Avocado and the Leggett & Platt Prodigy 2.0.
- Neither offers a real trial: Brooklyn Bedding’s sale is final per its own checkout terms; Helix’s trial claims are inconsistent across sources, so confirm current terms directly on helixsleep.com before buying.
For the full field of 3Z Brands-owned bases, see our adjustable bed brands guide, and check the size guide before ordering either base in a split configuration.
The bottom line
Brooklyn Bedding’s Ascension Ultra and the Helix Adjustable Base come from the same parent company, 3Z Brands, and land within $100 of each other at Queen — but the Ultra includes app control, wall-hugging, a lumbar zone, and 100 more pounds of weight capacity, features Helix’s own documentation confirms its base simply doesn’t have. Helix answers back with a longer limited-warranty window and built-in USB charging, so it isn’t a clean loss across the board — but on the features most shoppers compare first, the cheaper-at-Queen Ultra wins against its own corporate sibling.
Sources: Pricing and feature specs per Brooklyn Bedding’s own product page for the Ascension Ultra Adjustable Power Base (brooklynbedding.com) and Helix’s own product and support pages for the Helix Adjustable Base (helixsleep.com), including Helix’s support documentation confirming the base moves away from the wall when raised. Warranty terms cross-checked against Mattress Clarity’s independent reviews of both bases. 3Z Brands ownership and the joint Bear acquisition per this site’s existing Brooklyn Bedding and Helix reviews.