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I split information on mattress into two pages. Other Manufacturers/Prices | Types | Problems with memory foam | Mattress Firmness | Green Mattresses Construction A bed usually consists of two parts: A. A foundation box springs or platform They're rarely box springs now but v-shaped steel modules that form a grid. See Foundation or Box Spring? | Sleepinglikealog.com B. A Mattress Mattresses are generally composed of two main sections 1. A support section on the bottom 2. A comfort section on the Top 3. A fabric cover (ticking) The covering over comfort section may have some padding also. Foundation - A box spring or platform that the whole thing sits on. Usually 8 inches. There are several types: Support Innerspring - Wire coils or interconnected springs Foam (Polyurethane or latex) Adjustable air like the Sleep Number beds Comfort - Innerspring mattresses traditionally had a quilted batten fabric that is frequently synthetic. - Foam mattresses usually have one or more layers of a less dense foam on the top. They frequently have a memory foam top layer - Hybrid mattresses are innersprings mattresses with a foam comfort section Air beds have a foam confort layerSee: types in the general mattress page Both innerspring and foam mattresses got good scores in the 2015 Consumer Reports tests The top rated mattresses got scores as follows: Innerspring * - 67-71 $500-$1,500 Sealy, Charles P Rodgers, Denver Memory foam - 64-70 $500-$1,500 Novaform (Costco), Serta, Spring Air Adjustable Air - 72-74 Sleep Number $800-$3,000 * Inner spring variations can include special layers of cushioning, a pillowtop layer above a denser foam layer. "Hybrids" have one or more layers of foam on top of the springs. Consumer Reports Reviews. Type Scores Price Range Innerspring 44-85 $300 - $2,570 Latex foam 76-82 $895 - $3,600 Memory foam 54-78 $350 - $1,650 Adjustable air 78-80 $2,300 - $3,000 Top Rated Mattresses 2015 | SleepLikeTheDead.com Satisfaction (sample size) 81% Memory Foam (7,142) 80% Latex 78% Airbed 72% Hybrid 64% Innerspring Other Review Sites: Mattress Reviews | SleepSherpa.com - They like The Alexander Signature Select Mattress | Nest Bedding Which Natural Mattress is Right For You? | Mama Natural She likes the Essentia Dormeuse Fior Best mattress and beds for Side/Back/Stomach Sleepers Reviews 2016 | NerdSleep.com
You can spend $30,000 or more for a mattress. Considerations and features in selecting a mattress
Some Mattresses Examples: Prices are for Queen sized beds. Note: Many manufacturers keep the construction details (e.g Indentation Load Deflection (ILD) values,
Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid Trust Cushion | Sealy - $1,275 (Top rated innerspring at Consumer Reports) Mattress Height: 11.5" Cover ForeverFlex™ Body Hugging Stretch Fabric Comfort section: 1" OptiCool® Gel Memory Foam with CoreSupport* Center Zoning 2" SuperSoft ActiveFlex * CoreSupport Center™ - The center third of the mattress is designed to provide you with the support where you need it most. Support Section Apex™ HS Titanium Individually Pocketed Coil Coil Count: 825 Novaform 14" Serafina - $1,575 (Top rated foam at Consumer Reports) Mattress thickness: 14" Cover: Quilted, plush cover Mattress cover is not removable for washing; spot clean only; follow all manufacturers' care and use instructions Comfort section Top layer: 3" of gel memory foam for cool, cradling comfort Middle layer: 3" of air channel foam for enhanced air flow Support section Base layer: 8" of base foam for long-lasting support Duxiana Dux 515 - $8,000 is one of the most expensive mattresses. Top Pad - Support 3,288 interconnected springs (queen) Casper $850 Mattress thickness: 10-11" Cover: Polyester/Polypropylene Zipper Cover Comfort section Latex Foam top Memory Foam middle Support section 6.5" Polyurethane Foam The Alexander Signature Select Mattress | Nest Bedding $799 Top rated at Sleep Sherpa The Love Bed | Nest Bedding $799 Mattress thickness: 10-11" Cover 1.5" Comfort section 2" convoluted 4lb gel foam 2" visco foam Support section 8" 2.0 density convoluted Green Mattresses These are mainly mattress using natural latex foam rather than petroleum based polyurethane foam. Note: Some people are allergic to latex. Beware of what some manufacturers call "organic mattresses", they may have some organic cotton, but that's all. See The Mattress Underground: Shopping for a Latex Mattress (1/1)
Companies:
