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Overview
The BedJet 3 is an excellent device that does both cooling and heating very well. My partner and I used ours for two years after I filmed the video above and found it helpful during the hot summers and cold winters.
I like how versatile it is, with the option to have the air flow across the whole bed or use the cloud sheet to keep it to one side if you and a partner have different temperature preferences.
The fan naturally makes a bit of noise, which some people might find relaxing if they like white noise. It’s not too loud unless you crank up the fan speed, and with earplugs in I couldn’t hear it at all.
Pros
- Active heating or cooling for the entire night, or for the time you like.
- Programmable temperature changes during the night.
- Physical remote control or companion app.
- Option to have dual zones for partners.
- No wires or cables under your body in bed.
Cons
- Makes a light fan sound.
- The base unit needs 6 inches of clearance under the bed frame or it may be a trip hazard.
- Two units are needed for dual zones, therefore more space under the bed.
- Expensive.
You might like it if you:
- Are a hot sleeper.
- Get night sweats or hot flashes.
- Don’t have air conditioning in the bedroom.
- Like the feel of cool air.
- Would like active cooling rather than breathable bedding.
- Want different temperatures on each side of the bed.
You might not like it if you:
- Are on a tight budget.
- Need complete silence to sleep and don’t use earplugs or headphones.
- Don’t have space under your bed and are worried about tripping over the base unit, or don’t want a large box next to the bed for aesthetic reasons.
- Can’t sleep if there is noticeable air movement near your body.
Cost
These are the prices on the official BedJet website. They have frequent seasonal sales though, so I’d keep an eye out if there isn’t one when you check.
A single unit currently costs $569 in the US and £469 in the UK.
The dual zone currently costs $1329 for the queen and $1349 for the king in the US. In the UK it’s £729 or £749.
It’s also available in Europe, Canada, and Australia.
Video transcript and full review
Please note that I‘ve split the written part of this article into two main sections:
I made a few edits to the video transcript so it’s easier to read. I also added a couple of points to clarify my chatty style. Otherwise all the content in the video is written below.
Introduction
Hi, this is Ethan from No Sleepless Nights, and in this review, I’m going to be talking about the BedJet 3. My partner and I had the BedJet 2 for a couple of years. We loved it and we used it very regularly, especially in the winter and the summer.
We’ve had the BedJet 3 for the last month, and so far, we’re enjoying it even more, mainly because of the improvements to the remote control, which I’ll get to in a little bit.
How it works
The BedJet is special in that it does both heating and cooling. The way it works is that you have a base unit which you can slide underneath the bed if you’ve got 6.25 inches or more clearance under the bed. Or you can just have it on the side of the bed if you don’t.
That base unit will produce heated air or it will find cold air and send it up the tube, out through the nozzle, and then across the bed.
Installation
The BedJet is very easy to install. The first thing to do is to take the piece that’s going to go underneath your mattress and put some extender links in so that the tube will be able to reach over the top of the mattress.
I’ve already worked out that I need two, which means I’m going to have two spare ones. Put the clip for the tube on the opposite way. And then you lift up your mattress and pop the securing piece underneath, on top of the slats or the divan that your mattress sits on.
One end of the tube goes into the base unit of the Bedjet 3. And the other end goes into the nozzle. Extend the nozzle as much as you need so that the tube will go into the clip and the nozzle will sit just on top of the mattress.
You can then put the nozzle inside the BedJet cloud sheet opening. If you’re not using the cloud sheet, you can just put a comforter or a blanket straight over the top of the nozzle (or not use any bedding if you prefer).
Demonstrating the airflow and cloud sheet
So, let’s turn it on and you can see it in action. I’ll start with some cooling, which is always my favourite. And there you go, you can see instantly that cool air comes out, and I can feel it through the sheet. And then that’s going to slightly raise the comforter here on top of the sheet, or the duvet as we call them in England! And that air is going to stay on my side of the bed and just raise it with a little bit of air.
There are two good things about using the cloud sheet rather than just your own sheet: A) You can have it just on your side of the bed so it doesn’t disturb your partner, and B) It means that the air spreads evenly across the length of your body rather than just flowing over your feet.
Talking about the cloud sheet, let me get into bed and show you how it works. If I turn the cooling on, you’re going to see the air will flow only inside the cavity on this side of the cloud sheet.
The stitching in the middle here is going to prevent it from reaching my partner’s side, and that’s obviously what I want. I don’t want her to feel the cooling; otherwise, she’s going to complain about the BedJet 3 to me in the summertime.
There you go, it’s nicely filled with cool air. And even through my clothes, I can feel that cooling effect right up the top of my body, which is lovely. Now, this puffy thing that’s going on here does take a bit of getting used to the first time you use it just with the cloud sheet. You can deal with that either by putting an arm out over the top of it or by putting a comforter or blanket on top of that if you wish.
