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Hello All, I have a new latex mattress and of course want to protect it. I purchased a nice, classic cotton fitted mattress pad for it. My Sealy Springfree has a little PU on top of the latex and a beautiful soft cover that cannot be removed without "mattress surgery". But a salesman told me that I needed a Protect a Bed Mattress Pad, which protects a mattress from moisture because after 5 years of perspiration and dead skin, the mattress cover over the PU foam will soak up pounds of unwanted moisture. (And that's why we weigh less in the morning than at night) It grossed me out but I can't forget it. Does anyone know if this is true? We don't have children or pets in the bed, neither do we drink or spill things in it. I'll pay for the Protect a Bed pad if we need it, just don't want to ge hoodwinked. I can't find the answer anywhere else I've searched so I'm asking you pros. Thanks in advance for your help-- This message was modified Mar 4, 2008 by Sabra
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Jim, I kind of agree. The idea of dust mites is disgusting, but they are in fact, everywhere. Not just in your bedding but in your chairs and sofas and carpets. Still, I am a big believer in mattress pads. Not necessarily one made of some specialized material but just plain old fashioned cotton mattress pads with a little bit of polyfil batting that can be removed and laundered to keep the mattress as clean as possible. Getting back to sweat, it's not just moisture and salts collecting on the mattress, it's bacteria, and that's even grosser to me than dust mites. Although I have to say, since I got my new mattress my allergies seem much better than they were with my old one, where I seemed to wake up with a stuffed nose every day. Kim makes an interesting point about some of the materials used in mattress pads/protectors today. A very good case for reading the labels of everything you buy these days. |
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cloud9 wrote: <strong>Jim</strong>, Although I have to say, since I got my new mattress my allergies seem much better than they were with my old one, where I seemed to wake up with a stuffed nose every day. The same thing happened to me. I would always wake up feeling stuffed up after years of sleeping on a futon, but once we got our new mattress that all went away. It took me a while to realize it and make the connection. We put that futon up in the attic, but now I realize we should get it out of the house altogether. It must be FULL of dust mites. Yukk. |
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kimmcgov wrote: We put that futon up in the attic, but now I realize we should get it out of the house altogether. It must be FULL of dust mites. Yukk. And Kim, you know it's not just the dust mites but their droppings we breathe in. Double yukk! And if that's not gross enough already, just think of the eyelash mites that live on everyone's eyelashes... |