Its A Scam
Written: Oct 04 '09
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Pros: None
Cons: It's a scam
The Bottom Line: its a scam. go to Bed Bath & Beyond, buy an AirBed and foam cover for $200 and you have the same effect.
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| joeanderssen's Full Review: Select Comfort Mattress Sleep Number 5000 |
Yes - its a scam and here is why:The Innovation lie: The advertising for this system suggests some kind of innovation in sleep systems. It suggest that the traditional inner spring system has been replaced with a sophisticated system that used air to adjust to your body. That is a lie: The sleep number bed is a simple plastic blow up mattress identical in concept to any blow up mattress like the AirBed sold at $100-$200. The sleep Number Lie: At the heart lies the electric pump that inflates or deflates the air in your single chamber blow up mattress to your desired firmness. That is identical to the function of a cheap blow up mattress except that this system is supposed to remember your setting and associate a number with it. The problem though is that the number (firmness) you choose will change throughout the night by itself up to 3 settings down or up - depending on your body heat, the room temperature and of course due to the most common complain - leaks. yes the manufacturer tells you that you sleep number will change throughout the night - so what is the point?The Comfort Lie: Comfort is a subjective issue. We all have different expectations and likes. If you like sleeping on a blow up mattress than this bed is comfortable. If you don't than this is the worst bed you can buy. Incidentally every doctor and chiropractor I have asked vehemently opposes this bed.The Price Lie: The components of a medium priced Sleep number bed ($2000) have a combined retail value of $200-350. Its a cheap blow up mattress in a fancy slip cover - you can buy this as individual components at Bed Bath & Beyond for a couple of hundred bucks and achieve the same results - that is if you like sleeping on a blow up mattress.
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Mattress Size: Queen
Mattress Firmness: Somewhat firm
Amount Paid (US$): 2000
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