Naturepedic

Naturepedic

Naturepedic: Designed to Be Safe Quality Organic Mattresses for Adults and Children. Naturepedic is the business name of Safe For Home Products, LLC, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The company was founded by a board-certified environmental engineer and hazardous materials...
Trying to Sleep by Counting Sheep

Trying to Sleep by Counting Sheep

Trying to Sleep by Counting Sheep Countering Insomnia Insomnia – that’s what counting sheep is for. Insomnia is sleeplessness, not being able to fall asleep. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, between 30% and 35% of adults have occasional insomnia,...
Bamboo Textiles

Bamboo Textiles

Bamboo: The Woody Grass   Bamboo, the tallest grasses in the world, some grow to almost 100 feet tall. They are the only grasses found in tree identification books. Bamboo is woody, and is used to build houses, ladders, garden stakes, baskets, hats, ship’s sails,...
Gold Bond Mattresses

Gold Bond Mattresses

Gold Bond Mattress Review   Most people associate the Gold Bond mattress company with futons and futon mattresses. That is only natural. For one thing, Gold Bond, along with Bedworks, is credited with developing and popularizing the modern Western futon and futon...
What Is A Latex Mattress?

What Is A Latex Mattress?

What Is A Latex Mattress? Latex – from Bouncing Balls to Bouncy Mattresses Latex is a milky liquid produced by many flowering plants when the stems or leaves are cut. Latex is sticky and congeals to seal the wound, keeping the plant from withering. It is common...
Rush Mattress

Rush Mattress

Company Rush Mattress, based in High Point, North Carolina, is a specialty mattress manufacturer. Not to be confused with specialty sleep (mattresses without metal coils), specialty mattresses are tailor-made or customized to the specifications of retailers and...
Healthy Foundations

Healthy Foundations

What is Healthy Foundations? Healthy Foundations is best known for its 10” Healthy Foundations Memory Foam Mattress. Notably, with hundreds of reviews, this mattress still received a 5-star average – most mattress models with 100 or more reviews (this mattress has...
More about Mattresses

More about Mattresses

History, Trends, Types, Marketing, Innovations, Etc.   This blog section is about memory foam mattresses in particular (as is this site) and mattresses in general. The first two articles here are about (1) the 25th anniversary of the memory foam mattress, and (2)...
Savvy Rest Mattress Review

Savvy Rest Mattress Review

Savvy Rest Mattress Review   What is a Savvy Rest mattress? It is not a Yogabed, but it is made by a yoga practitioner. In fact, there is a fundamental difference between the Yogabed and Savvy Rest. Michael Penny’s mattress industry experience was working in a...
eco-INSTITUT

eco-INSTITUT

Organization Certifications and Evaluations eco-INSTITUT, based in Cologne, Germany, started in 1988. It is an independent testing and verification firm which has gained a reputation for testing above and beyond standards set by governmental agencies in the European...