Mattress Shopping Made Easy

You don’t have to be a mattress geek to know how to shop for the correct kind of mattress. You might be searching for ways to alleviate the back pain that you’ve been feeling since you bought the wrong type, right? Or you could simply be in search for a bigger one so you could have more room to sleep in.

Buying your mattress can be an easy-breezy task. This guide should help you achieve your goal of finding the best kind of mattress, one that would meet your needs.

The mattress is, without a doubt, one of the most important pieces of furnishing in your home. If you want to sleep a healthy eight hours, then you will need to choose, that very thing where you spend your sleeping hours, carefully.

Let’s say you get to keep a mattress for nine to 10 years, then that means you will sleep in it for eight hours (hopefully) each night or about a third of your life. This is a significant phase of your life so you have to make a careful decision with regard to the kind of mattress that you’d take home.

Mattress Support  

The most crucial factor in finding the right mattress is the support that it can provide. You need a mattress that can push your body up and is able to counteract the weight that pushes it down. So does this mean that you’re supposed to find a firm, hard mattress? Absolutely not.

Keep in mind that the human body – yup, including yours – is not a straight line. So, whether you sleep on your tummy, back or on your side, your body comes with curves. The mattress should be able to support such curves and arches.

The mattress should dip down all around the shoulders and hips. This is so correct spine alignment is achieved. A mattress that’s too hard will not be able to give you that needed eight hours of sleep simply because you will consequently keep changing your position throughout the night.

Mattress Comfort

Another vital criterion that you need to consider is the level of comfort that you will feel when you lie down on the mattress. This is the so-called pressure relief. A mattress that’s too firm will leave your body unrested. It also causes the cutting off of circulation and even nerve pinching.

Do you feel any pins and needles on your hands and feet sometimes? This could be caused by the wrong mattress on your bed.

Minimized Motion Transfer

This may be a minor factor but, still, an important one nevertheless. It could also affect the way you enjoy your sleep. When you have to share your bed, you have to consider how to minimize the so-called motion transfer. A partner who gets in and out of bed could easily disrupt the sleep of the other. The risk of being woken up quite high so try to test the mattress with your partner once you’ve decided which ones you’re shortlisting.

Mattress Temperature

One other issue that people talk about is heat retention. The best mattresses must be able to mitigate this. Ventilation can also be a concern especially during the hottest seasons. Don’t ever go for cheap memory mattresses.

Mattress Edge Support

If you’re the type who sleeps on the edge of the bed, then you should also look for a mattress that has a strong edge support. Cheaper mattresses only provide a steel rod inside. It would be best for you to choose the ones that have foam encasement.

Your Shopping Expedition

Don’t let this mattress shopping expedition scare you. You are likely to see lines upon lines of rectangular foams but just take your time so you would be able to purchase the most suitable one for you.

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