Which is better the sleep number bed or the tempur-pedic mattress?
I have a tempurpedic pillow and within a couple of months the pillow flattens out slowly. So I’m wondering will the bed do the same thing within a year or two?
I’ve read a lot of bad things with the sleep number but no one explains why it’s so bad?
I’ve not tried the sleep number, sorry for the biased opinion. I got the tempurpedic and also bought the “waterproof” sheet – thinking I was surely being swindled. To my surprise, my good friend bought one, too, and didn’t get the waterproof sheet, and hers sags where her husband sleeps. My theory is that his sweat at night is breaking it down. They do say the warranty is void if you spill something directly on it. With two kids in the house, I figured I’d better get the waterproof sheet. I love the bed. Love it. My kids love it, my boyfriend loves it. I don’t think you can go wrong with a temperpedic. Again, I apologize for not having an opinion on the sleep number.
We got the Sleep Number 7000 bed a month ago. I absolutley love it. My fiance was having back problems with our old innerspring matress, and after just a couple of nights, his back was feeling so much better.
The thing I like the best about it is that everynight before I go to bed I pump it up to 100 (the firmest) then I lay down and set it to my sleep number (which is 40). It slowly lets the air out and you feel your body slowly sinking into the bed and you can feel the support come up into the curve of your back and it feels like the bed was made specifically for your body.
Another good thing is that there are two seperate air chambers so my fiance can have his own firmness and I can have my own.
The main reason we got the 7000 model is because the fabric of the top of this model is a temperature balancing material that helps keep you cool when its hot and warm when its cold.
Another good thing about the sleep number is that it has a 20 year warranty and each piece is individually replaceable, so if one part gets messed up, you can order just that part, you dont have to wait for a whole new bed. (for example, the pillow top zippers off so you can just replace that.)
You can go to the sleep number store and try the bed out. If you go to a Select Comfort Sleep number store (as opposed to a regular matress store that carries the sleep number bed) they have a demonstration where you lay on the bed and it is hooked up with sensors to show where your pressure points are, and as the air is released, the pressure points on your body are relieved and it shows it on a computer screen.
Just so you know, you put the bed together your self, but it was really easy to do and the instructions were clear. It took us about 2 hours.
Ours is a california king size and it came in 7 different boxes because we got the foundation which is like a box spring but it is a durable plastic material that is solid all of the way under the bed to provide the best support for the bed, and we also got the foundation legs (which look really nice by the way). The foundation and legs took 5 boxes alone, so the acutal bed was only two boxes.
Another thing is that you have a choice between getting two wired remotes or one wireless remote. I suggest the two wired because with the one wireless remote, if you want to change your firmness in the middle of the night and your partner had the remote last then you either have to wake them up to hand it to you or get up go around to their side of the bed and get it. With the wired remotes you always have your remote there on your night stand.
Sorry it is such a long answer, but I just wanted to let you know how great the sleep number bed is. Hope this helped. You can check out the sleep number website too http://www.selectcomfort.com