The Hippychick Waterproof Mattress Protectors are high quality & discreet, and they are not only 100% waterproof and absorbent, they are as soft, breathable and luxurious as regular cotton sheets. Feeling the soft cotton, or Tencel wood fibre (depending on which option you choose), it is difficult to see how something that feels so luxurious can be so practical. Hippychick's waterproof sheets take a much needed, but also much maligned, product and transform it into a comfortable, soft, undetectable piece of essential bedding. Think 'mattress protector' and what may spring to mind is a thick plastic sheet that sounds and feels like sleeping on a bin liner or tarpaulin, and is both sweaty and uncomfortable. Not so any more, the undetectable layer of polyurethane makes these adult mattress protectors 100% waterproof without the awful feeling of lying on, or being sandwiched between, a crisp packet! In fact we would go so far as to say that our mattress protectors feel just like normal sheets - if not better.
Our mattress protectors feel just like normal sheets... Made from pure brushed cotton or 100% biodegradable wood pulp (Tencel) Ultra soft, absorbent, comfortable and discreet Anti allergy barrier - protects against dust mites which are a major cause of hay fever and asthma Machine washable (60°C) (there may be marginal shrinkage on first wash) Low heat tumble dry or line dry Oeko-Tex Standard 100 (Class 1 - suitable for everyone from babies to grandparents) Endorsed by ERIC, the childhood continence charity Flat sheet cotton (white): Single, Double Fitted cotton (white): Single, Double, King Flat sheet Tencel (pink, blue, lime): Single, Double Fitted Tencel (white, pink, blue and lemon): Single, Double, King, Super King Flat sheets: Single (100 x 150cm); Double (150 x 200cm) Fitted cotton: Single (90 x 190cm); Double (140 x 190cm); King (150 x 200cm) Fitted Tencel: Single (90 x 200cm); Double (140 x 200cm); King (150 x 200cm);
Super King (180 x 200cm) Incontinence can affect adults of any age, but may be of particular concern in later years. If you do suffer with incontinence, you are certainly not alone. In fact, the NHS says around one in four adults has experienced bowel or bladder weakness and between 3 and 6 million people in the UK have some degree of urinary incontinence. Many people who suffer from a bladder control problem are often too embarrassed to share it with anyone. But talking about it, especially with a health professional, is the best first step you can take to taking back control. The NHS can provide trained experts who are entirely used to dealing with these sorts of issues. They are on hand to assess your symptoms, identify the underlying cause, and discuss how to tackle the problem. The first step is to make an appointment with your GP or refer yourself directly to your local NHS continence service for an assessment. You will be assigned a Continence Adviser who will discuss your treatment options.
Depending on the cause, you may be referred on to other professionals such as a physiotherapist or an occupational therapist. Continence problems affect many areas of life. Often, sufferers can become isolated when they feel they are unable to leave their homes. For many travelling away from home such as visiting family or friends, or even going on a holiday is a complete no-no. But not any more. With a Hippychick Mattress Protector you can save yourself any embarrassment by popping one discreetly onto the bed safe in the knowledge that no-one will know if you have an accident during the night. 1 in 4 adults has experienced some form of incontinence or bladder weakness... Hippychick is primarily a nursery specialist, but they have recently noticed a big upsurge in sales of their adult sized mattress protector sheets, thanks to happy customers who have been spreading the word to all ages. Here is just some of the unsolicited praise recently received from satisfied customers:
"Unlike most waterproof mattress covers, put this one on under your sheet and you don't even know it's there - no horrible rustling at all! I bought one for my little boy's bed and am so impressed I am intending to buy another as a spare. Cannot recommend highly enough!!!!!" "At last - a mattress protector that doesn't smell or rustle. This is just like a really soft under sheet, but it works. Unfortunately I only discovered it when my mattress had been ruined by a 48 hour vomiting bug, but better late than never. I've got one for all our beds now and it's really hygienic." I’ll never forget the first mattress I purchased for myself. It was $350 and sold to me by a slick salesman in Cranston, Rhode Island. It was a good mattress, assuredly built by a bunch of advanced machines in some far away land, each stitch programmed, each coil designed by a computer for maximum profitability. When Hästens dropped off their queen-size 2000T bed at my apartment, it immediately became apparent that the only thing it had in common with my old mattress was the designated area in my room where it would live.
