Depending on how you sleep, air mattresses may be the right choice for you. With a range of companies selling high-quality air beds that are customizable and adjustable, you may just find the perfect sleep solution for both you and your spouse.

To learn more about buying a sleep air bed, keep reading for a review of the 4 largest manufacturers. Remember though, the beds covered are those designed for everyday use rather than inflatable beds intended as guest beds or pool toys.

Select Comfort Sleep Number Beds

Select Comfort is the country’s biggest seller of adjustable air beds thanks to their popular Sleep Number bed ad campaigns and television advertisements. The major feature on their Sleep Number models is that each sleeper can designate his or her own personalized firmness setting without affecting the other person.

The air levels in the Select Comfort Sleep Number bed are controlled using an automatic pump and a remote control operated by the bed’s sleeper. Because the bed needs electricity for the pump, it won’t function during a power failure, but it also won’t deflate.

Select Comfort has built their brand on a strong guarantee that allows customers to try their product at home for 30 days. Within that 30 day period, buyers may return the product with no hassle or questions asked. However, the buyer will own the responsibility of paying shipment costs to return the unit. Given the size and weight of the boxes, this would amount to a fairly hefty return charge.

ComfortAire Beds

ComfortAire started producing air beds in 1981, making them a predecessor to the more popular Select Comfort Sleep Number bed.

Like Select Comfort, ComfortAire’s beds use a single air bladder that is inflated and deflated using an air blower system. Sleepers plug their bed and air pump into the wall and then use a small remote to control the firmness on their own side of the bed. Twin or single versions of the ComfortAire adjustable air mattress are also available.

Self Adjusting Technology SAT Bed

The SAT, or Self-Adjusting Technology, bed is significantly different from the Select Comfort and ComfortAire sleep air bed systems. Instead of using a dual or single air chamber system, the SAT bed utilizes hundreds if independent air chambers which inflate and deflate without the aid of a motorized pump or electricity. Like a Tempur-Pedic design, the bed is made to conform to your adjusting body weight, size and position.

The SAT bed has less electrical technology that can malfunction. However, given that the mattress contains hundreds of individual valves, each can potentially leak and cause problems. Because of this, consumers are advised to purchase a bed with a strong warranty or buy from a retailer that is able to offer ongoing inexpensive repair and customer support.

Habitat Custom Air Beds

Habitat Furnishings makes a totally customized sleep air bed that’s built just for you. Basically, you order the air bed, indicating the size and specific materials, and they make it using the best products and technology at their disposal.

Because the Habitat sleep air bed is custom built, they cost a fraction of what the factory-built beds cost, and you get high-quality materials like Natural Latex, strength-tested stitching or vulcanized rubber.

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