by Wesley Vaughn | Aug 13, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Part 1 of Pillow Materials The material in pillows includes both the cover/ticking and the filling. This article covers the fillings. Materials That Fill Pillows There is great variety of mattress fillings. The first pillows, like the first mattresses, had just...
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 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 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 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...
