What's your sleep number?

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

So while we were on vacation last week we got to try out the famous Sleep Number Bed. Not because we wanted to, but just because that's the bed the hotel was boasting. The first night we try the recommended sleep number of 35. That was a lot like sleeping on an inflatable mattress when you're camping, comfortable for like 15 minutes until you realize your neck kind of hurts and your back is a bit stiff.

We decided to give the famous bed the benefit of the doubt. That probably just wasn't our sleep number. So we pumped it up a bit. Only to discover that your sleep number increases by increments of 5. Thus, you don't really get 100 possibilities, you get 20 possibilities and we just ruled out sleep number 35 and below. Not to mention that inflating the bed sounds like a small aircraft is taking off nearby (not great in a hotel with a couple hundred rooms, you hear all your neighbors playing with their sleep numbers a lot).

Next we tried sleep number 90 which felt kind of like sleeping on a park bench with a sheet on it.
We finally settled around 60 for our sleep number which really felt kind of like a water bed. But was at least comfortable enough to get a good night's sleep for the last couple of nights.

Don't fall for the ploy that is the Sleep Number Bed, you'll just miss your old mattress and your back and neck will hate you. Our bed back home never felt more comfortable.