Select Comfort Mattress Sleep Number 5000

Pros: Individual controls for each side
Cons: Extremely NON-DURABLE, MILDEW and HEAT ISSUES, HORRID INDIFFERENT customer service, BAD for stomach sleepers

I accidentally posted this for the 7000 -- we actually have the 5000. Opps! I read the reviews on this site and was pleased to note that there were both pros and cons mentioned--by everyone. The thing that *really* bothered me the most was that it ...

Pros: Soft, Comfortable, Durable, Great Customer Service, easy to move, easy to put together,
Cons: A tad bit overpriced for everything.

Buying the bed- Going to the select comfort store is pretty typical to most consumer stores. I can probably compare it to going to buy a cell phone; In that they will throw you the pitch for the product. They will let you try out all their beds. ...

Pros: Is extremely comfortable and has great support
Cons: Has a plastic smell for first two weeks or so, sleeps hot

I don't make any large purchases without researching it to death first. I read good and bad reviews about this Sleep Number 5000 bed and can't tell you how thankful I am that I ignored the bad and went ahead with the purchase. After three visits to the ...

Pros: Light weight no flipping
Cons: The firmness is affected by temperature and barometric pressure pump is loud price

My wife and I had a regular spring mattress which began to sag in the middle causing back pain. We researched the alternative mattresses months before buying the Select Comfort Sleep Number 5000. It is the middle of the line mattress with a pillow top. ...

Pros: Fairly comfortable (at first, UNTIL there is a problem with the bed.)
Cons: Parts do not last long and the company does not repair them. You do repairs.

We bought a Sleep Comfort 5000 about 16 months ago. It was very comfortable at first but within less than six months we had to have the sidewalls replaced because they collapsed and did not support the air chamber. We were sent the air chambers to ...

Pros: None
Cons: Very Expensive You will be out money if you don't like it.

We decided to try this mattress out after deciding that we needed a new matress and our old matress wasn't very comfortable anymore. We went out to the Select Comfort store at our local shopping mall and ended up trying our the mattress for 30 days ...

Pros: nice cover
Cons: HOT, Too expensive for what you get

We purchased a SC 5000 after returning the SC7000. The 7000 was just plain HOT. It is comfortable except for the roasting heat. The 5000 was supposed to be much cooler and not a problem, said customer service. Well, the home delivery people who ...

Pros: Great for my lower back, very comfortable and the support system doesn't transfer movement
Cons: A little expensive but considering the benefits compares favorably with other premium traditional mattress sets.

Before purchasing Sleep Number 5000, my wife and I slept on a mattress and box spring set that was probably 30 years old (at the very least). The box set was so old that you could see the wood slats, springs and ticking if you turned one of the boxes ...

Pros: Great idea, and wonderful job of advertising.
Cons: Doesn't deliver the comfort as promised.

My husband and I purchased a King Sized Select Comfort Sleep Number 5000 bed about one month ago. I was home when the bed was delivered. Imagine my surprise to learn that I'd just paid $2000 for a foundation which looks like a Tyco plastic toy box with ...

Pros: None whatsoever
Cons: Sink in the middle. Cheap hard foam around the outside.

Seriously never buy a Sleep Number bed. If you purchase a dual chamber bed beware that no matter what number you have it on you will sink in the center. There is serious design flaw since it is basically two air mattresses side by side and nothing but a ...

Pros: Flexibility, easy set-up and use, comfort.
Cons: Unnecessarily expensive.

I have chronic back pain. Having slept on a "flip-free" expensive Simmons bed that in less than 5 years was already showing significant sagging and wasn't helping my back, it was time to look for a new bed. The sales pitch was pressure-free, but I'll ...

Pros: Comfortable in the showroom and the first night
Cons: Expensive, poor quality, exaggerated advertising, poor customer service

I disliked this bed very much after the first few days. I bought the "intralux" foam mattress pad too. It was cushy, but extremely hot. The sales people said that the "NASA inspired" foam wicks heat away and keeps it for when you need it. Ha! Its ...

Pros: It was better than sleeping on the floor.
Cons: impractical, impossible, uncomfortable

My husband and I are in the market for a new bed. Sleep number was one of the beds on our list of possibles. I was quite excited when we checked into a hotel and were given a room with a sleep number bed. I usually don't like to sleep away from my own ...

Pros: Adjustable "firmness" level
Cons: TOOOOO COSTLY! It's simply an air mattress.

When it was finally time to retire our trusty old mattress, we opted for the pricey yet popular Sleep Number 5000. It was delivered to our door and we set it up that night. I was pretty surprised to discover that it's JUST AN AIRMATTRESS! Sure, I knew ...

Pros: No more back pain (Update: Except if defective)
Cons: $$$$ pricey, cheaply made, warranty and a company that doesn't stand behind their product.

Update: 10/09/2009Below you will find my original review.  Let me start off by apologizing to anyone who based their decision to purchase this product after my initial review.  I can only hope you do not have any problems with you ...