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Ultimately I lost this argument and I will say their pad is better designed than their competition. I love the concept of pairing that pad which is good and harmless by itself with a different temperature controller. I kind of hoped for an alternate firmware for this device, since the hardware of the temperature controller is also well done apart from lack of buttons/remote controller.
That's fair. I guess for me personally a "smart" bed that's also tied to mandatory subscription is an outlandish concept.
Yeah, it was rough for me since I advocated for other options that weren't this way, but had to admit that the engineering on the eight sleep just got to a better physical experience.
FreeSleep looks promising. Currently grandfathered into the pre-subscription required reality, but fully expect that to evaporate and then it's off to do the FreeSleep stuff. I anticipate a local control loop will be so much better, and maybe be able to create tactile controls in a wifi based remote control.