Mattress Reviews – Latex, Spring and Memory Foam Mattresses

May 18, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

With so many different mattresses option available in the market, these days shopping for a basic item like mattress can be quiet confusing. However, unlike before, mattresses are no more considered just a base to sleep on. But not anymore. The present day mattresses: Memory Foam Mattresses, spring mattresses and Latex Mattresses boast of ultimate comfort and support to the sleeper’s body, which results in a deep slumber bereft of any pressure on the joints or back.
 

These mattresses are designed after a thorough research and study so that they can provide you endless nights of peaceful sleep. They are formed in such a way that they support your body and adjust according to your body contours. However, these two mattress types have their own set of advantages.
 

Latex Mattress Reviews:
 

Latex is a natural rubber sap derived from a special species of trees. These mattresses are eco friendly and health friendly in nature. This natural rubber makes them eco friendly. These mattresses are health friendly as they are anti-microbial and hypo-allergenic, which makes them a perfect choice for people prone to or suffering from allergies. One unique feature of Latex mattress is that they are also fire resistant and pest resistant.
 

These are dense mattresses, which are extremely long lasting. These are usually a foot deep with holes drilled into them. These holes provide the supreme comfort and support. For greater comfort opt for more holes around the hip area and lesser holes around the shoulder and neck area. Opt for mattresses with same sized pin core holes for consistency.
 

Latex mattresses are economical s compared to other mattresses and are also long lasting. They can last you up to 25 years.
 

Spring Mattress Reviews:
 

The first thought that might cross your mind while shopping is that spring mattresses are pretty traditional when compared with the other next generation mattresses. However, even spring mattresses have advanced and you might get surprised to see the variety they have to offer.
 

Most of the available models in this mattress type are of ‘Zero Motion Transfer’ technology. These not only provide comfort to the sleeper but also make sure that there are no interruptions in their peaceful sleeper due to movements of the other bed partner.
 

However, when compared to the other two options, spring mattresses come at the last for their durability quotient, and are also comparatively expensive.
 

Memory Foam Mattress Reviews:
 

Memory Foam Mattresses are next gen mattresses that follow the heating patterns and body contours of your body to provide you with ultimate sleeping experience. It impeccably supports your body joints and pressure areas to provide you with excellent support while sleeping. These are reputed for lowering back aches and joint aches.
 

These mattresses are durable as they are mould-resistant. If you frequently flip your mattresses to prevent sagging, these can last you up to 15 years. Like Latex Mattresses, these too are economical.
 

Choose the best mattress option according to your requirements and budget. Happy blissful sleeping!

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5 Helpful Steps on How to Buy a Mattress

May 4, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

The once pleasant task of mattress shopping turns out to be more difficult due to the wide array of choices presented to us. Almost all mattress company sugar-coats their promises to draw more customers and if we do not have a concrete idea as to what we are doing, we may select substandard mattresses.

Here are the essentials on how you can pick the mattress that will most certainly give you with nightly relaxing sleep.

Step 1 – Know what mattress technology best suits your sleep needs.

There is a vast number of mattresses today integrated with innovative mattress technologies. Today, your choices vary from latex mattresses to memory foam mattresses to innerspring mattresses to air mattresses and those mattresses with double technology.

If you want more support to your body and lessen the familiar body aches and pains you usually experience with your old mattress, sleep experts suggest the use of a firmer mattress such as memory foam. Air mattresses are also a great choice because it provides versatility and convenience. And innerspring mattresses are good for those who need soft and plush comfort.

Step 2 - Determine Your Budget.

Your budget is more likely the main factor that will decide what mattress you will get. Latex and memory foam mattresses could be more expensive than the other types of mattresses. The price for memory foam and latex mattress can go very high depending on the quality.

Step 3 - Pick The Right Size Of The Mattress.

It is really apparent that the size of the mattress is vital but some people still choose the wrong one. If you have a bed partner, king-sized bed is an adequate mattress that can even allow your kids to hop on the bed with their parents. Twin-sized mattresses or single mattresses are perfect for solo sleepers with still more room to spare.

You can also go for custom-made mattresses if you cannot find the correct mattress size for your height. The negative side to this type of mattress is that you cannot easily purchase bed covers and bed sheets that will fit perfectly. It is also wise to get a king-sized mattress that eliminates motion transfer so that couples can still make individual movements without disturbing the deep slumber their bed partner.

