Sleep Number bed mattresses are among the most reviewed mattresses on the market, with more than 600 Sleep Number Bed reviews on Viewpoints alone. If you’re thinking about purchasing a Sleep Number bed mattress, but don’t have time to scroll through hundreds of reviews, you won’t want to miss this round up of Sleep Number bed reviews from some tech savvy, smart-shopping, and sharp-eyed Viewpoints members. “The machine pumps air in the bed all night long to keep it at your number…I can hear it and then I can’t sleep! You know how when you go to sleep on a camping air mattress it gradually deflates…the pumps stop this but do you really want to hear the machine turning off and on all night?” – busycharles, Reviewer since 2007 “My husband and I were TOLD by the sales person that we would be able to sleep on this bed for 30 nights and then for ANY reason we were not completely satisfied the bed would be PICKED UP. We were not happy with the bed and when we called to arrange a return we were told we would have to pay $29.95 per shipping label to ship the bed back in 5 boxes!
We already had to unpack and put it together ourselves…now we have to take it down, pack it up (without the aid of shrink wrapping) and pay almost $150.00 to send it back, besides having to take it to a UPS facility.” - rsvr29, Reviewer since 2010 “Sleep number firmness is misleading. The counter-force to support your weight is due to the elasticity of the mattress walls not air compression. I found the sleep number bed to not vary in firmness. Air simply moves around from one area to another. The firmness is the same regardless of the number. There is no bounce to the bed. Just air.” - ajbisesi , Reviewer since 2012 “I would recommend that when purchasing this, or any other Sleep Number bed, double check the number of air chambers in the bed. My husband and I were led to believe that the bed would have dual air chambers, one for each side of the bed so that we can adjust it to our own preferences. The bed they gave us only had one air chamber.” – SaraBethD985, Reviewer since 2009
“ I purchased a Queen. But queen sheets do not fit this bed. It is slightly larger than a standard Queen and I am sure that their own brand of sheets fit just fine, except I don’t want their sheets. The sheets that I buy (even deep pocket sheets) pop off at the corners all the time. “ - residae, Reviewer since 2010You are supposed to air up the bed to 100% when your not in it for it to keep its shape. Otherwise it will sag just like any other foam bed.” - sleepnumber000, Reviewer since 2013 “Apparently, there is a 10-year warranty, but the parts are covered goes down a percentage every year. So, to get a new pump it cost me $130. Break the wireless remote and you are looking at $50 plus tax and shipping! It isn’t covered under the warranty.” - pitcherday , Reviewer since 2009 “I bought the c2 series sleep number bed about six months ago. Since I bought the cheapest model, it doesn’t actually come with a remote that tells you what your number is.
You just inflate it, lay down and deflate until it feels comfortable.” – LisaLMB , Reviewer since 2010 “The biggest issue we had was that mold started growing inside the air chamber and all over some of the gray foam inside the mattress. I kept getting sick (allergies & cold type symptoms), which finally led us to look at everything around us to start eliminating possible sources of allergens. That’s when we found the mold & mildew.” - psychoanalyst , Reviewer since 2010 “If you want to breath in flame retardants that are offgassing from your mattress, all night, every night, then by all means, buy this mattress. We had this for about a week and it smelled bad like chemicals.” - woolmama, Reviewer since 2010 While these Sleep Number Bed reviews bring some little known facts about Sleep Number bed mattresses to light, keep in mind that every consumer has a different experience. Overall, Sleep Number beds have positive scores on Viewpoints, provide a unique style of support for people with back pain, and offer a nice compromise for couples who prefer different style mattresses.
To avoid the issues mentioned above, make sure you purchase your mattress from a reputable dealer and go over all the warranty fine print. In the event that you discover mold in your mattress, users are advised to call Sleep Number customer service immediately. Editor’s note: If you have professional experience with mattresses, Viewpoints is recruiting experts in priority product categories to write for our blog. Check out this overview of the Viewpoints Category Expert Program, including qualifications, compensation and how to apply. Probably a dumb ? to ask you because your all about quality air (I'm pretty certain as to your answer but I'll try to justify the buy, er, I mean get your opinion and do the right thing :) But do you give the Tempur-Pedic mattress a thumbs down due 2 its supposed off-gassing/chemical nature? I am crossing both sets of fingers btw. I've been thinking about getting one again (I'm recently divorced and she got the bed, I loved that bed more than her, wait no, I mean,
uh well, the bed was lovely) but since then Ive come across some negative stuff about it which annoys me greatly. What's that saying, oh yay, ignorance is bliss. looking for your opinion since you seem to be pretty darn informed about these things. This is a case where ignorance is definitely not bliss. I advocate the "bedroom sanctuary," making the sleep zone the least toxic space in our lives. Sleep is so critical to healing that any chemical inhalant, even the consciously imperceptible, will disrupt the liver's detoxification efforts during the Chinese medicine "liver hours" - centered on 1 AM. The most health critical objects in your home are your mattress In general, there is a trend toward toxicity, off-gassing, and fumes, in all fabric products - clothing The issue of toxic mattresses is not confined to Tempurpedics, the vast majority of new bedding products are questionable. One-third of our lives are spent with faces jammed into pillows and skin
laying in contact with fabric. Chronic low level toxicity absolutely will cause health to deteriorate - some people will become ill immediately, others take months or years. Further, a toxic bed places the individual in extremely close proximity to the chemical source so an air purifier really can't help. Two areas of mattress toxicity are of concern; 1.) fire-proofing laws which mandate extreme burn resistance, 2.) materials and production processes. One of my most exciting memories, from 1961 when I was 12, was a big fire in an old downtown hotel, caused by a cigarette smoker who fell asleep on a cotton mattress. Yeah, the time a freight train derailed right at the intersection of Fourth Street and Main and smashed into the First National Bank was better, but the hotel burned to the ground. For five hours, firefighters and volunteers from the crowd struggled to control the towering flames as century-old brick walls collapsed into the street.
