Hi, this is Ethan from NoSleeplessNights.com and in this review, I'm going to be talking about the rest bed
Now, this is a smart mattress that has an amazing capacity to
let you adjust the firmness or softness on your side of the bed and also to
Individually change the softness or firmness on each side of the bed. And that's what's magic about this particular mattress.
My partner and I have had this one for the last two months. So far, we've been very happy with it. It did take a little
while to understand exactly how it works and how to make it work best for us to begin with. But to be honest,
that's part of the fun
It's kind of an interesting mattress to play around with - especially when you start using the app on the phone
because it has dynamic pressure mapping.
So as you lie on it,
it will tell you where your body's applying more or less pressure onto the mattress. And then you can adjust the mattress to
suit your body style.
So in this review,
I'm going to first of all cover a few of the key points about how it works, because I know
it can sometimes be a little bit confusing understanding what it does.
So I'll just give a brief synopsis first. Then I'm going to actually look at the details in more - more detail!
I'll show you how the app works and what you can do with it. I'll get inside the mattress.
Well...
not literally! But I'll
unzip it and show you the different layers. And then I'll go through some pros and cons, and talk about some of the extra key
points that are worth noting.
So, just to give a brief overview of exactly how this mattress works.
The first thing that you're going to need to do is install it, which can either be done by yourself or with the white glove delivery
service. And actually, it's pretty easy to set up. Having seen the guys come and do it for me,
I think I could easily do it myself. The actual mattress and all the components inside
come folded up in half in a giant box, and you just unfold it. And then the
smart pump will sit underneath the bed. It has tubes which come out the back of the mattress, and those plug into the smart
pump. Now, the
mattress as you lie on it has some data points in a 'smart sensor', as they call it, which is going to be
underneath the memory foam layer.
And as you lie on it,
it's going to send information about the pressure that your body is applying across five zones:
Your legs, your hips, your lumbar, shoulders and your head.
And as the pump receives that information, it's then going to send it to an App on your smartphone.
I believe ReST Bed used to give out tablets with the mattress. They no longer do, so
you do need a smartphone to make it work. So that's essentially how the bed actually works.
Now let's have a look at the App. And I will show you in more detail about what it does,
and show you the pressure mapping so you can understand that better.
Okay, let's have a look at the main controls on the App for the rest bed.
At the moment I've got it set on manual mode here.
You can see that if I press 'switch mode', you'll see that there are three options. And that's essentially all you need to do with the App.
So with manual mode, going back to that one,
you can see that you've got the head, shoulders, lumbar, hips, and legs section. And each of those
corresponds to one of the air cavities in the mattress.
So with this one, you can just press them or slide them how you want to get the exact setting.
So if you want it with more air, you press it right up there. And if you want it with less air,
you can put there.
I should also emphasize that one of the key features of the ReST Bed is that you can use the live pressure mapping on the App
to see how much pressure the different parts of your body are putting on the mattress. and you can use that to then decide how
much to inflate or deflate each of the zones, and have
softer or firmer
support across your whole body. And at the same time, if you're sharing the bed, your partner can do the same on their side using
the app on their phone. And this is a really good way of finding the exact comfort level for both of you
throughout the whole night.
So if you go back to the
switch mode and use the auto position mode option instead here,
you can see that you've got two main options: the back and the side. And what you can do here is choose the settings that
you want for each position. So at the moment, it's on back and I've got it set to quite firm - because I'm on my back
so it's nice to have a firm support.
But then on the side, I've decided here to have it with less pressure on my shoulders. And a little bit less in my hips,
legs and head as well, but more in my lumbar.
But you can change those settings how you like. And then
ideally, the bed's going to recognize when you're on your back or your side and change it to those positions.
However, the mode that I use the most is automatic. And this one, essentially you have a sliding scale from soft to firm.
So right down there you can have it on the softest setting, which is
probably around a 4 out of 10 for softness. And you can have it right up there
on the hardest setting, which is probably around an 8 on the firmness.
And if you want to, you can have it somewhere in the middle, which is what I tend to do.
Although, I have discovered recently that
it seems that I sleep best when I have it on even less than middle range softness.
So what was an interesting discovery with the ReST Bed.
Let's take a look at the layers of the ReST Bed then . The first thing to note is that it's all encased in this
removable cover which is machine washable. And the cover itself has this nice pattern there.
You can see the pattern and the gradient color, which is very stylish. It's made from a very lightweight
- I think they call it a 'sleep skin'. It's kind of like athletic clothing. It's very soft, but we use a sheet on top anyway
so it's not that much of an importance how soft it is. More importantly, you have the memory foam layer underneath.
This is a 4 inch gel infused memory foam layer.
What that means is that it hopefully sleeps a little bit cooler than memory foam is sometimes notoriously famous for.
And we do find that it's a very comfortable. It's very springy and conforms nicely to the body.
It doesn't have that 'stuck in the mud' feeling that memory foam sometimes can.
And secondly, it doesn't sleep that hot. Underneath the memory foam,
you've got the place where the magic works. And this is the live pressure mapping sensors.
You've got a thousand data points on each side of the bed - if you've got a large bed size.
And they're encased in this blue section.