Step 4 - Make Sure You Buy It From A Retailer Or A Mattress Company With A Reliable Reputation.

An ideal company will be able to offer you their help just in case you experience trouble with your mattress after buying it. An ideal company has great, friendly, accommodating and reliable customer service that will assist you.

Step 5 - Know As Much As You Can Concerning The Mattress’ Warranty Claim.

Before you give your money to officially purchase the mattress, get the specifics first concerning its warranty claim. A discerning consumer must always know what is in store for them in situations when their mattress gives them difficulties.

Take these pointers as your guide on how to buy mattress so that you won’t purchase a poorly-made, uncomfortable mattress.

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Would You Recycle Your Mattress in Exchange For Frequent Flyer Points?

April 20, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Sure you would. Frequent flyer points may well be in mattress recycling’s future. Today there is an on-going means to get paid for curbside recycling run by a Pennsylvania Company. The company is called RecycleBank ® and it’s a Philadelphia-based private company that has a very high tech idea about how to interest more people in curbside recycling. We are sharing this rewards model with you to show how it might be applied to mattress recycling.

RecycleBank® partners with cities and haulers to reward households for recycling. Households earn RecycleBank® Points for all kinds of green actions like using renewable energy, reusing products, digital downloads, recycling electronic waste, and much more. These points can be used to shop at over 1,500 local and national businesses. Household curbside containers have a computer chip implanted in them upon which resides the resident’s name, address and phone number and RecycleBank® account number. This information plus the on-collection truck computer and barcode system which inputs recyclable types and weight determines how many points a household earns for a specific curbside recycling collection pickup. Visit how-it-works at recyclebank.com for more information on their system.

Deming told us that which gets rewarded gets done. The RecycleBank® system rewards participants for curbside recycling as opposed to punishing them for what they are not recycling. Their goal is to encourage household recycling via positive reinforcement of the household’s recycling effort with a rewards system.

Households have access to their RecycleBank® Dollars for spending at participating retailers or if they like – to donate their RecycleBank® Dollars to a local environmental group or non-profit organization.

Mattress Recycling differs from curbside recycling in frequency. The average mattress’ life falls between ten and twenty years while most curbside recycling is done once a week. Even when family size is around 3.5 persons per household, on average a household would be recycling one mattress about every three to six years. Not exactly cost effective to set up a RecycleBank® like system just for mattress recycling, but mattress recycling could certainly be included as a subset of such a system.

Would businesses support a mattress recycling for pay system similar to RecycleBank®?

Which retail establishments benefit the most from having mattress buying customers come into their stores? Obviously retailers that sell new or even used mattresses need these customers to purchase mattresses from them. So, what would happen if retail mattress stores began rewarding customers for recycling their mattresses with “Mattress Recycling Dollars” whenever a customer wanting to buy a new mattress brought in their old mattress and box springs? The mattress retailer would close a new or used mattress sale from which they should profit. The mattress retailer removes one bed set from the supply side of the mattress market increasing the demand side by one bed set. The mattress retailer now has a paper trail on how many mattresses have been diverted from the landfills via recycling (This is a key measurement for mattress recyclers seeking grants in order to determine and show the total tonnage and/or volume of mattress waste being diverted from landfills.) The mattress retailer can claim their firm’s contribution to mattress litter reduction in the community. Further, the mattress retailer can incorporate their “green” business model into their unique selling proposition (USP) for their mattress business advertising.

And, if the mattress retailer networks with other retailers as part of the “Mattress Recycling Dollars” program – there is definitely an increase in word of mouth advertising about which retailers are rewarding customers for recycling mattresses (To include those all important pocketbook/mobile device lists of participating retailers.) People buying mattresses usually desire new bedding, maybe matching drapery, and a host of bedroom related items that consumers could use mattress recycling dollars to purchase.

From such a mattress recycling dollars program, mattress buying customers would feel rewarded and actually get credit for recycling their mattresses. The Mattress Recycling facility gains centralized pickup points for mattresses at the mattress retailer store saving the mattress recycler transportation costs. And, the community benefits via mattresses being recycled rather than going into landfills thereby lengthening the life of the landfill.

