Spring Is In The Air. And Your Best Mattress.

Happy Spring Month, all! Here comes longer daylight, budding trees, green shoots and happier sleep. Everything just feels fresh and new. And that’s just what we want to focus on in this blog.

Spring cleaning your home should also include “spring cleaning” your lifestyle, especially the quality of your sleep. Spring is actually the perfect time to shake things up with new resolutions. You’re more motivated going into summer.

Let’s chat about everything that might be fresh and new to you about the latest mattress materials and designs. It’s not every day you think about your mattress. So, let’s do this. Let’s unpack the sleep-efficiencies of spring technology, as well as the super-supportive benefits of foam. You might be surprised when comparing your current mattress to the many smarter options available today.

The design and engineering of spring mattresses come in various formations. The most commonly known spring mattress is a fully integrated, or offset, design, providing top-to-toe, full body support. Pay attention to the number of coils in the mattress, as well as the gauge in the wire of the spring coil. This is the tautness or resistance of the spring, which determines the level of support and comfort you’re looking for.

There is also the option of pocket spring coils. Pocket springs operate individually, providing motion control to prevent disturbance between partners during sleeping. Again, the gauge of the spring wire determines your level of comfort and support. The number of springs, whether tightly condensed or more evenly spread, can be thought of as the ‘air’ space inside your mattress. It depends entirely on your comfort and support preferences.

When finding the right support in a foam mattress, you want to understand a little more about its core density. A softer, body-contouring foam mattress will be less dense. It will have slightly more ‘air’ in it to allow for softer compression when you nestle in. A higher density will have comparatively less ‘air’ or give in the support, so you enjoy a much firmer level of comfort.

Then, of course, there are hybrid options with both spring and foam. These tend to be more premium designs where the ‘best of both’ affords you a truly heavenly night’s rest.

Some people could, quite literally, fall asleep on the floor. Others need that feeling of weightlessness, like a feather suspended in mid-air. Today’s mattress technology can simulate either extreme, and absolutely everything in between.

If you’re used to a spring mattress, you might find a foam option quite rigid. But don’t reject that outright. Similarly, if you’ve become used to the gentle body-moulding effect of a foam mattress, don’t dismiss the possibility that your next mattress should be spring technology.

When you test out your next mattress at The Bed Store, talk through the inside technology with your knowledgeable Bed Match Maker. Consider how your mattress, whether spring or foam, is purposefully designed to accommodate your regular sleep postures. Your body contours will wear in over the years, sustaining just the right amount of support and comfort you bought from the start.

Of course, no mattress lasts forever. Likewise, our sleep styles and routines change as we get older. So keep an open-‘aired’ mind to the inner mattress construction of the next 8-10 years of quality sleep.

It’s spring. Live a little. By getting your best sleep, ever. Do your mind and body the favour of testing out the differences in support and comfort in both spring and foam mattresses. Or lie back on a hybrid option. Relax, let go, and allow your body to do the talking. You’ll feel it in your bones. Learn more about spring and foam mattresses at www.thebedstore.co.za. Check out the extensive range in long-trusted bed brands. You may also be in for a pleasant surprise with the latest promotion on just the mattress you’re looking for.

Quality comes at a price. We know that. But with a TFG Money account, so does affordability. Nothing should come between you and your very best sleep. In fact, your TFG card will open affordability to a whole lifestyle experience – from homeware, to fashion and accessories, sportswear, homeware and many more of South Africa’s favourite stores. Happy Spring month! Enjoy the very best you can afford.

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