[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Sleep Number Bed who has one? (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 11/30/2014 12:00:30 AM EDT
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Looking to get a new bed, king size, was on the Sleep Number website and hell they have so many different models, would like to here from some people that have this type of bed and how they like it.
I like the idea that you can adjust each side of the bed Their is also a model with the memory foam, is this worth the extra money? Is it worth the money to get something like this or a "conventional bed"? |
| Had one for 30 days (free trial). Pump to loud as mentioned, also if you do get one definitely get the thickest memory foam possible. The bed is so hot you need some insulation. We sweat all night without 2 sleeping bags under us. The rubber material the air bladder is made from reflects your body heat back at you. If you like to sleep very warm go for it. If not stay away. I went with the newer temperpedic. |
| I have had one for about 12 years. They are not quite all they are cracked up to be. You can set the sides for different firmness, but since they are air mattresses, it's not as easy as it sounds. One side influences the other, my side is very firm, my wife's very soft. If she is not in bed, or gets up, my side "squishes" (hers has less pressure with no weight on it). Also, I can literally "fall" off my side down into hers! That said, we sleep so differently(my number is 100, hers 35), the bed has been a Godsend! |
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I have 1 with memory foam and pillowtop. The pump is loud, and I always feel like I am falling towards the middle of it (between the 2 adjustable sections).
I like it a lot better than any normal mattress I have ever slept on, but I think the next one I get will be a tempurpedic. |
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I'm probably no help buy my mom has one in her guest room so I sleep on it a couple days a year when I go visit her but my biggest turnoff of them is how loud the pump is but I also don't know if it's an older model or not. YMMV Pump noise? Do you adjust it every time you lay down? I set mine and don't need to readjust for about a year. |
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Had one for 30 days (free trial). Pump to loud as mentioned, also if you do get one definitely get the thickest memory foam possible. The bed is so hot you need some insulation. We sweat all night without 2 sleeping bags under us. The rubber material the air bladder is made from reflects your body heat back at you. If you like to sleep very warm go for it. If not stay away. I went with the newer temperpedic. What? The air bladder provides no insulation so the beds sleep COLD. They are well known for being great for warm sleepers as heat cannot build up under you. |
| We love ours. Been 12 years now since we bought it. Standard King model. Wife likes her side mushy soft and I like mine really firm. Couldn't find a conventional mattress to suite both demands. You only use the pump to change the pressure, once a month maybe for seconds, so noise is not a problem. No memory foam or pillow top. Thought those features were a waste of money. When we bought ours the price was on par with a conventional premium mattress box spring combo. Now a days I don't know where they are cost wise. |
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getting some great info, I am glad that they have a trial offer, I am not getting a good feeling about the falling towards the center part of the bed, both of us have slept on air mattresses when camping, and do not want to be camping at the house.
I live in Southern NM and do not want the "HOT" bed thing goin on as well We are definitely going to go to store and "try" them out before buying Were also looking at the "Tempur-pedic" too |
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Stayed at a hotel that had one. Hated it. Just buy a mattress that has the firmness you want. People often complain that memory foam doesn't breathe and is too hot. That shit is not in/on a SC {Select Comfort = Sleep Number} bed, sir. Best da-da-damn bed I ever slept in. Been happy with it for @ 10 years. Select Comfort/Sleep Number bed is the only bed I would buy or steal. BTW, wife bought the oldest daughter (25yrs old) that Tempurpedic crap. You sink down into that special Hell and it gets extra hot. |
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bought one three months ago, i use a 65, wife uses a 35, so its like we have two different beds next to each other, which is fine with me.
we bought the M6 memory foam, and its super nice. I don't think ours is any hotter than a normal bed, and the pump sounds.....well i adjust it once a month while i'm awake, so its not a big deal. I have never had the pump turn on while i wasn't playing with the remote |
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Had one for about 7 years hated it. It was a split King so the we could raise and lower each side individually. The beds quit working after about 4 years, never did figure out why. Being a split king the mattresses had a memory foam border that would get all out of whack and get bunched in places.
Last year we dumped the mattresses at good will and bought a memory foam bed with a gel top and wish we would have done that to begin with. Our aches and pains have went away and can't wait to go to bed at nights. When I go to bed now within five minutes I am asleep. The Memory foam mattress cost what the whole sleep number bed cost when I bought it. |
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Pump is loud? I use the pump once a year.
