by Wesley Vaughn | Jun 28, 2018 | Mattress Manufacturers
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Jun 23, 2018 | Mattress Information
The More Affordable Selectabed Memory Foam Mattress A “New” Brand from the Old The Selectabed 2000 and Selectabed 5000 memory foam mattresses were replaced by the Memory Zone brand. Essentially, the older Selectabed models were rebranded when upgraded. ...
by Wesley Vaughn | Jun 16, 2018 | Sleep Issues
An Unbearable Heat Wave Heat can sometimes be extreme, such as in the 2003 European Heat Wave, which caused thousands of deaths, especially among the more vulnerable – the elderly, those with impaired health, and those too poor to afford air conditioning, fans,...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 26, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
Casper Essential Mattress Casper Sleep’s Economy Model Casper Sleep designed The Essential Mattress to be a streamlined version of The Casper, bringing it down to what is essentially…essential. It is simpler and firmer than The Casper Mattress. Economy...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 18, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 11, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
Yogabed Luxury Memory Foam Mattress In late 2016, shortly after our original review of the Yogabed, Yoga Sleep introduced a second model, the Unplug. Then, a little more than a year later, on January 16, 2018, Yoga Sleep merged with Marpac, the maker of white...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 2, 2018 | Sleep Issues
Smart Beds: Do You Need One For A Better Night Sleep? The Cyber Sleep Era We should have expected this, since so many other areas of life are being digitized. Cyber monitoring and management of business and industry has been extended to our vehicles and our phones,...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 27, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 23, 2018 | About Mattresses
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 20, 2018 | About Mattresses
Specialty Sleep Association (SSA) There’s more to mattresses than springs. The Association for Manufacturers, Retailers & Suppliers of Specialty Sleep Products. Background of the Specialty Sleep Association “Specialty sleep products” are mattresses without...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 4, 2018 | Mattress Manufacturers, Top Mattress Brands
It Began with Cotton Sealy started in 1881, when Daniel Haynes made a cotton filled mattress for a neighbor in Sealy, Texas. Other neighbors and family members asked for mattresses, and this owner of a cotton gin became a mattress manufacturer. In 1889, Haynes...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 2, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
On the Leading Edge of Specialty Sleep In 2017 Boyd Sleep became the new name for Boyd Specialty Sleep. This was more than a cosmetic change, an aesthetic streamlining of the name and logo. It reflected a real change in Boyd’s product lines. With the inclusion...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 1, 2018 | Filling & Materials
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 25, 2018 | Mattress Reviews
Guest Beds and Inflatable Mattresses Among its products, Boyd Sleep has Guest Beds and Inflatable Mattresses. Most of the beds pictured in this category are inflatable mattresses. A few are cots, and one is a thin roll-out mattress for the floor. Most of the...
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 25, 2018 | About Mattresses
From the Tent to the House The original air mattresses (also called “air pads’ or “sleeping pads”) had two basic uses. The first was as mattresses for camping. The second was as toppers for hospital beds to relieve or prevent pressure sores. It didn’t take long...