With the mattress recycling industry being in its infancy, there is more than adequate opportunity for innovation just as RecycleBank® has done for curbside recycling. And who knows – someday airlines may actually begin trading frequent flyer miles for mattress recycling dollars or points…. Like the old cliche says – the sky is the limit.

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Memory Foam Mattress Reviews

April 6, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Memory foam mattresses are the cutting edge in bedding. The use of viscoelastic material in the manufacture of mattresses has led to improved sleep comfort, providing the best support, spine alignment and pressure relief. What follows are reviews of the best rated memory foam mattresses from the market leaders.

Sealy TrueForm Mattress

Sealy mattresses have been a top rated product for many years and the company is the world’s largest manufacturer of mattresses. The company manufactures mattresses in the mid- to high-end price bracket. As you might expect from the world’s largest manufacturer, Sealy make all types from the Sealy Posturepedic – an orthopedically designed inner-spring mattress – to the Sealy SpringFree – a 100% latex mattress. Sealy didn’t lead the way in the use of viscoelastic foam but has now brought out its own version, called the Sealy TrueForm. Like other viscoelastic mattresses the Sealy model is multilayered using a high-density foam core (not memory foam) with a top layer of memory foam. Sealy claim that the inner-core of high-density foam provides the support whilst the top layer of memory foam provides both support and comfort.

There are basically three types of Sealy TrueFoam mattress to choose from; the 8 series, 9 series and 11 series – the number is the thickness of the mattress in inches. The 8 series comes with 5″ of high-density foam in the core and 3″ of memory foam in the top layer. The 9 series comes with 6″ of high-density foam in the core and 3″ of top layer. What exactly are the benefits of the 9 series over the 8 series I can’t really say as both have a 3.5″ top layer of memory foam – I don’t see how an extra one inch of high-density foam in the core makes the 9 series any better than the 8 series. The 11 series comes with 6″ of high-density foam in the core, a 3.5″ visco middle layer and 1.5″ convoluted visco top layer.

What I like most about the Sealy TrueForm mattress is the washable, zip-off cover – the 11 series is a velour cover with added cashmere. Also, all Sealy memory foam mattresses are compatible with the Sealy PowerBase, so you can program various positions as well as two massage units.

Simmons ComforPedic Mattress

Like Sealy, Simmons didn’t lead the way in development of viscoelastic, however they now manufacture their own version and even claim to have developed the ‘next generation’ of this type of mattress. It is true that the biggest complaint against memory foam has been a ‘sinking feeling’ – therefore not being able to move freely whilst lying down – and that it tends to ‘cook the sleeper’ because body heat is not dissipated quickly. Simmons claim to have solved both of these problems using their version of foam called NxG Advanced Memory Foam. From what I’ve garnered there does seem to be a small reduction with the quicksand feeling many customers complain about. With the claim as to heat reduction, I can’t say one way or the other. The one overriding opinion is that the Simmons ComforPedic mattress is cheaper than a Tempur-Pedic mattress, though a little softer, and offers good value for money.

Simmons makes the following models of ComforPedic mattresses: The Simmons ComforPedic Original – comes with a removable, professionally dry-cleanable velour and suede cover; The Simmons Nassau – comes with an additional layer of latex; the Simmons ComforPedic Natural is the next step up – you get a thicker layer or memory foam, an inner-layer of latex and the Simmons patented Edge Support System (some people do like a firm edge to their mattress though how this offers more support whilst sleeping is beyond me); the Simmons Mystere – comes with the thickest memory foam layer, otherwise it’s the same as the ComforPedic Natural; the Simmons ComforPedic Nuvo – this is the most expensive and comes with the Simmons Nuvo bed and allows custom positioning of the mattress, which can be programmed to an array of positions.

Tempur-Pedic Mattress

Tempur-Pedic mattresses were the first to utilize viscoelastic material in the construction of a mattress. Unlike most other manufacturers it only makes memory foam mattresses. It is still the market leader and sets the benchmark – every other mattress manufacture will offer the customer comparisons between their memory foam mattress and Tempur-Pedic – they don’t seem to compare their viscoelastic mattress with anyone else! So, is the Tempur-Pedic the best memory foam mattress on the market? Opinions vary; some claim that a lifetime of backache went away when they slept on one, others claim that the mattress sags after only a few months. Also, the memory foam available from Tempur-Pedic does seem to be firmer than its competitors.

