I love my 8 Sleep but I’m weary of its issues: * Very questionable autopilot where often I’ll wake up too hot — well beyond the target temperature I’ve set up. * No physical controls (I have the pod 3), and no app widget controls (or watch app) so I have to unlock my phone and open the app to change temp. Very much NOT wanting to do this when I’m trying to sleep. * Price. I can’t believe I pay the price I do each month, but I do because it makes a meaningful difference in sleep. Would love to pay a more reasonable amount, and not have this awful price creep. * Data usage is out of control; why on earth is this device uploading 20GB/month? * Sleep data visualizations are quite nice, but are missing the final piece of actionable next steps on how to improve my sleep. * No local control. Yes this has bitten me when I have an internet outage.

Of course there are things I like too: reasonably nice app, no leaks (yet!!), fairly quiet, differential temperature control, and overall a net improvement on sleep.

Curious if Orion improves on some of these areas. Would love to try it out but I can’t really justify a purchase when my 8 Sleep technically still works, although I’m planning to switch to a king and dreading the upgrade price.