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 | 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... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 22, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
Company Rush Mattress, based in High Point, North Carolina, is a specialty mattress manufacturer. Not to be confused with specialty sleep (mattresses without metal coils), specialty mattresses are tailor-made or customized to the specifications of retailers and... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 20, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Wool: An Ancient and Modern Textile Fiber Along with linen and cotton, wool is one of the oldest textile fibers in the world, and the oldest animal textile fiber. Along with this, sheep, the major producers of wool, join goats and cattle as animals with the... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 15, 2017 | Filling & Materials
Many Uses in Mattresses As Old as History Cotton rivals linen as one of the oldest major textile plant fibers. According the Fair Trade Foundation, “Cotton is the world’s oldest commercial crop…” Cotton textiles were produced for trade thousands of years before the... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog
History, Trends, Types, Marketing, Innovations, Etc. This blog section is about memory foam mattresses in particular (as is this site) and mattresses in general. The first two articles here are about (1) the 25th anniversary of the memory foam mattress, and (2)... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 9, 2017 | Certifications
Over 120 Years of Testing Products for Safety Those of us who grew up in the 20th Century remember seeing the UL tags and labels with the legend, “Tested by Underwriters Laboratories” on almost all new electrical products. We knew the device should be... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Apr 2, 2017 | Mattress Reviews
Savvy Rest Mattress Review What is a Savvy Rest mattress? It is not a Yogabed, but it is made by a yoga practitioner. In fact, there is a fundamental difference between the Yogabed and Savvy Rest. Michael Penny’s mattress industry experience was working in a... 
by Wesley Vaughn | Mar 31, 2017 | Certifications
Organization Certifications and Evaluations eco-INSTITUT, based in Cologne, Germany, started in 1988. It is an independent testing and verification firm which has gained a reputation for testing above and beyond standards set by governmental agencies in the European...
