What’s the trouble with a spring mattress? Besides they become uncomfortable what seems like as soon as you get it home. They wear out, they no longer support the curves of our body, and become soft so they no longer provide the support we need while we sleep. There is a way you can rejuvenate that old mattress with a visco foam mattress pad.

Made from memory foam a visco foam mattress pad is "viscoelastic" this means the foam will mold around your body providing the best support so you can get a restful sleep. What’s the amazing thing about memory foam? A visco foam mattress pad returns to it’s regular state as soon as you get up off of it.

The memory foam mattress was an instant success when it first came onto the market, so it only made sense that the foam mattress pad would do just as well. As a cost effective alternative to a new mattress why wouldn’t it.

Available at most department and furniture stores the price of a visco foam mattress pad varies anywhere from a hundred dollars to well over a thousand. It’s all dependent on the size and quality.

The thicker the pad the more durable and comfortable it will be. If you’re purchasing a visco foam mattress pad to forgo purchasing a new mattress then go for a thicker pad with a good density rating. The thicker the more contouring support the mattress pad will have. Springing for a high end foam mattress pad is still only a fraction of the price of a foam mattress which can easily run into the thousands for a queen or king size frame.

Some Disadvantages

While it is more comfortable to have a thicker foam mattress pad, keep in mind the thicker the pad the more difficult it can be to get a normal fitted sheet of the topper and your mattress. Also a visco foam mattress pad doesn’t breath extremely well, so during warmer months you might find the pad will hold your body temperature.

Not to pigeon hole anyone there are other alternatives to making your old mattress more comfortable. While a visco foam mattress pad is the crème de la crème many mattress manufacturers make pillow tops that can be added to our bed as well. While they don’t have the durability of memory foam they will do a similar job to make your bed softer.

One last important point that needs to be made about foam mattress pads. For those that are allergic to dust mites, feathers, and other polyfill materials you will find the visco mattress pad is ideal. It’s chemical free, and designed with allergy sensitive people in mind.

All in all it might not be a new mattress, but it’s the next best thing and a lot easier on the pocket book.

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.

It can be difficult to believe but we spend almost a third of our lives asleep. With our average age expectancy growing all the time that means we can spend between 25 and 26 years in bed. Doesn’t it make sense that we want our bodies to receive the best comfort possible for all that time? Sleep is where we recharge, rid ourselves of any stressors we experience in our day-to-day activities and get set for another day. A quality mattress is important.

A foam rubber mattress will ensure you maximise the time you have in bed, and help you get the best quality sleep while you’re there. The type of bedding and and mattress we use can contribute to allergies and tossing and turning at night, if you experience this then a foam mattress might be a solution for you.

Great for back pain sufferers

For individuals who are confined to their bed for extra long periods of time memory foam is the ideal material. A foam mattress is designed to reduce pressure on the body. Many doctor’s suggest a foam rubber mattress to those who are prone to pressure sores.

The relief that a foam rubber mattress provides is beneficial for people who experience chronic upper and lower back pain. While a conventional mattress doesn’t always allow your spine to be straight when laying on your back or side a rubber foam mattress offers what is known as different zones.

Zones in a foam rubber mattress offer varying degrees of firmness at different points on the mattress. Foam rubber is the one of the only materials that can provide different support under your back, hips, and under your head. This is the feature that really makes a rubber mattress unique. Different parts of our body require a different amount of firmness, being able to supply your body with this ensures better alignment of the spine, and more comfort at all points when sleeping.

Hypo-allergenic Bedding

We touched on this briefly above, but it’s no secret more people are coming down with allergies then ever before. Different types of bedding and pillows can cause people to have a reaction, how ever this isn’t so with a foam rubber mattresses. Foam rubber is hypo-allergenic. For people who are allergic to latex a foam rubber mattress offers an excellent alternative with wonderful support.

Low Maintenance

Unlike an older spring mattress that requires flipping ever couple of months to help your mattress last a foam rubber mattress doesn’t require it. They’re durable, and aren’t build around a spring system, they consist of a rubber core which doesn’t become compressed thanks to its density. While a foam mattress will react to your body shape you should never begin to see body impressions from where you sleep.

Without question this is the next generation of mattresses, purchasing a rubber foam mattress that could last you a lifetime is a much better investment then a spring type mattress that could wear out in several years.