Perfect Sleep Pad - Hydro-Based Cooling and Heating Mattress Pad - A Drug-Free Natural Sleep Aid for Hot Flashes, Night Sweat, Menopause, Insomnia, Hyperhydrosis - Queen Size

I rarely write reviews, but I’m impressed with this device and concept enough to post. We have had the dual unit (Queen size) for about two months. My wife has been suffering hot flashes and this has been a godsend for her. Without overly delving into the technical aspect in essence it functions like a miniature heat pump. It circulates water underneath your body and either extracts heat (when in cooling mode) or extracts cold (when in heating mode) – the water is then circulated to the machine that can either cool or heat the water just like your home heat pump does to freon. The remote control works very well. When we retire to the bedroom for the evening we hit the “On” button on the remote and set the run time to 10 hours. While we are getting ready for bed the machine cools/heats the mattress surface and about 5 minutes later it is at the desired temperature. Ten hours later it shuts off (run time is adjustable from constant on, down to a couple of hours). My wife and I are now sleeping through the night – at our on optimum sleep temperature. In my opinion the device does not make excessive noise. There is a fan in the control unit that discharges the heat (when in cooling mode or vice versa) and the sound is akin to a white noise machine. If you are bothered by the sound of a small fan, then you can purchase extension hoses from the manufacturer to place the unit further away from your ears. Personally, we like having a small fan on as it tends to mask other ambient noises. The capillary tubes in the mattress pad are unnoticeable by us (just a fitted sheet over) do not feel any bumps or ridges – just the bliss of a chilled or heated bed sheet. The one “negative” if you want to call it that, is the aesthetics of the set-up. While the machine controller is relatively small – it eats up a fair amount of real estate on our respective night stands. I plan to purchase the extension tubes from the manufacturer to extend the controller a bit to its own stand beside our existing night stand, that way the only thing on our night stand is the small remote which we keep in the night stand drawer. Keep in mind, just like your outside heat pump – the controller needs airflow to work so don’t enclose it where it can not exchange heat with the ambient air in the room – if you do then it will not be as efficient and may shut down to the inability to exchange heat/cool with the surrounding air. To note: I have received nothing from the manufacturer for this review – just doing my part to help consumers like myself out. Also, I have not tried other similar devices like the Chilipad. I will say though that I selected this over the Chilipad primarily over price, knowing I could return it via Amazon. It works very well for us – gets plenty cold for us so we are very happy with the purchase (I am convinced my wife would return me before returning this thing)

The setup is easy. Just lay it out, connect the hoses, fill the reservoir (twice, initially), plug it in and turn it on. Despite the warning labels telling you not to cool too much, it barely cools. I had it set to the lowest setting, with a comforter on the bed. Ambient temperature in the room was 72. The pad’s temperature did not drop below 67. I tried it overnight but no success. My other half also hated the uncomfortable feeling of the water pipes running through the pad. Returned it and bought the Chilipad.

Great seller and quality product. I both love and hate this product. I hate that I can't get it to cool as advertised but what it does do, it does well. If there is a way to get it to cool below 64 degrees, I haven't found it. When getting into bed, 64 degrees feels cool. But, in a short while, you can't tell that you are laying on a cool pad, I'm bedridden and live in Florida. My home A/C is set to 75 degrees but in Florida, with the humidity, that is still hot. I was hoping to use it on a full time basis in order to stay more comfortable in bed. I have a Sleep Number bed and adjustable frame and thought this would be perfect to round it out. It is costly, but I figure you can't get this kind of technology without spending some money. I love the idea and the design of the product. It's quiet while running and it looks like the high quality piece of equipment that it is. The concept is great but there is no way that I can tell to get it to cool more. I'm sure part of this problem is that I'm in the bed for about 20 hours a day and my body heat transfers to the sleep pad instead of the sleep pad transferring the cool to my body. If turned on and covered while I'm out of bed, it is like getting into bed on a cool winter night and that is great. Just can't maintain anything like that throughout the night. I'm gonna keep my eyes and ears open about the Perfect Sleep Pad and try to stay on top of any improvements and take advantage of them.

The Perfect Sleep Pad is incredible. My wife tried it at her friend's house in Texas during the summer and begged me to order one for our house in Arkansas. I was skeptical when she described it but I agreed and after two weeks of using it I was sold. It took me a little bit of time to get used to the light fan noise but now I am sleeping better than I ever have and my wife finally sleeps through the night. She is a very hot sleeper and this has changed our lives for the better. She used to sleep with an ice pack at her feet and would toss and turn trying to move to the "cool spots" but now she doesn't because it regulates the surface temperature. I was hesitant to buy this because of the cost but she assured me it was worth it after trying it out at her friend's house. In the long run this will save us more by not running the heat as much in the winter and definitely during the summer months with the A/C. If you are on the fence then I would definitely buy one (or at least contact the company so you can get any answers you need before purchasing). I have never reviewed a product online but this was worthy of my time.

