Don’t Let Industry Jargon Cost You When Shopping for a Smart Bed
Don’t Let Industry Jargon Cost You When Shopping for a Smart Bed
别让行业术语在选购智能床时让你多花冤枉钱
One of my pet peeves as a professional mattress tester of more than six years is seeing the names “adjustable mattress,” “adjustable frame,” and “smart bed” used interchangeably. While they are related products that can rely on each other to maximize performance and your overall sleep experience, each offers distinct qualities. It doesn’t help that these products consistently appear in the same search results for one another, often labeled interchangeably by the manufacturers. When that happens, of course, they will get mixed up. To make matters worse, you may think you have everything you need at checkout, only to find you’re adding an extra product you didn’t plan for.
作为一名拥有六年多经验的专业床垫测试员，我最反感的一件事就是看到“可调节床垫”（adjustable mattress）、“可调节床架”（adjustable frame）和“智能床”（smart bed）这几个名称被混用。虽然它们是互相关联的产品，可以相互配合以最大化性能和整体睡眠体验，但每种产品都有其独特的品质。更糟糕的是，这些产品在搜索结果中总是混在一起，制造商也经常将它们混为一谈。当这种情况发生时，消费者自然会感到困惑。雪上加霜的是，你可能在结账时以为自己买齐了所需的一切，结果却发现自己多买了一个原本没打算购买的产品。
It’s time to set the record straight and adjust your understanding of all things adjustable mattresses. Under my wing you go to begin this journey. Updated March 2026: I’ve reworked this story to include information on smart beds, as well as a model I recommend.
是时候澄清事实，调整你对所有“可调节床垫”相关产品的认知了。跟随我的指引，开启这段探索之旅吧。（2026年3月更新：我重写了这篇文章，加入了关于智能床的信息以及我推荐的型号。）
Adjustable Mattresses
可调节床垫
What is an adjustable mattress? Simply put, it’s designed to let users adjust how soft or firm they want their bed to be. Adjustable mattresses don’t follow the same layout as a normal mattress, because they involve internal air chambers or coil-adjusting mechanisms that help you accomplish the firmness you’re seeking. While a glorified air mattress may come to mind (and, arguably, that is basically what it is for many adjustable mattresses), there is a lot to the material makeup here. To pump up these air chambers, a lot of automation tech and tubing are involved. Hence, they aren’t budget buys.
什么是可调节床垫？简单来说，它的设计初衷是让用户调节床铺的软硬度。可调节床垫的内部结构与普通床垫不同，因为它们包含内部气囊或弹簧调节机制，以帮助你达到所需的硬度。虽然你可能会想到这不过是高级版的充气床（实际上，对于许多可调节床垫来说，这确实是事实），但其材料构成大有讲究。为了给这些气囊充气，需要大量的自动化技术和管道系统。因此，它们的价格并不便宜。
Depending on the brand and model you choose, another common feature among adjustable mattresses is the ability to shift the head and foot both up and down, as in Personal Comfort’s Rejuvenate. Some models may not include this, depending on the brand and iteration, but it’s also a cost driver. This feature is where adjustable frames and mattresses are likely to be confused, as an adjustable mattress cannot perform this range of motion without assistance from an adjustable frame.
根据你选择的品牌和型号，可调节床垫的另一个常见功能是能够调节头部和脚部的高度，例如 Personal Comfort 的 Rejuvenate 型号。根据品牌和版本的不同，有些型号可能不具备此功能，但这通常也是影响价格的因素。正是这一功能容易导致可调节床架和可调节床垫被混淆，因为如果没有可调节床架的辅助，可调节床垫本身是无法实现这种升降运动的。
Smart Beds
智能床
Here is where things get more nuanced, and where, in my professional opinion, the industry could get more streamlined in its terminology. In the vast majority of cases (at least with the models I have researched, interacted with, and tested), smart beds offer the same range of motion capabilities as adjustable mattresses. To pull this off, they require an additional adjustable frame. Adjustable mattresses will rely on some degree of tech integration in order to change the overall firmness level. Smart beds do this too. However, in my book, what defines a truly smart bed is how advanced its additional programming is.
这里的情况就变得更加微妙了，在我看来，行业术语确实需要进一步规范。在绝大多数情况下（至少在我研究、接触和测试过的型号中），智能床提供与可调节床垫相同的运动能力。要实现这一点，它们需要额外的可调节床架。可调节床垫依靠一定程度的技术集成来改变整体硬度，智能床也是如此。然而，在我看来，定义一张“真正智能”的床，关键在于其附加程序的先进程度。
A prime example of this is the Bryte Balance Pro. This smart bed offers targeted support by adjusting coil zones that automatically adapt to you, even as you sleep. It is also a sleep tracker in itself, showing metrics such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and sleep stages. The bed is fully controlled via app, with an AI sleep concierge that can help you modify your sleep experience. This particular smart bed also offers “massage” settings that move the coils in a wavelike fashion to lull you to sleep. The Balance Pro is designed to deliver this within the mattress itself, whereas adjustable bases usually offer a massage feature for other smart beds and adjustable mattresses.
