Mattresses

Sleep Shorts: Sleep Local!

Did you ever stop to think where your money goes when you make a purchase? Who are you supporting when you make a purchaser from a big box store? How about a purchase online? Consider this information from the folks at the 3/50 project: For every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns…

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Sleep Shorts: The 10-15 Minute Mattress Test

In the mattress industry this rule of thumb seems elementary, but you would be surprised by the amount of people that purchase a bed doing the “5 fingers tells me all push down test.” You know the maneuver that some do when they shop for beds. Pushing down on the bed with their hand and…

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1.  Innerspring Coil – Most common and usually the least expensive but has the most motion transfer and pressure points causing tossing.  This interrupts our sleep cycle.  Queen sets range from $299 to $699. 2.  Pocket Coil – Becoming more common as they are generally more comfortable than innerspring with less motion transfer and pressure…

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Stages of sleep Every 60-100 minutes we go through a cycle of four stages of sleep Stage 1 is a drowsy, relaxed state between being awake and sleeping – breathing slows, muscles relax, heart rate drops Stage 2 is slightly deeper sleep – you may feel awake and this means that, on many nights, you…

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