Technology is finding its way into every aspect of modern life, including your mattress. CNET tested out four connected smart beds to see which one offers up the best all-around smart features and ease of use for the best price. Here’s what we found:
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Eight Mars+
Product Review: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/eight-mars-plus-review/#ftag=CAD187281f
CNET rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 (Very good)
The good: The $1,399 Eight Mars+ mattress comes with a Wi-Fi-connected, sensor-filled cover that tracks what happens when you sleep, from tosses and turns to your heart rate. The info is helpful if you want to figure out why you might have had a bad — or good — night’s sleep. It also has useful integrations with Amazon Alexa, Nest, Philips and other smart home devices through its IFTTT channel. And if you get cold at night, the mattress cover has dual-zone heating.
The bad: Some of the stats about when I went to sleep and got out of bed were inaccurate as to time. And you could accomplish a lot of the same smart integrations with a wearable and your own IFTTT recipes.
The cost: $1,399.00 (queen size)
The bottom line: Though the mattress is comfortable, its smart cover is the real start of the show. Save yourself $1,000 and buy the $399 smart cover for your own mattress to integrate your sleeping habits into the rest of your smart home.
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Sleep Number 360
Product Review: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/sleep-number-360-smart-bed-review/#ftag=CAD187281f
CNET rating: 3.0 stars out of 5 (Good)
The good: Sleep Number’s 360 Smart Bed with the king FlexTop P6 mattress, the FlexFit 1 traditional base and two DualTemp mattress pads is highly customizable — adjust the firmness, incline and temperature of your side of the bed whenever you want. Your partner can do the same on their side.
The bad: At $7,600, this bed is incredibly expensive (the price includes optional accessories like the DualTemp pads, priced individually and configured exactly as I tested it). It doesn’t work with Alexa, Google Assistant or any other major voice platforms. It doesn’t automate anything for you; you have to decipher the data it collects and adjust your settings manually.
The cost: $7,600.00 (queen size with accessories, as reviewed)
The bottom line: Sleep Number’s 360 Smart Bed has genuine appeal, but its limited support for smart home platforms and inability to auto-adjust settings leaves the guess work up to you — for too much money.
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Beautyrest SmartMotion Base 3.0
Product Review: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/beautyrest-smartmotion-base-3-0-review/#ftag=CAD187281f
CNET rating: 3.0 stars out of 5 (Good)
The good: The Beautyrest SmartMotion Base 3.0 is extremely customizable and includes thoughtful extras like USB charging ports and magnetic remote holders.
The bad: There’s no temperature control option and tracking sleep data for two users requires separate accounts for both Sleeptracker and Amazon Alexa.
The cost: $1,199.99 to 1,226.56 (queen size)
The bottom line: This bed offers a lot of motion and massage options and with the added Sleeptracker Monitor you’ll get Alexa-compatible sleep reports without using a wearable.
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WinkBed with coolControl
Product Review: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/winkbed-with-coolcontrol-review/#ftag=CAD187281f
CNET rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 (OK)
The good: The WinkBed with CoolControl is comfortable, and it can cool or heat its mattress.
The bad: It’s expensive, noisy, tall and bulky. Its app often can’t connect to the bed. It doesn’t track your sleep or link to other smart home products.
The cost: $1,299.00 (queen size)
The bottom line: Skip the WinkBed CoolControl for a bed with sleep tracking and more smart features.
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The following CNET staff contributed to this story: Senior Editor Brian Bennett, Associate Editor Ashlee Clark Thompson, Associate Editor Molly Price, Senior Associate Editor Megan Wollerton and Senior Editor Laura K. Cucullu. For more reviews of personal technology products, please visit www.cnet.com.
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