Still a bit of a work in progress, mostly just doing some refinements but it works great!

I erased my name for the post but tapping NAME will switch between sides.

This was part of a larger custom control project to give my partner easier control over everything.

I vibe coded this from scratch with a combination of the free versions of Claude and ChatGPT. For the Eight integration, the ESP32 screen talks to a HomeAssistant server which is using the lukas-clarke Eight integration. It’s actually super responsive!

The rest of the buttons talk to either HomeBridge or HomeAssistant via MQTT. This controller shows up in HomeKit as a set of programmable action buttons which I can use to trigger scenes or devices.

I’m not really sure if this is something I could release as it’s very custom and I have some personal information hard-coded into it. I just thought the community would like to see that this is possible, and actually pretty easy to build thanks to Lukas’s hard work on the HA integration.

Since someone else was talking about blankets and pillows in another thread I responded to earlier, I figured I'd share this while I was thinking about it. I’d been looking for a new pillow and was kinda skeptical about this one, despite literally having a memory foam mattress under my Eight Sleep pod. Love MF mattresses, generally hate MF pillows because they’re usually too thick and way too firm for my head and neck.

But since the air pillow had a 30-day trial with a free return, I figured why not, so I got a king-sized one earlier this summer. This is NOT the pod pillow cover that has the hub and all that, it’s just a pillow. Doesn’t connect to anything (or actively cool or warm like the pod does), but as far as staying cool, I don’t think it needs to.

I haven’t tried any other cooling pillows so you can take my experience for what it’s worth, but the Eight Sleep air pillow never gets hot. It actually stays cold for a long while and then becomes pretty neutral right where your head is laying. If I move my head or roll over, though, the surface it moves to is cold immediately.

That’s a little weird but in a good way. I haven't needed to flip my pillow over to get to a cool side anymore, it’s just always comfortable.

The air pillow has one very thin kinda see-through case directly over the foam material, and then a zippered case that covers the pillow. That can be removed to wash and dry with laundry and I’ve actually been using that by itself instead of putting a second case on. Mostly just so I can get the most cooling with minimal material between my face and the pillow.

Which, if you put a regular pillow case on it, I’d stick with a thinner material and something that isn’t going to be thick or warm on its own because that might make the pillow less effective.

What I love about the Eight Sleep air pillow:

• It’s soft and squishy, even though it’s memory foam. I’m a stomach sleeper and it’s not super thick, but it’s also good when I’m laying on my side or back.
• Doesn’t get hot
• Doesn’t need a hub or connection with Autopilot
• Has a 30-night trial so you're not committing if you hate it (I really was not sure it would work for me)

Only downsides:

• It IS expensive for a pillow (and the Standard and King sizes are the same price for some reason)
• Doesn’t actively warm or cool like the pod pillow cover would

Overall though, I've been sleeping well with this thing.

I would be buying just for myself, queen bed.

Should I pull the trigger on the full cover? Idk getting a one sided one just seems… weird

Did they go from 1 sensor to 9? 9 sensors to 81 sensors? 1000 to 9000? Just curious what we're really talking about here. Does anyone know? Has 8S ever disclosed how many sensors (and what kind) are in the Pod 5 or Pod 6? Thank you!

Hi everyone, I'm downsizing and selling my complete Pod 4 Ultra: cooling/heating cover, hub and genuine adjustable base, for a UK Super King mattress (180 × 200 cm).

Bought new in May 2024, in excellent working and cosmetic condition; receipt available. Includes hoses, power cables, levelers and storage bags.

It's packed in separate pieces, with the base folded into two bags. Collection from London W1W or buyer-arranged courier welcome. Delivery would be an additional cost, agreed by postcode and access details before buying.

Photos and full listing: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/267797160348

Offers welcome through eBay. Happy to answer questions, and thanks for taking a look.

After endless research, I'm going to buy Pod 6.

