How to choose a mattress for a double bed?
Statistics show that 80% of the population of the CIS countries have impaired the work of the musculoskeletal system. The data says that violations occur in schoolchildren, so it is believed that the main reason is the wrong way of life before coming of age, when an organism is formed. But doctors began to notice that sleep plays an important role in the health of the spine, namely the right choice of a place to sleep and a position for rest.
Insomnia, back pain at night or in the morning after waking up, tension in the body - these are all the first alarm bells about violations in the musculoskeletal system. Accordingly, they need to pay attention and think about the correctness of the choice of mattress.
It is always difficult to determine the mattress on a double bed for a family. It often happens that it is convenient for a husband, it is painful for a wife and vice versa. This is the reason that couples over 35-45 years old sleep separately. But after all, in their youth, loving each other people dreamed of how they would wake up at a later age. Make this dream can the right choice of lounger on the family bed.
Healthy people are important to think about how to choose a mattress for the bed. After all, the right decision will mean a healthy, sound sleep at night and a comfortable rest before it.
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According to experts, mattresses can be used for no more than 10 years, which is not as long as it seems to an ordinary person. In this case, the maximum period can work this product, if it turns out to be the minimum load. In the case of frequent transfers, coups, double mattresses deteriorate much faster. Of course, the main sign of the need to replace the mattress is not enough comfortable day rest or night sleep. But there are other characteristic signs of wear.
- Plating damage.
When holes appear in the shell, the mattress changes its characteristics, as the volume of the constituent springs, foam rubber or latex is redistributed. This leads to the fact that the body takes a different position, most likely causing pain in the back.
- The shell is intact, but it feels like a body is scratching the ends of a metal spring mesh.
This damage to the mattress may seem insignificant, but it will lead to the destruction of the plating and the effects described above.
- The mattress makes unpleasant creaking sounds.
It is clear that discomfort now appears from any movement that can interrupt the sleep of the owners of the old product.
- The mattress was deformed, holes appeared, humps, rigidity changed.
It is quite natural that such changes will lead to the curvature of the spine and its disease.
- Rest or sleep on an old mattress began to end with a fall to the floor or a slide from one place to another.
Experts and doctors strongly recommend that when these signs appear, make a replacement and figure out how to choose the right mattress for a double bed. To better understand the features and selection criteria, it is necessary to disassemble its types.
Types of double mattresses
All family mattresses are classified in many ways, but the most characteristic of them is considered its composition.
The composition of the product is divided into categories:
- springless;
- spring;
- combined.
- Spring mattresses
Based on springs, the most common. They are subdivided into dependent and independent.
The first type, called Bonnel in another way, is a frame sheathed with foam rubber and fabric, inside of which are connected spring blocks.
This model was developed in the 50-60 years. Of its advantages, we can note the lowest price of all types of mattresses and comparative durability.
However, these double loungers have a large number of disadvantages:
- deformation of spring blocks;
- the fragility of the metal from which the springs are made;
- the inability to distribute the load, due to which the light member of the family will roll down to a heavier one, which can fall to the floor altogether;
- lack of spring insulation, due to which an unpleasant creak from the mattress appears;
- bad influence on the health of the musculoskeletal system.
The second type is radically different from the first. The essence of this type of mattress is that it consists of independent, barrel-shaped springs that are not interconnected, besides, each spring is isolated and is in a special shell. In general, these springs make up the stiffness blocks that make up the family bed mattresses. This design relates to medical orthopedic products. What is interesting over the entire area can be applied springs of different stiffness. This is done so that spouses who have different bedding requirements can pick up one large mattress for the bed, on which they will sleep comfortably, and not roll down somewhere on the bed or fall through the gap in the middle. In addition, if you turn it over, you can get a mattress with other characteristics.
This design is considered the most long-lasting and comfortable and has the following advantages:
- relieves pain and heals the musculoskeletal system;
- a large range of sizes;
- noiseless during use.
But this almost perfect mattress has its drawbacks. For many, a big barrier to buying will be its considerable cost, which not everyone can master.It is also very important that each person has an individual musculoskeletal system, to restore which you need a mattress with certain characteristics of stiffness and size. This means that you need to buy such a thing very carefully, because if you make the wrong choice, you can stay with old pains of the spine. Features of the choice that you need to know will be described below.
