Bedroom
Our experts have tirelessly researched and tested product after product to pick out the best gear for your bedroom. From sheets to pillows to mattresses to comforters, these picks are the bedding and gear that will help you get a great night’s sleep. Stay warm, keep cool, and have sweet dreams while you get your eight hours..
Innerspring Mattresses
If foam mattresses leave you feeling hot and bothered or simply stuck, a traditional innerspring mattress—inherently more breathable and resilient—may be your dream bed. Today’s innerspring options are worlds beyond the austere, creaky, or overly springy kind you likely slept on growing up. And you can order one online nowadays, often at a price similar to that of a foam mattress. The key is to know what you’re getting. That’s why we visited more than a dozen mattress showrooms and stores, interviewed experts, and pored over spec sheets to zero in on 12 contenders—which we then evaluated in our office with nearly 40 testers and slept on at home. Here are the seven we recommend.
Best Alarm Clocks
If the tick-tock of some clocks’ mechanical movement tends to keep you awake, rest assured that this clock is completely silent, which is something we couldn’t say about the percussive passing of time produced by the Alessi Optic 02 B or the faint “bzzzz” emanating from the Marathon Analog Desk Alarm Clock with Auto-Night Light. The only sound the Riki makes comes from its alarm—which is loud enough to wake you without being annoying.
The Best Comforter
To find out what makes an excellent comforter, we spoke with Jack Sukalac, an engineer who started repairing down comforters 40 years ago and since then has kept up a side business, All About Down, making and repairing down comforters in his Seattle basement. We also consulted David Sweet, the former president of the American Down and Feather Council; Gary Peterson, a longtime staffer at famed outdoor-gear maker Western Mountaineering; Daniel Uretsky, president of down and down-alternative supplier Allied Feather & Down; and Shannon Maher, assistant professor of home product development at the Fashion Institute of Technology and former product designer for The Company Store.
The Best Linen Sheets
If you like wearing linen, you’ll probably enjoy sleeping on it—it’s like wrapping yourself in a lovely summer breeze. After reading hundreds of owner reviews of linen sheets, testing samples from 21 highly regarded sets, and sleeping in seven sets on our own beds, we’re confident that Cultiver Linen Sheets offer the best combination of softness, great colors and prints, and the option to buy individual pieces.