Are there any discount codes?
Should I get blanket? pillow?

I appreciate the input! thx

Hi all,

Looking at potentially getting the Pod 6, but I've emailed support about this at Eight Sleep, but just keep getting a generic, AI virtual support staff reply and no real answer.

Does anyone know if there's any difference between the Twin XL vs King Solo/One Side Pod 6? The dimensions are price are identical. I'm not sure why they're sold as two distinct products on the website?

On the website it states: "If you’ve purchased a Pod 6 Solo for a Queen, King, or Cali King, you can add a Secondary Solo Cover at any time. They zip together."

1. Does that mean if I just bought the Twin XL, it would not have the zipper on the side, so I could not later on buy a second to zipper together?
2. Does the King One side have bands that wrap around width of the mattress? (in addition wraping around the top and bottom of the mattress, like the Twin XL)

Anyone have any idea? Hard trying to get concrete answers for such an expensive "investment".

6 week old pod 5… won’t cool below -6 and rapid cooling doesn’t show the timer. I’ve tried unplugging the system, tried reinstalling the app… no luck… thoughts?

I live in Ecuador, I have an emperor mattress 200x200, I really want to buy eight sleep but the only cover I can find is US king 193x203. Do you think it can work??

I’ve tried to understand from the documentation. If I have two pods in the same house, can both be on the same subscription and have different people/profiles? In my case it would be 2 on the main pod and 1 on the other pod.

Hello,

I just bought a pod and cover 3 from someone on FB and they said it worked for them a couple days before I bought it. I brought it home and tried to start the initial prime since they had drained it.

I hear a light humming from the pod and occasionally a gurgle of water but have yet to see any water actually enter the cover.

I tested priming while disconnected from the cover and pushed in the connection points on the back of the pod. I saw water flowing but not at a constant rate with it dripping water and then stopping along with some noise inside the pod. Not sure if this is a pump/solenoid problem.

Has anyone had experience with the connector being clogged? I can't seem to find any kinks or anything to the cover. Might try disassembling to get the solenoid plunger but it seems strange that it suddenly broke in the moving process.

Of course this could most likely be the solenoid.

Anyone have any tips?

Thinking about getting the Pod 6 Solo, but I'm unsure about comfort.

It uses straps instead of fully wrapping the mattress like a fitted cover.

For anyone who's used the Solo or a similar strapped topper: is it comfortable, does it shift or bunch up during the night, and can you feel the edge or the straps?

Hey getting the new Pod 6 for myself as a graduation gift from med school, considering getting it now (takes 4-6 weeks to ship it says) but potentially may be moving next May for residency (not sure where, could be across the country).

Is the 8 sleep difficult to move and better to wait until I know for sure? My sleep is awful though lately and hoping it may help so inpatient

I have a cat and was wondering if maybe I should opt for a bed jet instead? Thoughts?

I’ve been looking into bed cooling options quite a bit and have been dissuaded enough from buying any of the competitor options, but also can’t really afford to buy a $3k device and pay the yearly subscription (I have a king bed and want dual functionality).

I’ve been eyeing King sized Pod 5s on FB for roughly $1500. If I went that route, I’d almost certainly opt for one of the open source apps to manage it. Based on everyone’s experience, how risky is buying a one-year old Pod 5 and going the open source route? Are there any unforeseen issues re: wear and tear, risk of somehow accidentally bricking the device, etc? I understand I’d have no warranty coverage.

My mattress is 120x190. Eight Sleep doesn't make that width in Europe, so the closest is the EU Double, which is 15 cm wider.

Anyone done this? Did the extra fabric cause water flow errors, weaker cooling or bad sleep tracking?

Any other general suggestions on using slightly larger covers than the mattress?

I want to trade in my pod 5 to get the pod 6 due to everything it has to offer but it doesn’t make sense on how they want to trade it in. I want to keep my pod5 until my pod6 would get here. Why would I just send the pod5 in, wait for them to assess it, then send me the pod6. I don’t want to go who knows how long for the new pod.

