I slept on a Sleep Number smart bed for a month

I’ve never been a “my bed” person. You know those people who complain about how much they miss their mattress at home when they travel? Couldn’t relate. For most of my life, I believed in the power of good sleep habits, not necessarily good sleep hardware.

But when I moved into my new apartment, I wanted to do things differently. I wanted a bed I actually chose, not the cheapest thing in stock or a hand-me-down Serta I never questioned. I wanted a bed that felt like mine.

After enough research to possibly earn me a temporary sleep-science Ph.D, I ended up with the Sleep Number i8 Smart Bed, paired with the FlexFit 3 Smart Base. And after a month of sleeping on it, I’ve officially become that person who misses their bed. I’m literally writing this from a hotel room across the country, cou