The lifespan of any mattress depends on various factors like durability, materials used for production, and maintenance – most importantly. Most mattresses last from five to ten years or more. With proper maintenance, they can stay much longer and still remain comfortable.
How comfortable your mattress is controls how well you sleep and your bed habits determine how comfortable your mattress will be. Old and worn out mattress can give you bad ache and leave you turning and tossing all night. For better comfort in the bedroom, and to help you mattress stay strong and comfortable for as long as possible, the following useful habits are encouraged.
- Support your mattress properly: When purchasing a mattress, you should check with the manufacturer to know the suitable type of support your mattress needs. The right mattress support helps to prevent early wear and tear. Usually, box springs are used to support spring mattresses while memory foam and various other mattresses need solid and firm support. For beds that use frame support, the frames should be strong enough to hold the mattress in place. Ensure that you check the bed support often and change any damaged slabs.
- Use a mattress protector: Using a protector on your mattress is a great way to improve its lifespan. A quality mattress protector is waterproofed and guides against spills, reduces the amount of accumulated dusts, first and debris that makes it to your bed. Mattress protectors and covers are made to take in all this without getting permanent stains unlike your mattress.
- Use Bed sheets and change them often: It is necessary to wash your bed sheets and blankets at least once every week. This is because your body sheds oils, sweat and skin cells whenever you sleep. Pets can also bring some dirt to the bed. All these can breed bacteria in the foam if the bed sheets are not changed and washed regularly.
- Air the mattress occasionally: Moisture from both humidity and your body can make the mattress to be damp. When your mattress is damp, it gives unhealthy bacteria the opportunity and environment to breed in. Every month or two, strip the mattress, open the windows, and allow sunlight in to dry out the mattress.
- Turn the Mattress occasionally: Your body weight is distributed unevenly and can lead to some parts of the mattress getting “valleys” and “craters”. Once in say two months (or even six), turn around your mattress in order to distribute the body weight evenly on it. You can also consider buying new and stronger mattresses using these Promo Codes for Silentnight February 2019 which can carry your body weight.
Good mattress gives you a comfortable night rest and your room a desirable look. Your bed habits can kill your mattress or increase it life span. Love your mattresses, handle it respectably, treat it well like a lover, and enjoy good sleep for as long as a great mattress can give you.
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