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Forbes
27-05-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Save Up To 60% On An Editor Favorite With The DreamCloud Mattress Sale
We added a bedding section to this story with additional deals, ensured all deals remained and added a note about when this mattress sale ends. Among the mattresses on sale this Memorial Day weekend is one of our sleep team's favorites: the DreamCloud. After extensive testing—and sleeping—our Forbes Vetted mattress experts named more than one DreamCloud mattress models to their very best picks, depending on individual sleep needs. For example, we named the DreamCloud Luxe Hybrid as the best mattress for pressure relief, and it's currently 47% in this ongoing DreamCloud mattress sale. Below, we've detailed the DreamCloud mattresses on sale that we recommend, based on our extensive testing and research. You'll also find some discounted bed frames, like this bamboo model that's 69% off, so you can fully revamp your bedroom. If you're still looking for a specific model to address your sleep needs, we've rounded up even more Memorial Day mattress sales from additional top retailers and bedding brands. Much like the long weekend, which has now come and gone, this extended DreamCloud mattress sale event is expected to expire tonight, so be sure to take advantage of the savings while you can. Formerly known as the DreamCloud Premier Rest, we named the DreamCloud Luxe Hybrid the best mattress for pressure relief (and its former iteration the best soft hybrid mattress), because its combination of pocketed coils, gel-infused memory foam and a pillow-top layer provides just the right balance of support and plushness. The construction of this mattress is ideal for back, side and combination sleepers. It's crafted with materials that promote motion isolation to help you stay asleep if your partner moves during the night. The DreamCloud Hybrid is a medium-firm mattress that combines coils with memory foam to provide ample support and pressure relief. After testing dozens of mattresses, our sleep team named it the best mattress in a box for back and stomach sleepers. The only downside? It comes in just a medium-firm option, so if you want something more plush (or more supportive), you'll have to opt for a different bed like the Luxe Hybrid suggested above. If you want a cozy and plush bed without sacrificing support, the DreamCloud Premier Hybrid is one to consider. It has individually wrapped coils that give it a little bounce while encouraging spinal alignment. There are also plenty of foam layers to offer pressure relief, and a cushy Euro pillow top for comfort. 'The support of the DreamCloud Premier Hybrid is one of its most impressive features,' reports a Forbes Vetted staffer who tried out the mattress for 60 days. That's part of why we named it the best hybrid mattress for sleepers who switch between their back and side. If you've ever considered an adjustable bed frame, now's your chance to pick up DreamCloud's version for over half off. It can be controlled using a wireless remote or app and has a massage feature with three intensity levels. If your child needs a bed frame upgrade to go with a new kids mattress, this basic foundation is neutral and easy to set up. Right now, both the twin and twin XL sizes of this foundation are on sale for over half off; or consider purchasing it as part of a bundled deal with a mattress for 71% off. During the brand's Memorial Day sale, the DreamCloud bamboo bed frame is discounted by an impressive 69%. It's available in two finishes: the natural color shown here as well as a darker walnut finish. All sizes of this bed frame currently have hefty discounts. Add on a bamboo headboard for $300 more or an upholstered one for $199. This DreamCloud weighted blanket comes in two weights—15 or 20 pounds—and three colorways. Enjoy cozy naps or cool nights under it after saving 58% on its price this Memorial Day. It comes with a removable, machine washable cover and is filled with glass beads and polyester fiber. Accidents happen, so our sleep team always recommends protecting your new mattress with a mattress protector. This DreamCloud mattress protector is 100% waterproof and machine washable, ensuring your bed stays stain-free. It comes with a 1-year warranty and a 30-day sleep trial—and promises that it is breathable and noiseless with its cotton top and snug fit. The Forbes Vetted editorial team has extensive experience testing, researching and reviewing the best products on the market. Our mattress and sleep buying guides are based on expert medical advice, hundreds of hours of research and rigorous firsthand testing. The average lifespan of a mattress depends on a number of factors, including care, support, usage and more. A premium hybrid mattress from the company can last anywhere from seven to ten years, according to the DreamCloud website. You can extend the lifespan of your mattress by rotating it every three months, changing your bedding once per week, vacuuming it once per month and installing a mattress pad or protector to help against spills or other accidents. Nectar and DreamCloud are owned by the same parent company, Resident Home. Resident Home also owns mattress brands Awara and Cloverlane. The DreamCloud Hybrid Mattress offers a medium-firm firmness rating. Based on a scale of 1 through 10, the brand rates it at a 6.5—meaning it has a middle-of-the-road firmness that's suitable for most sleepers.
