by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 12, 2017 | About Pillows, Blog
Where to Lay My Head? We’ve come a long way from when anything you grabbed to put under your head when sleeping was your pillow. The arms and hands would do until they were moved. A rolled up garment was much better. A classic story is of Jacob, a fugitive who slept...
by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 11, 2017 | About Mattresses
A Closer Look at Bed-in-a-Box Mattresses With a Comparison of Four Top-Rated Brands Most boxed mattresses are memory foam or memory foam hybrids. Some have quasi memory foam – foam that performs like memory foam, or is really memory foam called by another name. As is...
by Rick Swartzburg | Aug 11, 2017 | About Mattresses
By Dr. Rick Swartzburg, D.C. A good mattress will protect the back for the many hours that you are in bed. A mattress that properly supports the body will also be a very important element in helping relieve stress on the muscles and joints of the back. The most...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 28, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
CRāVE Mattress Review: Deja Vu I heard the rave about the CRāVE Mattress, and thought to myself, “That name sounds familiar.” When I Googled the name, page 1 of the search results had a review of the CRāVE Collection from 2½ years ago. The family who owned...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 27, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
Restructuring Sealy The Optimum Replacement In January 2017, Tempur-Sealy International introduced its restructuring of the Sealy product portfolio. The three lines of 2015-2016 – Sealy brand, Posturepedic, and Optimum – are discontinued. In their place are three...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 21, 2017 | About Mattresses
Make Your Bed In the beginning, manufacturing mattresses was not a business. It was a home activity, a periodic chore, literally “making your bed.” Find something – anything – to put on the ground to cushion you while sleeping. It could be supple small, green...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 18, 2017 | Filling & Materials
The Default Material for Foam Mattresses The most common material found in foam mattresses is flexible polyurethane foam (FPF). What Is Flexible Polyurethane Foam? Flexible polyurethane foam is foam that is flexible (bendable and compressible) made of...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 14, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
Quatro Sleep Mattress Review Quatro Sleep is a registered trademark of Market Web Galvanized, LLC, an Internet marketing firm which markets several kinds of products online under several brand names. The corporation is registered in Florida; its mailing address...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 13, 2017 | Sleep Issues
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,...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 7, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
The Company Best Price Mattress, Inc. (BPM) is located in Union City, California, not far south of Zinus in San Leandro. Started in February 2009, it has several mattress stores in the Bay Area, but also sells its mattresses nationwide on its own website and through...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 6, 2017 | Filling & Materials
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,...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 5, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Pure Cellulose Fiber What Is Rayon? Rayon is one of the first man-made fibers, but it is not synthetic. Why? It is made by refining and purifying a natural material, cellulose extracted from woody plants (those with long cellulose fibers). The usual short definition...
by Wesley Vaughn | May 1, 2017 | Filling & Materials
What is Vytex? Natural Rubber Latex As mentioned on their website, Vytex is a revolutionary plant-based raw material sustainably harvested from the Hevea brasiliensis tree. It is then treated with a non-toxic multi-patented process to virtually eliminate all of the...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 29, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 28, 2017 | Filling & Materials
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...
