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Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.Eight Sleep

Eight Sleep

Mattress cover that actively heats and cools each side of the bed

Cool for sleep onset, cooler in the middle of the night, warmer before waking: a water-circulating mattress cover changes temperature through the night and tracks sleep along the way. It targets the one sleep variable most people cannot fix with a thermostat, especially couples who disagree about temperature. Genuinely expensive, involves a subscription, and a frequent podcast sponsor.

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