When shopping for a new mattress, people want more than just firm or soft. Our sleep is a huge factor in our health and how we function everyday, and having the right mattress is the key ingredient.

For many of us, the traditional mattress doesn't cut it anymore. Then along came Eight Sleep and their innovative #1 cooling smart mattress so we no longer have to worry about a bad night's sleep. And you can try it without committing thanks to their 100 night free trial.

Eight Sleep understands what our bodies need to get a full and restful night sleep, and with all the features of the Pod, that is exactly what you'll get. Firstly, it comes with automated cooling & heating between 55-110°F. Whether you are a warm or cool sleeper the hydro-cooling technology and embedded sensors will keep you at the perfect temperature all night.

And if you share your bed, the Pod has Dual-Zone so you can custom the temperature for each side of the bed. It also comes with sleep tracking and HRV monitoring for health reports, respiration, and heart rate stats. No need for an alarm anymore, with the GentleRise™ technology for a natural wake up experience that will leave you refreshed. Not to mention, the Comfort Blend™ layer, 12" premium foam mattress with 5 layers to give the perfect support and comfort.

Over 30,000 people are loving the Pod, but here's what some big names have to say about it:

"The tech involved in creating one is so advanced that it comes with its own fitness membership app. For $60 a year, the app provides personalized coaching, challenges, experiments, analytics and more…….Even without the app,the Podis absolutely revolutionary. Temperature control can be difficult in most beds, causing for tossing and turning in the middle of the night"- Men's Journal

"If you take sleep seriously, you can't do much better than this smart mattress."- TIME

"Sleepers who want a very precise sleep environment will be delighted by the precision the Eight Sleep Pod offers."- SleepFoundation.org

"My sleep fitness score kept going up each night - 78 one night, 82 the next. By the end of two weeks sleeping on The Pod my sleep fitness score hit 97. The mattress felt firm and comfortable, and I never heard the water pump even once."-Daily Beast

"the Pod also includes all of the functionality of Eight Sleep's previous mattress, meaning it will track your sleep, allow you to set different temperature zones for each side of the bed, and integrates with other smart home devices like Nest, Philip Hue smart lights, or Alexa".- The Verge

"If you're a hot sleeper who wants to monitor your sleep cycle without bothering with a watch or other device, then Eight Sleep's Pod Pro is what you're looking for."-Forbes

Whether you're one of 80% of Americans who suffer from temperature issues during sleep, or just want to be able to keep track of your sleep fitness, it looks like the Eight Sleep Pod is the way to go. Everyone who's tried it certainly seems to think so!

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Nothing beats a solid eight hours, but these days, that can be hard to achieve. Our editors have been searching for the best cooling mattress in hope of getting the quality rest we desperately need. We finally narrowed it down to two options based on key criteria: comfort, smart features, and cooling abilities.

Running hot at night is a huge obstacle to getting a good night's rest and finding a mattress that doesn't retain heat and can cool you down is so important. Spending to get the comfort you need seems like an easy choice, but mattresses aren't an everyday expense so pricing is still a major factor.

We kept coming across two mattresses: Eight Sleep's Pod Pro and Sleep Number's m7 Smart Bed. Thanks to 100-night trials, we decided to try both to see which was best.

Here's what we found out.

Key Similarities

  • Both have 100-night trials so you can test them from the comfort of your home.
  • Both are premium high-quality mattresses with similar price points.
  • Both have apps to track sleep.

Key Differences

  • The Pod Pro allows you to control the temperature which ranges from 55F to 110F while the m7 Smart Bed has cooling memory foam which doesn't cool down below body temperature.
  • The Pod Pro has dual-zone cooling and heating, meaning you can set different temperatures on either side of the bed. Whereas with the m7 Smart Bed you can't set temperature since it's just one piece of gel across the bed.
  • The Pod Pro has GentleRise Wake-Up Technology.
  • The m7 Smart Bed has adjustable firmness on each side of the bed.

Eight Sleep

The Pod Pro mattress knocked it out of the park for us.

The stand-out feature is its dual-zone cooling and heating capabilities. This allows you to set your side of the bed to a cool 55F while your partner can stay warm at 70F (and could go up to 110F if they wanted). Finally, there's no more need to blast the AC or fight over the covers.

We also love the comfort provided by the five layers of premium foam. The top layer, called the Comfort Blend, combines with the other four others to create amazing contouring support. The relief on all the right pressure points is heavenly.

GentleRise Technology is a bonus that we love. By setting a time in the Eight Sleep app, the mattress then uses vibrations at chest level to give you the best wake-up. It also gradually cools or warms the bed minutes before waking you up.

The Eight Sleep app also monitors sleep fitness via sensors in the mattress that track Heart Rate Variability (HRV), Resting Heart Rate, Sleep Stages, and Sleep Time. This gives both sleepers individual metrics for their side of the bed. You can know your sleep fitness in a whole new way with Eight Sleep.

The Pod Pro hit all of our mattress goals and more. Plus, you can finance a queen size for $84 a month and still keep your original bed frame.

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Sleep Number

We were really excited to try the m7 Smart Bed. Like all Sleep Numbers, it can control the firmness of either side of the bed. While it was nice customizing the firmness, it didn't exactly go as planned.

When two people prefer relatively different levels of firmness, the middle of the mattress begins to sag and leaves one person rolling into it. It also feels like two completely different mattresses side by side and puts a damper on intimacy. We found the Pod Pro's firmness to be a happy medium and keeps all bedfellows on the same level.