CNET
25-05-2025
- Business
- CNET
Best Memorial Day Sleep Sales: We're Tracking Big Discounts on Pillows, Sheets, Sleep Trackers and More
Many people know that one of the best times to get mattresses at a discount is Memorial Day. But, in addition to mattresses, you can also upgrade your sleep setup with the best sleep accessories that are also a part of the Memorial Day deals. Our CNET sleep experts sorted through all the deals and found the best products to improve your sleep. Bookmark this page and check back regularly. We'll be updating it with new deals as they arise. Best Memorial Day bedding deals CNET More bedding deals: Best Memorial Day sleep tech deals Calm Calm Save $110 on Calm Premium See at Calm Calm is a meditation and relaxation app loved for use before bed. A subscription includes access to hundreds of hours of music, guided meditations, sleep stories voiced by celebrities and classes. Right now, you can try Calm for one year for $70. See at Calm More sleep tech deals: Best Memorial Day sleep accessory deals Should you wait until Prime Day to buy? No, it's not necessarily better to wait until Amazon Prime Day in July to buy new bedding or sleep accessories. While many brands will offer deals around that time, nearly all bedding companies offer discounts leading up to and during Memorial Day. Additionally, new tariffs may increase the prices of products across the board, so if you want to snag new sleep items for a lower price, significant sales are happening now that you can take advantage of. Our sleep and deals experts monitor the web to uncover the best discounts and help you save big. Check back, as we update our deals pages often. More sleep accessory deals:
CNET
24-05-2025
- Business
- CNET
Best Memorial Day Sleep Sales: No Losing When You're Snoozing on These Top Pillows, Sheets, Sleep Trackers and More
When it comes to these Memorial Day deals, "You snooze, you lose" is true in that you may regret not taking advantage of these deals to upgrade your sleep setup, but you won't be losing once you're snoozing comfortably on these new accessories. Our CNET sleep experts found the best deals on sleep products that are sure to improve your sleep quality. It's the perfect time to save on mattresses, bedding and other sleep accessories. Bookmark this page and check back regularly, as we don't know how long these prices will last or if there will be even more deals from your favorite brands. Best Memorial Day bedding deals CNET More bedding deals: Best Memorial Day sleep tech deals Calm Calm Save $110 on Calm Premium See at Calm Calm is a meditation and relaxation app loved for use before bed. A subscription includes access to hundreds of hours of music, guided meditations, sleep stories voiced by celebrities and classes. Right now, you can try Calm for one year for $70. See at Calm More sleep tech deals: Best Memorial Day sleep accessory deals Should you wait until Prime Day to buy? No, it's not necessarily better to wait until Amazon Prime Day in July to buy new bedding or sleep accessories. While many brands will offer deals around that time, nearly all bedding companies offer discounts leading up to and during Memorial Day. Additionally, new tariffs may increase the prices of products across the board, so if you want to snag new sleep items for a lower price, significant sales are happening now that you can take advantage of. Our sleep and deals experts monitor the web to uncover the best discounts and help you save big. Check back, as we update our deals pages often. More sleep accessory deals:
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
Sleep experts reveal the pre-bedtime rituals they follow (and a few things they would never do)
Despite our best-laid plans, evenings can often be swallowed up by work emails, household chores and scrolling like mad on smartphones. Before you know it, it's 11pm and you've achieved none of the wholesome activities you were hoping to fit in before bed. A wind-down routine spent worrying about admin or doomscrolling is hardly conducive to a good night's sleep, so setting yourself some better guidelines pre-bedtime could help to boost that all important slumber. We spoke to sleep experts about how they prepare themselves for bed each evening – here three sleep gurus talk through their nightly routines, revealing some practical (and actually enjoyable ways) to get yourself ready for a good night's sleep. Dr Allie Hare, consultant in sleep medicine and co-founder of Grace Sleep I avoid 'sleepmaxxing' like the plague 'I don't do anything complex immediately before bed. I do see a lot of people who have a long list of all the things they feel they 'need' to do before bed in order to 'optimise' their sleep. The 'sleepmaxxing' trend [popular on social media, where people adopt elaborate routines to maximise sleep] horrifies me! A simple winding down routine to enable me to put the day to bed before I go to bed is all I focus on. For me, this includes switching off from work mode by closing down emails and stopping any work projects at least 30 and ideally 60 minutes before bed, and doing something relaxing. I like to read a couple of chapters of a book: I alternate fiction and non-fiction, or listen to a podcast.' I use Be Present to control my screentime 'Although