Showing posts with label Eco friendly mattress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eco friendly mattress. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Keetsa 9-Inch Latex Coil Mattress



What is a good night’s sleep worth to you? What is waking up refreshed and rejuvenated worth? For many, peaceful sleep is priceless – and elusive. Traditional mattresses can cause us to toss and turn, making eight hours seem like half that much. They can store mites that increase allergies, affecting us even when we’re not in bed. Sleep is too precious to waste on a poor quality bed. Instead, why not try a new approach to sleep with a revolutionary eco-friendly mattress? Earth-friendly and sleep-friendly, you will find the rest you need.

The luxuriously comfortable Keetsa 9-Inch Latex Coil Mattress uses advanced technology, eco-friendly materials, and superior craftsmanship to give you the best possible night’s sleep. The innovative core features iCoils. These are independent and designed to provide support for every part of your body. Other mattresses can cause pain because only pressure points are supported and the body is not aligned naturally. With the Keetsa, you feel like you are floating on air because the mattress responds to your body. Independent coils also reduce transfer when your partner moves so you are not disturbed. The outer layer is made of 100% latex, which is naturally resistant to bacteria, mildew, and mold. Covering this is a 100% organic cotton cover with wool padding for added comfort. The natural wool is a natural fire retardant, and no chemical retardants are used. The Keetsa also comes with unique packaging to reduce waste.

Keetsa Eco-Friendly Mattresses are at the cutting edge of comfort and sleep technology to provide you with great sleep and minimal environmental impact. You can rest easy and sleep well with Keetsa.

Friday, August 7, 2009

Eco-Friendly Mattresses – What are They Made of?



With the proliferation of companies claiming to offer environmentally sound products, how can you be sure you are getting what you pay for? How can you be sure “eco-friendly” mattresses are made by companies that care about a green world instead of ones that only care about the green in your wallet? Check what goes into the mattress, as well as how it is shipped. Here you will be able to determine its “green” factor.

Traditional mattresses often use inner springs, which take up enormous space in landfills.
Eco friendly mattresses, such as those from Keetsa, use recycled steel to reduce waste. Many natural mattress manufacturers are eschewing inner springs altogether in favor of memory foam, which provides outstanding and unparalleled comfort. Bio-foam is made of 12 percent caster bean oil, reducing the level of petroleum significantly. Other mattresses use 100 percent petroleum-based foam. Some models use natural rubber latex for the core. In either case, the cores are formaldehyde-free and resistant to dust mites and other allergens naturally. Still other companies skip Bio-foam and pack the core with wool and cotton.

The outer layer of organic mattresses are often made of cotton wool blends and are naturally flame retardant and hypoallergenic, so no harmful chemicals are necessary. Many mattresses, such as those from Keetsa and Magniflex, use bamboo blends as well. Bamboo is a sustainable resource and provides a soft texture. From core to cover to shipping, eco friendly mattresses strive to reduce our carbon footprints. Keetsa, for example, has created an innovative shipping process. All mattresses are compressed and rolled. This takes up far less room and requires much less plastic packaging. The best way to make sure your mattress is environmentally friendly is to purchase a high quality one and sleep comfortably for years. This keeps them out of landfills and in the bedroom where they belong

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Keetsa 9-Inch Latex Coil Mattress



What is a good night’s sleep worth to you? What is waking up refreshed and rejuvenated worth? For many, peaceful sleep is priceless – and elusive. Traditional mattresses can cause us to toss and turn, making eight hours seem like half that much. They can store mites that increase allergies, affecting us even when we’re not in bed. Sleep is too precious to waste on a poor quality bed. Instead, why not try a new approach to sleep with a revolutionary eco-friendly mattress? Earth-friendly and sleep-friendly, you will find the rest you need.

The luxuriously comfortable Keetsa 9-Inch Latex Coil Mattress uses advanced technology, eco-friendly materials, and superior craftsmanship to give you the best possible night’s sleep. The innovative core features iCoils. These are independent and designed to provide support for every part of your body. Other mattresses can cause pain because only pressure points are supported and the body is not aligned naturally. With the Keetsa, you feel like you are floating on air because the mattress responds to your body. Independent coils also reduce transfer when your partner moves so you are not disturbed. The outer layer is made of 100% latex, which is naturally resistant to bacteria, mildew, and mold. Covering this is a 100% organic cotton cover with wool padding for added comfort. The natural wool is a natural fire retardant, and no chemical retardants are used. The Keetsa also comes with unique packaging to reduce waste.

Keetsa Eco-Friendly Mattresses are at the cutting edge of comfort and sleep technology to provide you with great sleep and minimal environmental impact. You can rest easy and sleep well with Keetsa.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

The History of Mattresses



The word mattress is derived from an Arabic word for “mat” or “cushion.” The invention of the mattress can be traced back to primitive roots as far back as 9500 B.C. by what are commonly referred to as “cave men”. Beds were raised from the ground for reasons other than style, but rather to avoid drafts, dirt, and pests. The first mattresses were most likely made of piles of leaves, grass, or straw, covered with animal skins. About 3,000 B.C., mattresses began to be constructed with stuffing inside a mattress. In Persia, goatskins filled with water are the predecessors of the modern day water bed. By 200 B.C. Ancient Romans commonly used cloth bags stuffed with hay, reeds, wool, and if were wealthy, feathers.

