I’ve used BedJet for years (since 2018) — but how does it compare to the Eight Sleep (8 Sleep) system? Today I’m going to share my experience with both of them, the perks (and downfalls) of each system and how to pick what will give YOU the best sleep of your life!
In full disclosure I both got the BedJet for free (including their newer V3 — see my original review here) and the Eight Sleep system. Both were given to me to write reviews about. There was no other requirement about being positive or anything else I needed to include. I pride myself in being very thorough and honest with my opinions, I think you’ll appreciate that in the article below.
If you’re checking out Eight Sleep you can use code PULLINGCURLS to get $350 off your order! But, it may not be the one for you — so, keep reading!
First, a bit about me and my sleep first to know where I’m coming from. I just hit 50 and sleep is a serious issue for me. I don’t sleep well at night at all. I fall asleep pretty well, but I wake up between 2-3 and often don’t get back to sleep (and I just HATE that). I’ve tried all sorts of things, and I really work to maximize my sleep hygiene (while also being a mom and a human). We also live in phoenix and our bedroom is on the top floor of a split level. Cooling is a priority for us the majority of the year.
Basic Concept
The Bed Jet blows heated (or “cooled”) air into a comforter. Each of us has our own unit that is set to it’s own temperature (if you both like the same temp you could use just one unit — but that feels unlikely). They sell a comforter with it that is stitched down the middle so you each get your own zones. You can get from 66° (it doesn’t actually cool the air though, so I never got that low) up to 109°.
The Eight Sleep system uses water running through a mattress pad. You Pick a number from -10 (coldest) to +10 (hottest). You can get a few variations on the system. I was sent the ultra pod that also has a base that you can put on your bed to raise your head and feet if desired (it’s also supposed to help snoring). From there, you tell the system how cold you want it:
- When you initially get in bed
- Once you fall asleep (it has sensors that know if you’re asleep)
- What you want it at when you’re waking up
For me, it’s summer — I have it set to a -10 at sleep time, it goes to a -5 while I sleep and then -1 when I wake up.
And, at any point if I’m like — this is too cold, or to hot — it has controls on the side of the mattress pad that you can click that can increase it or decrease it (vs having to find your phone or a remote — which I like a lot).
It also has speakers, it tracks your sleep and it will vibrate to wake you up. It’s honestly a very thorough sleep system.
Set-Up
The BedJet felt like a bit of a pain to set-up initially, but in retrospect (and in comparison), it’s very simple. The hardest part was taking the cord to my power strip under my bed. You then hook these big tubes onto the bottom (or side) of your bed, and then thread the comforter onto the opening of the tube and snap it in place. The blowers sit underneath our bed mostly out of site
It does have those bulky tubes at the bottom of my bed, and also the “blower” was right at the corner of my bed, which I didn’t love — but it wasn’t horrible. Worth it to get a bed the right temperature.
Eight Sleep is a lot. BUT, it’s a one-and-done type set-up. So, no having to snap anything, and to the naked eye, my bed looks no different.
However, it came with like 5 very large boxes which we had to haul up the stairs to our bedroom The worst ones were the base (so, if you’re not getting the base, don’t worry about that part). I wish it had sort of told us OPEN THIS ONE FIRST on all those boxes, but we made our way, there’s also a lot of help for purchasers on Youtube. And, once you have the app it’s very thorough.
All of the boxes, bags and products are very well made, and feel like they’re going to last.
For us, we did have to put down the base, it’s bulky and a little tricky. We also put it a little close to the wall, so we had to pull it down a bit. But it’s solid and well-made. The two sides come separately which makes it a bit easier to handle.
Then, you put on a silky cover on your mattress (I think this one is to make sure the second one works right), and then the working cover that has some tubes that easily plug into the machine — just be sure to leave a few inches at the top of your bed to allow it to move up and down and also not pinch those tubes that get the water to the mattress pad.
We then put a waterproof mattress pad on top of that. The Eight Sleep cover is NOT washable, so you don’t want to get anything on it — and you just never know….
The Pod (the part that holds, cools/heats and circulates the water) was too large to go under the bed, so it now lives on my husband’s nightstand. It’s fairly bulky, but it works for him (and his alarm clock now sits on top of it). That part was kind of annoying for us — but we made it work. They very much recommend it go on the floor beside the bed, but we don’t have room for that with our set-up. The cord, and the tubes are plenty long to keep it on your nightstand (and having it elevated hasn’t been a problem at all vs having it on the floor).
Once you have it all plugged in, you do have to add almost 2 gallons of distilled water (I think you can use any kind of water but we used distilled as we have pretty hard water) to it and allow it to circulate and fill the new system. That took about 30 minutes.
