The 2023 Men's Health Sleep Awards

Casper’s flagship cooling pillow combines foam and fiber so it’s soft yet supportive. But the real selling point is the proprietary AirScape Technology, enabling the pillow to stay cool for up to 12 hours. You’ll never have to chase its “cool” side again.

Remember how hugging your favorite stuffed animal erased all the world’s problems when you were a kid? This simple weighted pillow is like that but for adults.

Give yourself the sleep you deserve with this adjustable wool-fill pillow from Woolroom. Not only is it soft and 100 percent washable, but it’s also made without all those weird, unpronounceable materials found in lesser foam pillows.

Compact and packable, this travel pillow from Avocado is perfect on camping trips and long flights around the world, or for a little extra lumbar support while you work. Bonus: It’s filled with 100 percent GOTS- organic-certified materials.

Made with adaptive 37.5 Technology, Sleep Number’s True Temp takes a cue from the world’s best athletic apparel. Translation: It actively regulates your temperature all night long so that you stay cool, calm, and collected.

Prop up your legs while you sleep or add a bit more support as you’re reading in bed or on the couch. Whatever your relaxation style, this helps take it up a notch.

Neck wrap? Head support? Travel pillow? It’s somehow all of these and none of them. This inventive pillow is designed to keep your head and neck supported on even the longest trips. It’s also lightweight, waterproof, and machine washable.

This four-foot-long body pillow is like a huggable cloud. The simple, time-tested design features pressure-relieving Tempur-Material that’s perfect for side sleepers and expectant mothers.

Good pillows don’t have to cost a fortune. We love this budget-friendly option filled with a cool, hypoallergenic down alternative that’s 100 percent washable—ideal for guest bedrooms and college dorm rooms alike.

Pluto’s aptly named POD is an all-in-one sleep solution for weary travelers and introverts who just want serious in-flight shut-eye. Is it odd? Definitely. Does it work? Most definitely.

For the hottest sleepers, only the best cooling pillow will do. Bedgear’s Storm Performance actively cools you down and disperses your body’s heat all night long, while multiple foams and fills keep your head, neck, and back aligned right where they should be.

Saatva upgrades “ordinary” memory foam pillows here. With a 100 percent CertiPUR-US-certified memory-foam fill, it’s the perfect combo of soft, shapable, and supportive for any kind of sleeper.

Ultra-cool and customizable, Nectar’s Tri-Comfort helps shed head heat throughout the night. The unique design also lets you dial in the right level of comfort—soft, medium, or firm—just by adjusting one or both of the built-in side zippers.

When it comes to cotton, Supima reigns supreme-a. These buttery soft 400-thread-count sheets boast a smooth sateen finish and a no-iron treatment, so you can take them from bed to wash and straight back again.

Forget traditional seasonal comforters. The UltraCool from Slumber Cloud uses NASA-inspired tech to perfectly regulate your temperature. No matter the season, you’ll always be cool, calm, and comfy.

Ralph Lauren upgrades the lowly throw with an incredibly soft and luxe wool-meets-cashmere blend. The subtle knit chevron pattern works in the bedroom, the living room, and everywhere in between.

Light and ultra-breathable, linen is the consummate bedding when the temperature heats up. This 100 percent flax-linen set prevents overheating and wicks away sweat and moisture like a champ.

Ordinary bedding simply won’t do around the campfire. This camping blanket is made from water-repellent nylon to keep you warm and dry in damp or just plain wet outdoor conditions.

Was Silk & Snow’s pure percale sheet set plucked from a luxury hotel room? The Portuguese-made design uses only organic dyes and a resort-inspired look, making you feel like a million bucks, even in your own bed.

Soft meets sustainable. Cariloha’s aptly named Resort Bamboo sheets combine the sleek sateen feel of bamboo viscose with a naturally odor- and allergen-resistant design.

Sometimes simpler really is better. Brooklinen’s Organic Core sheets are made from GOTS-certified organic cotton in 100 percent long-staple organic percale that’s crisp, lightweight, and breathable.

The lofty 550-fill power of this genuine RDS (Responsible Down Standard) comforter and 230-thread-count percale shell is enough to convince us to stay in bed all day.

It’s 100 percent plush cotton on the outside and 12 levels of warmth on the inside to keep you toasty every night of the year. Bonus: Queen and king sizes feature dual temperature zones.