During the Renascence, mattresses were still made from organic materials such as pea shucks, straw, or sometimes feathers, and put into supportive coarse bags before being covered with velvets, brocades, or silks. During the 16th and 17th centuries, mattresses were stuffed with straw or down and placed on bed frames of timber with a latticework of rope or leather for support. By the 18th century the use of cotton and wool stuffing with quality linen or cotton covers became popular and began to take a standard rectangular size. Box springs were invented in the 18th century, helping reduce lumps in a mattress.

In the 1930’s Innerspring mattresses with upholstered foundations as well as artificial fillers became popular. Enclosed coil spring mattresses, which are springs sewn into connecting fabric compartments, were first used. By the 1950’s mattresses became something that we are more familiar with the use of foam rubber mattresses. With the invention of vial, the 1960’s famously birthed the water bed while the 1980’s brought the first air mattresses. The latest advance in mattresses is memory foam fisrt used for bedding by Tempur-Pedic in 1992.
The evolution of the mattress is a long and fascinating one for something that is commonly taken for granted.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Mattresses during the Renaissance



It feels like at times the metal spring mattress has been with us forever, but in reality, it evolved from some pretty old fashioned designs from back in the days of the Renaissance. Often used on top of metal beds, the feather-stuffed mattress was often filled with bugs and other living creatures, which often led to bites and other infestation issues. Depending on who you were and how wealthy you are, your mattress could be stuffed with different things. If you lived out in the country, your bed was likely stuffed with straw or with grass.

If you were a lord or a duke of some kind, chances are, you might have had an old fashion mattress pad of moss or soft fabric like wool to help cushion the feeling of your not so wonderful mattress. If you were wealthy or royalty, chances are, your mattress could be stuffed with feathers or goose down, but even these mattresses were nothing compared to the ones we enjoy today. There was nothing to compare with modern memory foam or other types of mattresses. It goes without saying that we have it much better today than people did back in the Renaissance.

Of course, it is important to remember that problems such as homelessness and poverty were much worse back then compared to what they are now. Millions of people back in the olden days had no mattress to speak of at all. Back then, an organic mattress really was organic, but thankfully, we’ve moved on from straw, grass and feathers to modern memory foam and other advanced materials.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Why Memory Foam Mattresses Are Better

No matter how comfortable you think the mattress on platform beds may be, you have not experienced true comfort until you have experienced the feel of a memory foam mattress. With a memory foam mattress your body is not confined to one position—it conforms to the contour of the mattress thus allowing you to experience more comfort and better sleep. You can experience a more restful sleep because you don’t have the constraints of an innerspring mattress as you do with an ordinary mattress. If you have back problems or just difficulty sleeping a memory foam mattress will help solve the problem for you.

Most people think they are getting the best mattress when they shop and though they may find more comfort than they had with their previous mattress, they will not have the same experience they would if they had chosen a foam mattress. There is nothing to compare to the comfort your body will experience as it fits into the contours of a memory foam mattress. Perhaps that sounds like a sales pitch, but the truth is your body needs to be able to fit into the contours of your mattress in order to be comfortable. An ordinary mattress does not provide that type of support and contouring—your body remains flat on a flat surface that provides very little movement for the body.

A mattress must provide the body with a natural contour, something an ordinary mattress doesn’t do. This is the reason many people with sleep problems do not feel comfortable while they are sleeping or complain of back pain when they get up in the morning. When you sleep on a memory foam mattress you will feel well-rested and pain free when you wake up. Since you are sleeping in a more natural position with the mattress contouring your body comfortably you will enjoy the restful sleep you need to feel good when you wake up in the morning.

It doesn’t matter whether you have a platform bed, a metal bed, or a wooden bed. The important thing is to have the right mattress to allow you to sleep comfortably. An ordinary mattress just doesn’t have the ability to provide a contour to your body, so you are sleeping in an awkward position—being flat is not a natural position to induce good sleep. Good sleep is important for good health, so you want to make sure you choose a mattress that can provide you with the sleep you require. With a Organic memory foam mattress you will sleep well, sleep soundly and wake up feeling rested and refreshed.

How do you know a foam mattress is going to work for you? You don’t in reality but you can listen to what others say about the feel of a memory foam mattress and how they feel when they are sleeping and when they wake up in the morning. Certainly, you will only know if you try it and unless you can find a hotel with a memory foam mattress, you will have to take the word of others who have tried this comfortable mattress and embellished its benefits.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Natura Prima Mattress



For far too long, the mattress has remained the same, even as our backs, legs and spines demanded changes. From platform beds to metal beds, it didn’t matter what sort of bed type you had, you likely had a metal spring mattress that caused unnecessary pressure points to form all over your body. Thankfully, memory foam mattresses helped to change the way people looked at what a mattress could be, and now some companies are taking things a step farther.

The Natura Prima Mattress is one of the most environmentally friendly sleep systems the world has ever known. At its core, this mattress sports a comfortable latex layer that moulds to your body instead of your body trying to mould to uncomfortable metal springs. The cover of this mattress is made from pure organic cotton sateen, and is unlike any mattress cover anywhere. This is a product that takes Mother Earth into consideration throughout. It is hypoallergenic and breathes far better than a regular off the shelf mattress. If you are looking for a whole new way to sleep and an organic answer to archaic metal spring mattresses, look to an organic mattress like the Natura Prima Mattress.

The Natura Prima Mattress is a one of a kind sleep system devised by the people at Natura. This company has been on the forefront of development when it comes to an organic mattress sleep system that everyone can afford to own. Expect more from your mattress with a Natura Mattress in your home.