Natural wool increases sleep quality and reduces tossing and turning because 1) it reduces pressure points; and 2) it regulates body temperature, wool helps keep you warm when it is cold and cool when it is warm. Wool can do this because of its moisture-regulation quality. Here is how it works: when you get too hot, you sweat. If you are sleeping with bedding that is not natural, the sweat will remain near your body and not evaporate, and not cool you down. You can wake up feeling sticky and clammy. However, if you are sleeping with natural organic fibers, which are breathable, the sweat can evaporate from your body and cool you down. Wool is able to wick water away from your body and is able to absorb up to 30% of its weight in moisture and still feel dry. Wool helps you stay warm when the air is cool because it is a natural insulator. There are air pockets in wool, which trap heat and let the air circulate near your body. In this way, your body heat stays regulated. If you have a consistent body temperature, you will toss and turn less and have a deep and restful sleep.
What is Natural Latex Foam?
Natural Latex Foam is harvested from the sap of hevea brasiliensis, or rubber trees, grown in Africa and South East Asia, South America, Indonesia and Sri Lanka and other tropical climates. Each day natural latex milk is harvested with cuts made into the tree to allow the latex sap to be collected. A rubber tree will produce enough sap to make about four pounds of rubber annually. The latex milk is then transported to factories around the world and is used to manufacture many highly reliant and durable rubber based products. Natural latex is very soft and very elastic and perfect for use in a mattress.
How is a Latex Foam Mattress made?
Latex milk is whipped into foam and vulcanized (heating in the presence of sulphur). The Talalay process and the Dunlop process are two different ways to form and vulcanize latex. The Talalay process is the most advanced process for manufacturing latex mattress cores. The foam latex mix is then injected into an aluminum pin core mold. The mold is sealed and a vacuum is pulled to extract air and completely fill the mold cavity with latex. The latex is chilled at -20 degrees Fahrenheit. Freezing (unique to the Talalay process) prevents particles from settling and ensures a consistent cell structure. CO2 is introduced to gel the latex. The mold is heated to 220 degrees Fahrenheit to cure the core as it is baked into its final state then thoroughly washed. The Talalay process delivers a very consistent firmness throughout the entire core. This process also produces latex cores superior in comfort, durability, and in a greater range of firmness...from very soft to super firm. In the Dunlop process robotic arms fill molds that are then closed and sent to a vulcanization oven with an absence of a vacuum. Both processes are used around the world with Talalay widely considered to be superior in cell structure and more resilient in softer densities.
Are there any Additional Benefits of a Latex Mattress?
Latex mattresses are naturally therapeutic and provide extraordinary orthopedic support. Inherently impression resistant, latex mattresses last for years without sagging or taking on body impressions (no bed flipping is needed). Latex offers extraordinary comfort and unparalleled orthopedic support. Latex foam does not super heat like polyurethane or memory foam and its preferred use is near the body at the top of the mattress. Its superior cell structure gives it maximum breath-ability, keeping you cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Stay cool and stay warm on a latex mattress.
Why is Organic cotton better than regular cotton?
United States farmers applied nearly one-third of a pound of chemical fertilizers and pesticides for every pound of cotton harvested (these chemicals are the most toxic classified by the Environmental Protection Agency). This can account for 25% of all the pesticides used in the United States. The use of chemicals in producing cotton can lead to massive environmental and health problems. You are helping sustain the environment if you buy a natural mattress made with 100% organic cotton, organic sheets, and/or organic bedding.
What kind of adhesives do you use in your mattresses?
We use a water based adhesive in our Mattresses which are friendly to our environment and to the people who use them. Our adhesives are GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® and GREENGUARD Children & SchoolsSM certified.
