Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19
Filter Writers Test 5 Niche Sleep Products, From $35.99 Speakers to $498 BedJet
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19

Filter Writers Test 5 Niche Sleep Products, From $35.99 Speakers to $498 BedJet

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19

Summary

  • Five sleep gadgets made Filter’s latest roundup, spanning blackout tents, Bluetooth sleep masks, slim pillows, climate-control bedding and a neurotech headband aimed at improving rest.
  • zDen’s $99 pop-up blackout tent anchors the list after photo editor Tracy Allison folded it into her nightly routine in 2025, using it when blackout curtains were not enough.
  • Manta’s $143.10 SOUND mask won a comparison of four models for combining light blocking with white noise, while Bluewave’s $39.95 slim gel pillow suited Allison’s preference for a low head position.
  • At the higher end, BedJet 3 costs $498 to blow temperature-controlled air between sheets, and Elemind’s $399 headband uses acoustic stimulation synced to brainwaves; a $35.99 under-pillow speaker offers a cheaper audio option.
  • The roundup fits Filter’s weekly service-journalism format, which highlights practical products and invites readers to submit their own sleep tips for a future newsletter.

Insights

Are high-tech sleep tents and acoustic headbands the future of cognitive health, or just overpriced wellness gimmicks?
Could the expensive gadgets driving the sleepmaxxing trend actually be causing the very insomnia they promise to cure?
While you sleep, who is harvesting your unregulated brainwave data from these expensive new neurotech headbands?