Quince proves high-quality linen sheets don’t need to break the bank. This midweight design is made from the finest European linen, so it’s light and breezy on the warmest summer nights.

We love the sky-high 600-thread-count design of this premium Supima cotton set. It’s soft and breathable, with 17-inch-deep pockets that ensure it’ll grip the corners of your most cavernous mattresses.

Understated sophistication is a look that never goes out of style. Proof: this Banana Republic duvet cover, featuring a specially washed treatment that makes it feel lived in straight out of the package.

The lead-free glass microbead fill of Baloo’s 12-pound throw envelops you like a hug. It’s also the only throw on the market that’s made with 100 percent all-natural materials. No funky synthetics here.

This winning set takes your bedding back to basics with a sustainable eucalyptus construction. It’s soft, it’s breathable, and it just feels better—just say ahhhh.

Elevate any bedroom space with this contemporary yet timeless area rug. With a light, heathered design, it’s versatile and durable enough to work in any space, from the guest room to the primary suite.

We can almost guarantee your sleeper sofa could use an upgrade. The Shift, from perennial Men’s Health favorite Burrow, has a low-key elegance that your beloved friends, in-laws, and pets will adore.

Offering the sustainability of bamboo and the durability of steel, this Zinus bed frame is both beautifully designed and budget friendly. The 12-inch-high design also provides plenty of space for underbed storage.

There’s no better way to add mid-century-modern swagger to your sleep space than with a tufted velvet headboard. The cool-meets-cozy aesthetic of Article’s Sven Cascadia easily improves any bedroom.

Avocado isn’t just about great mattresses. Everyone’s favorite organic bedding and furniture brand makes some pretty legit dressers, too, like the handsome Malibu Four-Drawer.

Show your overnight guests that you really care with the MCM. Thanks to its simple yet classic wood legs and buttonless tufted cushions, it’s the quintessential blend of casual, comfy, and luxurious for your favorite mid-century-modern space.

It’s maximum style and maximum storage. The Dalton features a tall wingback design with tons of room below deck.

College-dorm-room cozy with an adult twist, Big Joe’s Aurora + Ottoman is the perfect casual chair and footrest set for your bedroom. What’s more, it’s priced at a student-friendly $89.

Modern chic meets perennial comfort in this elegant queen-sized sleeper sofa. The dozens of available colors guarantee it’ll look great with any decor.

The all-business pocketed coil base is reliable and durable, boasting three extra layers that add comfort, support, and plenty of motion isolation. It’s enough to satisfy the pickiest couples.

With pressure relief, temperature regulation, edge-to-edge support, and solid motion isolation, Purple’s Restore Hybrid might be one mattress to rule them all. Plus, it’s made in the good old U.S. of A.

Nolah’s AirFoam delivers maximum contouring and support for serious pain and pressure relief. Combined with the soft organic-cotton cover, it’s breathable and cooling, too.

Mattress shopping can shatter the strongest relationships. Bear’s Star Hybrid is a compromise for couples of different weights who sleep differently but want pressure relief and cooling. (And, really, isn’t that every couple?)

Designed by one of our favorite OG mattress-in-a-box brands, the Essential slaps. Its responsive-foam construction is medium-firm, with lots of bounce-back support that’ll keep even plush-mattress lovers happy.

Cool, cooler, coolest. The Snow is Casper’s premier sleep surface for the hottest of sleepers. It’s built with a long list of high-tech features to absorb and dissipate heat no matter how toasty you get.

With multiple layers of eco-friendly memory foam, Serta’s iComfortECO is 2023’s most sustainable option—all while providing the same cool comfort and pressure relief of traditional alternatives.

The year’s best-value mattress is also one of the best overall. The Allswell Luxe Hybrid is the company’s original best-seller but with more plushness and better features all around. Did we mention a queen is less than $550 delivered?

Another budget-friendly best-seller, the Brooklyn Essential is a straightforward mattress with everything you need and nothing you don’t: a hybrid construction, a universal medium firmness, and a 120-night sleep trial. It’s also made entirely in the U.S.A.

If mattresses were SUVs, the Lux Hybrid might be an Escalade. This handmade flagship is tall, luxurious, and comfortably supportive, with 500 individually pocketed coils topped with multiple premium memory-foam layers.

