If you’ve ever had a bad night’s sleep — and who hasn’t? — you know how quickly everything starts to fall apart: your mood, your focus, your whole day. Now imagine that kind of sleeplessness showing up night after night. Enter menopause.
By 2030, a staggering 1.2 billion women — or 14% of the global population — will be navigating menopause. And for most of those women, menopause will bring with it hot flashes, night sweats and other hormonal changes that will prevent them from getting quality sleep when they need it most.
That’s where Eight Sleep comes in. The Eight Sleep Pod is a sleep system that’s designed to give users more restful and deeper sleep with its temperature-regulating mattress Cover. The Cover cools or heats each side of the bed based on your sleep stage and other factors. The system also provides sleep and health tracking and wakes you up with light vibrations and gradual temperature changes for a gentler, better start to your day.
The best part for women entering or experiencing menopause? In a clinical study conducted by Eight Sleep, the Pod reduced hot flashes by more than 50%, offering the promise of relief for many women whose sleep has been affected by hormonal changes.
How does the Eight Sleep Pod work?
The Eight Sleep Pod Cover is designed to easily fit onto any mattress, transforming it into a smart sleep system.
The Cover wraps around your existing mattress, tracking your health and optimizing your temperature to improve your sleep and keep you in deep sleep longer. The Pod can cool down to as low as 55°F and heat up as high as 110°F on each side of the bed, perfect for couples with different needs or when one partner is dealing with hormonal changes. Sensors in the Pod can track heart rate, breathing, sleep stages and more.
Using this data, the Pod then optimizes your sleep environment. You can enhance your experience further with add-ons like the Blanket and Pod Pillow Cover, all working seamlessly with the Pod to help you wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day.
How can menopausal women benefit from Eight Sleep?
Everyone’s body temperature naturally shifts during the night. During menopause, that rhythm is often disrupted.
This year, Eight Sleep introduced Hot Flash Mode. This revolutionary feature allows the Pod to sense when you are overheating and restore balance by lowering the temperature before a full hot flash takes hold. After a period of targeted cooling, the Pod gradually reverts to your baseline sleep temperature.
A study conducted by the Eight Sleep clinical team reported that 78% of women said Hot Flash Mode was more effective than other solutions they had tried for managing hot flashes at night. Eight out of 10 women in the study said they felt relief within only 10 minutes of using Hot Flash Mode. That means less time sweating and more time sleeping.
“Eight Sleep and Hot Flash Mode have improved my sleep by reducing hot flashes and allowing me to sleep more comfortably.” —Heather P.
Research conducted by Eight Sleep’s team also found that the Pod’s continuous cooling can even reduce the frequency of hot flashes. In the study, 41 menopausal women used the Eight Sleep Pod for 10 to 14 nights. For five to seven nights each, the Pod’s temperature control was either on or off, in random order.
The results? Women reported that their hot flashes dropped by a game-changing 54% on average when the Pod was turned on.
Eight Sleep users agree. Heather P., an Eight Sleep user, said, “Eight Sleep and Hot Flash Mode have improved my sleep by reducing hot flashes and allowing me to sleep more comfortably.”
Ready to try Eight Sleep?
If you’re ready for better sleep, Eight Sleep Pod has an option for you. You can buy now, finance the Pod or use your HSA/FSA benefits. If you want to try out the Pod but you’re not ready to commit, Eight Sleep also lets you rent it for as long as you’d like. You can even try the Pod for up to 30 nights and return it for a full refund if you don’t love it.
Learn more about how Eight Sleep can help you get the best sleep you’ve ever had.
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