The company originally made only one model of mattress, which was available in the usual standard sizes. Probably because of market competition, it has now several models on offer, the latest being the Tempur-Pedic CelebrityBed. It is the thickest mattress available with an extra 2″ Tempur pillow top – this mattress is very expensive, two times the price of the Classic Tempur-Pedic mattress; whether it is worth all the extra money is highly debatable – I doubt if most consumers would notice the ‘claimed’ greater sleep benefits of the CelebrityBed over the Classic.

Of the three brands discussed above, the Simmons mattress is the cheapest with the Tempur-Pedic being the most expensive. As to which gives you the best night’s sleep is a very subjective matter. Some like softer mattresses but others prefer firmer ones, also price does play a part in one’s selection; when buying a memory foam mattress can you really tell the difference between one that cost a thousand dollars to one that costs twice as much?

My personal ranking of those discussed above are; Sealy TrueForm Mattress (11 series) in third place, followed by the Simmons ComforPedic Mattress (Nassau) in second place with the Tempur-Pedic mattress (the Classic model) just making it into the number one position.

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Proper Care And Maintenance Tips For Your Water Bed Mattress

April 5, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Water bed owners are among the most loyal of mattress consumers. Water bed mattresses aren’t right for everybody, but those who love them feel very strongly about them. Many people consider water bed mattresses to provide the ultimate ideal for comfortable sleep. To many people, there is nothing so soothing as being lulled to sleep by the gentle movement of their water bed mattress. Water bed mattresses are also long lasting and easy to use.

Water bed mattresses are very low maintenance, but there are a few simple maintenance steps you can do that can help lengthen the lifespan of your water bed mattress, as well as increase the comfort you can experience from your mattress. The most important components in the proper care of your water bed mattress are the periodic addition water bed conditioner to the water in your mattress and maintaining an appropriate water level in your mattress.

Water Bed Conditioner

Adding water bed conditioner to your water bed mattress periodically will prevent the water in your mattress from becoming stagnant. If conditioner isn’t added as it should be, stagnation will result, and a bad smell originating with the stagnant water will emerge from the water bed mattress.

Failure to add conditioner to the water in your water bed mattress can also decrease the life span of your mattress. Deterioration of the mattress will accelerate as a result of algae growth within the mattress. Algae growth can result in hardening and cracking of the vinyl material from which the water bed mattress is made.

To maintain your water bed mattress, you simply need to add eight ounces of high quality, multipurpose water bed conditioner to the water in your mattress once every eighteen months. The best place to find high quality water bed conditioner is from a water bed dealer.

Proper Water Level Maintenance

Keeping the water level in your water bed mattress is an important part of proper water bed maintenance. Overfilling and under filling can both result in damage to your water bed mattress. A mattress that has been overfilled is subject to stretch out. As the vinyl stretches, pressure will be placed on the seams that can cause it to weaken.

Additionally, water bed frames are designed to support the weight of properly filled water bed mattresses. A water bed mattress that has been over filled weighs more than it should. Therefore, additional stress is placed on the water bed frame. When the water bed frame is under excess stress, its ability to properly support the mattress is diminished. Damage to the hardware that keeps the frame together also can occur as a result of excess water in the water bed mattress.

An under filled water bed mattress can result in excess stress being placed on the water bed heater that can cause it to overheat. An adverse effect of an overheated water bed heater is damage to the vinyl material that comes in contact with the heater.

One way to determine if your water bed mattress is filled to an appropriate level involves placing a broom handle across one of the corners of your water bed mattress frame. As the mattress begins to fill, watch the frame. You will know that it is time turn off the water supply when the handle lifts off the frame as a result of the expansion of your water bed mattress. This might not be the most scientific way to be certain your water bed mattress is filled to the correct level, but it is an easy and accurate way to be sure.

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Which Futon Mattress Should I Choose?

March 30, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Choosing the correct mattress for your futon can mean the difference in really loving your futon or being disappointed in your futon. There are a variety of choices when choosing a futon mattress. The mattresses can have cotton, cotton and foam, cotton and wool, cotton and polyester, inner-springs and a combination of these items Organic mattresses are available and are the perfect futon for a chemical free mattress.

