Down & Down Alternative Mattress Pads Price (high to low) Price (low to high) Best star rating first Cozy Down Mattress Pads Pure Wool Moisture Protector Mattress Pads Sleep & Beyond Certified Organic Wool Mattress Pads $274.00 and up$229.00 and up Fill: organic merino wool Crescent Moon Alpaca Wool Mattress Pads Organic Wool Mattress Pad Organic Wool Mattress Topper Solus Organic Cotton Mattress Pad Hotel Plush Cooling Mattress Pad by Aerus $59.00 and up$49.00 and up Hotel Style Ultra Plush Mattress Pad Fabric Top: 180 Thread Count Ctn/Poly Fiber: 6D Bonded Polyester Fabric Bottom: 45 GSM Non Woven Polyester Sealy® Temperature Regulating Mattress Pad Fabric Top: 300 thread count cotton Fiber: 70% polyester, 30% Tencel Fabric Bottom: Polyester non-woven fabric Straps: InfinitySkirt® fitted skirt Royal-Pedic Pillowtop Mattress Pads $1114.00 and up$1024.00 and up
Fill: latex & wool Thickness: 3", 4" or 5" Royal-Pedic Natural Pillowtop Mattress Pads - 2, 3 or 4 inch toppers Thickness: 2", 3" or 4" CleanRest Quilted MicronOne® Convertible Mattress Pads Cover: 100% polyester, MicronOne® Fill: 100% polyester, 130 gsmAdd a Memory Foam Topper to Your Bed Improve Sleep with a Comfort Layer All the best mattresses priced at thousands of dollars feature a top layer of memory foam, a visco-elastic Space Age material that resists the forces of gravity even when you sleep. “Memory foam” has become a generic term in the sleep industry and the big players have taken the technology and used it to create their own proprietary mattress and pillow products. Companies like Serta, Tempurpedic, Select Foam, and Beautyrest all build mattresses and mattress toppers using memory foam science. What’s So Special About Memory Foam Unlike traditional inner spring mattresses with their padded foam and fabric support layers any mattress constructed of memory foam offers a much denser comfort layer that conforms more efficiently to the curves and physical contours of your body and responds to temperature, a unique feature of this material.
These products are designed to provide higher levels of sleep comfort because they relieve stress and strain on your body’s key pressure points. When you can’t invest in a whole memory foam mattress—some of them run thousands of dollars—and your mattress is in good enough condition to serve as a supportive and quality foundation, consider the value available in a memory foam mattress topper. How to Buy a Memory Foam Mattress Topper Mattress toppers are simply a layer of foam material designed to fit various traditional bed sizes. The old school bed toppers were commonly known as “egg crates” and offered nothing more than a layer of plain foam that would discolor and actually disintegrate over time. The market for memory foam bed toppers embraces a huge spectrum of products and in the price range from $20 to $200, which indicates there must be varying measurements of quality. Here are a few things you need to consider when making a buying decision about a memory foam mattress topper:
Thickness is the actual measurement of the layer of foam product. This is often an indication of value, but you must consider “thickness” with weight and density. Thicker when combined with a mid-range density, such as 4 lb, is simply a more opulent experience. Common mattress topper thicknesses are 2 to 3-inches. Weight and density are key factors in buying a memory foam topper. Density denotes the softness of the foam and weight the heft, but they really work in tandem. Cheaper foams – those under 3 lb in density -- are softer but they are also less valuable than the heavier/denser foams. Four and 5 lb density toppers are mid- and upper-range memory foams and provide some of the better comfort and support, though you’ll pay more.This last rule is really intended to keep you from ending up spending money on poor quality memory foam, fake foam fillers and market “seconds,” or manufacturing mistakes that often end up on clearance shelves. Stick with the name brand companies like Tempurpedic, Serta and others when buying memory foam mattress top layers.
Bed: Embody Memory Foam Stillness Plus BedManufacturer: SealyRetail Price: $1,999 to $3,299 For our third month we slept on something we'd never slept on before: a true memory foam mattress. Nutshell review: After the firmness of the previous bed, the squishy memory foam was a welcome respite, and we were initially very happy. However, while having great give and support, we found the Embody often quite hot (lack of air circulation), which would wake us up and keep us moving around late at night. We knew that memory foam is often said to do this, but the Embody is supposed to be designed to solve it. I would only recommend the Embody with a thick, natural mattress pad. When you get into this bed, it's great. There's tons of squishy goodness underneath you and it's wonderful at accommodating a regular back sleep (shallow) or a full side sleep (deep) where your shoulder wants to sink way into the mattress. I actually found the sleep experience very close to that of the Hastens, in that it really allowed the heaviest part of my body (torso) to sink below the lightest (feet), so that I was truly horizontal.
In addition, as is common with memory foam, turning around on the bed won't disturb your mate, as the foam absorbs all your motion. The big problem is the warmth of the foam, which hounded us all month. While fine when we went to sleep, we'd often wake at night as our body temperature changed or the heat in the room fluctuated. I'd find myself hot and then roll over onto my side to cool down. This would help, but then my side would get hot. Late at night and mornings seemed to be the worst. Inserting a thick, natural mattress pad might help to alleviate this, but the Embody is designed to solve this problem: "Embody memory foam uses a proprietary design to allow air to flow through the foam. This design allows for endlessly more breathability and cooler, more comfortable rest not found in other foam mattresses." Additionally, there was a faint off-gassing new-foam smell during the entire month that was unsettling. A big fan of "natural' in bedding, I think that even memory foam (which is not natural) should at least be fully aired out before hitting the bedroom.
The design of the Embody is described as being quite complex, with "progressive new foam" paired with a "proprietary design" and Polartec fabric to ensure a really comfortable sleep, but I found the mattress and foundation construction unexceptional with a predominance of non-organic fabrics that didn't give me the feeling that this was going to become a lifetime bed. Polartec, as well, doesn't signify a good sleep to me. That said, it should be noted that Sealy claims that their foams are "free of CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals," and that they are also "anti-microbial. So they resist dust mites, allergens and microbes." The price on this bed can vary a great deal depending on where you shop. I found the list price for the bed set to be $3,711, while most online pricing centered around the $2,900 mark for a queen set. This seems a bit high to me for what you get and what other memory foam beds will cost you. Again, there seems to me to be a lot of marketing around the Embody brand name that is bent on making this bed a real luxury choice, but we weren't convinced.