You know the beds. The Sleep Comfort, Sleep Number, whatever. The ones you adjust with firmness from 1 - 100. Does anyone have one? All I’ve heard of them are the commercials and radio hosts that use them. And based on the fact they’re advertisers of said shows, I’m not ready to buy one based on that.
The concept looks sound and the mechanics of it make it seem reasonable to expect more comfort, but I’d rather hang onto my money until I get unbiased opinions.
So, does anyone have one of these beds? Or know someone you trust that has one?
My parents have one. My aunt and uncle have two. (They bought a double bed and liked it so much they replaced it with a queen-sized bed so now they have one in their guest bedroom). Several other peoople I trust have them. Most of these people were between the ages of 50 and 60 when they bought them (this may not mean anything whatsoever, it just happens to be true). Many of these people had had back problems that seem to have gone away. They all love them and think they are worth every penny.
My partner and I have one and it was the best money we ever spent. It was expensive, but if you are not sleeping well or if you are sharing a bed with someone who likes the opposite firmness as you, it is well worth it.
You really don’t realize how the quality of your sleep affects your life until you get a good night’s sleep several nights in a row. If you go on the website or into the store they’ll try to predict your sleep number based on your weight, height, and sleep position, but don’t believe it. They insisted I’d enjoy a 35 and I sleep soundly at 85.
I’m usually a stomach sleeper, but if I’ve pulled a muscle, or am feeling bad, I will sleep on my side. With this bed I can dial it down about 20 points those nights to compensate. Its great.
Down side: I’m spoiled now.
If you have any specific questions I’ll try to answer them.
I guess they’re specific, but the first can be found with some research. Just taking the easy way out here.
We have a King size Simmon’s mattress with the requisite box springs. We paid about $900 for it (IIRC). It’s firm and doesn’t transfer movement. Either one of us can literally jump into bed without disturbing the other. Is there a way to compare price to what we have? (I don’t know the exact model of the mattress, it’s one of the firm ones though.)
My wife has fibromyalgia. According to the doctor and everything I can find, sleep is a big component in it. Restful sleep, that is. Are there any studies about this disorder and the bed? I realize that’s reaching a bit for info, but I’ll take what I can get. I’m really intrigued by this bed, but I also really need something to sell me on it as we have so much tied up in the current bed.
Heh, that kinda sounds dirty.
My wife and I stayed at a B&B last summer that had them in the rooms. It was great; she prefers a soft bed and I like to sleep on something approximating a wooden pallet, and we were both able to adjust to a nice comfort level.
I have one. My only complaint is the foam piece in between the two sides of our Queen gets flattened and squished because we cuddle. If we both used higher numbers, it wouldn’t, though.
I have a friend who bought one and gave it back for a Tempurpedic. I have the latter, and it’s a comfy snooze. But the cost is up around the $2500-$3000 mark.
We paid ~2300 for it, but we have a king with the mid-grade pillow top. Our problem was that we like exactly the opposite in beds. If you both like the same firmness (well whaddaya know, that sounds dirty too), then you could find a good standard mattress for cheaper.
You don’t have a box spring type thing with a sleep number, so you don’t need that extra expense. You do have choices about frames, legs, etc. You can “build a bed” on the website . The 3000 model with a frame, dual chambers, no pillow top, king size runs around 1350 before shipping. I bought mine from a select comfort store, you can try out the different models and accessories there.
We have one and really really like it. Not only does it allow **Dangerosa **to have a softer bed and me a firmer one, but I can vary the firmness if I want (for instance, I had a stiff back that greatly benefited from increasing the firmness a while back).
Perhaps the best benefit, though, is that the support is better distributed. I think high-end coil mattresses are similar, but our previous mattress did not distribute support equally across my body – my shoulders and hips bore more of my weight when sleeping on my side. With the Sleep Number, you’re sleeping on top of a captive balloon, so the surface flexes more.
So, in summary: I like it. I think it was worth the money. They also have a Sleep Number hide-a-bed, which seems like an awesome idea for the eventual basement guest room.
Funny you should post this, because the other night I was thinking I should start a thread singing the praises of the bed. I like it because Brainiac4 is picky about mattresses - it gets a divot and he thinks its time to replace the whole mattress. (OK, he is more picky about mattresses than I am - and he puts in bigger divots). But with this mattress, you just need to check every so often and make sure you have lost pressure. And maybe replace the foam on top every few years. So its expensive, but my sister and her 350+ lb husband haven’t needed to replace theirs yet.
