Do Memory Foam Toppers Work?Do Memory Foam Toppers Work?Memory Foam Topper Pads - The Good & BadMattress toppers are 2-5 inch slab of memory foam (visco elastic memory foam) placed on top of a mattress for added comfort.Memory Foam Mattress Topper for an Old Bed?Many of us may think that investing in a memory foam topper would be a great idea instead of opting to buy a new spring mattress or memory foam mattress. It's natural to think that way if your bed is curved in the middle, giving you the hammock effect.Foam toppers cannot solve the hammock issue as the problem lies underneath, your springs or support foams are no longer supportive. 20% of People are not helped by Memory Foam ToppersDid you know that memory foam toppers don't work for nearly 20% of people? It is of no use to people suffering from acute back pain.Since toppers suit only hard mattresses, they become unsuitable for normal soft beds. In fact using a memory foam topper will make your bed softer and you may finally end up counting sheep till daybreak!
Be Careful - Toppers May be Damaged Before They ArriveA major shortfall to foam toppers is that retailers like to store huge quantities for long periods of time.This affects the foam mattress toppers in two ways. - The packing system can damage the mattress due to compression and folding. - When stored for long periods of time, memory foam toppers develop compression areas.Note: Some higher quality memory foam toppers actually become flat after a bare minimum use because of low density manufacturing techniques. With so many retailers flooding this business, be wary and do your research. If you're open replacing the mattress that's failing you, check out our top-rated mattresses here. For more information, please visit our Learning Center.2" Memory Foam Mattress Topper by Lucid® This 2-inch memory foam mattress topper will give you most of the benefits of having a new mattress at only a fraction of the cost. Lucid® memory foam creates a comfort layer that helps relieve neck, back and shoulder pain as it cradles and supports your body's natural pressure points.
Benefits of a Memory Foam Mattress Topper Twin 38 x 75 Twin Xl 38 x 80 Full 53 x 75 Queen 60 x 80 King 76 x 80 Cal King 72 x 84 Full Xl 53 x 80 Olympic Queen 65 x 80 Rv Queen 60 x 75 Split Cal King 36 x 84Topper includes 1 piece to cover half of a Cal King bed Split King 38 x 80Topper includes 1 piece to cover half of a King bed By: Zeek on Nov 16,2016My wife and I love our Lucid memory foam topper! I am getting way better sleep than ever before and the second I hit the mattress to go to sleep I seriously feel like I am on a cloud. The mattress topper fits our Queen size perfect and its no extra hassle to fit our sheets over it. Reply to this review By: ShaNeil on Nov 14,2016 I put this on my 3 year old daughter's bed. She hasn't been sneaking in to my bed since we got it, which means better sleep for all of us! She says it feels nice and cozy. I was skeptical when we first opened it because it seemed really flat, but after a couple days it was great!
By: Tucker on Nov 08,2016 This is my second one only because I switched bed sizes. I had this same topper for my twin size bed, but then I upgraded to a twin. I couldn't sleep on my bed with out it! I seriously love the soft firmness that I found consistent with my twin size. By: Shauna on Nov 07,2016 exactly what is needed This was just the answer for a good nights sleep on a not so great bed. This topper is very supportive without leaving canals where i have slept, I toss and turn a lot and the pad works well no matter my change of position. It stays in place on my bed without any problem By: Todd on Nov 07,2016 i feel as though i have a new bed this stays in place on the mattress this conforms to you yet does not leave a divit to sleep in rather is a support to your curves By: Linenspa Customer on Oct 21,2013 This was exactly what we needed to make our old lumpy mattress comfortable again. We've been sleeping on it for a week and my back pain has all but gone away - It's actually like having a brand new mattress all together without having to pay five or six hundred dollars.
There was a pretty strong chemical smell when we took it out of the plastic but after leaving it on the porch for 24 hours, it was no longer noticeable. By: Linenspa Customer on Jul 24,2013 Good for the price Good for the price paid but never reached 2" in height even after 3 days of expansion. Comfortable for a 1.5" topper. Reply to this review Spring Break for Grown-ups The 7 Books Every Spiritual Person Needs to Read "I Will Never Know Why" How to Survive a Rainy Day with Children: A Summer Guide 5 Key Words Every Spiritual Person Needs to Know 10 Airport Secrets That Only Insiders Know 5 Unforgettable Hostess Gifts The Best Travel Advice We've Ever Heard Count Sheep, Not Harmful Synthetics: How to Find an Eco-Friendly Mattress 7 Green Cleaners That Really Work The Allure of Traveling Alone Meet 15 Guys Who Are Saving the World Found in Translation: How I Got Rid of My Shyness in 7 Days 6 Ways to Avoid a Fight While on Vacation
The Rapist in My Bedroom... Hiding in Plain Sight: Inside the Life of an Undocumented Immigrant Whose Armrest Is It Anyway? Martha Beck's 5-Day Journey to a More Meaningful Life Of all the things in my home that I've worried are bad for the environment, my mattress is one I'd never lost any sleep over. Until recently—after my linebacker-size boyfriend, Peter, moved in, and created a deep canyon on his side of the bed. I was waking up grumpy, with backaches from the strain of staying level. I'd bought the bed a decade before, shortly after my divorce. Now, with a new man in my life, I decided I was ready for a new mattress. Around that time, I visited my parents and slept on their new pull-out couch. But instead of peaceful slumber, it felt as if I were being gassed by the mattress's smell. I opened a window but tossed all night, worried about the toxic fumes I might be inhaling. Mattresses, I soon learned, are rarely ecologically innocent. Most are made with synthetic fibers or foam, which don't biodegrade.
