Editor Favorites to Help You Get a Great Night’s Sleep

Sleep too hot and too cold? Check out the Sijo TempTune Cooling Mattress Pad. It’s made with special fibers that help regulate your temperature, so that you stay comfortable all night. “I’m a hot sleeper, and it truly did feel cooling!” raves editor Lili Ladaga. “It has just enough padding to make your bed feel even cozier. We love that you can use it in all four seasons to help maintain just the right temperature.”

I can’t say enough good things about my Luxome LAYR Customizable Pillow. I love how easily it can be adapted to match any sleeping position or body type. The pillow comes with three different inserts that you can mix and match to create your perfect pillow. The soft insert is made from a down alternative, the medium insert is a mix of shredded CertiPUR-US certified memory foam and down alternative, and the hard insert is filled with just CertiPUR-US certified memory foam. You can also remove some of the filling from each insert, allowing you to find the perfect height and ideal level of firmness.

I discovered Purple pillows while orchestrating our pillow test and immediately fell in love with them. The brand’s proprietary honeycomb grid cradles and supports the head perfectly, while preventing overheating and allowing just the right amount of sinking in. I’ve used both the DreamLayer Pillow and the Freeform, and you really can’t go wrong with either one. The difference largely comes down to whether you would rather remove pillow layers or foam pieces to find your perfect height. I love Purple pillows so much, I gave them to most of my family members last Christmas.

Who knew I’d have a favorite pajama brand at age 40? No matter the season, you’ll find me in Hue pajamas. I have full-length pants, capris, long-sleeve tops, and short-sleeve tees from Hue, and they’re always the first ones I reach for in the drawer. I have several of these 100 percent cotton options, and many of the cotton-modal blend pants and tops. I am very picky about pajamas: I prefer breathable fabrics in non-clingy cuts. Plus, collared PJ shirts make my neck feel hot. Hue PJs tick all the boxes of loose but not too baggy, soft but not too thick, in breathable natural fabrics.

Hot sleepers rejoice! If you’ve been disappointed by sheets claiming to offer all-night cooling, know that hope is not lost. “I sleep hot, and it’s gotten worse as I get older,” Ladaga explains, but she says that these Rest Evercool sheets “stay icy cold all night, and the pillowcases are pure heaven.” She’s so smitten, in fact, that she’s slowly replacing all of her bedding with Rest Evercool. The comforter is another win for folks who want to be covered up but often can’t stand the heat. “I can’t stress enough how much I love these products,” Ladaga enthuses. “I have the fitted sheets, pillowcases, and comforter. I just wish they had more colors.”

If you need white noise to sleep or are looking for a noise machine to drown out distracting sounds, such as noisy neighbors or snoring spouses, this Yogasleep Dohm Nova Sound Machine comes highly recommended. Editor Katie Tuttle says, “I love that it provides consistent, fan-like white noise. It muffles outside noises and helps me sleep.” She notes that other white noise apps and devices often have a pause in the sound whenever the recorded noise loop starts up again, which she finds incredibly distracting. This machine, however, offers the constant noise that she’s looking for, and it even helps calm her pets during storms.