Cotton mattresses have a soft yet supportive cushion. Cotton is breathable, absorbent, durable and temperature resistive. All cotton mattresses tend be heavier than mattresses with foam and cotton. There are all cotton mattresses which are chemical free. These all cotton organic mattresses that do not contain any fire retardants require a prescription from a physician. There are some all cotton mattresses with borate as the fire retardant that do not require a prescription from a physician.

Cotton and foam futon mattresses are becoming more and more popular. There are a number of foam/cotton mattresses available. The cotton and foam are layered in these mattresses. These mattresses are lighter than all cotton mattresses. Adding the foam layers to the mattress, makes the mattress softer and more plush than all cotton mattresses.. Foam comes in both flat slabs and convoluted layers. Flat slab foam gives a smooth feel while the convoluted foam gives more loft. The foam layers are the center layers with the cotton layers on the outside layer. The cotton layers add the breathable quality and allows the futon to conform to the body without the spongy, bouncy feel.

Cotton and wool futon mattresses have the wool as the outer layer which provides a natural fire retardant to the futon. The wool in the mattress creates an extreme cushion making these futons feel soft. Sag and compaction is significantly reduced. Wool is a natural fire retardant, is breathable, does not off gas and is a dust mite repellent. These futon mattresses are the real deal in chemical free organic mattresses. The wool is the fire retardant in these mattresses.

Innerspring coils in the center of coil mattresses provide firm support for all body types. The have steel circular coils inside that push back the pressure applied to them to provide good cushioning that will last for a long time. Futon innerspring mattresses can be surrounded by foam, cotton or a combination of both. These layers protect the body from feeling the coils in the mattress. The mattresses with innerspring coils are really durable.

Price is often an indicator in quality. You should choose the futon mattress that is right for you at the price you can afford. The cotton/foam mattresses provide the maximum benefit for the best value. If you want a soft mattress, consider the mattresses wrapped in wool or the mattresses with foam as one of the ingredients. Coil mattresses are typically firmer mattresses. The chemical free organic mattresses are great for people with allergies and you will have a green product that is good for you and the environment.

All futon mattresses will need proper care. They will need to be rotated and flipped just like regular mattresses do. Cotton mattresses can be aired out on a non-rainy way – and will make the mattress fresh again.You will want to purchase a mattress cover when you purchase your mattress. The mattress cover will not only be beautiful but will also protect your mattress.

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Mattress Graveyards – Should We Really Be Burying Our Mattresses?

March 27, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

We all buy mattresses for our homes and often get five, ten, fifteen maybe twenty years worth of use out of these mattresses. We go out and purchase a new mattress and of course must find a way to dispose of our old mattress. Many dispose of their mattresses via trash or disposal service. But this leads to filling our landfills with old mattresses creating a sort of mattress graveyard where more trash and debris cover them up to lay beneath tons and tons of trash in a landfill. Many of the materials inside these mattresses is not biodegradable.  

This is the month of October which brings us Halloween, ghosts, ghouls and scares. Perhaps, when we bury our old mattresses we should be concerned that they are going to rise from the ground and walk the earth like mattress zombies scouring the Earth for restless sleepers like us . Perhaps your old mattress is looking for you like the zombie out of a Halloween thriller. Maybe there is a better way though of disposing our old mattresses that’s more green friendly rather than burying them. That way they won’t be possessed with the idea of coming to find us.

Many civic leaders and environmentalist have come to the same conclusion that disposing of large bulky items that can’t decompose into a landfill just isn’t the solution. So what are some of the options we have for discarding our old mattresses? If your mattress is perhaps five years old or less and is still in new or close to new condition then it should be recommended to ask family or friends if they can use your mattress. Explain how much you paid for it and tell them you’d rather see someone you know be able to use it rather than discarding it. You’d be surprised how many people may have a mattress on its last leg and may jump at an opportunity to replace it with a more modern mattress.

Perhaps your family and friends are happy with their mattresses (which is good) and just can’t find a use for yours. If this is the case why not considering donating your mattress to one of the many charitable organizations or non-profit organizations out there. Companies like Goodwill or Salvation Army are often happy to accept lightly used mattresses that they can use in their own programs or offer them for sale through their stores to raise money for the different programs they offer for your community. It’s not scary at all to drop off your old mattress to the different drop off locations. Who knows, perhaps your mattress will find a new home and live again.