** They act like this is a pretty easy set-up, and I do believe just the mattress pad part isn’t bad — but the frame is bulky, and should not be managed by just one person. This is definitely a two-person set-up.
The frame is hooked together for a regular mattress — meaning if my head is up, so is my husband’s. We aren’t each able to pick our own positioning, and we did use our regular old mattress with this system.
However, once it was set-up we haven’t had to touch it again. We haven’t had to refill the water. We did have to turn our mattress once (we try to do it a couple of times a year and somehow didn’t do it on our initial install). So, we just pulled the mattress down, pulled off all the mattress pads, pushed them to the back, turned the mattress, and then put them all back on — it wasn’t bad at all (but harder than turning it with the BedJet).
Final Thoughts: For set-up, BedJet is MUCH easier to set-up, but 8 Sleep is easier to maintain.
Apps
Both systems come with their own apps.
BedJet has both a remote control, and an app. Personally, I don’t sleep with my phone by me at night, so its’ been nice to have the remote when I need it. The app is VERY simple and you’re basically just picking the temperature, the % the fan should blow, and for how long. You can pick bio-rhythms but we’ll talk more about that under “through the night” — you do have to have the app to set-up your biorythm thing.
Sleep 8 has the app, and a small “clicker” on both sides of the bed if you want it hotter or colder (or, for us, if you want the position of the bed to change). The app is big. As it’s a sleep tracker it gives you a LOT of information, but it also is very easy to input what you want your sleep schedule to look like (like I mentioned above with your bedtime, sleep and wake temperatures). You can also put it into nap mode (love this, I’m a big napper), you can put the bed into your desired position, and lots of options — and each one is tailored to each side of the bed (aka, my husband just makes changes to his need on his side of the bed).
I still don’t have my phone by my bed, but I do have an ipad to read on — I have the app installed on both devices and it works great. However, now that I know the temp’s I want it on — I don’t touch the app at night at all. It knows to turn on at 8 pm to start cooling and it senses when I’m on it. I do get in the app in the AM to say I’m done sleeping so it can give me all the stats, but I’m glad to not have to use a screen at night before bed.
Final Thoughts: For ease of use I guess BedJet — it’s VERY simple and easy to use.
But if you like statistics you’ll love the Eight Sleep one. My husband really enjoys seeing his stats the next morning. I’ll give my thoughts on the tracking overall below. Keep reading. I also MUCH prefer how Eight Sleep does your temperature through the night. I could never find the right temps for me with the BedJet. I’ll talk more on that, stay tuned!
Sound
Eight Sleep does have sound integrated into the frame, but that’s not what I’m talking about. I’m talking about the fans used to cool or heat your area in the bed (it is possible to both have “sides” where each person picks their own, or you can have it all set the same if you’re both fine with it or just one person is sleeping in the bed).
BedJet sounds like fans — if both of ours are on full blast it’s pretty loud. I’d honestly be concerned if we had a little one because it’s so loud — I might not hear them. It would be the same as having two standing fans in the room. Of course, that’s only if it’s at 100% — and I didn’t usually have it that strong (but my husband often did).
Eight Sleep does have a sound, but it actually starts running an hour before you’re set to to go to bed (you program a bedtime). So — I feel like most of the sound is out of the way before I get in. I do hear it click on now and then, but it’s not near as loud as the BedJet for me. Much quieter than our AC unit, less than just one standing fan.
Final Thoughts: Eight Sleep wins on this one. It’s much quieter and I appreciate that. And, for those of you who wish it was louder, you can do white noise through the bedframe!
Initial Feeling
Ok, so how does it feel when you slip into the sheets? That’s really what I’m interested in here.
I’m going to split it up into that initial feel when you get into bed vs how it manages the whole night.
BedJet definitely does it’s thing faster. I can hit the button when I get in my room, and then wash my face, do my bedtime routine and by the time I get into bed it’s at temp.
For heat, this is amazing. When I’m cold for the 2 months of winter we get here, I LOVE slipping into a warm bed. It’s honestly one of my favorite parts of the BedJet.
For cold…. it’s just not as good. BedJet doesn’t actually cool the air — it just blows it. I really thought V3 was going to cool it, but it does not and the temp is the same as V2. This is a real downfall for the BedJet system. Yes, air circulating does cool me a bit — but it’s not as good as I hoped for when we got it. It IS better than nothing, just not what I’d hoped for.
Eight Sleep takes a bit of time to get the fluid heated or cooled and running through well, but since I have it set to my 9 pm bedtime (that’s usually around the time I get into bed) it is a set it and forget it system. It starts doing it’s thing automatically at 8 pm — an hour before. Honestly, within 30 minutes I think it’s pretty good for what it needs to be.