Personally, when I have it on 15% – 20% in the nighttime, it doesn’t puff up and it’s not really an issue at all. But the first time you see it, it’s quite a dramatic effect.
Temperature range and effectiveness
What I like about the BedJet 3 is that it does both the cooling and the heating very well. The cooling will go down to 66 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 19 degrees Celsius.
The heating will go up to a whopping 109 degrees Fahrenheit, or 43 degrees Celsius on the turbo heat, which then will automatically shut off after five minutes as a safety precaution.
The heat setting, which you can have for up to four hours, will go from 72 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit, which is 22 to 40 Celsius.
And the extended heat, which you can have on for up to 12 hours, ranges from 72 degrees to 92 degrees Fahrenheit. You also have a dry setting, which is kind of neither too hot nor too cold, and will just keep a nice stream of air to keep you dry, keep those night sweats at bay.
Biorhythm feature
One of the best features of the BedJet 3 is the biorhythm feature, which you can access using the remote control. The biorhythm feature allows you to have programmed changing temperatures throughout the night.
Let me show you how to create one:
- Create new. New bio 3 will do.
- Create a step.
- Let’s start with turbo heat: I’ll have 100% fan speed for 10 minutes – that’s the maximum you can have turbo.
- Below that, let’s put in another step: I’ll just have some normal heat on 80% fan speed – a lower temperature. And we’ll have that for two hours.
- Then let’s put in one more step: extended heat, on a lower fan speed again – a lower temperature. I’ll have that for one hour. Even that’s not really extended, but just to show you the steps.
- And there you go, there are three steps on that one. So, I can select ‘done editing’. And now that’s going to appear on the menu.
So if I go to the menu at any point when I get into bed, rather than programming it or changing it in the night every time, I just go to my chosen bio, and it will run it automatically.
This is a great feature if you think that you’re going to need to change the temperature throughout the night, and you don’t just want one setting that you have when you first get into bed and fall asleep. It’s very useful and very effective.
Criticisms
In terms of criticisms, I think there are three main points to bear in mind. Firstly, is that on the higher speed settings, it will make a bit of noise.
I don’t really sleep with the faster speed settings on so it’s not so much of an issue. I have it on 20% or less generally, and that’s fine; I really don’t hear much at all. However, if you want the highest amount of air pumping around your bed all night long, then you’re going to have to put up with the noise as well.
Secondly, the price. I think it’s not too expensive for what it is and what it does, and the range of features that it has, and just how successful it is in keeping you cool or warm, especially compared to other products that I’ve looked at.
However, the price is going to be a barrier for some people who are looking to do cooling or heating on a budget. If that’s the case, the BedJet 3 is not going to be the one for you.
Finally, it’s still a bit of a bulky unit if you can’t get it underneath your bed. Obviously, it’s better if you can get it underneath your bed if you have that 6.25 inches of clearance necessary.
But if you don’t, then you need to be aware of the fact that you’re going to have a box by the side of your bed that you need to not kick or trip over when you get out of bed in the night. Other than that, I think the BedJet 3 doesn’t really have a huge amount to complain about.
Verdict
My final verdict is that the BedJet 3 is a very effective and reliable bed heating and cooling system. We used the BedJet 2 for a couple of years and loved it, and I can only imagine we’re going to use the BedJet 3 for even longer.
I think if you sleep alone and you’re not happy with the setup that you have for changing the cooling or the heating, then it’s a worthwhile device.
But it’s particularly good if you sleep with a partner, and one of you is not happy at some point during the year because of the temperature of the bedroom, and the other one isn’t happy with the way the other person tries to change it.
If you’re sleeping with someone who wants to put the air conditioning on too low, or you’re sleeping with someone who wants to have lots of covers and heating, but that makes you uncomfortable, then the BedJet 3 will allow you to choose the exact temperature you want, and it just works.
That’s what I liked about it. It’s not a gimmick; it does actually work. We use ours throughout the entire year, but particularly in the summer and the winter, and it just allows us to have targeted heating or targeted cooling. I think compared to many other systems that I’ve tried, whether that’s heated bedding or fans next to the bed, the BedJet 3 just does those jobs, and it does them better. And that’s the important thing.
Extra details and updates
In this section, I’ve added some points that I don’t cover in the video to provide a bit more clarity and extra details about some of the key features.
How long we ended up using the BedJet 3
I filmed my video review after using the BedJet 3 for a month. We used it for two more years after that, and it was still going strong when we gave it to friends when moving country.
It was very effective during the summer months, but in the end it was actually the heating that turned out to be the most impressive. In a very cold winter in New York, it was great to have the warm air heat the bed before going to sleep, and felt very cozy to have on a gentle setting during the night.
