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Why Memory Foam Mattresses May Be Bad For Intimacy

A memory foam mattress may make memorable encounters between the sheets a bit less likely.

For most people, enthusiasm and the pleasure of the moment can override the limitations of a less-than-ideal bed. But for people who like to tune in to every element of the experience and create an optimal environment for intimacy, memory foam is not an ideal choice. There are two main reasons.

For some, a memory foam mattress may be a subtle obstacle to enjoying intimacy.

Written by Michael, January 24, 2012 - 1:56pm

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Memory Foam: Break Out of the Mold

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.

Written by Michael, October 18, 2011 - 12:51pm

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Mattresses and Sleep Quality

Contributed by W. Christopher Winter, MD, Medical Director, Martha Jefferson Hospital Sleep Medicine Center

For many hardy people, a mattress is a mattress. Whatever they are sleeping on gets the job done. They might view a mattress the way a weekend warrior views running shoes. “These worked great for me in college. Why mess with a good thing 10 years later before the big 5k?”

For many hardy people, a mattress is a mattress...but what happens when your mattress wears out?

Written by W. Christopher Winter MD, September 14, 2011 - 12:48pm

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Latex vs. Memory Foam

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.

Written by Michael, July 16, 2011 - 1:14pm

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Exploring ILD

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.

Written by Michael, October 8, 2010 - 10:00am

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Seven-zone Latex—Does It Make a Difference?

Many mattress companies these days are advertising latex with five, even seven “zones” of varying densities. Here, we consider what latex zones are and are not, and why they are mostly irrelevant to sleep comfort.

When a layer of latex is made without zones, it is intended to feel consistent from side to side and head to foot. There’s always minor variability, but latex without zoning doesn’t vary much within each piece.

Written by Michael, September 9, 2010 - 1:13pm

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Air Flow and Sleeping Cool

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.

Written by Michael, March 29, 2010 - 6:12pm

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Different Latex, Different "Feel"

One of the most common questions we’re asked is, “What’s the difference between Dunlop and Talalay?” We’ve described the technical differences here and here, so I’d like to take a shot at a more subjective view. It may help you understand natural latex better while you’re waiting for your free samples to come in the mail.

What's the difference between Dunlop and Talalay? For a tangible understanding, we turn to the reliable cake metaphor.

Written by Laura, October 22, 2009 - 12:18pm

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Why a portable mattress?

Mattresses are designed to lie flat and not move. That’s all well and good, until you have to move. Getting a conventional queen- or king-sized mattress through a doorway can feel like trying to thread a needle with a rope. First, you have to tilt the mattress on its side. And if you have to haul it up or down a stairway, it needs to bend.

Mattresses are designed to lie flat and not move. That's all well and good, until you have to move.

Written by Michael, September 8, 2009 - 5:51pm

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Private Label Mattresses

It’s one thing to make something as small as an Iphone and ship units all over the world. It’s quite another to manufacture thousands of large items and rely on retailers to sell them. That’s why mega-stores such as Walmart and Sam’s carry many products that you can’t find under the same model name in other stores. When a manufacturer makes the same product and sells it under different names at different retailers, that is called private labeling.

The reason for private labeling is that retailers want to make as much money as possible. But the consumer loses out because there can be no true comparison shopping.

Written by Michael, September 1, 2009 - 5:36pm

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