Cotton or wool stuffing can be processed with pesticides and other chemicals—some of them potentially carcinogenic. Considering I spend one-third of my life lying in bed, realizing this was fairly disquieting. The good news is that choices once limited to size and firmness now include environmental options as well. If you prefer an innerspring mattress—steel coils surrounded by layers of fluffy padding—you can rest easy on beds made from organic cotton and wool, with steel coils that aren't coated in chemicals. If, like me, you prefer a solid-foam mattress, you can opt for latex made from the milky sap of rubber trees. And though I worried that sleeping on something made from coconut husk fibers or natural rubber would feel like napping in Gilligan's hut, when I test-drove the beds, my back couldn't feel the difference. Here are three tips from my eco-mattress hunt. The smell that kept me awake at my parents' house is a cocktail of chemicals, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are associated with skin irritation and respiratory problems.
Walter Bader, author of Sleep Safe in a Toxic World and cofounder of Organic Mattresses Inc., sent a conventional mattress to a lab that measured its emissions and found 61 VOCs. "Mattresses are like cigarettes were in the 1930s," Bader says. "Completely unregulated, and everyone thinks they're safe." Experts, though, remain divided about what exposure levels pose a danger. Berkeley-based toxicologist Janet Weiss, MD, who has studied these chemicals, says, "Like the new-car smell, mattress smells aren't hazardous." Others argue that exposure should be limited as possible. "Although the amount people inhale is incredibly small, the exposure adds up," says epidemiologist Devra Lee Davis, PhD, of the Environmental Health Trust. Choosing organic materials is one of the best ways to cut the toxins you inhale while sleeping. Fumes are strongest in the first few weeks, so it also helps if you can let your new bed air out in a spare room or garage before using it. Ask for the Real Credentials
There is no government certification for eco-friendly mattresses. "Manufacturers use the terms green and natural however they want, and there isn't much standardization," says Sonya Lunder, a senior analyst at the Environmental Working Group. While shopping, I found mattresses made with castor oil, aloe vera, green-tea infusions, and bamboo—and labeled every variation of green, eco-, organic, and natural. It takes some sleuthing to push past the green stickers and figure out what really goes into a mattress. I tried out one "eco-friendly" memory-foam mattress in a store that was plastered with green leaf symbols. A salesperson offered me piping hot green tea, but when I pressed her on what was so green about their mattress, she explained that more than 10 percent of the oils in the petroleum-based memory foam had been replaced with plant-based oils. So the product wasn't exactly green, just 10 percent greener. "We're the hybrid cars of the mattress world," she said. "We're still burning gas, but it's better than a regular car."
Yet to many shoppers, the company's beds appear just as pure as those made by rigorously green Organic Mattresses, Inc., a company Bader started because of his chemical sensitivities (the handcrafted creations are made from cruelty-free wool, certified organic cotton, and 100 percent natural rubber latex in a facility where no one is allowed to smoke, wear fragrances, or wear fabric softeners). When shopping, ignore words like eco- and natural. Instead, seek out companies that explain ingredients clearly and can point to where materials are sourced. Even better, look for third-party certification" Oeko-Tex Standard 100 is the largest voluntary third-party certification for textiles free of harmful substances, and Global Organic Textile Standard certifies that a natural fiber was grown organically and processed sustainably. Find a Comfortable Compromise If I had a $3,000 budget, I'd be on a virtuous mattress made by Organic Mattresses in a heartbeat. But there's only so much I can spend on my back health and eco-consciousness.
I decided I wanted a memory-foam mattress that replaced some of the usual synthetic latex with soy. And after careful research, I bought it from Magniflex, an Italian company, because its bona fides were so impressive: Its memory foam is 30 percent plant oils, one of the highest percentages in the industry; it uses water to expand the memory foam rather than relying only on solvents, like most companies; and it created a flame retardant derived from sea sand, saving me from more chemical additives. The company's textiles are Oeko-Tex certified, and it uses GOTS-certified cotton. When Peter and I lay down on the $1,600 mattress, I knew I'd done what I could to make my bed more eco-friendly, and as a result, I sleep just fine. Next: Check out 3 smart choices for eco-bedding What's the Eco-Impact of Your Everyday Choices? 5 Wallet-Friendly Habits You Can Steal from Eco-Experts Clean Power: Lisa Jackson Fights for Our Right to Healthy Air, Water and Land 11 Ways to Save Your Planet