Select Comfort Sleep Number Bed Review

Being the lover of bed and comfort that I am, there are few topics I'd rather discuss than bed, sleep and comfort.

I'm not a bed hopper in the bad sense of the term. However, I have had the opportunity to rest in three Sleep Number Beds.

I do not own one, but I wish I did. Adjusting the comfort level in a sleep number bed is, of course, its number one benefit. You can believe the commercials. You can set the sleep number as hard or as soft as you like. Different models simply have a different thicknesses of padding, or mattress, between you and the adjustable mattress.

My best friend has a California king-size Select Comfort Sleep Number Bed 5000. Sometimes I crawl onto her husband's side of the bed to take a nap, work on my laptop, or watch a movie. I do not like hard beds. Obviously, this man does. He usually keeps the sleep number set to 90 or 95. In my opinion, it is like lying on concrete with a sheet and blanket.

On the other hand, his wife, my friend sets her sleep number on 35. There's a sleep number you can sink in to.

I've played with the Sleep Number on his side of the bed (which doesn't always make him a happy camper come bedtime). The settings increase or decrease in increments of five. I've tried it as low as 20, and had to have the kids come and dig me out of the covers. I hurt all over when I awoke from that nap. I've found a good sleep number for me is in the 30-40 range. That is a medium softness.

My grandmother owned a King size Select Comfort Sleep Number Bed 3000. Because of chronic back and leg pain, she felt most comfortable with a setting of around 80. She loved it, especially because she was able to adjust it according to how her body felt that day. Some days she could relax a little more and select a lower sleep number. Other days, she needed firmness to help stabilize her body and give her a sturdy foundation from which to arise.

My grandmother moved, just this week. She moved into assisted living and left her king-size Select Comfort bed with my aunt and uncle. My aunt is not a small woman, and has already decided that a firm number is best for her. Her husband is ultra-thin. He can set his sleep number on 20 and not make a dent in the mattress.