Eight Sleep Mattress Review

Status, November 2, 2026: Not on Eight Sleep’s current product page. This 2023 review covered an Eight Sleep mattress sold with the Pod cooling system. On November 2, 2026 Eight Sleep’s product page sold the Pod 6 as a cover for your own mattress, and we couldn’t find a mattress bundle on it¹. GoodBed lists Eight’s earlier mattress lines as discontinued². If you’re shopping now, see Eight Sleep Pod 6 vs Chilipad 2.0 or Best bed cooling systems.

Last verified November 2, 2026. We rechecked this review against the brand’s current pages on that date. Prices, specs and model names below come from the sources linked in the references. Where we couldn’t confirm something, we say so.

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What changed since 2023

• The product: Eight Sleep now sells the Pod 6 cover, which goes on any mattress, rather than a mattress bundle¹. If you want a new mattress as well, you buy it separately.
• A subscription: Pod 6 needs an Autopilot plan for the first year ($199, $299 or $399 a year), and it is optional after that^{3, 4}. The 2023 version of this review didn’t mention a plan.
• Warranty: the 2023 review gave 10 years on the mattress and 2 years on the cooling parts. The Pod 6 warranty is now 2 years with Autopilot Standard or 5 years with Enhanced or Elite³.
• Trial: the 2023 review gave 100 nights. The Pod 6 page offered 30 nights¹.
• Promo code: we removed the MOVEWELL code from the earlier version; we couldn’t confirm it still works.

The current option: Pod 6 on your own mattress

Price checked November 2, 2026.

	Pod 6
Price, one sleeper	Solo, $1,9995
Price, two sleepers	Standard from $2,699; $2,999 for King and California King4; eightsleep.com showed $2,899 for its default size1
Temperature range	55°F to 110°F per side1
Plan	Autopilot required for year one4, 6
Warranty	2 or 5 years, depending on plan3
FDA status	Not a cleared medical device; a sleep apnea filing was pending as of November 2, 20265

If you don’t want a subscription, Sleepme’s Chilipad 2.0 also cools to 55°F and has no plan, but no sleep tracking⁷. See Chilipad 2.0 prices.

What we kept from the 2023 review

The 2023 version described the mattress’s firmness, noise, off-gassing and durability as observations, but didn’t say who used it or for how long, and promised follow-ups that never came. We have removed those observations until they can be confirmed. The general points still hold: the system needs space beside the bed for the water unit, and its main selling points are two-sided temperature control and the app.

What the evidence says

A hot or humid bed makes sleep lighter and more broken; that part is well supported by sleep-lab studies⁸. Evidence that a powered cooling pad improves sleep more than a cooler bedroom is thin. The best direct study used a passive gel mattress, not a water system, and found about 7.5 more minutes of deep sleep a night⁹. For menopause hot flashes, the main cooling-pad study is a 15-woman pilot without a control group¹⁰, and The Menopause Society does not recommend cooling techniques for hot flashes¹¹. Our bed cooling roundup grades each claim.

Related reviews

• Eight Sleep Pod 6 vs Chilipad 2.0
• Best bed cooling systems
• Chilipad review
• Ooler review (discontinued)

References

Brand pages and prices were checked on November 2, 2026. Where a figure comes from a review site or a secondary source instead of the brand, the reference says so.

1. Eight Sleep. Pod 6 product page (prices, sizes, add-ons, 55°F to 110°F per side, 30-night trial). Checked 2 November 2026. Source
2. GoodBed. Discontinued Eight Sleep models (lists Eight Pod Pro, Pod 2, Pod 3 and the Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Venus mattress lines as discontinued). Checked 2 November 2026. Source
3. Eight Sleep. Autopilot plans: Standard $17/month or $199/year (2-year warranty), Enhanced $25 or $299 (5-year warranty), Elite $33 or $399. Checked 2 November 2026. Source
4. the5krunner. Eight Sleep Pod 6: all you need to know (prices by size, Autopilot required for the first year, FDA filing for sleep apnea). 23 September 2026. Source
5. TechCrunch. Eight Sleep’s new Pod 6 comes in smaller and solo sizes, starting at $1,999 (Standard $2,699; company pursuing FDA clearance for sleep apnea). 23 September 2026. Source
6. Vora. Eight Sleep Pod 6 price and Autopilot subscription (secondary source quoting Eight Sleep’s support articles on buying without Autopilot and cancelling it). Source
7. Sleepme. Chilipad 2.0 product page (single-sleeper prices, 55°F to 115°F, 2-year warranty, 30-night trial, no subscription, distilled water). Checked 2 November 2026. Source
8. Okamoto-Mizuno K, Mizuno K. Effects of thermal environment on sleep and circadian rhythm. Journal of Physiological Anthropology, 2012;31:14. doi:10.1186/1880-6805-31-14 Source
9. Herberger S, Penzel T, Fietze I, et al. Enhanced conductive body heat loss during sleep increases slow-wave sleep and calms the heart. Scientific Reports, 2024;14:4669. Randomized, blinded crossover studies in 72 adults; passive gel mattress, not a powered system; one author works for the mattress maker. Source
10. Avis NE, Levine BJ, Coeytaux R. Results of a pilot study of a cooling mattress pad to reduce vasomotor symptoms and improve sleep. Menopause, 2022;29(8):973-978. Single-arm pilot, 15 women. Source
11. The 2023 nonhormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause, 2023;30(6):573-590 (cooling techniques: Level II, not recommended). doi:10.1097/GME.0000000000002200 Source