Chilipad removes heat from your sleep surface. No magic, just physics.

A little. Think of the Chilipad like a refrigerator for your mattress. A fridge stays icy cold on the inside by pulling heat out of the food compartment and venting a mild amount of warmth into your kitchen.

Similarly, the Chilipad extracts heat from your body and bed surface and vents it into the room. In a standard bedroom with typical airflow, the ambient room temperature increase is minimal. Because you are actively cooling your personal microclimate, you can comfortably raise your central home thermostat several degrees potentially saving money on household AC costs while sleeping significantly cooler. 

Yes. The Chilipad 2.0 dual-zone bed cooling system configuration gives each side of the bed its own independent temperature control from 55 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit. One partner can set their side to 62 degrees while the other runs at 76 degrees, on the same mattress, at the same time. The two zones do not affect each other. This is the most direct solution for couples with different temperature preferences.

No, a monthly membership is not required to use your Chilipad. We believe you should own your sleep experience, not rent it. Once you purchase your system, you have full access to its core cooling and warming features right out of the box—forever.

• No Hidden Fees: You can control your sleep temperature manually on the unit or through our free mobile app without any ongoing subscription costs.
• Standard App Access: The free Chilipad app allows you to adjust temperatures, set automated sleep schedules, and create custom sleep programs at no additional charge.
• Feature-Rich Experience: Unlike many competitors, we do not "paywall" our hardware. All temperature ranges and manual scheduling tools are available to every user from day one.
• Future: While we may offer premium features or advanced insights in the future, the primary manual functions of your bed cooling system will remain subscription-free.
• No Hardware Lock-In: Your Chilipad is not "cloud-dependent" for its core functions. Because these features are built directly into the hardware, the system will continue to work perfectly even without an internet connection, ensuring we can never "disable" your manual controls based on a subscription status.

Our commitment is to provide a premium, standalone sleep solution that gives you total control over your comfort with no monthly strings attached.

Inside the Dock is a high-efficiency solid-state thermoelectric cooling engine (Peltier technology), a whisper-quiet water pump, and an acoustically tuned fan. It does not use heavy compressors or chemical refrigerants such as Freon.

This patented design offers major benefits for your bedroom environment:

• Whisper-Quiet Operation: Because there is no clunky compressor turning on and off throughout the night, you get smooth, consistent cooling with a gentle white-noise hum.
• Eco-Friendly & Safe: Powered entirely by clean water circulation and solid-state heat exchange, it is 100% free of hazardous cooling gases.