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Designed to relieve pressure points, memory foam mattresses and pillows can ease pain in specific areas. If you have a sore spot in your shoulders or hips, for example, heat from that spot will trigger a chemical reaction that softens the memory foam, right where you need it to yield.
Sleeping soundly is one thing, but sleeping immobile is another. Learn more about the freedom of movement a natural latex mattress can offer.
Did you know that memory foam was developed by NASA? There’s an interesting story behind this unusual material.
In the 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, security at most government contractors was extremely tight. Only workers could go in or out and everything they carried was scanned, even if they were just going to lunch.
Did you know that memory foam was developed by NASA? There’s an interesting story behind this unusual material...and several reasons why it may not be the best choice for a mattress.
ILD (indentation load deflection), also called IFD (indentation force deflection) is a measurement of the force required to compress a material by 25% of its thickness. While ILD can be a helpful technical tool for characterizing a sheet or layer of latex, it is often misused or misunderstood.
At Savvy Rest, we recommend customized layer configurations for mattresses based on years of experience, customer interviews and customer feedback, not ILDs.
While ILD can be a helpful technical tool for characterizing a sheet or layer of latex, it is often misused or misunderstood.
Kevin Stein and Derek Bobowick are from Latex International, the largest producer of natural Talalay in the world (and the only one in the United States). What follows is a nuts-and-bolts Q & A session we conducted with them recently.
Are there any differences in feel or texture between the natural and synthetic Talalay? If so, how would you describe them? Natural latex is a little more “lively” than a synthetic/natural blend.
Question and answer session with Latex International, the largest producer of natural Talalay in the world.
As builders learned to make more tightly-sealed houses in the 1970’s and 1980’s, indoor air quality deteriorated because the new, energy-saving designs limited the exchange of fresh air from the outside. One of the key issues builders of “green” houses face today is how to make the enclosure tight enough to minimize energy leakage, but also permeable to allow for healthful air circulation.
It may not be obvious, but the ping pong balls in the picture are demonstrating how latex mattresses help you sleep cool.
Co-Authored with Brad Luther, Ph.D.
At Savvy Rest we are often asked, “Are there chemicals in your mattress?” Usually we respond, “Our mattress contains only natural latex, we do not use synthetic latex blends,” because we think that’s what the questioner is trying to understand. But there is more to it than that.
For the scientifically minded, a detailed discussion of chemicals in mattresses and the composition of natural latex.
Designed to relieve pressure points, memory foam mattresses and pillows can ease pain in specific areas. If you have a sore spot in your shoulders or hips, for example, heat from that spot will trigger a chemical reaction that softens the memory foam, right where you need it to yield.