There are also manufacturers who take old mattresses and use the old steel spring components and anything else that can be recycled to make new reconditioned mattresses. With the price of steel and foams climbing many of these businesses are able to recycle old mattresses and re-introduce new components into them to make a new mattress. These mattresses feature yellow law labels sewn into them and are companies like these accept and often will pick up old mattresses for these components. Typically only found in larger metropolitan areas these manufacturers or local shops help to find new life for your old mattress which will keep it out of a landfill. Recycled and reconditioned mattresses won’t have bugs or other crawling creatures come out of them like some scary Halloween thriller. They are specially sanitized and cleaned before being returned to the general public for sale again but have new life breathed into them.

Many city waste processing centers are starting to recycle old mattresses by taking the steel out of them and scrapping it and melting it down as well. Not all do this but many are again due to the high cost of steel. You can contact your local city waste pickup center and ask them if they recycle. Metal scrap yards might also be a great place for recycling your mattress rather than introducing it into a landfill.

In this article I brought out the fact that landfills have long been mattress graveyards by mattresses being placed into landfills and buried by tons of trash and waste. There are alternatives to this and include donating your mattress to companies like Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Having them picked up by local manufacturers who recycle them into new reconditioned mattresses. There is always the choice too of having them picked up by your local waste or recycling center which can use the steel and other materials out of the mattress which will reduce what goes into landfills.

Hopefully if you’re considering disposing of a mattress you can find a better home for it than having it get buried into a graveyard of old mattresses, trash and other waste. If you decide to try to recycle your old mattress than you’re definitely doing you’re part to help be more green and eco-friendly towards our environment. If you decide to just send your old mattress off to a landfill however, beware. Old mattresses in the mattress graveyard have been known to come out at night, looking for restless sleepers with whom to find. As you’re telling ghost stories around that Halloween campfire, watch out behind you. That old mattress may be lurking like an undead zombie in the shadows. Stay alert and make sure you all stay together. Much like our planet’s ecology if we all do our part we’ll hopefully make it through to the sequel.

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What to Know Before Going Into a Bed Mattress Store

March 21, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Mattress shopping can be time-consuming. Looking for a mattress to suit your needs may take patience, too. One should know pretty well the kind of mattress he or she needs in accordance, of course, to the individual’s budget limit.

For a smoother mattress shopping, here are some things to consider before stepping in to a bed mattress store:

- Take some time to think. Before indulging yourself in a “mattress shopping mode” at your favorite bed mattress store, try to introspect and then decide – is it really time to change your old mattress with a new one? Just like other furniture and appliances at home, mattresses also undergo aging which will lead to its incapability in meeting your needs.

When do you buy a new mattress?

- if you are not sleeping as comfortably as you were previous years ago – your old mattress is already worn out and sagging – your mattress is giving you more body aches and tired muscles after a long sleep, instead of providing you comfort – your mattress does not fit you anymore. There are times when people grow, both in age and body built, that they do no longer be able to fit comfortably with their mattress. – change of lifestyle. A sudden change in your status, such as getting married, requires someone to shift to another type of mattress.

It is best to set expectations of the mattress that you want before buying one. Expectations would involve the quality of the mattress as well as the kind of customer service one will receive upon going to a bed mattress store.

Furthermore, one should also choose a mattress that suits well to the available space of the bedroom where it will be placed. A single size bed mattress, for example, is ideal for rooms that have limited space.

Quality

Make sure your mattress can withstand all the pressure and tension it has to endure from its users. Also, the mattress should be able to conform with the dimensional size of the bed frame as well as the temperature condition of the room where the mattress will be placed.

A good mattress should be comfortable to sleep on. A memory foam mattress, for example, is known for its light characteristics as it conforms flexibly to the body position of the one sleeping on it. This characteristic gives a “cradle-like” feeling as it relieves pressure from the body of the sleeper, particularly on the areas of the shoulders, hips and back. A good quality of mattress should also be hypo-allergenic to prevent dust mites from inhabiting your mattress, giving it a fresh and healthy environment.

Good Customer Service

You can tell from store personnels if you’re in a store with good service or not. A bed mattress store should have sales persons who have wide knowledge on the mattresses (or other bed products) their stores are selling. A good bed mattress store should have some people around the store who can guide pretty well their consumers through the often confusing wide array of available mattresses to choose from. If you find their sales persons not well-educated on the products their stores are selling and are giving you more confusion than guidance, then venture out to another bed mattress store where you will be more comfortable to ask around.