I was right up at the barricades trying to volunteer myself when my dad showed up and dragged me half a block away. What a bummer that man was. Causing an average of 440 deaths annually, mattress fires were a legitimate public safety issue, and a tort liability headache for the bedding industry, so naturally the Federal government stepped in. The friendly-Federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in the Federal Open-flame Mattress Flammability Standard (16 CFR Part 1633, 2007), forced us to buy controversial flame retardants in every new mattress in order to save an estimated 270 lives a year. The CPSC standard is extreme: mattresses sold in the United States must withstand 30 minutes of direct exposure to flame. This high standard means heavy doses of flame-retardants are used. I feel soooooo much safer now that Americans can buy petrochemical-free mattresses only with a Doctor's prescription. CPSC's regulation is self-declaring, so third-party verification, such as
is provided by Underwriter's Laboratories (UL), is not required of manufacturers, Tempurpedic had already complied with the 2005 California version of the law when the CPSC action was announced. So each bedding manufacturer used a different proprietary blend of chemicals to meet the government fire mandate. Mattress barrier fabric components are closely guarded trade secrets, but often include borate/boric acid and formaldehyde. Antimony, lesser known cousin to notorious poison Arsenic, is a common Bromine based combustion inhibitors (PBDEs), so obviously toxic (halogen substitution) were phased out amid controversy prior to the CPSC regulation. Workers who used the new materials at mattress factories complained of new symptoms, blaming the flame retardants. Unfortunately, the principal non-toxic CPSC-compliant alternative to memory-foam, wool-encased organic latex mattresses, are built of one of the fastest growing categories of allergen.
Visco-elastic high-density polyurethane foam (memory foam), developed in the 1970s at NASA, is a recent bedding marketing fad. In general, memory-foam mattresses have the worst health record of any from of bedding. Tempur-Pedic International, Inc., of Lexington, Kentucky, manufactures mattresses made of layers of high-density polyurethane foam. "The formula and manufacturing process for TEMPUR® material is a proprietary trade secret known only to a handful of individuals at Tempur-Pedic." So, although Tempurpedic and their fellow memory-foam manufacturers do not disclose the contents, an educated guess says memory foam, made from petroleum, contains numerous components with potential for off gassing VOCs. Foam obtains memory by varying levels of chemicals which change it's density in successive layers. Polyurethane foam can contain; A likely component of urethane foam is the known carcinogen toluene di-isocyanate.
I worked in a print factory in the 1970s where we used toluene as a clean-up One guy became addicted to the solvent, he would hold the toluene soaked rag over his face. One very common complaint with Tempur's mattresses is a strong This is said to result from manufacturing gasses trapped in small air pockets in the material, which collapse as the bed is used. My oldest son bought a Tempur-Pedic, maybe 10 years ago now. He said the initial smell was strong, but has no symptoms and loves the comfort for his He also trusts the government, holds long positions while the stock market tanks, and often disregards my health advice. Reports of outgassing fumes and polyurethane allergies are legion, with a long list of symptoms that subside when not using the Tempur-Pedics. Some individuals using ozone emitting air cleaners to eliminate the initial odor, as recommended new toxic byproducts as the oxidant reacted with mattress fumes.
A couple years after this page posted, I bought a memory foam mattress, not a Tempurpedic. It was a showroom demonstrator and had out-gassed completely. I must agree with memory foam fans, this is the most comfortable mattress I have ever slept on. After 5 years, it is still the best mattress I can remember. In my opinion, many bedtime pain sufferers ("fibromylagia"....) have high acetaldehyde levels, which are worsened by fumes outgassing from This would explain the divergent user experiences - some love the Tempurpedic, while others, the more chemically sensitive, have pain and allergy symptoms worsen with the new bed. Mattress builders say there is "no scientifically proven health risk," but that is little solace, when we consider the enormous list of today's toxic torts for which that was the initial justification. I personally will not sleep on any new bed, and carry cotton blankets to cover any bed when I travel.