- Springless mattresses
Marketing research shows that in the post-Soviet space almost everyone is familiar with this type of mattress, where springs replace an elastic material, which is used as furniture foam. This material has high physical characteristics, for example, elasticity, thermal conductivity, density and stiffness. But foam rubber under certain influences can quickly deteriorate, since it has a low compressive and tensile strength.
Therefore, this foam is replaced by a combination of modern dense and elastic materials that have much more improved performance:
- latex;
- horse hair;
- coconut coir;
- a type of modern polyurethane.
Springless mattresses of this design are considered therapeutic and orthopedic, because they have approximate characteristics to the above described mattresses with independent spring blocks.
Besides the fact that family loungers have high operating rates, they have quite pleasant prices. This is not to say that the cost will be very low. The figure will appear to the buyer as the golden mean between cheap “bonnel” and expensive mats with independent spring blocks.
But, despite the attractive price, you can not say that this type of double mattress is the best option for couples. The problem is that the canvas in the product is one whole over its entire area, therefore, with an uneven distribution of the load, the effect of a hammock may appear, but to a lesser extent than with the bonnel beds.
Combined mattresses
For those cases where the mattress chooses a pair with different weights or problems of the musculoskeletal system, combined types of sleeping items have been developed. Their main difference from the ordinary can be considered the fact that they are versatile. So, from the husband’s side it can be more rigid with an independent spring block, and from the wife’s side consist of a combination of canvases made of polyurethane, latex, coconut coir and horsehair.
There is also another type of combined double springless mattress with springs. In this product, a combination of coconut coir and polyurethane sheets is placed on top, and a spring block is located below. Thus, such a lounger can be turned from one side to another, using an orthopedic mattress in a wider profile.
The third type of combination is products, where the spring blocks are placed in the middle, and are surrounded on all sides by artificial elements.
It is worth noting that super-modern sleeping beds have been developed, which have a “shape memory”, heating and water base. There are massage mattresses, divided into several sections, comfortable neck, back and legs.
Features of the choice of double mattress for a family bed
When choosing a bed you need to remember an important detail - you should not buy furniture complete with a mattress or first family bed, and then a bed. First of all, an individually suitable mat is selected, and under its dimensions, bedroom furniture is selected and ordered. This is the main rule of how to choose a mattress for a double bed.
You should not buy separately two different mattresses, because they will cause great inconvenience in use, ranging from different levels, a gap between them and ending with the fact that the products can move around the area of the bed, make noise, obviously not increasing comfort.
If the cervical and spinal areas of the spine are not healthy, you need to abandon the idea of buying a mattress on dependent springs. It will create a hammock effect. Accordingly, the spine will not be able to take the correct position during sleep and will hurt.
When the general rules for buying a product are described, you need to be told how to choose a mattress for a double bed.
The primary parameter of the mattress, to which you need to pay attention, is the stiffness and the maximum weight maintained by the product. The main task of the mattress is to keep the spine constantly in a horizontal position without any bends. This means that the lounger must completely round the body in a certain way to fulfill this requirement.
Based on this, it is important that the ratio of weight and stiffness be evaluated correctly. This will eliminate the error as much as possible.
Developers, based on operating experience, have developed such recommendations:
- with a weight less than 55 kg and for children it is necessary to use a product from independent spring blocks of the least rigidity or foam rubber of lesser strength or elasticity;
- with a weight of less than 90 kg and for older people over 50 years old, you need to choose a mattress with averages;
- with a weight over 90 kg it is worth taking the most rigid plank bed
The dimensions are less important than the previous parameters, but you should not forget about them. When buying a double mattress for the bed follow these rules:
- the length of the mattress should be greater than the maximum height of its owners by 15-20 cm, which will ensure complete control of body position, its relaxation and rest;
- the width of the product should not be less than 160 cm, but in this case it is necessary to proceed from the characteristics of the host, since, similarly to the length parameter, a reserve of space is needed so that the person lying on the mattress feels as comfortable as possible.
The important role in comfort is played by upholstery material. It should be of sufficient thickness to ensure good tensile strength of the mattress cover. Modern fabrics for upholstery should have dust-repellent, hypoallergenic properties. The fabric should create, together with the whole structure, a breathing system in order to reduce skin irritation and excessive sweating.
As you can see, there are plenty of subtleties and “pitfalls” when choosing a double mattress for a bed, therefore the purchase process should be approached very carefully and responsibly. The purchased mattress should be for you a comfortable, restoring power bed for the next ten years.
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