| Tempurpedic Mattresses, generically known as | | | | quality and longevity. |
| Memory Foam, are becoming mainstream items. Even | | | | Memory foam is visco-elastic, and it responds to |
| so, with all the different options and prices of foam on | | | | temperature changes much as bubble gum does. |
| the market, the consumer should know about the | | | | Better-quality memory foam has a wide range of |
| major differences between these products prior to | | | | temperature responsiveness, while some of the |
| paying a major amount of money for a bed they will | | | | cheaper brands can get as hard as wood if the |
| be sleeping on for many years. | | | | ambient temperature of the bedroom goes beneath |
| I've personally tried out a memory foam mattress and | | | | sixty degrees. Finally, as you change position the foam |
| pillow set, and can honestly express enthusiasm for | | | | warms up from your body heat, it will respond and |
| this product. It adapts to the contours of the body | | | | conform to your body shape, however this can take a |
| significantly better than an innerspring mattress. In any | | | | couple of minutes. Meanwhile, pressure points and |
| case, I personally cannot personally recommend a | | | | discomfort are created which could cause you to |
| specific brand because every sleeper has different | | | | awaken. Also these cheaper brands might turn into |
| preferences due to weight and sleeping habits. The | | | | soft goo on hot summer nights, offering no support. |
| best thing to do is to visit your local bed store and try | | | | Better brands of memory foam, like Sensus and |
| laying down on a couple different bed systems. When | | | | Temperpedic, specifically state their consistent |
| the sales staff have to prod you awake, you know | | | | performance through a wide temerature range. |
| you've discovered the right brand. | | | | An additional issue is the longevity of the memory |
| The importance of getting sufficient good-quality | | | | foam, as all foam products eventually break down and |
| uninterrrupted sleep cannot be overstated. No-one | | | | lose their springiness. Better memory foams offer |
| functions well on lack of sleep. Due to the abundance | | | | longer guarantees, twenty years, whereas the |
| of artificial lighting and late-night entertainment and | | | | cheaper brands offer ten years. |
| activities, the vast majority of people in the developed | | | | So, in summary, you do not have to acquire the brand |
| world are sleep-deprived, and sleep deprivation is a | | | | name Tempurpedic product, however it's best not to |
| important cause of accidents. Remember the Exxon | | | | pinch pennies and buy the cheapest either. You'll spend |
| Valdez? That accident took place in the early hours of | | | | many nights regretting a bad choice of mattress. Two |
| the morning, and industrial accidents peak on the | | | | or three hundred dollars is not really a large additional |
| graveyard shift. Sleep-deprived students learn poorly. | | | | expense when spread out across decades of |
| Chronic sleep deprivation has an effect on the appetite | | | | memory foam mattress utilization. |
| centers of the brain, causing overeating and | | | | As well as differences in quality, there are also |
| subsequent obesity. Any bed system which allows | | | | differences in memory foam mattress construction. |
| you to reach a deeper level of sleep will substantially | | | | Mattresses can have either three or four inches of |
| improve your quality of life. | | | | memory foam across a denser supportive core. More |
| There are many benefits to memory foam above a | | | | isn't necessarily better, because if the top layer of |
| conventional mattress: it's hypoallergenic, molds to the | | | | memory foam is too thick, you'll sink in quite far prior to |
| individual contours of anyone's body, and will provide a | | | | hitting the supporting layer underneath. Tummy |
| form-fitting cradle of insulation on cold nights so you | | | | sleepers should purchase two inch foam, side sleepers |
| require fewer weighty, dusty allergenic blankets and | | | | and medium sized people should buy mattresses with |
| comforters. All the pressure points that cause | | | | three inch memory foam, large or heavy people or |
| discomfort, and subsequent tossing and turning, are | | | | back sleepers should acquire the four inch. |
| eliminated. | | | | The base of the bed can diverge as well. A few |
| Memory foam was first introduced onto the market by | | | | memory foam systems feature loose sheets of foam |
| a Swedish firm called Tempurpedic. This brand-name | | | | of different firmness levels that can be arranged to |
| top-of-the line product is very expensive, and there are | | | | the sleeper's private taste, others are laminated |
| dozens of cheaper competing brands, some made in | | | | together. As well, man-made (petrochemical foam |
| China, others from the USA. In any case, be warned: | | | | products) are about 1/3 the cost of natural latex. |
| not all memory foam products are alike, as with any | | | | People who are sensitive to out-gassing of man-made |
| merchandise, you tend to get what you pay for, both in | | | | products should think about a natural product. |