Bryte Balance Pro 就是一个很好的例子。这张智能床通过调节弹簧区域提供针对性支撑，即使在你睡觉时也能自动适应你的身体。它本身也是一个睡眠追踪器，可以显示心率、呼吸频率和睡眠阶段等指标。这张床完全通过应用程序控制，并配有 AI 睡眠管家，可以帮助你优化睡眠体验。这款智能床还提供“按摩”设置，通过波浪式移动弹簧来助你入眠。Balance Pro 的设计是将此功能集成在床垫内部，而通常的可调节床架则是为其他智能床和可调节床垫提供按摩功能。
Adjustable Frames
可调节床架
You can purchase an adjustable frame (also known as an adjustable base) to use with a regular bed-in-a-box mattress. There’s a range of adjustable bases and a range of what they can do. Basic versions only allow you to raise and lower the bed’s top and bottom.
你可以购买一个可调节床架（也称为可调节底座），搭配普通的盒装床垫使用。市面上有各种各样的可调节底座，功能也各不相同。基础版本仅允许你升降床头和床尾。
However, many smart bed brands strongly recommend adding an adjustable frame to your purchase to enjoy the full benefits of your new mattress. Take Sleep Number, for example. Its smart mattresses will handle sleep tracking and adjust your preferred firmness level, while the adjustable frame will move the top and bottom of the mattress up and down. Sleep Number offers the FlexFit, a more basic remote-controlled frame, as well as the FlexFit 2 and 3 adjustable bases. The latter two models are controlled via an app and offer more robust features, such as under-bed lighting and “Partner Snore” programming. This particular setting appeals to co-sleepers where one person snores and disrupts the other, as the base can incline the top of the bed to promote airway opening and, ideally, stop snoring.
然而，许多智能床品牌强烈建议你在购买时增加一个可调节床架，以充分利用新床垫的优势。以 Sleep Number 为例，其智能床垫负责睡眠追踪和调节硬度，而可调节床架则负责床头和床尾的升降。Sleep Number 提供基础的遥控床架 FlexFit，以及 FlexFit 2 和 3 可调节底座。后两款型号通过应用程序控制，并提供更强大的功能，例如床底照明和“伴侣打鼾”（Partner Snore）程序。这一设置对于同床共枕的伴侣非常实用，如果其中一人打鼾影响了另一人，底座可以抬高床头，从而促进呼吸道通畅，理想情况下可以停止打鼾。
I previously had a wonderful experience with the FlexFit 3; it’s the most robust of all three offerings. It’s also the only adjustable base that offers a dual-sided “Foot Warming” setting. Each side of the bed’s bottom can be heated and set on a timer to automatically shut off once you’re asleep. This setting is meant to help you fall asleep faster. Ultimately, I thought it did based on my home testing, and I’ve missed this cozy feature ever since.
我之前对 FlexFit 3 的体验非常好；它是这三款产品中最强大的。它也是唯一提供双侧“足部加热”设置的可调节底座。床尾两侧可以分别加热，并设置定时器，在你入睡后自动关闭。此设置旨在帮助你更快入睡。根据我的居家测试，我认为它确实有效，从那以后我就一直很怀念这个舒适的功能。
I also recently tested the FlexFit base while evaluating Sleep Number’s new ComfortLux smart mattress. This is a softer-feeling smart bed, even with 100 adjustable firmness levels to experiment with. Since the premise of this new model emphasizes pressure relief first and foremost, having an adjustable base allowed me to explore all the ways I could use this cushy feel to my advantage. Even while this is considered Sleep Number’s most basic adjustable base model, I was still able to enjoy the range of motion for the top and bottom of the bed, as well as features like zero-gravity settings that put less pressure on my back.
最近在评估 Sleep Number 的新款 ComfortLux 智能床垫时，我也测试了 FlexFit 底座。这是一款触感更柔软的智能床，尽管它有 100 种可调节硬度等级供你尝试。由于这款新机型的核心前提是强调压力缓解，拥有一个可调节底座让我能够充分利用这种舒适感。即使这被认为是 Sleep Number 最基础的可调节底座型号，我仍然能够享受床头和床尾的升降功能，以及诸如“零重力”设置等能减轻背部压力的功能。