the impact of blue light on sleep is perhaps less clear-cut than we initially thought, I still try to avoid using my phone just before sleep. This is because it is so difficult to stop scrolling – even sleep experts struggle with the magic of the algorithm sucking them in! I recently downloaded an app called Be Present which turns off my social media after a predetermined number of hours usage in the day and turns off my phone almost entirely (save alarms and urgent calls) between 10pm and 7.30am. This also means my mornings are much more productive.' I target my daytime towards a good nighttime 'Instead of a complicated evening routine, I manage my day to day life to ensure good sleep quality. I focus on morning bright light exposure (my walk for my commute) and caffeine (a great alerting agent and also good for cardiovascular and microbiome health, but I don't drink it after lunchtime), regular exercise (I focus on weight training over cardio; this has been shown to improve sleep quality and I really notice I sleep better after I have exercised), and a healthy balanced diet focused on feeding my microbiome (also increasingly recognised as key to good sleep and, of course, overall health). I also have a regular bed and wake time, as it is important for training your circadian rhythm. I avoid alcohol in the week. 'Complicated bedtime routines can lead to people thinking they need to do all of these things in order to be able to sleep well. This can increase anxiety and pressure around sleep: if I can't follow my routine exactly, I won't sleep. This can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sleep does not tend to respond well to efforts to 'control' it. Much better to focus on your daytime health habits and simple steps to relax before bedtime.' James Wilson, aka The Sleep Geek I watch MAFS and other lighthearted TV 'Before my youngest child goes to bed, we will watch something light on TV. At the moment Stacey Solomon is a big favourite and is the right mix of light heartedness and repetitiveness. Later, with my older kids and wife, we'll watch more television. At the moment it is Married At First Sight Australia, as it is trashy, allows my brain to switch off and makes me feel better about myself (because no matter how bad my day might have been, at least I am not on national TV admitting I can't pull in the outside world.)' I have a 'falling asleep' window, rather than a strict bedtime 'My sleep type is slightly more early type, so I target to fall asleep between 9.30pm and 11pm. However, I only go to bed when I actually feel sleepy, and that is really important to sleeping well. If I have been working late, watching a football game or had a late meal I will go to bed later.' I don't put off chores until last thing before bed 'By 9pm I will make sure I am ready for bed: PJs on, check all the doors, put stuff in the dishwasher, kids' lunches done and teeth brushed. This means if I feel sleepy before my targeted sleep time, say 9.30pm rather than 10.30pm, then I can go straight to bed. There's no having to sort the dishwasher out, lock the doors or brush my teeth, which will have the effect of waking me up. This is the one thing most people get wrong about their ritual.' Dr Lindsay Browning is a sleep expert at I time my exercise carefully 'I try to exercise regularly. I love my Peloton. If I haven't managed to do a workout in the morning before I start work, then I might do one in the early evening before dinner. However, I try to make sure that I don't do any vigorous exercise within 90 minutes of bedtime, to avoid the raise in body temperature from the workout negatively affecting my sleep.' I don't lean into my owlish tendencies 'I make sure that I stop working at least an hour before bed – ideally two hours before. I am naturally an evening person (an owl chronotype) so this takes some consistent planning and willpower. Working too close to bedtime, can mean you are still too stressed to sleep easily.' I leave the right length window between eating and bedtime 'I will eat my main meal at around 7pm, which means I will have finished eating my dinner around two to three hours before my planned bedtime. Eating a large meal too close to bedtime can disrupt sleep by causing indigestion. I rarely drink alcohol, but if I did have a glass of wine with dinner, I probably wouldn't sleep as well, as alcohol disrupts REM sleep.' I purposefully make my devices less appealing 'At 7pm, my phone and iPad auto-enable night mode, which reduces the brightness of my screens and helps shift the light from the blue frequency spectrum to the soft warmer tones, helping minimise any disruption to my melatonin production at bedtime.' I have a consistent routine (including tea!) 'Thirty minutes before my planned bedtime, I will make a hot cup of Clipper Sleep Time tea, which I take upstairs, get into my pyjamas, wash my face and teeth and get into bed half an hour before my planned bedtime to read a book or do a Peloton meditation in bed. This consistent pre-bedtime routine helps my brain and body know that sleep is coming. When it's time for sleep (around 10/10:30pm) I will spray my pillow with a lavender pillow spray, make sure that my alarm is set for the morning, and put my phone on do not disturb next to the bed.'