** You just need to remember to put it in “away” mode when you’re not home — but you’ll likely miss the system so much when you’re not in your own bed that won’t be a problem. 🤣
For warm — it takes it’s time, but it feels great when it’s set and you get in. I was feeling chilly one day right after we got it and I set it to +10 and it was really warm and toasty, but not like HOT. The BedJet can get you HOT. It felt good though, and sometimes I over-heated with the BedJet and that was problematic too — and I know 8 Sleep will keep sensing my temperature and adjust it (and I can also easily turn it down on the side of my bed).
But, here’s where the real magic is — sliding into a cold bed when it’s 105 outside. You know that feeling of perfectly chilly sheets — or when you turn your pillow over? It’s that feeling, but all over. You have constantly deliciously cold sheets. And I honestly, absolutely love that.
Eight Sleep has an option comforter or a pillow cover that also run the fluids through. Both sound nice, but I wasn’t sent either, and I’m only speaking to the main system. The pillow cover also requires a whole separate system, which is crazy to me — and we honestly don’t have room for that.
Final Thoughts: For me, as Hilary in the summer in AZ the Eight Sleep is hands down the winner. I am LOVING the cold sheet feeling. I love that I’m not having air blow on me (more on that). It just feels good.
Through the Night….
Ok, so that initial feeling is great, but what do you do through the night?
BedJet does have a way that you can program what you want the system to do during the night. It has a “system” it can create for you based off your age, gender and preferences, but I never got it to work for me. Often it had a heating portion even when I said I wanted it cooled. I honestly tried a bunch of different ways to see if I could be happy and ultimately I never could. Often I’d wake up wishing it was colder or hotter and I’d have to rifle to find the remote and change it. It was annoying. Most often I just made do with what it was because it wasn’t really ever perfect for me.
I also don’t love the fan at high speeds blowing on me all night. Sometimes you get puffs of air coming out at your face, which annoyed me a bit. It’s not horrible — but it is there, and one more thing to ruin my night’s rest.
Eight Sleep does some algorithmic sensing of:
- Your body temperature
- The external temperature
- What you want as you programmed it
- What sleep stage you’re at
And somehow adjusts it.
Honestly, I’ve rarely had to tap my buttons — I’m usually very happy with the temperature I’m at. I know I would NOT want it to be -10 all night (too cold), but I love that it senses when I go to sleep and then it increases the temperature for me. Plus, if I find that I am too hot every morning, and can adjust that portion of the plan and easily fix it. It does take a little finesse based on what you initially program and then how it works for you, but it was a lot easier to find my sweet spot than the BedJet.
Final Thoughts: The winner here is definitely Eight Sleep for me. Just what I said above — at least 90% of the time I’ve been very happy with the temperature I am at (and that number is probably closer to 99% now that I’ve dialed in what I like — and I’m sure I’ll have to adjust it in the winter as well).
Snoring?
The BedJet has nothing to help with snoring (although the white noise from the fans can be helpful — although not enough for me, personally).
But I did want to speak to the Eight Sleep base that is supposed to move your head up if you’re snoring to stop it.
Honestly, I don’t notice it. I think my husband’s snoring is the same as before. I don’t notice the head going up or down. It does say it has adjusted for both my own and my husband’s snoring, but I don’t notice anything.
I guess it very slowly moves it up (and then back down again when the snoring is done).
I was wondering how it tracks snoring, and I guess it actually gets it from the vibrations in your body from it (not “listening” for it). It does track if you have any apnea though too, which is nice.
I was hopeful for this. Honestly, my husband isn’t a huge snorer, but I’m not a great sleeper, and I’m definitely a light sleeper and laying awake to your partner snoring is wildly annoying. But, earplugs seem to be my best friend there.
I did just change it to elevate the bed MORE if it detects snoring, so I’ll update it if I notice anything…. (you can pick if you want it to go 5, 10 or 15 degrees higher when it detects snoring, and we’ve been on 10 degrees so far.
Subscription
BedJet is a one and done purchase, which I appreciate. Subscription fees on top of an already high cost is really annoying.
Eight Sleep has a subscription. It starts at $17/mo and goes up to $33 depending on the type of tracking and other things you want/need.
With that, you also get a cartridge that helps keep the water good — and that’s shipped to your house when it’s time to change it.
You get 12 months of it included in your purchase — and after that to continue to let it respond to your temperature, respond to snoring, use the alarm and track your sleep you do have to pick one of the tiers.
Honestly, I don’t love this — especially for something like the alarm that is a built-in feature to the bed (and requires VERY minimal resources on their end). I guess I understand it for the tracking, etc — but it does seem like an added cost to an already high price tag (more on pricing in a couple sections).
Tracking
BedJet doesn’t track at all. It’s not connected to the internet, but it does bluetooth to use the app. That might appeal to a lot of you.
