In case you might not already know, the leading company who produces visco-elastic foamThey were the first to market NASA's technology in the 1980s and the Tempurpedic mattress line has increased in market share steadily since. Over the last five years there has been an explosion in the bedding industry with many other mattress companies bringing their own visco-elastic foam mattresses to the market place. However, it is unclear how many of these mattresses really offer a similar feel and quality that the Tempur-Pedic(R) brand image has been able to spring board offThe feeling I am referring to, in case you have been living on Mars and haven't tried one out yet, is the sensation of your total body being supported as if the mattresses was being molded around you, only to have it slowly come back to shape after you To be fair, not every person has felt that visco-elastic space age foam mattresses are the best choice, citing that they can often get too hot because of
the lack of breathability that occurs with the very dense visco-elastic That is why we were excited to test out a new patented visco-elastic memory foam mattress called the Tempflow(TM), which claimed to offer a ventilation system to keep you cooler, while comparing in feel, support and comfort to the Tempur-Pedic(R) brand. uses a patent pending technology that allows body heat to ventilate out the mattress, while cooler air can flow back into the mattress. for more information about how Upon inspection of the two mattresses, we noticed that the covers both seemed to be made of a stretchable, thinner velour material (since the time of this first article, Tempflow is offering an upgraded bamboo Kool-Flow(TM) stretch cover and the Tempurpedic mattress below is currently using aAfter removing the covers of both mattresses, we found a thinner socking material that we were informed was used to make mattresses fire resistant.
mattress had an approximate one inch top layer composed of a softer visco-elastic foam, followed up by what appeared to be three inches of a slightly firmer visco-elastic foam. When I pushed on the surface foam for each mattress, I was able to feel air come out the sides of both mattresses at the convoluted side portions. However, with the patented ventilation technology of the Tempflow, I was able to also feel air come out the top through the many small holes in the visco-elastic foam on the surface, where as I could not feel any air come through the Tempur-PedicThen came the most important test of all, the direct comparison of lying on both mattresses and testing the pressure comfort, feeling of proper support, and (left) and Tempflow(TM) (right) use four inches of top memory foam divided up into two layers and both have convoluted base foam underneath to increaseHowever, the Tempflow(TM) has many small ventilation holes that go through the top layer surface
down to the airflow convoluted air channel layer. The best that I, as well as the other Space Daily staff members could come up with, is that the Tempflow(TM) may start off feeling a bit softer initially, but both seemed to feel the same after lying on them for several minutes. At that time I did not feel that I could make a decision about which one kept my body temperature cooler, as I knew that from my past experience that it may take several hours on a mattress to determine how hot itSo I did just that. After splitting a night's sleep on both mattresses, I was able to verify that the Tempflow(TM) did indeed keep my body cooler overall. It is also a consensus from the other Space Daily staff members who have since slept on the two mattresses, that Tempflow(TM) does indeed live up to its claim of being able keep the body cooler. Since the time of my first review for the Tempflow mattress, they have come out with three
models and are now using what they call their Biogreen(R) memory One of their models, called the Eros(TM), uses this new Biogreen visco-elastic foam. It feels just a touch softer than our Tempur-pedic Deluxebed(TM) (updated to the Tempur-Contour Signature) and in our estimation, it is somewhere between the feel of the Tempurpedic RhapsodyBed(TM) and GrandBed(TM). For those that want a firmer feel than the Tempur-Contour Signature, Tempflow offers the Eclipse, Selene(TM) and Copia(TM) mattresses (the Eclipse being most similar to the original Tempurpedic mattress and the Copia being most similar to the Tempurpedic Rhapsody in configuration and feel). With the immediate softness of their Gaia(TM) and Celestia(TM) models, you will get that similar, instant reacting, plush comfort felt in the Tempur- Cloud(TM) Supreme and Tempur-Cloud Luxe mattresses. For those that are looking for more of cross blended, hybrid type mattress, the newest Flexia model compares with the Tempur-Pedic Weightless Deluxe.
). UL laboratories tested the Biogreen memory foam for total V.O.C.s (Volatile Organic Compounds), which account for much of that initial smell that many people complain of when they first get a new mattress. In addition, the Biogreen foam was analyzed for many specific chemical emissions, such as phthalates, benzene, styrene, formaldehyde and many other dangerous substances. The results were that the Biogreen memory foam was shown to have approximately 13 times less in total V.O.C.s than the allowable requirements set from strict 3rd party environmental certification organizations, such as Certipur-US and Oeko-tex (00.039 parts per million to their 00.5 parts per million allowable level). It was also approximately 13 times lower than GreenGuard's Indoor Air Quality total V.O.C. requirements and approximately 6 times lower than Greenguard's most stringent Schools and Children total V.O.C. requirements. To go along with the Biogreen memory foam, the rest of the mattress uses a channeled resilient foam layer underneath the Biogreen memory foam, which has been Certipur-US Certified and a waterborne adhesive that is used to bond the layers and has been Greenguard certified.
They also use a fire resistant outer socking material, which is free of dangerous chemicals, such as PBDE, Bromine and Boric acid, as well as being biodegradable. While both mattresses have been rated safe, we can't help but be impressed by the fact that the whole Tempflow mattress, not just the Biogreen memory foam, is an environmentally green way to go. The Tempflow(TM) uses a patent pending technology that allows airflow to circulate through the foam via a patent pending ventilation system. Tempflow model is their proprietary Biogreen(R) memory Needless to say, my staff and I agree that this new patented technology that the Tempflow(TM) uses, really offers a way to get the feel and support of the leading brand and very popular Tempur-Contour Select model from Tempur-Pedic(R), but with a cooler airflow ventilation system. decided to give the Tempflow(TM) visco-elastic foam mattress our Space Daily product innovation award for making excellent use of