The Casper Mattress

The Casper Mattress

The Casper Mattress One of the “The Disrupters”   When The Casper Mattress and Yogabed were put on the market in 2014, “The Disrupters” soon became a nickname for these upstarts. “The industry is growing at 3 or 4 percent (a year), and almost all of...
Soft-Pedic Mattress

Soft-Pedic Mattress

The Latex Mattress Designed for Side Sleepers   The 11”-high Soft-Pedic mattress is designed for side sleepers, who need more give beneath the shoulders to keep the spine in line (they also need a higher pillow for the neck). It has also been recommended for...
Fibro-Pedic Mattress

Fibro-Pedic Mattress

Fibro-Pedic: A Mattress for Those with Fibromyalgia Memory Foam-Latex Hybrids Selectabed began with memory foam mattresses, such as the Tri-Pedic, which provided pressure relief for many users. But memory foam alone was not sufficient relief for people with special...
Leesa Mattress

Leesa Mattress

Leesa Memory Foam Mattress Their three layer foam construction offers the combined advantages of several material types.  Leesa mattress is one of the top-selling and top-rated bed-in-a-box mattresses – sold directly to consumers. It is sold only on the Leesa...
What is Sleep Hygiene?

What is Sleep Hygiene?

Sleep Habits for A Sound Night’s Sleep Do-It-Yourself Sleep Therapy A previous article, Time Change for Better Sleep, addresses the question, “Does the scheduling of classes affect the quality of students sleep, and in turn their academic...
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...
Brooklyn Signature

Brooklyn Signature

Brooklyn Signature Mattress Review Hybrid Mattress with Patented TitanFlex Pressure Relieving Foam Revision? Renovation? Replacement? Brooklyn Bedding (BB) began 2018 with a different mattress, the Brooklyn Signature. BB billed this as an update or revision of its...
The Casper Wave

The Casper Wave

The Casper Wave: Casper Sleep’s Groundbreaking Mattress   Casper Sleep has expanded their offerings from one mattress to three. On either side of the latest version of their signature model, The Casper, are the Wave and the Essential memory foam mattresses. A...
Fibro-Pedic Mattress

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...