We were most interested in the mattress' cooling abilities. The memory foam absorbs body heat, but you couldn't feel much of a difference. We preferred cooling the mattress precisely on the Pod Pro as opposed to the m7 because it's significantly cooler and drops in temperature.

Similar to the Pod Pro, the m7 Smart Bed gives sleep insights on their app by assigning a Sleep IQ score. While this was helpful, Eight Sleep's app won us over with its fresher look and the way they broke down the information.

The m7 Smart Bed in queen size is available to finance at $130 a month, but the bases are a significant extra cost. They do provide additional comforts such as raising the back for reading and tv-watching positions. At $2,000 the FlexFit Base did not seem worth it to us and it would've brought the total to $175 a month - we would rather sit up on our own and save some money.

Final Notes

At the end of the day, Eight Sleep's Pod Pro mattress outdid Sleep Number's m7 Smart Bed for us. The m7 Smart Bed claims to be a cooling mattress but it just absorbs body heat while the Pod Pro actually cools down to as low as 55F. There isn't an aspect of the Pod Pro that didn't elevate the experience and is definitely worth the cost. Finally, our editors can get a good night's sleep thanks to the Pod Pro and its dual cooling capabilities.

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How do these athletes do it? When we see them performing at the top of their game it's almost like looking at magic. Everyone's thinking "I could never do what they do."

Well, maybe we could if we knew their secrets.

Two-Time NBA Champion Danny Green has revealed one of his secrets and it's ….the Pod by Eight Sleep, the smartest mattress out there. This LA Lakers star and NBA veteran is at the top of his game and not because of luck, but because he is an athlete who works hard and looks after his body in the right way.

Danny talks about his love for the Pod and how it has made him "sleep fit! "The Pod cools me down so I sleep deeper, my muscles recover and I get stronger", is how he describes the benefits of the Pod for him.

When you're sleep fit, you're sharper, faster, and perform at a higher level physically and mentally than if you're deprived of quality sleep.

Danny has learned all about his sleep fitness thanks to his Eight Sleep Pod, and was able to improve his sleep to help him excel even more on the court.

As Danny says himself, as an athlete your recovery is so important. When we are sleeping this is the time our bodies recover, conserve energy, and repair and build up the muscles worked during a workout. This is why we need to make sure we are sleeping right and sleeping fit.

Let's see why Danny and so many other athletes are loving the Pod.

As we fall asleep our bodies heat up and that's not what we need for muscle recovery. The Pod is a temperature-controlled mattress, it can lower the surface temperature, to bring your body back to the perfect temperature.

It can also heat up depending on what your body needs. This personalized advanced cooling and heating technology helps you fall asleep faster and keep you asleep, which is so important to be sleep fit.

The Pod is designed with four layers of foam and with the Active Grid technology it creates the most comfortable sleep environment. This also means it gives pressure-relieving support and help with spinal alignment.

Waking up to a noise alarm can be the worst way to wake. The Pod comes with a thermo alarm: it will gradually decrease the surface temperature to wake you up naturally and at the time you want. So you can wake up rested and alert.

One of the most valuable aspects of the Pod is the app, that is linked to your mattress so you can see insights into elements like your REM cycles. This shows you what you need to do to have a better sleep and get on the track to becoming sleep fit. It also pairs with your home devices like Alexa and Google Home so you can say, Hey Alexa, heat up my bed. The app allows you to control everything from your phone.

Eight Sleep understands how important it is to be sleep fit, especially when you are training and trying to become the best in your game. Their Pod is helping so many athletes like Danny Greene to become their best and get the maximum recovery out of their sleep.

As Danny says he is not stopping at two NBA titles and we're sure he won't with the Pod by his side.

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I've always had trouble sleeping, but more recently, it had become unbearable. My mind races, and no matter what I do, I always get too hot. I can't even remember the last time I got eight hours.

When a friend recommended the Pod, a smart mattress by Eight Sleep that tracks your sleep, I didn't really pay attention. I'd heard about it once, but who cares if it monitors your sleep? I already know my sleep schedule sucks.

I was barely listening until he mentioned that the mattress cools - you can adjust the temperature of each side of the mattress and track your sleep to find the ideal temperature cycle for your body. That's why everyone was obsessed.

I hadn't been in the market for a new mattress, but I was really curious. And now that there's a new Pod Pro, I wanted to know about their latest upgrade.

Here's what I was surprised to learn about the EightSleep Pod Pro:

This is the best sleep tracking on the market - there are other apps out there, but with advanced sensors, HRV tracking & analysis, and cumulative data, you'll finally be able to deal with your unique sleep problems.

There's total temp control - you can adjust each side of the mattress on a 55-110 degree scale, and the Pod Pro takes into account the room climate and weather for the ideal temperature.

It's next-level comfortable - 4 layers of foam for the ideal firmness, plus an extra foam topper. Your back will be super supported by the contoured layers.

No more loud alarms - The thermo alarm feature adjusts the surface temperature of the mattress to wake you gently, but if you need more, there's a new vibration feature.

It really works - The customer reviews are legendary. Thousands of people thank the Pod and the Pod Pro for completely changing their lives.

I was impressed and really tired of being tired, so I decided to invest.

It's now been 2 months, and I have to admit it: nothing else would've fixed my sleep issues. With the app's recommendations from my sleeping patterns, I now have a temperature cycle, a bedtime, and a night routine that work for me.

I also used to love sleeping in, but with such a solid night's rest, I'm ready to start my day as soon as I wake up. I eliminated the grogginess from my waking hours - I'd come to live with them after turning 30, but now I feel more awake than ever.

The Pod Pro by Eight Sleep changed my sleep, changing my waking hours. I will never go back to a regular mattress ever again.

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