Mattress Ratings > Sleep Number Versus Tempurpedic
Sleep Number (Select Comfort) Vs Tempurpedic Bed → Comparison Based on Data From 3,650+ Actual Owners
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last updated October 4, 2011
What You Need To Know
In overall owner satisfaction, Sleep Number (Select Comfort) scores 78%, while Tempurpedic scores 81%.
In 22 areas of comparison, Tempurpedic clearly wins in five areas while Sleep Number clearly wins in six; they basically tie in 11 areas.
The two beds are fundamentally different and have little in common. What is a strength of one is often a weakness of the other.
Table of Contents
– Sleep Number Vs Tempurpedic
– Sensation of Lying on Each Bed
– Durability and Perceived Quality
– Pain Reduction
– Firmness
– Motion Isolation
– Suitability For Couples
– Sleeping Hot
– Initial Odor / Off Gassing
– Weight
– Noise
– Flip / Rotating Requirements
– Dust Mite Resistance / Allergies
– Suitability For Sex
– Customer Service Ratings
– Prices
– Return Policy
– Warranty
– BBB Ratings Analysis
Summary: Sleep Number Vs Tempurpedic
Sample size: At least 3,400 actual owners of various Sleep Number / Select Comfort models including 3000-9000, Classic (c2,c3,c4), Performance (p5, p6, p7) and Innovation series (i8, i9, i10); Tempurpedic models including Cloud (Cloud, Supreme, Luxe) High Density (Rhapsody, Allura, Grand) Original, BellaFina and discontinued models.
| Sleep Number | Tempur-pedic | |
| Owner satisfaction | Good-fair | good |
| Durability | fair | good |
| Longevity | good | good |
| Perceived quality | fair-good | good |
| Price | fair-Poor | poor-fair |
| Less pain | good | good-excellent |
| Firmness variety | Good-excellent | fair-Good |
| Motion isolation | good-fair | good-excellent |
| Good for couples | Good-fair | good-fair |
| Easy to move on | good-fair | fair |
| Even sleep surface | fair | good |
| No initial odor | fair-good | poor-fair |
| No sleeping hot | good-fair | Fair |
| Good for sex | fair | fair |
| No noise | poor-fair | good-excellent |
| Dust mite resistant | fair | fair |
| No turning/flipping | good | good |
| Lightweight | good-fair | poor-fair |
| Warranty | fair-good | good-fair |
| Return / trial policy | fair | Fair |
| Customer service | good-fair | good |
| Better Business Bureau rating |
good | good-excellent |
Sensation of Lying on a Tempurpedic Vs Sleep Number Bed
Tempurpedic uses temperature- and weight-sensitive memory foam to mold and contour to the sleeper's body. Sleep Number mainly relies on air chambers to achieve personalized firmness and comfort.
The result overall, owner data shows, is that the Sleep Number Bed tends to feel more like a conventional mattress than does the Tempurpedic which tends to provide a fairly unconventional sensation.
The below charts show words/phrases that owners often use to describe the sensation of sleeping on a Sleep Number Bed and Tempurpedic mattress.
Sleep Number Bed |
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Tempurpedic Bed |
Durability Comparison
"Durability" in our research refers to how well a mattress avoids developing problems. The somewhat mechanical nature of the Sleep Number Bed means that more can conceivably go wrong with it, such as broken air pumps. Tempurpedic, however, can have its own durability issues, mainly premature sagging / softening. On the whole, however, Tempurpedic wins on this issue.
Longevity Comparison
In regard to longevity or life expectancy of the beds, both perform about the same. Even though the Sleep Number Bed can have more durability issues, the fact that any part of the bed can be replaced (often at least partially under warranty) helps it to have good longevity. The Tempurpedic tends to have above-average longevity as well.
Ownership Length Similar
The graph below shows ownership length and applies to both the Sleep Number and Tempurpedic Bed. Each has an average life expectancy of around ten years which is above average compared to mattresses overall.
 Ownership Length |
Perceived Quality Comparison
Tempurpedic owners praise their bed for perceived quality (looking and feeling like a well-made product) significantly more often than Sleep Number bed owners praise their bed for perceived quality. The light weight nature especially of the Sleep Number Bed makes some owners regard it as being of lower quality; the phrase "glorified air mattress" is often used by these owners to describe the bed.
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