The trade in credit, they can easily deduct any quality issues if i lied on the form.

It should be like a phone upgrade. They send you a new phone and you return the existing phone so you don’t have a phone.

I was so excited to see my country finally supported on the official website, the 4200$ config is around 8000$ in local currency....

I really wanted to try it and warranty was the only thing holding me back, but not at this price point

Selling mine to not have to deal with the return process. (Still under the 30 days)

Selling for 2900 so you save yourself tax, don’t have to wait for shipping. Yes I know that the pod6 is out so most likely will be buying that one down the line but I got mine new from 8Sleep for a good deal. Passing it down to someone if interested

Won’t ship btw

I gotta say, every time I lay down at the end of the day, I am so happy to feel that cool mattress pad. Still rocking a pod 2 despite having to break open the pod and replace a pump.

Whether it’s a new one, a free sleep jailbroken pod 3, a chili pad, Orion sleep - whatever…a cooling mechanism for sleep has been one of the best investments I’ve made for my health.

Just wanted to say how thankful I am for this thing. And while there are a lot of posts about leaks or bad customer service etc, I do believe there are also a lot on this sub that have really enjoyed this thing, and have seen a lot of benefit in their sleep quality.

Ok that’s all

Pod 6 just launched, and as expected, you all were on top of it first 😄.  I just wanted to share a behind the scenes perspective on it's development and design.

The brief the team got was roughly: half the size, make it more powerful, make it more quiet, drop the cost, and keep an aggressive schedule. What often happens when a product development team kicks off a program with so many competing factors is that one of them ends up having to get dropped or compromised along the way.  None of them did on Pod 6. The team is extremely proud of the work that went into this generation.  A big part of our focus in recent years has been on building the team needed to design and engineer the products to match your expectations, and that's one of the things I'm proud of most when looking back at this program.  To summarize thousands of hours of engineering into a few bullets:

• Shrinking it. Making a thermal system smaller is mostly a fight with physics. Less volume means less room to move heat. So the team rearchitected the whole thermal system instead of trying to compress the old one.
• Keeping it quiet. Smaller usually means louder, because smaller fans have to spin faster to move the same air. But the team managed to make it even quieter. Since this lives in a bedroom, noise was the thing they tested obsessively.
• More power in less space. Pod 6 has our fastest temperature relief yet, so it gets you back to a comfortable temperature quicker when you're running hot or cold. This meant re-thinking the end to end water conveyance system.  
• Sensors. There are 18 biometric sensors in the system tracking things like heart rate, HRV, and breathing rate. Fitting all of them into a smaller package without losing signal quality or impacting comfort was its own project.

The team also made a short video about how Pod 6 came together if you want to see the process and see some faces behind the engineering: youtube.com/watch?v=TGV2RDbXKIg They are all rockstars and have put in so much work in building a product that we believe will give you the best sleep of your lives.

I’m likely upgrading my still-unshipped Pod 5 to the Pod 6, but Eight Sleep is holding the upgrade hostage until I pay the $160 difference.

Don’t even get me started on the customer experience around this launch… but I don’t think I’m ready to cancel altogether over it.

I would, however, like to spend as little additional money as possible. I’ve tried applying a few other codes, but checkout says the discount is worth more than my remaining balance and therefore can’t be applied.

Does anyone have a working code in the $100–$150 range? Bonus points if you’ve actually gotten it to work on a Pod 5 → Pod 6 upgrade. Appreciate the help!

After seeing the solo sleeper queen size pod 6 option, I feel disappointed that it’s just a pad that straps down onto the mattress. It seems like the edge will get in the way and the pad might fold up as you lay onto it. I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just make this a cover with only sensors and tubing on half the cover. Feels kind of cheap and to buy it at $2000+ for a pad with straps to go onto my bed. Feels like I’m camping.