The 1/8th Sleep

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2024-10-13 01:00:04

The eight sleep bed is a popular self-cooling bed. Sleeping on a colder surface not only feels great but often improves sleep as well. This post discusses a cheaper homemade option that I use instead.

Although many of my friends are happy eight sleep customers, I was put off by the product due to the now-mandatory paired subscription ($200/yr with purchase, annually paired only, can cancel after), the excessive marketing featuring futuristic animations with terms like ‘intelligence’ and ‘autopilot’, constant paid referral links and name dropping of Huberman et al, and the high price points of $3,000 total and $366 for the addition of two pillows and a bed sheet.

I already have a mattress that I like, so I don’t feel the need to replace it. I also inherently dislike the thought of paying a subscription to sleep, and the proprietary nature of the data and cloud app certainly don’t help the case (although I found one user who reversed it).

The total came out to $382 (without counting 5% off via Amazon) although you could reduce this by at least 15% by purchasing from AliExpress (or much more if you properly source from Alibaba). It’s also possible to save on step one by finding only the mattress topper, but I didn’t want to look through Alibaba for this.