There are some brands of mattresses on the market that promise to give you a good night’s sleep at very low prices. Unfortunately, some of these brands use low quality materials to make the mattress so that they can sell the mattresses and box springs at those low prices. This means that you get a lower quality mattress and a lower quality night’s sleep, as well. Serta mattresses have a full range of high quality mattresses to suit your budget and comfort needs. (more…)
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The Futon Mattress
If you regularly put your houseguests on a futon mattress, you want to make sure that the bed they are sleeping on is comfortable. Futons do not have a great reputation for offering a good night’s sleep. The mattresses on some futons is very thin and your house guest will feel every coil, spring and metal bar that pokes through the mattress right into their back. A simple mattress replacement may be all you need to turn your futon into a guest bed that everyone will enjoy. (more…)
Tempur-Pedic – Was it Really Developed by NASA?
You may have heard the claim more then a few times before. Swedish mattress giant TempurPedic claims that its patented memory foam mattress was developed and endorsed by NASA. Well if you didn’t believe it, they are right. NASA developed the material as part of a space experiment that was designed to ease the pressure of g-force, and Tempur-Pedic began to look into its benefits.
After much research and testing, the Tempur material was born and from there a whole host of new beds from the line. Although the Tempurpedic mattress range was the first to bring memory foam mattresses to the main stream, many other companies have caught on in recent years and so that has led to much debate as to which is the best. At BedsForHome.com we review and compare many types of mattresses, including memory foam. Check out our mattress reviews for more details.
Three things to ask yourself before buying a new bed
A mattress can often be a leading factor in losing sleep throughout the night, although there can be other causes too. There are some ways to determine whether it’s the mattress that is the problem or something else that is causing the sleepless nights.
- Do you have trouble falling asleep? Usually if the mattress is the problem, you will fall asleep but wake up in the morning with back or side aches. However if you lay awake for hours before finally falling sleep, you might want to check out other culprits.
- Do you toss and turn at night? Generally this is a sign of nothing more then a bad mattress or bad back (often as a result of a bad mattress). Either way a replacement mattress such as a memory foam mattress or Sleep Number bed could help with this. Some of the best beds and mattresses can do wonders for your health.
- Is your mattress old? Many of the times, the older the mattress gets, the weaker and more shaky the springs get. This causes them to shift and cause pressure points that can be very uncomfortable. If your mattress is over 5 years old this could be a problem and is worth looking into a bit further, to find out whether this is in fact the cause.