There’s actually another recent example of this. I am always hot when I sleep and was exploring potential solutions. I came across the Pod Cover from Eight Sleep. I thought about it, read reviews, looked up various things.
But then I realized: “hey dumb dumb, there’s a free trial!” Yes, it’s like $2,500. But the cost of trying it is just a half hour or so to set it up, and potentially another 15 minutes or so of sending it back. The question is whether it is worth spending up to 45 minutes trying it, not whether it is worth spending $2,500 paying for it.
(Well, that supposes that the trial will meaningfully help me decide whether to keep it. But I am confident that it will. It should be pretty easy to tell how much it improves my sleep, and relatedly how I feel. From there, if it’s at least “a little bit”, given how important sleep is, I feel comfortable with the purchase.)
I don’t see $2,500 as too much money. I’m not sure how I’d value my time, but if we just ballpark it at $100/hr, $2,500 is about three 8-hour work days. Thinking about it like that, spending three 8-hour work days on something that will improve my sleep every night for many years doesn’t sound too bad. (FWIW, there is another voice in my head screaming “THAT’S SO EXPENSIVE!!!”. I just don’t endorse that voice.)
In the long run, the pod cover actually will be cheaper than blasting the AC. Guesstimating, maybe it costs an extra $20/month to blast the AC. Using that number, after about 10 years, the pod cover becomes cheaper.
When you get out of bed and aren’t under the covers anymore, it’s really cold. This could somewhat be addressed by putting the thermostat on a schedule, but that doesn’t addressing getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.
There’s actually another recent example of this. I am always hot when I sleep and was exploring potential solutions. I came across the Pod Cover from Eight Sleep. I thought about it, read reviews, looked up various things.
But then I realized: “hey dumb dumb, there’s a free trial!” Yes, it’s like $2,500. But the cost of trying it is just a half hour or so to set it up, and potentially another 15 minutes or so of sending it back. The question is whether it is worth spending up to 45 minutes trying it, not whether it is worth spending $2,500 paying for it.
(Well, that supposes that the trial will meaningfully help me decide whether to keep it. But I am confident that it will. It should be pretty easy to tell how much it improves my sleep, and relatedly how I feel. From there, if it’s at least “a little bit”, given how important sleep is, I feel comfortable with the purchase.)
Why get the pod cover? Just get a decent air conditioning system, it’s far better and isn’t $2500. Make the entire room cold when you sleep.
A few reasons. Roughly in order of importance:
My girlfriend doesn’t like it that cold.
I don’t see $2,500 as too much money. I’m not sure how I’d value my time, but if we just ballpark it at $100/hr, $2,500 is about three 8-hour work days. Thinking about it like that, spending three 8-hour work days on something that will improve my sleep every night for many years doesn’t sound too bad. (FWIW, there is another voice in my head screaming “THAT’S SO EXPENSIVE!!!”. I just don’t endorse that voice.)
In the long run, the pod cover actually will be cheaper than blasting the AC. Guesstimating, maybe it costs an extra $20/month to blast the AC. Using that number, after about 10 years, the pod cover becomes cheaper.
When you get out of bed and aren’t under the covers anymore, it’s really cold. This could somewhat be addressed by putting the thermostat on a schedule, but that doesn’t addressing getting up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom.