Luxury Memory Foam Mattresses

Memory foam was developed for NASA in 1966 to protect airmen and astronauts from buffeting during weightlessness and impact during re-entry to earth’s atmosphere.

Memory foam is used in mattresses because it is denser than conventional foam. This property helps to support pressure points during sleep because of its ability to mould to your body’s shape.

The main difference is that latex is a natural material made from the sap of the rubber tree and memory foam is an entirely manmade material. Latex has more of a bounce, while memory foam is much slower to return to its original shape – hence the name.

Yes, memory foam is entirely hypoallergenic and produces no dust at all. So, if you suffer from dust allergies or asthma, memory foam mattresses are well worth considering.

Yes, there are different qualities of memory foam mattress. The quality predominantly depends on thickness and layers. Sometimes there are two or three layers of varying density foam bonded together to achieve the correct feel, where in other instances a layer of conventional reflex foam is used as a base.

Cheaper memory foam mattresses use lower density foam.

You can bend memory foam to get it round tight corners and up narrow stairways, making them easy to transport and get into the bedroom.

A sprung mattress can be fitted with an integrated memory foam topper to add extra comfort. These mattresses are called hybrid mattresses, and the benefit of this is you get a luxurious top to the mattress with a responsive sprung deck.