Our waking hours are filled with “smart” technology. In the mornings, we wake up to an alarm, check our smart phones, and turn on the news from a smart TV. We may even turn on voice activate lights, and then ask Google or Siri what the weather report is before choosing an outfit. These various devices in our life are designed to give us more information, keep us connected to family and friends, and help us remember everything from appointments to getting up from our desks and getting in our steps. In short, smart devices can make life easier from the time we wake up to the time we go shut off the lights and go to sleep. But what about those night time hours?

A good night’s sleep is important for so many reasons. It can affect mood, concentration and even our physical health. However, many people don’t get enough sleep, and others struggle to get quality sleep. It’s for these reasons that it’s crucial to get the most out of the hours that we’re stretched out for slumber.

Today’s mattresses are designed with advanced features to improve our comfort and personalize the support. There’s memory foams, cooling technology, and layers upon layers designed to support, conform, cradle and comfort. However, even with all of these advancements, some mattresses are smarter than others. If you are someone who likes smart devices, these smart mattress choices may be right for you.

What is the best mattress for a good night’s sleep?

Unfortunately, there isn’t a one size fits all mattress that works for everyone. With so many options on the market, including memory foam, innerspring and hybrid options, choosing just one can seem like a daunting task. It helps to speak with a mattress expert to narrow down your sleep preferences. Here are just a few considerations:

• Mattress density: Do you prefer a soft mattress? Do you love the extra firm feel? Maybe something in between? Do you sleep with a partner whose preferences differ from yours?
• Sleep position: Back, side or stomach—your typical sleep position can actually help determine your ideal mattress.
• Temperature: Do you sleep hot? Wake up sweaty? If so, you should look for a mattress that promotes airflow and offers advanced cooling technology.

These sleep considerations and more are addressed by some of today’s most innovative mattress brands, which offer a performance sleep system designed to be customized to your body, and even a smart mattress that takes personalization and performance to an entirely new level.

A Performance Sleep System

Since our individual sleep needs and preferences are so different, we can all benefit from a performance sleep system that’s personalized for individual comfort. One innovation in mattress design comes from a pioneering mattress company, Bedgear. Offering a modular design, this mattress allows greater sleep performance and personalization than ever before. With interchangeable parts, consumers can choose comfort levels, chassis size and coil firmness, while benefiting from design features such as reduced motion transfer, independent suspension and cool touch technology.

This modular design also offers eco-friendly construction, which is important to many of today’s consumers. Individual components can be taken out to wash or replace, allowing your mattress to provide optimal comfort longer, and reducing overall waste. Some parts are even recyclable.

To fully benefit from the performance sleep system, you can choose accessories including a mattress pad that will help protect your mattress, a pillow that specifically supports your preferred sleep position, breathable sheets, and even a weighted blanket for a soothing, yet breathable feel.

Smart Mattress

Another option that’s designed to promote personalized comfort and improve your sleep is beyond customized—it’s smart! Smart mattresses, like those offered by reST, are designed to adjust to your body, even automatically sensing and altering for superior comfort depending on your setting.

• The manual mode allows users to choose support for separate zones of the body: head, shoulders, knees and toes lumber, hips and legs.
• An auto position mode offers position-based comfort, automatically detecting your position as you shift during the night and adjusting to a pre-set support level.
• It’s the automatic mode, however, that’s really smart. Users can just select their preferred level of support, and the bed automatically adjusts to give you pressure relief and support during the night.

Further, a sleep monitoring system includes a patented fabric that monitors each unique shape and pressure profile, sending data to a whisper quiet pump with automatically adjusts the mattress firmness in real time. An app reports the unique sleep data, so you can know exactly how you slept and have the information to reach your best sleep performance.

If a smarter mattress is your dream, a better night’s sleep can be your new reality. You’ll wake up feeling energized and ready to take on the rest of the day, and all the smart technology and information that comes with it.