by Wesley Vaughn | Sep 5, 2018 | News
Casper Sleep Shop Point & Click Plus Brick & Mortar The Disrupters In 2014, Casper Sleep and Yogabed shook the mattress industry. Joining Tuft & Needle (T&N), which started two years earlier, each sold a single mattress model online directly to...
by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 31, 2018 | About Mattresses
Changing the Way Mattresses are Marketed Introduction Mattresses sold online and shipped by FedEx and UPS are popular. For young people now reaching adulthood, this is business as usual – the way things have been done. This is actually a new trend, ignited by new...
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 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 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 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 | 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...
by Wesley Vaughn | Feb 24, 2018 | About Mattresses
Adjustable Airbeds for Bedrooms In 1981, Comfortaire introduced the first adjustable airbed designed for use in home bedrooms. The founder of Comfortaire left the company to found Select Comfort, which introduced the Sleep Number beds, with numbered...
by Wesley Vaughn | Feb 17, 2018 | Sleep Issues
Is Side Sleeping the Best Position? This is Part 3. Click here for Part 1 or Part 2. Beds for Side Sleepers. Each sleeping position has its own benefits and disadvantages. For side sleepers and the others, the bed and pillows can mitigate the disadvantages for...