The official description of how the cooling works
Here’s how the BedJet 3 manual explains how the cooling works:
The BedJet 3 cools via powered ventilation of fresh ambient air injected directly onto the bed. This powered ventilation gently wicks away the body heat and body moisture that gets trapped in the bed by your mattress and bed covers.
Bedjet.com
Several people have asked me if it technically cools the air or not. While it does technically heat the air for the heating modes, it doesn’t technically cool the air. Instead, it sucks up air from the coolest part of the room (the lower level) and forces it through the nozzle.
What’s important to me is how it feels, and it definitely feels cool – even cold on the maximum settings if you blow it straight onto your skin.
Summary of the heating and cooling options
You have several options to play around with, each of which has an impact on exactly how and where you feel the cooling or heating.
Main cooling options
- You can select the fan speed, from 5% to 100%.
- You can drop the temperature of the cool air right down to 66° F (19° C), or have it slightly warmer if you prefer.
- You can have the air blow directly onto your body or between your top sheet and comforter.
- You can use the additional BedJet Cloud Sheet, which has a hollow cavity to improve the spread of cool air and not have it blowing directly onto your feet.
- A dual zone Cloud Sheet lets you have the cooling on just one side of the bed, whereas a single zone means the cool air will circulate across the whole bed. Our preference is to use BedJet’s dual zone cloud sheet. It costs extra if you only buy one base unit, but it’s included free with two units.
Main heating options
- Turbo heat: a maximum 10 minute pre-warming burst of the highest heat.
- Heat: strong warming for up to 4 hours, from 72° to 104° F (22° to 40° C).
- Extended heat: moderate warming for up to 12 hours, from 72° to 92° F (22° to 33 C).
- Dry: middle temperature intended to help keep night sweats at bay, up to 92° F (31° C).
Dual zones for partners
The BedJet 3 allows a range of different setups. If you sleep alone, it’s simple – you just need one unit, with or without a Cloud Sheet. If you share your bed, you have three options.
Options for two people
- 2 people, 1 BedJet, 1 zone. If you never disagree on temperature, you can share one unit. Either use your normal bedding or a single zone Cloud Sheet for better airflow.
- 2 people, 1 BedJet, 2 zones. If one of you is happy with the room temperature, you only need one BedJet. But it works best with a dual zone Cloud Sheet so you can keep the air to your zone/side of the bed.
- 2 people, 2 BedJets, 2 zones. In this case, you both get a separate remote control to control your own BedJet on your side of the bed. So one can have cool air while the other has warm air.
Remote control, App and smart home integration
One of my criticisms of the BedJet 2 was that the remote control was too basic, and that you could only access advanced features with a smartphone app.
I was pleased to see that the BedJet 3 comes with an excellent new remote control. It has a colour screen so you can see what settings you’re choosing, and adjust them easily in the night. You can control all the settings right there on the remote, without needing the App.
I also like that all the main functions have individual buttons, clearly labeled and with an optional backlight. So in the middle of the night, it’s very easy to change the fan speed, temperature, heat setting, or up to three pre-programmed biorhythm settings (see below). And if you prefer to use your phone, there’s an app for the BedJet 3 which lets you and/or your partner control your own side of the bed if you have two units.
Maintenance, warranty & returns
I like the fact that the BedJet 3 requires minimal maintenance. All you need to do is wash the filter about once every three months. It’s a simple job that only takes a couple of minutes.
The BedJet 3 comes with a two year warranty, covering all the parts and even the comfort sheet if you get one. They also offer a generous 60 day return guarantee as long as it’s all in one piece.
If you just want good cooling and you don’t care about sleep tracking (I have the Oura 3 for that), are there any meaningful disadvantages to this over the Sleep Eight?
Hi Roman,
The main disadvantages compared to the Eight Sleep (off the top of my head) if you’re not so interested in sleep tracking could be:
1. It’s more directional. Even with the cloud sheet, the cooling tends to be stonger closer to the nozzle. The cooling pads have more even distribution.
2. It’s noisier than the Eight Sleep.
3. You need 2 Bedjets if you want dual zones. The Eight Sleep only needs one hub, even with two people controlling their side of the bed’s temperature.
Ethan
How would you compare this product to the 8 sleep?
Hi John,
That’s the topic of an entire video or article (which I haven’t done…)
To summarise, I’d say this:
The Bedjet is faster to heat or cool initially, a lot cheaper and doesn’t need a subscription, great for targeted cooling or heating such as by the lower legs, and good for night sweats.
The Eight Sleep is much more advanced, quieter, only needs one hub for dual zones, cools or heats more evenly under your body, and can cool to a lower temperature.
There are many other differences as they work in a completely different way, but those would be some key points to consider.