Chili Pad?

[mr.lemna]

This may be off of the Sleep Apnea subject, but it does affect my sleep:

Does anyone have any experience with the Chili Pad. It's a mattress pad that is supposed to circulate warm or cool water, thermostatically set to your perfect temperature?

Obvioulsy it saves on cooling and heating costs, but if it works, it would help me because sometimes I awake very hot and sweating and my wife is always hot.

On a side note: I know what causes her condition (the big M) but I don't know what causes mine (just inconvenient and not annoying enough to research.) I would welcome any insight into what causes that, as well as reviews of the Chilli Pad.

[jdm2857]

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The only very minor drawback is the very bright status lights on the control module, which lights up a dark room quite a bit, but easily solved by a few strips of black electrical tape.

Sounds like a designer responsible for the Respironics M series now works for Chili Pad.

[MikeSharp]

I have one -- love it.

Can you comment on how loud the pump/heater/cooling units are?
Does the construction (primarily the liquid handling parts) appear to be sturdy and well thought out?
etc.

I haven't seen a review of one of these anywhere, but I just started looking yesterday. Maybe I haven't looked in the right place yet.

[roster]

This may be off of the Sleep Apnea subject, but it does affect my sleep:

Does anyone have any experience with the Chili Pad. It's a mattress pad that is supposed to circulate warm or cool water, thermostatically set to your perfect temperature?

Obvioulsy it saves on cooling and heating costs, but if it works, it would help me because sometimes I awake very hot and sweating and my wife is always hot.

On a side note: I know what causes her condition (the big M) but I don't know what causes mine (just inconvenient and not annoying enough to research.) I would welcome any insight into what causes that, as well as reviews of the Chilli Pad.

If you want to go much cheaper, try a Bed Fan, https://www.cpap.com/productpage/tompki ... mfort.html , for summer and a generic electric blanket for winter.

As far as causes of night sweats, untreated sleep apnea can cause very bad night sweats. Have you been screened? Do you use CPAP? Do you have data with your system to confirm the CPAP therapy is effective?

[Pugsy]

Being the eternal skeptic here, I am wondering if OP post was an advertisement of sorts?? Sounds odd to me. Could just be me, dogs barking all night led to not so good night.

[xenablue]

That's all I need! - just one more contraption to trip over and hinder my way into bed .

Even though I like the idea of a Chili Pad, they are awfully expensive and, seriously, I feel a little too hemmed in by machines already so I'll be keeping cool with the A/C, a ceiling fan and my white noise box fan.

Cheers,
xena

[mr.lemna]

Pugsy, I don't blame you for being skeptical, I know advertisers can be a pain, but I'm a legit CPAP user, although I don't frequent this forum as much as I would like.

As one of the other posts said, there aren't very many reviews of the Chili Pad. So I thought there would be a few people here who had tried it and as usual this forum did not disappoint. I appreciate all of the comments and feedback.

In response to roster, I had a sleep study done in 2006 and had an event within 40 minutes so my sleep doctor prescribed a CPAP (set at 6 cm) which I've been using ever since. My wife says it's working and the doctor did not say I needed to return for any follow-up screening. And to be honest, the night sweats are pretty infrequent and I assumed it was because the AC in the master bedroom doesn't keep us as cool here in the Deep South as we would like it, hence my interest in the Chili Pad. Thanks again for all of the feedback.

[Pugsy]

My apologies Mr Lemna. I wasn't aware that you were cpap user. Come back more often or don't stay away so long.

[chunkyfrog]

Women with the' big M' are not the only ones who experience night sweats.
Sometimes it is a symptom of other heath problems.
Please be sure to run the night sweats past your doctor.
Might be nothing--might not.

[richjh]

I use the chilipad and love it. I have MS and I am very sensitive to heat. Now I have the best of both worlds. I can heat during the winter and cool during the summer. It has fantastic regulation of both. The only drawback is the cost. It is well worth it in my opinion.

[richjh]

I also use a BIPAP.

[Pugsy]

Folks be careful.....zombie thread alert.

[ChicagoGranny]

Dang. I was expecting a good chili pad Thai recipe.

[sptrout]

We have had a series of ChiliPads over the past several years. They are great at properly controlling the temperature of your bed. Note that the recommended sleep temperature is 65 degrees (bed temperature not the room temperature). This temperature is very difficult to achieve without a cooling device or without running your AC into the ground in the summer months. They are expensive, but you make up the cost on your AC power bill. And it really is more comfortable with a properly cooled bed.

The company that makes what use to be called the ChiliPad is now known as "SleepMe". A few years ago the company was bought and then that company went bankrupt. No idea why, but ChiliPad as it was still known by at that time just when dark for months. I assumed never to return, but later they rose backup from the dead and are back on the market by the original owners and inventors of the ChiliPad.

Long story, but when they disappeared one of our two units (2 required for a king size bed) developed a very slow water leak onto our hardwood floors. Those of you familiar with wood floors know that water is the angel of death for wood floors and even a small damaged area may require total replacement of the flooring for the entire room. Since at that time ChiliPad was MIA, we decided to remove the system and return to a conventional bed. We had no choice with one unit dead and could no longer trust its brother on the opposite side of the bed we junked the entire system.

Since that time we found another product that is likely superior, an it cost even more, is a product called "8Sleep". If we had the money to invest in another water cooled (or heated if desired) bed pad this would be the one. Very hi-tech technology for temperature control and sleep monitoring. One day maybe....

Another person mentioned an air cooled bed. They are cheap for a reason. All they do is sit on the floor and blow whatever the air temperature is on the floor into a double sheet with one side having vents to let the blowing air onto your body. Just a joke.