Essentia Organic Mattresses & Natural Memory Foam Mattresses Essentia Energie Opus $3,787 firmness 3/8 Comfort layer 3" 5.25lbs Density* Natural Memory Foam. Support Layer 5" Seven zoned natural latex support layer. (Dunlop process * Essentia uses Lbs rating for density and it is not clear how this relates to ILD used by other manufactures.Essentia Classic 8 $2,875 firmness 5/8 Comfort layer 2" 5.25lbs Density Natural Memory Foam.. Support layer 6" Seven zoned natural latex support layer. (Dunlop process)Essentia Dormeuse $5,225 firmness 4/8 Comfort 2" 6.25lbs Density Natural Memory Foam.. Molded for added support. 2" 5.25lbs Density Natural Memory Foam. Support 4" Seven zoned natural latex support layer. (Dunlop process) Essentia Dormeuse Fior $5,725 Mama Natural likes it. Firmness 2.5/8 Cover Bucaneve Wrap - Thin protective liner to reduce friction wear. Comfort layer 3" Molded 6.25lbs density Fior formula. 2" 5.25lbs density Natural Memory Foam.. Support layer 3" Seven zoned natural latex support layer. (Dunlop process)Essentia Mattress Reviews | SleepLikeTheDead.com The Natural Mattress Store - Serenity - $2,200 (Queen) Comfort Layers: 1" of soft Talalay latex 3" Talalay middle layer which is either soft, medium, firm or extra firm. Dual firmness (left and right) available Support Layer: 3" Dunlop latex layer The Natural Mattress Store - Melody - $1,600 (Queen) 10 inches Comfort Layers: 2" of soft Talalay latex - Soft or Medium dual firmness available $100 Support Layer: Medium or firm Pocket coil springs The Natural Mattress Store - Unity - $1,300 (Queen) 9 inches Comfort Layers: 1 1/2" of soft Talalay latex Medium or Firm Support Layer: Medium or firm Pocket coil springs The Natural Mattress Store - Enlightenment hybrid with springs $2,600 13 inches Comfort Layers: 3" of soft Talalay latex Medium or Firm dual firmness available $100 Support Layer: 2" Medium Tallay Medium or firm Pocket coil springs HeveaPUR®* 9" Organic Mattress Denver Mattress Company $550-$2,400 9 inches Cover: GOTS Certified Organic Cotton Ticking Quilted to GOTS Certified Organic Wool with GOTS Certified Cotton Backing Comfort Layers: 3" 14 ILD GOLS Certified Organic HeveaPUR® Support System: 6" 32 ILD GOLS Certified Organic HeveaPUR® GOTS - Global Organic Textile Standard * HeveaPUR® is a memory like foam derived Hevea Brasiliensis tree. Breckenridge HeveaPUR Euro Top - Denver Mattress Company $1,849 - $5,097 Quilt Layers: Double Knit Ticking 1 1/2" of 1.8lb Density Convoluted EF Foam 1" EF Foam Natural Rayon Fire Barrier Comfort Layers: 2" of 1.8lb Density Convoluted EF Foam 1/2" Feather Soft HeveaPUR® 1 Fiber Pad Support System: Coil Density: 726 (Queen) Zoned Coils 14.5 Gauge Twice Tempered Steel Sleep Number Classic C4 $1,700 10 inches Comfort Layer: 2" foam Support Layer: Air ChambersSleep Number Performance P6 $2,800 12 inches Comfort Layer: 1" Pillowtop 3" PlusFit® foam Support Layer: 8" Air Chambers Other companies: Naturepedic Natural & Organic Mattress, Luxury Organic Mattress & Organic Bedding Organic Mattresses, Natural Latex Mattresses, and Organic Bedding | Savvy Rest Natural Latex Beds | Nest Bedding Build your own with a 6 inch 100% Natural Latex Mattress Core from SleepOnLatex.com - $599 for Queen and 1.5" KEETSA Latex Comfort Layer $189-twin, $209-Queen Other Manufacturers/Prices Major manufactures (Sealy, Serta, and Simmons) make almost identical mattresses to be sold by retailers who re-name the particular models, so it is difficlut to do comparison-shopping. Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster and Sealy, which both make spring and foam mattresses. All are owned by Tempur Sealy International. Most mattress dealers will bargin. Higher price mattresses have more padding with foam, wool, silk or a down blend. Prices for Queen (2011):
Foam Pad (Queen Prices) Helathy Foundations says that "visco-elastic memory foam, which provides a a far greater level of cushioning, support and pressure relief in comparison to standard or "eggcrate" foam pads." | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Matress Size
W L Crib 28" x 52" Twin or single 38-39" x 74" Full or double 53-54" x 75" Queen 60" x 80" King 75-76" x 80" California king, 72" x 84" |
Thickness New mattresses designs add extra padding and have greater thickness. This will require deep pocket sheets to fit correctly. * STANDARD DEPTH: 7 to 9 inches * DEEP MATTRESS: 10 to 15 inches * EXTRA DEEP: 15 inches to as deep as 22 inches Deep Pocket Sheets are required for mattresses over 14" deep. Sheet pocket sizes 7 inches to 14 inches (standard), 15 inches (deep), and 16 inches to 22 inches (extra deep). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mattress Firmness -
Back Pain:
There are pros and cons to waterbeds.
