A Cooling Mattress Pad That Chilled Me to My Core

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Sleep writer Amelia Jerden generally keeps her expectations low when it comes to anything labeled “cooling.” So when she spent a few weeks testing the Chilipad Dock Pro from Sleepme, she was impressed. While getting used to the settings, she first set the temperature for 65 degrees but was almost too cold and had trouble falling asleep. So she “upped the temperature to about 75 degrees and still felt cool, but not so cold that it kept me awake.”

Basically a mattress pad that regulates the bed’s temperature, the Dock Pro works similarly to the Chilipad Cube, the brand’s original product that Strategist writer (and self-proclaimed hot sleeper) Dominique Pariso tested (and loved). Jerden writes that when she found the perfect setting, it was blissful — “It felt like I was floating on top of a cold body of water, but completely dry.”

You can read more about how Jerden tests and chooses sleep products here. (Even her chiropractor uncle asks for her advice on mattresses! She recommended the Saatva Classic to him and everyone else.) And while we’re on the topic, here’s some early Fourth of July mattress sales to peruse.

Elsewhere on the site: Tembe Denton-Hurst tracked down the best moisturizers for mature skin; Erin Schwartz rounded up the best gifts for gardeners; Brenley Goertzen pulled all the Vuori items featured in our archives (including our favorite men’s gym shorts for yoga and the leggings that are better than Lululemon Aligns); and these are the best summer blazers for men. â€”Ashley Wolfgang, newsletter editor