Skip the $30 air mattress that’ll leave your guests feeling as if they’re sleeping on a pool float. Upgrade their z’s with this 18-inch-thick, queen-sized sleep surface that’s almost—almost—as good as the real thing.

Tell yourself you deserve a $6,000 bed, because this bleeding-edge sleep setup actively tracks your sleep patterns and miraculously adjusts itself to smooth out pressure points and maximize your rest.

If you’ve ever crashed at a Four Seasons and wanted to steal the mattress (no judgment), now you can—sort of. The five-star hotel brand’s Signature Plush provides layers of plush and cooling foams meant to induce near-coma levels of rest.

Even some of the best mattresses are loaded with hard-to-pronounce chemical materials. Sleep easier on the best organic model with MyGreenMattress.com’s appropriately named Kiwi Organic.

This ain’t your nana’s sleep mask. Using biometric sensors, these customize meditative treatments to lower your heart rate and ease you into a more relaxed state just before bed or any other time of day.

With real-deal AI-powered tech, this smart mattress tracks your sleep phases, sleep schedule, and overall comfort preferences and adjusts automatically to help you finally snooze your best snooze.

It’s all the health and wellness tracking features of a smartwatch on your finger. Keep tabs on your sleep health, plus your general well-being, including heart rate, activity, and stress levels.

When foam earplugs aren’t enough but your AirPods are overkill, there’s QuietOn’s latest earbuds. They’re purpose-built to help you sleep better by tuning out everything from snoring partners to barking dogs to that neighbor upstairs who loves her some 3:00 a.m. ABBA.

The handsome and deceptively minimalist design of Hatch’s Restore 2 almost hides the fact that this ultimate “dream machine” is a combination alarm clock, sound machine, and bedside light.

There are plenty of imitators, but we always come back to one of the OG meditation apps. The guided meditations and mindfulness exercises are the prescription for calming a busy mind before bedtime.

The right mattress? Got it. Cushy bedding? Check. Rain-forest sound machine? On. The only thing left to do now is pick the perfect lighting to help take you the rest of the way to dreamland.

We get it: It’s hard to stop watching that one last TikTok video before rolling over and going to sleep. Do your eyes a solid with a good pair of blue-light-blocking glasses to put your brain chemicals in snooze mode.

If sleeping with earbuds isn’t for you, get the next best thing with SleepPhones’ wireless sleep headphones. These doctor-designed cans are integrated into a soft fleece headwrap, so you (and your partner) won’t even know they’re there.

This kid-friendly device is a high-tech night light and a smart sleep nanny in one. Dial in the right lighting and choose from white noise, lullabies, or nature sounds—all from the companion mobile app.

Earbuds and headphone wraps too much for your taste? These are a next-gen take on standard ear plugs. Using full-block silicone filters, they silence just about every sound you don’t want to hear.

The classic men’s pajama set your grandpappy loved so much gets a major upgrade from Cosabella. It still features flat satin piping in contrast shades, but the whole getup is now made from super-soft pima- cotton and modal fabrics.

Take your ordinary eye mask to the next level with this enhancement from Ostrichpillow. Thanks to a combination of gentle pressure and hot/cold therapy, it reduces eye strain, muscle tension, and stress headaches, easing you straight into bedtime mode.

Soft + waffle = soffle. Get it? We didn’t make it up, but we’re glad Jambys did, because these ultra-plush, breathable sleep shorts are the comfiest bottoms this side of sleeping au naturel.

With a throwback design, inspirational messages, and non-stick sole grips, these deceptively simple socks are a fitting accompaniment to your nighttime ritual.

It’s the classic spa robe re-envisioned for everyday home wear. But this cozy option features the same diamond-jacquard weave, shawl collar, and plush lining you probably remember from your last 90-minute Swedish.

If the design of these handsome slippers appears distinctly handmade, that’s because every pair is hand-felted in Nepal from the finest ethically sourced New Zealand wool.

The key to the perfect sleep shirt—as in This Is J’s men’s T-shirt—is a ridiculously soft blend of bamboo and spandex. With a classic cut and raglan sleeves, it hangs just right for long days at the office, lazy Sundays in bed, and much, much more.

Imagine upgrading your favorite old-school gym shorts in a triple-layered French terry with a clean hem and simple designer details. Lucky for you, these fit the bill.