What Is a Boxed Bed?

What Is a Boxed Bed?

Boxed Beds 2018 Update   A boxed bed, commonly known as a bed-in-a-box or mattress-in-a-box, is a mattress which is compressed, sealed in plastic, rolled, and fitted into a box for shipping by regular package carriers such as FedEx and UPS. Since 2014, the...
Hybrid Mattresses

Hybrid Mattresses

The Age of Hybrid Mattresses   This may be called The Age of Hybrids. “Hybrid” is a current catchword. Seed packets proclaim, “New Hybrid Variety” and “Outstanding Hybrid Blend.” People drive hybrid cars. An epidemiological viewpoint is described as “a hybridized...
Brooklyn Aurora

Brooklyn Aurora

Top-of-the-Line for Brooklyn Bedding   The Brooklyn Aurora is the high-end mattress model by Brooklyn Bedding, while Brooklyn Bowery is the entry-level model, and Brooklyn Signature (the flagship model) is in the middle. Brooklyn Aurora is 13” high, $999.00 for...
Brooklyn Bedding

Brooklyn Bedding

About Brooklyn Bedding, the Manufacturer   Where’s Brooklyn Bedding Located? When someone says, “Brooklyn Bedding,” the first place that comes to most people’s minds is the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City – you know: the one that connects to Manhattan over...
Selectabed Latex Mattresses

Selectabed Latex Mattresses

The First Latex Mattresses   Latex (then called “foam rubber”) was used in mattresses before memory foam mattresses were invented. Since it is springy, latex bounces back into shape when the user gets off. This was a big improvement over cotton...
Latex-Like Foams

Latex-Like Foams

Made to Perform and Feel Like Latex Latex, Natural and Synthetic Latex is a milky liquid (“latex” means milk/milky) produced by the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) when the trunk is cut. It is not sap, but is used to seal wounds, keeping harmful pests and infectious...
Boyd Sleep

Boyd Sleep

From Waterbeds to a Diversified Product Line   A Student’s Project In 1977, waterbeds were popular, and they were gaining market share at the expense of innerspring mattresses.  A college business student named Dennis “Denny” Boyd devised a business model for one...
Side Sleeping – Part 2

Side Sleeping – Part 2

Is Side Sleeping the Best Position? This is part 2 of Side Sleeping. Click here for Part 1 or Part 3 Medical Research Results. Many health and wellness writers have now been promoting side sleeping as more healthful than other positions. The obvious reason is...
Side Sleeping – Part 1

Side Sleeping – Part 1

Is Side Sleeping the Best Position? This is Part 1. Click here for Part 2 or Part 3 A Variety of Sleeping Positions “How do you sleep?” seems like a simple question at first – that is until you ask “What does ‘how’ mean?” It can mean: • “How well do you sleep?” • “How...
Lucid Mattresses

Lucid Mattresses

Lucid: About The Company   If you have shopped for memory foam mattresses or latex mattresses on Amazon, you probably have seen the brand name Lucid. Now the brand has a website of its own, but in early 2014, this brand was identified as Linenspa (mattress name)...