If you lie on your stomach, the water bed allows you to increase the sway or the sag of the back. Indentation Load Deflection (ILD)
Consumer Reports found that most mattresses advertised as firm were actually Medium or Soft. Types
Coil Spring Mattresses Type of Foam See: Latex Foam Rubber and Flexible Polyurethane Foam (FPF) at Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA) Rubber Facts (Word Doc) at Monmouth Rubber Corp.
Memory Foam: Foam - All foams are basically open-cell. Polyurethane foam, latex foam, and PVC foam. Density - Technically the weight per unit of volume (specific gravity). Density is commonly misused to mean the hardness or softness of a material, specifically in our case, sponge. Many times someone will ask "What is the density of the material?" What they really mean, in most cases, is "What is the hardness or softness?" The correct term for the hardness or softness of a piece of cellular rubber is compression deflection. Compression Deflection - Correct Measure of hardness. The weight required to compress a 1 cu. in. cube 25%. ve. Different companies use different kinds of Visco Elastic foam also called memory foam, slow recovery or Swiss Foam. They seem to be based on the foam developed by NASA (see below), but I haven't seen any comparisons. e.g. Isotonic uses something called Conform and ViscoLux. HealthyBack uses a foam from Obus Form
Visco-Elastic Memory Foam (memory foam): Developed for NASA to relieve extreme G-force pressures. Memory Foam molds to your body contours to help prevent tossing and turning during the night. When you lie down on this amazing material, the heat and pressure sensitive foam reacts to your body's weight and temperature, so that it molds to your exact body shape. This means that whether you sleep on your back, stomach or side, your weight is evenly distributed and your spine remains in a neutral position. Tests have shown that these mattresses actually improve sleep and increase the level of deep sleep, so you wake up more alert, refreshed and better rested. Recommended by over 25,000 medical professionals worldwide. Naturally treated cover protects you from harmful allergens, resists dust mites, and removes easily for washing.
Problems with memory foam:
No air circulation: From: "Roseanne McArdle, sleep consultant" <Roseanne@abed.com>See: Mattresses and Sleep, a pseudo-technical discussion of sleep by a company selling memory foam mattresses
Odors:
Around 2005 there were reports of toxic chemicals in memory foam mattresses and a class action law suit was filed. Comforpedic by Simmons uses a new advanced level of memory foam called, NXG. In its manufacturing process, the foam is created in a VPF (variable pressure chamber) which removes the notorious, yet, unavoidable chemical irritants from the product.
Latex Foam: Health Benefits Latex is antimicrobial and dust mite resistant, making it perfect for pulmonary allergy sufferers. It's ecologically-friendly and has no chemical properties or detrimental impacts to the environment.
Additional Benefits
Designed for breathability with an open-cell structure and special "pin core" construction, latex allows for ventilation of body heat. It also keeps moisture from building up next to your body. Aluminum core pins transfer curing heat into the foam. As a result, thousands of "pin-core" air-channels enable natural ventilation of the final product.
Types of Latex: Some companies allow you to select the material for each layer. Some people will combine Talaly and dunlop in different layers. Blended latex will have a percentage of natural latex mixed with a petroleum based material called SBR that will off gas. Latex vs Polyurethane Foam: Latex vs Polyurethane foam:See: Choosing between Polyurethane Foam, Memory Foam and Latex Foam | SleepOnLatex.com Latex Mattress vs Memory Foam Mattress - Latex versus Foam Mattress Comparison
Spring vs Foam:
Dealers
Nest bedding - Nest 367 9th st, San Francisco -415-701-8002
Other Bay Area stores:
Others: Organic Mattresses - Toxin Free Natural Latex | stlbeds.com My green mattress Coyuchi Organic Mattresses | Dax Stores Foam Pads (Queen Prices) Helathy Foundations says that "visco-elastic memory foam, which provides a a far greater level of cushioning, support and pressure relief in comparison to standard or "eggcrate" foam pads."
Mattress stores: Best (Service, quality, price, ...) per Consumer Reports: Costco, Tempur-Pedic Store, Sleep Number (Select Comfort), Sleep Train, Macy's, Mattress Firm Others: abed.com mattress.com Sleepy's Big John's - Boston MA Healthy Back Back Be Nimble Healthy Foundations VitalityWeb.com
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