Memory Foam Mattress Guide

A Guide to Buying Your Memory Foam Mattress

There are 4 important things to remember when choosing a memory foam mattress:

1. Make sure you are getting a minimum of 1 inches (2.5cm) of memory foam and 6 inches (15cm) of reflex foam beneath it – all our memory foam mattresses conform to this standard.
2. Do a price comparison.
You will be hard-pressed to find a cheaper high-quality memory foam mattress than that offered on this site.
We use the same materials as the original foam mattress companies – the difference is they spend a great deal on advertising, pushing up their prices.
3. Look for a decent guarantee.
We provide a 1 Year Guarantee through British Vita Foam.
4. Look for a memory foam mattress site that offers free p&p.
We do.

Memory Foam Mattress

NASA invention
Memory foam (also called ‘temper foam’ & ‘viscoelastic foam’) was developed back in the 1960s by NASA’s Ames Research Centre in America to improve the safety & comfort of its pilots.

Molds to the body’s shape
Memory foam is another form of flexible polyurethane but with very special qualities. It is made up of a huge network of open-cell ‘bubbles’ with tiny holes which, when compressed, allow air pressure to adjoining cells. It reacts to body & room temperature & molds to the body’s shape again & again.

No uncomfortable pressure points
It is unlike a conventional mattress where springs push back against the body. There are no uncomfortable pressure points because the body weight is evenly distributed.

Dense & durable
Although soft, this foam material can be very dense & durable. This means that
your memory foam mattress will not only be very supportive but will also last a
long time.

Medical applications
The unique quality of comfort of memory foam was early recognised in
medical circles.
People with impaired mobility, confined to wheelchairs & hospital beds,
especially burn victims, benefit from memory foam’s ability to quickly adjust
to the body’s shape & pressure, redistributing body weight & surface pressure,
giving simultaneous muscular & skeletal support.
These mattresses are known to prevent or relieve bed sores and improve back
pain and sleep quality in patients with low back and shoulder pain.