We've had one for several years, buy one when the new model comes out, get the old model. IIRC we have a 3" foam layer on top of bed. It is an ok bed. Still miss the waterbed. Slept in 5 different hotel beds a couple months ago, made me appreciate the sleepnumber even more. |
| I have one and love it, one of the "dual chamber" king sizes. It is a different type of bed which took some getting used to and I hated it at first, now I love it. On all my old pillow tops I would wake up and it fricken hurt to even walk, with the SN bed I havnt had problems since, other than the month or so it took me to adjust to it....I havnt had any "pump noises" like some others have, just set my number and it seems good to go! |
| Wife and I had one a few years back during the trial period. It was a miserable experience. My side wouldn't hold a setting. I might start the night with a setting of 60 and wake up anywhere from 15 to 90. The rare times it worked it always felt like a cheap air mattress. I couldn't wait to send that POS back. We sleep on a sterns and foster conventional mattress now. We did try the temperpedic and I really liked it. My wife didn't care for it though so back it went. |
| I have purchased two select comfort beds. Both have been great beds. As for the pumps....in the 16 years of ownership I have never had one just " fire up" on its own. If you are adjusting your bed constantly throughout the night.....you are doing it all wrong. |
| I'm not sure if some of the negative responses are from early models of the sleep number, but I've loved mine for the last 5yrs. Mine replaced a tempurpedic that I gave up on after 6mths, because I slept too warmly in it. No problems with the sleep number. Pump is quiet and I usually only adjust it once a month to validate the setting. Our only regret is not getting the reclining option. Didn't seem like a $700 option at the time, but would definitely do it now. |
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I bought one years ago.
Had an "ISSUE" with one of the bladders a few years ago. Got a discount on new bladders, and used the bed a few more years. BUT, it was a "Select Comfort", not a sleep number. Just upgraded about 9 months ago to a NEW Sleep Number bed. GET THE ONE that gives you an actual number. Unless you're "FUCKING WITH IT", the pump doesn't run. The newer beds are MUCH BETTER than the old ones. One "NICE FEATURE" is SLEEP NUMBER 100. It firms the bed up to full on both sides..... I'll let you figure out what you can use that for. Try it out. See if you like it. If not, send it back.... |
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My Tempurpedic is the best thing in the world.
I've slept on a sleep number a few times and I just couldn't dig it. Falling to the middle, loud pumps, etc... My Tempurpedic is not hot to me at all, the only thing I notice related to temperature is that when it's cold in the house, around 68 or below, the pillow are firm and the mattress is firmer than normal. But once your body hits it the material warms up and feels normal again. |
| Had one for 5 years in Hawaii. Sold it when we moved. Bought another when we got back to CO and have had it for 10 years. Best thing since sliced bread. Of course our pump is the quiet pump and we have the regular foam and memory foam so we can flip those of it is too hot or cold. Good stuff man. |
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My Tempurpedic is the best thing in the world. I've slept on a sleep number a few times and I just couldn't dig it. Falling to the middle, loud pumps, etc... My Tempurpedic is not hot to me at all, the only thing I notice related to temperature is that when it's cold in the house, around 68 or below, the pillow are firm and the mattress is firmer than normal. But once your body hits it the material warms up and feels normal again. I turn the electric blanket on high about 10min before getting in, softens it right up. Then tuns it back down to 2 for the night. |
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Had the sleep #. Slept in it for about 2 years. Had such bad back pain from it. Tried every # from 0 to 100. Kept waking up with back pain.
Got a Tempurpedic, No more back pain. Sold the sleep # on Craigslist. Much better now. Got the cooling mattress pad for the Tempurpedic. I sleep hot, but no problem. Got the adjustable bases, helps with the night time activities. 
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I have tried a few at the stores. When I get serious about purchasing one, it will be a sleep number. 60-65 is what seems most comfortable when I tried them out.
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We bought one about six months ago. I wake up with a sore back almost every single morning . . . 
We bought us from a nephew who works at the store. Got an employee discount so we wouldn't be able to return it, even if we wanted to. The soreness isn't that bad and goes away once I start walking around. The bed doesn't suck horribly, but it does suck somewhat. |
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Stayed at a hotel that had one. Hated it. Just buy a mattress that has the firmness you want. People often complain that memory foam doesn't breathe and is too hot. We looked at a memory foam mattress and tried it for about five minutes. Too hot is putting it mildly. We went with a regular style mattress and put a thick pillow top mattress cover on the bed. |
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I bought one I think 9 years ago and it's still going strong. It's king size and can adjust both sides. It was one of the lower models and I wish I got one with atleast a bigger pillow-top. Other than that I love it and haven't complained about having a crummy bed in almost a decade. Each side is completely seperate so there are no issues with it being inflated/deflated when somebody gets up. And I don't care about the loud motor. It's not that bad and you only use it every once in a while. I might adjust a few times a year. My number is 85. The only problem I had was mother nature related. A lightning storm came through and knocked the pump out. 3 loud pops. We went to bed later and the mattress was deflated. I had to buy a new pump at a discounted price and it took a week to arrive. Luckily our couch at the time folded out. Now I keep the pump unplugged most of the time. |