Can This $3,500 Smart Bed Improve Your Sleep? A Sleep Expert Tests It Out | WSJ

Smart beds tout features like sleep tracking and climate control. But does the technology actually produce a better night’s rest? WSJ asked Dr. Wendy Troxel, a clinical psychologist trained in sleep medicine, for her expert opinion. Photo: Andy Wiebe

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[MoeShlomo]

The deal-breaker for me is that you have to pay either $180 or $288 for one of the two membership plans to get even basic features like sleep tracking and auto temperature adjustment - you've got to be freaking kidding me. Sell me the product so that I can own it, not have to rent it from you *after* I fully pay for it. Freaking sleazy company.

[Anonymous-icty]

Honesty appreciated.
WSJ make a series out of this please.
I wouldn't be against seeing Dr. Wendy Troxel as the host, after her honest review, she has my favor.

[Echo_-]

This is effectively a pump and radiator setup. The reason the pump needed to be re-primed was that she set it on a nightstand above the "radiator, " which was was mattress cover. The tech-support guy should've caught that, but she may have put it there after the call. Never put the pump above the radiator, you want it at the lowest point possible so that any air pockets get stuck in the radiator and not the pump. Also, pumps like this are cooled by the liquid flowing through them; if you let air get trapped, it may overheat. Most people put their 8Sleep unit on the floor next to their bed; that's how it's designed and marketed. Also, they sell the cover separately so you can put it on whatever mattress you want. I love my Purple mattress and I'm considering getting one of the covers for it.

[plvtnvm]

The average American can not spend 3, 500 dollars on a mattress...nor would they because it's not frugal. These are obviously marketed toward the rich or "financially comfortable".

"Sometimes, things that are expensive are worse."

[JJs_playground]

If the manufacturer says you need at least one week, why did they only try it for 3 nights?

[SS-qxun]

Imagine having sex on it, and next morning you wake up to a notification from bed saying "you guys are animals" or something else. LOL. I'd freak out.

[derekcarday]

Not everything needs to be smart. Sometimes the smartest thing to do is just stop using electronics at night. A guaranteed way to get better sleep and very cheap.

[MrToritani]

Beds could be one factor that determines the quality of sleep but I personally think the most important things for high-quality sleep are good exercise, good eating habits, and environment with no noises.
Especially, noises can disrupt our sleeping badly. Until 3 months ago, I had been living in an apartment near a railway, where many young guys who stayed up late playing online video games lived. I started feeling that something was wrong with my body after one and half year of living there. I felt dizzy and couldn't concentrate, made many mistakes at work.
I decided to move out of there and now I'm very satisfied with my new apartment with little noises. The headaches and dizziness are gone now and overall quality of life has been improved.

[Shinnosuki]

For a sleep expert to review a bed, she certainly did not contribute anything scientific nor was she even technical enough to provide aspects on how the system works.

[IWTCH]

LOL did she actually used bottled water to fill that temperature thing?

[thetrison]

Before watching, I was like: "There are things called 'smart beds?'"

[auro]

question is can anyone find time to sleep on this $3, 500 smart bed?

[peterfslife]

This thing reminds me of a hospital bed with it's air mattress, and the sounds that it was making when it needed to be primed again. To be honest with you, when it made the noise it was making it sounded like a ventilator that was giving a patient breaths faster than it should be. Like there was a leak in the ventilator tubing, and the machine was stacking breaths into the patient's lungs because of the leak. But if I could get that bed, I CERTAINLY would. If I had the money. SERIOUSLY! I'm a ventilator dependent, patient, and sleep in a hospital bed, but it's not that fancy. But this bed would be cool!

[tenzinrigdol]

For 150, 000 years humans have done without this bed I think it’s safe to say we don’t need it.

[BobSmith-fxsz]

There's probably a specific reason why you don't sleep well. Throwing money on a gimmick is unlikely to fix things.

[jeremiasrobinson]

I doubt it. I sleep on plywood and it works just fine.

[mattsipes]

You don’t actually need the bed. You can just get the sleep system.

[e-pk-]

This looks more like an ad than a review or anything else.

[gmiha]

Finally an actually honest review ! The app is a sham. The measurements are fake and it’s insanely overpriced.

[sasstewart]

I'm sure the resale value of these will be huge! 🥴