You can see just in the middle there where the ripples are
that you have the data points. And this is where it sends the information back to your App on your smart phone, so you can
make the adjustments. And then underneath the memory foam layer and the pressure points,
you have the air chambers. Each of these air chambers is made with a polyethylene material. They're welded together
so they have hopefully no chance of having any slow air leaks. They're medical grade, which means that they're very resilient, very strong,
so you shouldn't have any problems with them.
You've got air chambers on each side of the bed, and then each side of the bed has five chambers.
So there's one, two, three, four, five underneath the mattress there. And it just means that you can have
control of each side, and five different points on each side - as I already said. And these air chambers are really good.
They're really effective, and at the moment this one's really inflated and it's very strong.
You can also see these strong side supports here.
They're really thick, made from a high-density foam.
and there's something I really like about the ReST Bed. With these strong side supports, when you sit on the edge of the bed or
lie on the edge of the bed, it doesn't collapse at all. So you can really use the full width and length of the bed.
Something I really like about the ReST Bed is the motion transfer isolation. It's really good at
Just not disturbing you when your partner's rolling around in the night changing position.
Or if they get out of bed and then get back into bed
and they tend to slump into the bed or jump into it.
That can sometimes result in a bounce - especially with box springs - that can disturb your sleep.
So I found that your partner can be having a disturbed night's sleep, getting in and out bed,
and you're not really going to feel it.
The ReST Bed comes with a very good warranty - it has a 10 year warranty. And it has a modular design,
which is really interesting and useful I think. It means that each of the components can be replaced individually.
So if you've got a problem with the memory foam or with one of the pumps or with one of the air chambers,
then they'll replace that piece if necessary, rather than you having to organise
sending back the whole mattress. And then having a new one come along. And that will go for 10 years.
They also have a 90-day trial period which I think is very useful.
Especially if you're going to pay this much money for a mattress
and if you're looking for one to tackle health needs. So let's take a look at some pros and cons as I see them.
I think the main thing that it's got going for it is the fact that you can change the firmness or the softness on
your side of the bed. And your partner can do the same as well. And you can change it across the whole length of the
bed in those five different zones. That gives it a lot of flexibility for
finding just the right level of comfort for your body. And the fact that you can change it over time, as well, is really great.
So it's not just a case of going into a shop and choosing one mattress that is going to work
hopefully right for both of you.
You can have a mattress that will work correctly for both of you according to the position that you want as
time goes by, and that's really great. I like the fact that it has this modular design.
So if there's any problem with the parts,
you can send them back and just replace that one. And you can do that for up to 10 years.
I think that's really useful.
I like the fact that it's very easy to set up, either with the White Glove delivery service, which
incidentally does cost a couple of hundred dollars.
But I don't think you necessarily
need that - unless you're kind of wary of tech or you don't want to be moving around the mattress like this.
Actually, it looks really big, but even this king size wasn't that heavy. I found that you can maneuver it quite easily.
Perhaps because it's got air chambers rather than being a solid base.
Then I also like the fact that it's very easy to clean. It has this removable exterior cover
which also feels very soft. And I like the fact that it has four inches of memory foam.
That's also a comfortable surface to sleep on. And then there's these solid side supports
I think that does make a difference as well. Then I like the app. I think the app is really useful.
It's very easy to use, very simple. It doesn't have a million different features.
It just has those three core modes that you can choose from. And then again, the fact that you can choose those three modes, and
choose whether you want it on automatic or manual or auto position just gives it more flexibility even.
I think the main cons for me would be: firstly the noise on automatic.
It's not that bad, to be honest.
But if you're super sensitive to noise,
then it's something that you might notice. But as I say, if you've got it on manual
it doesn't make any noise at all. Then there's the price.
This is a high-end luxury mattress,
which is going to be a barrier to some people.
You're looking at between four and six thousand dollars, more or less, depending on the size that you want.
And then my final complaint is that occasionally you'll lose connectivity with the App.
I think sometimes when you fire up the App, it sometimes struggles to find a pump. And you need to spend 30 to 60 seconds finding
the pump again, which is kind of a little bit irritating. But you know,
let's face it - the only thing in my house that never loses connectivity is the kettle.
That's just technology these days, it seems, so I can kind of forgive it for that.
But I know some people perhaps won't forgive it, and they just want their App and their device to be constantly connected.
But having said that, sometimes we don't even look at the App.
Once you've got it on automatic, for example, or manual, then you can just leave it.
You don't even need to use the App, and that's something that we've found.
My final verdict then is that this is an excellent mattress for sports people. Or for people with physical
pains and needs to have a surface which is going to respond well to their body and to help them.
Not all physical conditions or back conditions can be alleviated by a mattress.
But if they are ones that can be,
then this is a mattress which will give you a really good chance of doing that, by being able to find the exact surface that
you want. It's also a really good mattress
If you're just really into tech and you like to have the latest tech products, and the high-end tech in the world of sleep.
You're going get that with the ReST Bed.
I found that it helped me with my back problems, and helped me to sleep a little bit better than
previous mattresses did; perhaps a lot better on some days. So overall, this is a mattress which I like and I plan on keeping.