When it comes to essential home products, one of the most essential is having the right mattress in your master bedroom. Compared to a chair or couch, you are spending considerably more time on your bed, as you should be getting at least a few hours sleep every single night and ideally closer to the 8 hours that is recommended by health professionals so that you can hit your REM levels.
Traditionally, almost all mattresses were made out of spring coils interlaced and spread out across each other to form the mattress. These would often lose their structure after a couple of years and would “dip” in the middle as a result of prolonged and constant use; which is what a good mattress is supposed to be for!
Before exploring the many benefits of memory foam mattresses compared to coiled mattresses, it’s important to understand a brief history of memory foam mattresses. In 1966, NASA started developing the first memory foam mattresses to be used to improve the safety of aircraft cushions. It was then used in other commercial products ranging from padding in football helmets to x-ray table pads. Then in 1991 the first memory foam mattress was available to the public from the company Fagerdala World Foams, now well known as the “Tempur-pedic Swedish mattress“. From there, many other companies starting working with the unique material to create their own lines of memory foam mattresses.
The biggest advantage these mattresses is that it provides for a more comfortable sleep as it shapes itself to mould to your body size. Plus, since it’s not a coil system, one can leave their side of the bed without really disturbing the other person, which is great for many couples of all ages. Another advantage is that these mattresses have some heat retention properties so some people have credited this property with helping to relieve aching muscles and tension within the body. All in all, the memory foam mattresses are a scientific improvement over the traditional spring coil mattresses, and as they continue to become more reasonably priced they will continue to rise in popularity.