A good customer service is one that deals with their clients honestly. More often than not, mattress dealers mislead their buyers through series of mattress sales just to attract their buyers in purchasing their products.

Buy from a reputable bed mattress store. This kind of store has established already a good name through its durable and high quality mattresses as well as excellent customer service. The reputation of a bed mattress store can be checked upon through testimonials of previous clients and on mattress reviews that can be found mostly in the internet.

Inquire about the delivery service. This includes fast delivery and friendly delivery crew.

- Test the new mattress that you want. This is often the case if someone do the canvassing in the internet and was not really able to personally touch (or feel) the mattress.

It is advisable to check on the mattress and lie down on it so that one can have a personal feel of the mattress, and test its comfort

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A Kingsdown Mattress – Good Value For Your Money?

March 18, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Kingsdown makes three ranges of mattress; the Kingsdown Perfect Partner, the Kingsdown Plush Sense mattress and the Kingsdown Body System mattress. Each offers different characteristics to give the consumer a comfortable mattress. But in order to review Kingsdown mattresses and then decide if they offer good value for money one must understand the niche market that Kingsdown fills.

Companies like Sealy and Serta are well-known in many countries and many consumers feel confident when buying their products. However, Kingsdown is a small, independent mattress manufacturer that specializes in making mid- to high-end mattresses. The company has also been in business a long time; over 100 years.

Over the last 30 years there have been many new designs of mattresses using many different technologies. We have seen the rise in popularity – and then fall – of water beds; we can now buy air mattresses like the Simmons Luxaire mattress; pocket coil spring mattresses like the Beautyrest Pocket Coil system, also from Simmons; the latest innovation of memory foam mattresses from Tempur Pedic; and the marrying together of conventional mattresses with memory foam from Sealy and others.

Kingsdown does not manufacturer any of these types of mattresses. Instead it sticks to what it knows best; innerspring mattresses. This is no bad thing as over 90% of mattresses sold use the conventional, inner-spring coils. The plain truth is that most consumers feel more comfortable sleeping on an inner-spring coil mattress. What Kingsdown does is try to make the best, most comfortable mattress in the mid- to high-end price range.

Kingsdown mattresses use good quality materials but so do all of its rivals. What Kingsdown claims makes its mattresses better than the rest is the use of computer technology in the design process of its mattresses.

The latest offering from the company is the Kingsdown Body System mattress. The coil springs and the materials used are no better than other comparable manufacturers but the company claims that it will be the most comfortable you can buy when used in conjunction with its Dormo-Diagnostics Sleep Machine. Basically, the Kingsdown Dormo-Diagnostics Sleep Machine is a computer system that analyses your body shape, and weight distribution and uses this data against measurements from the result of studies involving millions of people, thousands of mathematical formulas and 18 key statistical measurements. The system is available from all licensed distributors of Kingsdown mattresses and only takes a few minutes to do. A data read out will advise you on the Kingsdown Body System mattress that best suits your requirements.

Whether or not a machine can do a better job of choosing your mattress than your own judgment is debatable but maybe it can? After all, when choosing a mattress you’re supposed to lie down on it for at least 15 minutes, try out your various sleep positions, and, ideally, lay down on it in your pajamas – or whatever else you sleep in. Doing this is not easy as most consumers feel very self conscious when lying down on a mattress in a busy department store.

Many people sleep with a partner and Kingsdown have designed a mattress especially for couples: the Kingsdown Partner Perfect. The company claims this mattress is the best and most technically advance mattress for couples. I doubt this is true. The biggest problem with traditional inner-spring mattresses is wave-motion. This is movement felt by one partner when the other moves. This movement is inherent in all inner-spring mattresses because all the coils are interconnected. The wave movement is more pronounced when one partner is significantly heavier than the other. If you have this problem you might be better off looking at other types of mattresses like memory foam from Tempur Pedic or a pocket coil system from a manufacturer like Simmons.

