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 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 Bowery

Brooklyn Bowery

Brooklyn Bowery: Entry-Level Mattress   What’s in a Name? When Brooklyn Bedding (BB) launched an online mattress, they defied the convention of other established bedding manufacturers who established a new brand for their boxed bed model(s) – such as GhostBed by...
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...
Cyber Sleep: The Era of Smart Beds

Cyber Sleep: The Era of Smart Beds

Smart Technology: The Era of Smart Beds All around us we have smart technology. Our smart cameras have auto-focus, auto-exposure, and auto-zoom. They recognize faces and snap the shutter for a smile. We drive smart cars, talk on smart phones, and some of us live in...
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...
Tencel® Lyocell

Tencel® Lyocell

  The Third Generation Cellulosic Fiber   First Generation The first, best known, and most common cellulosic fiber is rayon viscose. Both natural and artificial, cellulosic fibers are manufactured fibers produced from a natural substance – cellulose....
Tri-Pedic Series

Tri-Pedic Series

Tri-Pedic Series by Selectabed Revolutionizing Memory Foam Mattress Design The first memory foam mattress was put on the market in 1991 in Sweden by Fagerdala World Foam as the Swedish Tempur Mattress (this came from the name “temper foam” that NASA engineers called...
American Down & Feather Council (ADFC)

American Down & Feather Council (ADFC)

American Down & Feather Council (ADFC)   The American Down & Feather Council (ADFC) is “a section of the Home Fashion Products Association (HFPA).” Its members are companies which manufacture products using down and feathers or distribute, buy/sell, or...