Sealy Optimum

Sealy Optimum

  Gel Memory Foam: The Signature Feature   Sealy Optimum consists of gel-foam mattresses. The signature feature of this brand is gel in each of the layers, or as Sealy says, “Cooling Gel Foam from Top to Bottom.” All of the models are memory foam mattresses...
Novosbed

Novosbed

Novosbed: An Online Bed In A Box Company   Novosbed was an online-only boxable bed company before this marketing strategy became a trend. In fact, it was designing and making mattresses in 2009, three years before Tuft & Needle began in 2012. Its...
Yogabed

Yogabed

Yogabed Memory Foam Mattress By Marpac   Eight months after Casper Sleep came Yogabed – the next big player in boxed mattresses sold online. Like Casper Sleep, Yoga Sleep was started by mattress veterans. Chris Marsh and Tim Oakhill started Yogabed in December...
Tuft & Needle

Tuft & Needle

Tuft & Needle All mattresses are made with care in the United States. Tuft & Needle is older than Casper Sleep and Yogabed, the spark-plugs that headlined the current trend of direct-to-consumer, single-model mattresses. Based in Phoenix instead of being on...
Bed-In-A-Box (BIAB)

Bed-In-A-Box (BIAB)

BedInABox® Mattresses The Prototype for Boxable Beds If there was a prototype for the current trend of boxable mattresses sold solely online, it is BedInABox (BIAB). Located in Johnson City, TN, the company was started in 2006 with the goal of making affordable memory...
Cocoon by Sealy

Cocoon by Sealy

Sealy Cocoon Mattress Comes in Two varieties – Classic and Chill. Background The boxable beds movement that is changing the way mattresses are being marketed started like a developing cloudburst: first one drop followed by a few more, then it began to really rain. The...
Memory Foam and the Boxable Beds Trend

Memory Foam and the Boxable Beds Trend

What Is the Bed-In-A-Box (Boxable Beds) Trend?   What role does memory foam play in the current trend of boxable beds sold online and shipped by common commercial delivery services such as UPS and FedEx? The current trend in the bedding industry is the...
Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea

Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea

What are Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea?   Most of us would like to have a good night’s sleep night after night. However, there are many of us who do not sleep well. Sometimes the cause is noise or light. Perhaps we are too warm. Or pressure points and an achy back...
Snoring Solution: Look to the Pillow

Snoring Solution: Look to the Pillow

How the Right Pillow Can Help Alleviate Snoring   Snoring isn’t just a nuisance for the other people in the house who are trying to sleep. It can also be a health hazard. Sleep Apnea – Most Common Cause of Snoring If your snoring is a result of apnea...
Mattress Hero

Mattress Hero

[Review Updated 2018] A number of years ago, we had quite a number of requests for us to review the Mattress Hero mattress, since an offer was sent so widely across the internet via Groupon.com.  There can be no doubt that the pricing was very low for a memory foam...
Costco

Costco

While not a mattress manufacturer, Costco, a major chain of warehouse stores, is constantly featuring memory foam mattress and toppers that are made exclusively for them.  If you are in the market to buy something with memory foam in it and don’t want to spend...
The Futon Shop

The Futon Shop

Green washing is getting popular these days, so it is worth mentioning that in the case of the “Natural, Organic, Soy” mattresses by The Futon Shop, there is no such thing!  It is true that a very small percentage of soy has been added to certain memory foams, but...
Essentia® Organic Mattress

Essentia® Organic Mattress

Canadian Maker of Latex Mattresses   Essentia, based in Laval, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec, makes latex mattresses. The founder and CEO is Jack Dell’Accio. Mattresses are not the only products made or sold by Essentia. The product line includes Mattresses,...
A. H. Beard

A. H. Beard

One of the largest bed manufacturers in Australia is A.H. Beard. They produced the KoolFlow® mattress until a few years ago.  KoolFlow used the Airflow Transfer System (ATS) innovation for memory foam mattresses designed to dissipate heat through a new, patented...