Eight Sleep has a LOT of tracking metrics — it tracks:
- How much sleep you got
- The amounts of the different stages of sleep you got (rem, deep, light)
- Minutes of snoring (my husband loves to compare this)
- Your heart rate
- Any breathing issues (like apnea)
It can also attach to other trackers you have like an Aura ring and perhaps provide more info (but I don’t have one of those).
Honestly, I mostly know when my sleep sucked (which isn’t infrequent), and I don’t appreciate an app telling me that if I just ate earlier, or skipped caffeine (which I normally have ZERO of) I’d sleep better.
It often thinks I’m asleep when I’m reading. I asked them about this, and they said it’s a known issue. I’m not sure how it could know the difference — but it’s annoying when it thinks I went right to sleep when I got in bed, but in reality I read for an hour.
Pricing
This is the kicker. FYI, all this pricing is for a King Size and is correct as of June 2026.
BedJet is just under $1,000 for the system for 2. That includes 2 blowers, one comforter (you’ll need another — and they fray pretty easily).
They do offer an adjustable bed from for about $1,200 (haven’t tried it)
Eight Sleep, the pod is $3,200 (use code PULLINGCURLS to get $350 off — bringing it to $2,850…). If you add the base that’s another $1,999.
It also automatically ads a year of your subscription level (annoying — I feel like that should be included in the price) — bringing it to just over 3k with the coupon code.
You can also add the blanket and the pillow option as well.
Ok, so my thoughts on pricing.…
The Eight Sleep price is definitely more. There’s no sugar-coating it. If that’s out of your range, and BedJet is not — I think it’s a great option if sleep temperature is a big issue between you and your partner.
Honestly, we don’t really need different temperatures, but our room is a hot spot in our house. It’s upstairs, and probably doesn’t have enough vents leaving it pretty warm at night. We just want it cooler in there, without having to cool the whole household.
At first I was thinking about the whole “pod ultra” for $5300 vs the $1k for the BedJet was just insane.
Personally, I don’t think I’d do the base again. There’s a good # of adjustable beds out there that are cheaper — and so far, the snoring thing hasn’t done anything for us.
Comparing the 1k to the BedJet to the 3k for the Eight Sleep… gosh, I really like that cold sheet feeling. It’s honestly giving me SO much joy at night…. and that’s worth something. Maybe it would be worth it to skip tiny gifts for the year, and just give each other this for the year. You can try the Eight Sleep for a month and see if you like it — and return it if you don’t.
I actually just had a friend return hers. She liked it, but didn’t find it worth the cost and she said the return wasn’t bad at all — she was overall very happy with trying it out! Which was good to know.
Pregnancy or Menopause?
You can’t get a whole article on a sleep system and not talk about health issues when it’s being written by The Pregnancy Nurse® — I know a lot of people find that menopause, pregnancy (and postpartum) are a tricky time to get sleep right due to temperature regulation.
I’ve been REALLY impressed by the research that Eight Sleep is putting into both these issues. They have research on it decreasing hot flashes at night. You have to remember it’s sensing your temperature and adjusting based on that — which would minimize that for sure. Learn more about it here.
It also has a pregnancy mode in which you put that you’re pregnant, and how many weeks you are at and then it adjusts based on all that plus your unique body temperature. Which all sounds amazing (would also be amazing postpartum when I would often wake-up in a pool of sweat — just be SURE to have that waterproof mattress pad!) — Learn more here.
If these are what you’re aiming to fix (and it’s in your budget) I think Eight Sleep is a great option, and would solve it better than the set temps of the BedJet.
Better Sleep?
Ok, so which one gave me better sleep?
I have continued to struggle with sleep using our BedJet, but I do think it’s made me more comfortable at night overall for sure.
Now, since we got the Eight Sleep I have been trying a few different supplements (they also gave me some Elixir which has worked alright on and off) but I do feel like I’ve been getting better sleep with Eight Sleep. I do think the temperature regulation is helping.
Is it like life-changing great sleep? Not really, but it is a bit better, and I can sometimes tell what IS helping and what is NOT helping based on the stats it gave me.
I know the desperation of wanting better sleep, and I do know that Eight Sleep does have a guarantee that you can try it for 30 nights to see if it helps — I think you’d know by night 20…. If you did get better sleep, it would 100% be worth it. I do believe it is VERY well made and will be durable for a long time to come.
Final Thoughts
If money is tight, and stretching the $1,000 to the Bed Jet is a stretch then consider that.
BUT if money isn’t quite as tight and you might be willing to pay a bit more for the joy of those cool sheets (or hot when you’re freezing) I do think it’s worth it. I hate the subscription model, I would rather pay more initially to get rid of that, but other than that I am really happy with the Eight sleep pod.
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