How to choose to buy a mattress, what material to choose for a mattress

Author: Synwin–Custom Mattress

Why mention the sleeping space in the bed? Because the smaller the space, the more likely you are to be disturbed by the other person while you sleep. Just imagine, you are sleeping soundly, and suddenly an arm or a leg is placed on you; All of these can interfere with your sleep.

Therefore, if you want to buy a double bed, it is best to choose a wider one. I recommend the one with a width of 180 cm. This is the real double bed. What material should the mattress choose? At present, there are two main mattress materials on the market: one is latex and the other is polyurethane. Which to choose? In 2017, a team from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the National University of Singapore conducted an interesting experiment in which they compared the effects of latex and polyurethane mattresses on human contact pressure.

The experimental results show that, compared with polyurethane mattresses, latex mattresses can better reduce the peak pressure of human torso and buttocks. In layman's terms, it means sleeping on it without breaking the bones. So at this point, I recommend choosing the latex one.

Pay attention to how to choose the firmness of the mattress, this is the key point of choosing a mattress. Because the firmness of the mattress has a very important impact on maintaining the health of the spine. There is no doubt that a mattress that is too hard or too soft is certainly not acceptable. The question is, what is the standard for softness and hardness? What is soft and hard moderate? Moderate firmness means: Your mattress should be able to easily accept your body shape, support your body weight evenly, and keep your spine in the most relaxed straight state when sleeping on your side or lying flat.

Sound a little round? For easy understanding, you can take a look at the picture below. If it is in this state, it is a good mattress. If the mattress in the furniture store can't meet this, no matter how good the material is, no matter how luxurious it looks, no matter how badly it is discounted, don't buy it! The next question is, everyone's body shape and weight are different, how can I quickly judge whether this bed can support me? It's very simple, and you can do it with one action: lie on your side. Next, we use this side lying position to evaluate the mattress.

For comparison, I suggest you do an experiment at home: sleep on your side on the floor. The floor is equivalent to the firmest bed, so you can get a feel for what it's like to have a mattress that's too firm. Start the floor experiment: After lying down, try to keep your head, neck, and torso in a straight line. You can ask a friend to help you refer to it, or you can turn on your phone's selfie camera.

You'll find that there's a big gap between your head and the floor, and you'll start to feel pressure in your shoulders and hips, so you start rolling over. Apparently, the mattress is too hard for the floor. Now you can lie on your side on the mattress you want to try out.

Similarly, make a straight line with your head, neck and spine, pay attention to the gap between the head and the mattress, if the gap is obvious, reaching or exceeding about 6 cm, then the mattress is too firm. Another situation is that after lying on the side, it is found that the head can touch the mattress smoothly, but the buttocks sink in, just like lying on the net pocket, indicating that the mattress is too soft. Draw a key point: a good mattress can adjust the strength of the support according to the pressure of different parts of your body, so that your head, neck, and lower spine are in a natural straight state.

(Of course, the straight line here is not geometrically straight, but a straight line that can be judged by the naked eye.) How? Is not it simple.