An Alternative to a New Mattress: Memory Foam Mattress Toppers
Coming up with the several hundred to thousand dollars it costs today to get a quality mattress is down right impossible for most of us, so is there an alternative solution to this problem?
You can make your old bed feel like new to you, even if you have a conventional spring mattress. Consider a memory foam mattress topper, also known as a pillow top. With this you can enjoy the comfort and good nights sleep of a new mattress but at a fraction the price.
The material used in these foam mattress toppers, known as memory foam is designed to contour around the curves of your body providing superb support that's needed in the back and hip area. Watch as you get up off of your bed in the morning, and the memory foam springs right back to it's original shape, truly a wonder material.
While there aren't an immense amount of features to a foam mattress topper there is one that's most important. The thickness of the pad is what will make the difference between, feeling better or the same as your old mattress. The thicker the pad, the more support you're going to have in the needed areas around your back and hips. Also the density of the foam can play a role in how much it sinks to contour around your body. A 4 lb density is wonderful but might be tough to find. Many memory foam mattresses come with a 4 density rating, how ever a topper is meant to give your bed a new feel not replace a new bed all together.
Foam memory pillows are also being offered by manufactures to give the added support to the head and neck area. These types of pillows usually don’t wear as quickly as the topper or the mattress.
A great addition if you're purchasing a memory foam mattress topper are memory foam or latex pillows. They provide your neck and head the added support it needs through the night to help keep your spine aligned for a great nights sleep.
Disadvantages of Foam Mattress Toppers
The topper itself from a comfort stand point doesn't really have any downfalls, how ever they don't breath really well. Meaning on warmer evenings you'll tend to sweat more, and you might find yourself needing to sleep more to feel refreshed. Also depending on the thickness of the topper you purchase you might potentially require new sheets to fit over your mattress and the topper.
Foam Mattress Topper a Good Alternative to a new Mattress
Today more then ever it’s important to get a good nights sleep to recover from the stress of day-to-day life and prepare yourself for the next one. How ever not all of us have the funds available to go out and purchase a new mattress to ensure we get the sleep we need. While new technologies in mattresses such as memory foam and latex are helping us get a better nights sleep, few of us can afford the one to three thousand dollars some of these materials cost.
How ever there is a way to take your older bed and mattress and make it feel like new, or at least new to you. Want to make your spring mattress feel like a foam mattress? Get a foam mattress topper, you’ll enjoy the feel of a foam mattress for a fraction of the price. A foam topper, made of the same material as a foam mattress revitalizes your old mattress giving it new life, and saving you money.
The majority of foam mattress toppers are made using a material known as memory foam. The topper is designed to contour around the curves of your body, ensuring that you get the support around your body where you need it. Helping with a deeper, longer uninterrupted sleep. When you’re not laying on the mattress topper, the memory foam is designed to spring back top it’s original form.
The thicker a foam mattress topper ideally the more support it will provide you. Foam is measured in density, while the thickness, styles, and sizes are important it’s the actual foam density that matters as to how well it will stand up. An excellent density rating for a quality foam topper is 4, how ever you’re likely not going to easily find that. Remember a topper is meant to make your bed feel like new, how ever it isn’t a perfect replacement for purchasing a new foam mattress.
As a complimentary product to a foam mattress or topper you can now purchase memory foam pillows. These pillows like the foam toppers provide increased support to your head and neck. Not to mention they wear much better then a conventional synthetic or feather pillow.
Foam mattress topper disadvantages:
Like almost any product we purchase there are some draw backs to a foam topper. During the warmer months the topper can make you sweat a bit more then just your mattress alone, of course making it more difficult to sleep. Also you might require a special fitted sheet to fit over your mattress and the foam topper. And last but not least don’t fall for value priced foam mattress toppers. Many of those you can purchase at a department store are low quality and break down rather quickly. When memory foam breaks down it becomes lumpy making your bed feel worse then it did before you purchased the topper.