Everything else was...well, let me explain. Before you purchase a Hästens bed, you’re encouraged to stop by one of their lofty showrooms. I picked the one in SoHo, on Grand street between Wooster and Greene. It’s a typical, vaulted downtown space, but in it are 15 or so beds—some blue Gingham (what they call Bluecheck), some white. To the right of the entrance, there’s a wall of pillows, a selection of sheets, and a smattering of duvets. Behind the counter sits a handsome man who’ll shake your hand and graciously invite you into the world of Swedish handmade beds. For a product line that dips its toes well into six figures, I have to say the entire process of being fitted for the 2000T was little more pretentious than going to a lovely espresso bar—which is to say that my friends and I never once felt unwelcome in their space. What was curious, however, was that the stores typically don’t advertise their prices. They have prices, certainly, but they don’t have those cards you’d see at Sleepy’s with big red markdowns or markups.
“We want you to come in without bias, to try out each product we offer and genuinely see which one feels right for you.” the sales associate explained. My backside, as it turns out, chose the 2000T. it’s our most popular model,” he remarked. The most popular model is subsequently a $27,500 stunner that came in three separate pieces: 1: The Box Spring - This is what most people would call a mattress. It’s essentially what I’d been sleeping on for close to a decade. 2: The Mattress - This...this is where I started to have my mind blown. It’s simultaneously softer and more supportive than anything I’d put my weight on before. 3: The Top Mattress - The cherry on top. This layer appeared to be stuffed with cotton candy and birdsong. I’d never felt unrivaled softness like this before. Now there’s nothing terribly revolutionary here, thousands of mattresses in 3 pieces are sold every year, and many for significantly less than a Hästens. But that’s about where the similarities end.
Hästens has been putting Swedes to sleep since the late 19th century, a time when beds were fashioned from horsehair & hand tied twine and the phrase “Sleep tight!” was a thing that people actually said in earnest (it refers to the support rope that went underneath the mattress, which routinely slackened, requiring tightening now and again with special tools). They’ve had a heck of a long time to figure out how to do what they do, but strangely, a lot of the materials they use haven’t changed much. For instance, the special horsehair that fills each and every mattress has been groomed and bred for use by Hästens since Pehr Adolf Jansen received his Royal Certificate from the King Of Sweden, declaring him a Master Saddlemaker. Saddlemakers, as it turns out, were the only people who were certified to build mattresses, as horsetail hair was integral to the construction of the pads that protected royal bottoms in their royal carriages, and when you think about it, mattresses are really just kind of overgrown cushions for your whole body.
In 1952, 35 years or so after the company received their official royal warrant from the Swedish Royal Family, it was decreed Hästens’ mattresses were to be the only mattresses the Royal Family would use. I can’t promise you that every partner you bring back to your Hästens bed is going to be impressed by this fact, but it definitely won’t hurt. If you do your homework you’ll also find an endless list of celebrity clients, professional athletes and more who swear by Hastens. “We’re generally private about our clientele," explains Bob Cooper, VP of North American Sales for Hästens, “There are several hotels that carry our line in their high-end rooms, and it’s really not that uncommon to see a musician or athlete on tour order a bed after spending a night on one.” Everyone I talk to about the purebred mattress currently stabled at my place has the same question: “Well? Is it worth it? Do you actually sleep better?” I reply bluntly that I, in fact, do.
For the first time in my life, I awake in the same position I fell asleep in. Although this doesn't sound like much, it is a huuuuge development for me. Anyone who’s ever shared a bed with me knows that I’m a chronic tosser and turner... not quite a flailer, but in no way, shape, or form do I sleep like a log. The 2000T has—through either engineering or placebo—actually changed the way that I go to sleep.The good folks at Hästens explain this phenomenon as a result of the astoundingly even support that their approach to mattress making provides. And although I’m a convert, a true believer, I still can’t help but feel a bit skeptical. Allow me to explain, as the analogy in my mind is pretty simple: when you have a beautiful suit tailored for you, it undoubtedly costs more than if you purchased one off the rack. Even if those two suits end up being the EXACT same measurements, 9/10 people will say that the suit which they had tailored is the suit that they’d prefer to be wearing.
Although there is zero difference between the suits, they’ll report feeling more confident in the one they’ve had tailored. Is this purely psychological? Does it really work? Buying a Hästens bed represents a significant (read: financial) change in the way that you think about sleep. It takes what is for many a piece of furniture, and turns it into an expertly crafted tool with which to execute the act of snoozing. It quite literally shifts your perception of sleep as a requisite practice to a major priority in your life. Throughout the month of sleeping on the 2000T I found myself getting visibly excited to go to bed. It became an event, an activity worth celebrating, an occasion. Going to bed before the 2000T was just going to bed. It’s something I rush towards. Could you have a great night’s sleep on a $350 mattress from Rhode Island? I did pretty well with it for years, and I’ll do pretty well when it comes back in a few weeks. But knowing that the Hästens mattress is in my house tonight, for the last few days of the loan, makes me inherently confident that tomorrow I am going to wake up feeling fantastic.