Thought it was a great idea but pad is uncomfortable to lie on. I could have lived with that since it DOES get very cold when set do do so. HOWEVER, the remote only worked half of the time to turn it off, so in the middle of the night you have to get up and walk to the machine to shut it down. What makes this a real pain is that the fan is designed to run beyond the time the unit is turned off, so you have to lie there waiting to see if EVENTUALLY it will stop after pushing the remote power button. Sometimes it did, sometimes it didn't. Push the button a second time if it's still running beyond the first attempt and now you can't tell if you've turned it back on or if you've successfully shut it off and it's in "overtime" mode so you have to lie there even longer, waiting...waiting....for a shut down. Clearly, not being able to turn it off sometimes no matter how long you wait is an item defect, yet the seller REFUSED TO ISSUE A PREPAID RETURN SHIPPING LABEL. Since he's in CANADA and the whole thing is very heavy, it cost me $108.81 to return it! (Fortunately, Amazon came to the rescue and credited me for the expense due to the defect). Even after seller received the item, he did not promptly issue a refund until, AGAIN, Amazon had to be asked to intervene. DON'T BUY IT unless you're willing to be really stuck when it fails.

I like the concept. Water cooled mattress pad. Filled with distilled water and followed instructions, set at 65 degrees and it worked perfectly the first night. The 2nd night temp would not go below 97 degrees., even though it was set to maintain 65. I called their tech support 1 800 # and never received a return phone call. Also it said in the instructions the intermediate connecting tube was 7' long, when in reality was only 42 inches. A longer tube would have been better and allowed for more convenient placement of the cooling device.

Couldn't sleep without this. Really cools me off at night.--- Takes care of hot flashes at night- I CAN NOT SLEEP WITHOUT THIS. This is my second unit. The first unit lasted 11 years. I took good care of it cleaned it every month...by adding a little hydrogen peroxide like owners manual said...and only used distilled water like owners manual said... BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONE DAY WHEN I WAS FILLING UP MY OLD UNIT...I ACCIDENTLY SPILLED THE WATER I WAS POURING INTO THE MOTOR FAN....& ruined old unit.... Old unit still worked ...but after that it made noise.... I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get another as it was so old...thought they may have stopped making them. But found this one... I've now had this new one almost a year.... I have the small box one (got this one b/c it was exactly like the old one i had which was so faithful) and not the newer version which is bigger .... I read that the newer version doesn't work as well as the little older version. so keep this in mind when buying. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT. READ THE MANUAL & TAKE CARE OF IT& IT WILL TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOU. I sleep at 68 degrees but this will go down to 58 degrees. So happy not to have my bed getting too hot in the middle of the night....as I had when I didn't have this.

I had tried the Chilipad (Queen w/ dual zones and cubes) which was pretty much a complete failure. Sure, it did cool the mattress, but the fans in the cube were loud and the expelled too much heat for my small bedroom. I would wake up to a room that was 85 degrees. After chatting with their support team, they agreed my room was too small...but others I had talked to said their cubes didn't put out any heat. I was going to return it and get another one, but good luck! Getting a Chilipad quickly is impossible. Amazon is always out of them and there's a one month waiting period on the Chilipad web site. So I decided to return the Chilipad and take a gamble on the Perfect Sleep Pad ("PSP")...and I'm glad I did. It actually does more than the Chilipad. It has a timer that you can set. The Chilipad only turns off the cube after 10 hours. The PSP timer can be used to turn on AND off the units. So you can set it in the morning to come on around your bed time. It has an "Auto Mode" that let you fall asleep to a cool mattress and gradually warm it up...and vice-versa. The Perfect Sleep Pad is also a lot quieter than the Chilipad and I no longer hear sounds of a jet engine taking off in the middle of the night. It also doesn't heat up my room. The pump has a lower profile so it slides under the bed without any problem. I also think the interface on the cooling pumps is nicer than the Chilipad. I like how you select a temperature and then press enter to lock it in and get a nice solid feed back sound. Finally, the queen size/dual zone was $300 cheaper than the Chilipad and works just as well. I do need to set it 2 to 3 degrees lower than the Chilipad, but that's because the PSP is a little thicker than the Chilipad and a bit more comfortable to lay on. So that's my review. If you were trying to decide which one to go with, I highly recommend the Perfect Sleep Pad...and you can probably get one this week. :)