Many online mattress dealers sell the ErgoMotion adjustable frames. By all accounts, they are good. But the Reverie adjustable frames may be slightly better--they are the ones recommended by Phoenix, the moderator of MattressUnderground.
The highest end Reverie apparently available in Split Queen is the 5D. The corresponding ErgoMotion is the 400. You really have to look carefully at a comparison chart to see the differences. And you also need to go beyond that chart, though it is a good place to start.
A couple of small differences, the Reverie apparently has two presets whereas the Ergomotion has only one. Then the Ergomotion has a backlit wireless remote whereas the wireless remote for the Reverie is not backlit.
Possibly the most important difference according to the chart is the Ergomotion 400 having a maximum head adjustment of 70 degrees. That's among the highest (even other Ergomotion models don't go that high, 60 is typical). The Reverie has a more typical 58 degrees. Well, I might like the higher height, but I might worry about it damaging mattress as well. On the other hand, I don't know if I trust this chart. Sears, for example, lists the Reverie 5D in Split Queen and lists 70/47 as the head/foot degrees available. That is identical to what the previous chart lists for the Ergomotion 400. Strangely, Sears also lists the ErgoMotion 400 but does NOT list the degrees of head and foot lift. The Reverie website does not give any numbers. Nor, in fact, does the Ergomotion website give any numbers.
(Update: Chris Mullins at SleepingOrganic has been very helpful in providing addtional information about adjustable bedframes. He had to call people to get this information. The Ergomotion frame does have more head tilt, an industry leading 70 degrees, and he thinks that's a very useful and important feature. The Reverie has less tilt, 58 degrees, as most online specification say. He says the Ergomotion is lighter in some sizes because Reverie uses more legs--the added weight is in the legs, up to 12 legs in a split queen frame. The Ergomotion uses a frame engineered to require only legs at the corners, and he says it is a very strong frame. I'm now planning to get a regular queen, not a split queen, for which the Ergomotion actually weighs more than the Reverie, according to what I have seen. As you might have guessed, I'm now planning to buy frame and mattress from SleepingOrganic, but the project has been delayed a few more weeks due to fan replacement.)
(Update: Chris Mullins at SleepingOrganic has been very helpful in providing addtional information about adjustable bedframes. He had to call people to get this information. The Ergomotion frame does have more head tilt, an industry leading 70 degrees, and he thinks that's a very useful and important feature. The Reverie has less tilt, 58 degrees, as most online specification say. He says the Ergomotion is lighter in some sizes because Reverie uses more legs--the added weight is in the legs, up to 12 legs in a split queen frame. The Ergomotion uses a frame engineered to require only legs at the corners, and he says it is a very strong frame. I'm now planning to get a regular queen, not a split queen, for which the Ergomotion actually weighs more than the Reverie, according to what I have seen. As you might have guessed, I'm now planning to buy frame and mattress from SleepingOrganic, but the project has been delayed a few more weeks due to fan replacement.)
What about Craftmatic? Craftmatic does not list any prices on their website. You have to call to find out. Years ago, you couldn't even call to find out, you had to have a Craftmatic salesman come out to your home. This is obviously a hard sell, and reportedly Craftmatic prices are very high, and their products not especially distinguished (and possibly rebadged). Their prices would have to be high to cover the advertising they are most famous for, as well as the salespeople. I'm not sure if I want to bother to find out more. Unlike many online adjustable bed sellers, their starting model (in fact, the only model available in Split Queen is Model One) comes standard with an innerspring core mattress. That's elsewhere described as cheaper or inferior to a natural latex core. An adjustable bed innerspring has to be made without the usual reinforcement bar on the edge. That means there might be a tendency to roll out of bed (which is why that bar is usually there) as compression near the edge propagates to the edge without further resistance. Latex, on the other hand, is a point resistance mattress type in which compression doesn't automatically propagate, similar to pocketed coils (the most expensive and rare form of innerspring mattresses...the type used in the original Beautyrest of 60 years ago). Kudos to Craftmatic, however, for showing a cutout of their mattress composition, and admitting they use Bonelli coils, which are better than some but not as good as pocketed.
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