Finally, the company makes the Kingsdown Plush Sense mattress. The main selling point of this mattress is the ProEdge Spring System in the mattress and box spring. The claim is that the ProEdge gives greater comfort with a perimeter that is 20% firmer so giving better edge to edge support. Does a firmer edge give better support? Probably not but some consumers do like mattresses with firm edges. If you like a firm edged mattress then the Kingsdown Plush Sense mattress is a good choice.

Kingsdown do manufacture top rated mattresses and many reviews of Kingsdown mattresses are highly favorable. Before buying a quality mattress you should decide what type best suits your needs. If you prefer traditional, inner-spring mattresses then a Kingsdown is probably as good as Sealy, Serta and Simmons mattress of the same type.

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A Review Of Kingsdown Mattresses

March 15, 2010 · Posted in mattress · Comment 

Most consumers are aware of the big mattress manufacturers like Sealy and Serta but there are other, smaller, independent mattress manufacturers that make mid- to high-end mattresses. Kingsdown mattresses aspire to fill this niche. What follows is a short review on what types of mattresses on offer from Kingsdown.

Kingsdown have been making mattresses for over a hundred years. Kingsdown make only the more traditional inner-spring mattress. Whilst others like Simmons manufacturer pocketed coil mattresses and Tempur-Pedic lead the way in producing memory foam mattresses, Kingsdown prefers to stick to what it knows best. But this is no bad thing; the fact is most people prefer sleeping on a traditional inner-spring mattress and this type of mattress remains the most popular type. What Kingsdown tries to do is make the best inner-spring mattress at a price most consumers can afford.

The Kingsdown Body System mattress is the company’s latest offering. The mattress is made from a full coil system using coils made from high-tempered steel. This is nothing new; many high-end mattresses are made with this type of coil. What Kingsdown has done is to employ the latest computer technology to design a mattress that is as comfortable as any on the market. Kingsdown claim the unique construction of the Body Shape mattress shapes and conforms to an individual’s body shape, allowing hips, head, and ankles to maintain the optimal straight line position. The Body System mattress comes in numerous configurations. Whether or not the Kingsdown Body System gives you better support than other top quality mattresses is debatable, but many consumer reports give the mattress a favorable thumbs-up.

What really helps to ensure that you get the best Kingsdown Body System mattress is the Dormo-Diagnostics Sleep Machine from Kingsdown. Simply put the Dormo-Diagnostics Sleep Machine is a computer system that has been compiled from sleep research carried out on millions of people. The system works by getting the customer to answer a few questions, then to lie down on a special diagnostic bed. The computer system makes its calculations and in a few minutes the customer has an easy to read printout that recommends the best Kingsdown mattress for their needs.

The Dormo-Diagnostics Sleep Machine tries to take the guess work out of buying a mattress. Of course, some will prefer to trust their own instincts about choosing a mattress but I, for one, think letting a machine analyze your sleep requirements is a step forward; after all, do you really feel comfortable trying out a mattress in a busy store, fully clothed, laying down with your partner and trying out all your usual sleep positions!

Speaking of laying down on a mattress with your partner, Kingsdown also offer a range of mattress called the Kingsdown Partner Perfect. The company claims that the Partner Perfect is the most technically advanced mattress in the world but basically it is just another inner-spring mattress. Inner spring mattresses inherently cause wave motion when one partner moves thereby disturbing the sleep of the other.

Manufacturers have tried other types of mattress design to eliminate motion disturbance. I’ve tried most of them; water bed and pocketed coil to name but two. But personally, if you really want a mattress that totally eliminates motion disturbance you’re probably best with a memory foam mattress. My wife and I currently sleep on a Tempur-Pedic memory foam mattress and we both love it: I no longer cause my wife to lose sleep during the night as I toss and turn.

Finally, there is the Kingsdown Plush Sense mattress. The Kingsdown Crown Imperial Plush mattress uses the ProEdge Spring System in the mattress and box spring, thereby giving greater comfort and a perimeter that is 20% firmer than other mattresses giving a better edge to edge support. The mattress is hypo-allergenic using two layers of Flexatron, combined with a layer of high-density SupersoftFoam, with an ultra-thick layer of convoluted Qualatex to help give a low pressure sleep surface for longer, undisturbed sleep.

If you prefer traditional inner spring mattresses – and most consumers do – then it is worth while taking a look at a Kingsdown mattress. Kingsdown mattresses may not lead the field in mattress technology but the company does make mattresses of excellent quality.

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