Choosing the right protector…
The right pillow is essential for a comfortable and healthy night’s sleep. Finding the perfect pillow for you comes down to your shape and size and the position you sleep in.
Giving bedding a new lease of life
Mattress protectors and pillow protectors aren’t just for children. They guard against all manner of accidents and sweating, keeping your beds and bedding in tip top condition. Mattress toppers offer comfort at bedtime by moulding to the shape of your body and giving an extra layer of softness.
Most people buy a new mattress pad because they either have a new mattress that they want to protect or because they’re looking to make their bed more comfortable.
Think mattress protectors are just a required cover for your bed? Well, you’re partly right—every mattress does need a cover to protect from typical wear and tear. But the right mattress topper can do more: Some protect mattresses from dust, dander, and spills, some help the bed stay at a comfortable sleeping temperature, some reduce how much the bed moves when a sleeper tosses and turns, and some can even make a so-so feeling mattress a fabulous place to sleep.
Chances are, you wash pillow cases and sheets every week. The fresh smell of clean linens fosters a feeling of confidence. Unless pillow protectors are being used, however, pillows are potentially host to pet dander, dust mites, bed bugs, saliva, oil and perspiration. The benefits of using a pillow protector are many, and in many cases include keeping these unsavory substances out of pillows.
Reduce Allergens
Using a pillow protector on the bed pillows at all times is an especially good idea if users suffer from asthma or allergies. Many pillow protectors help alleviate allergy and asthma symptoms by preventing triggers from infesting bed pillows, allowing users to sleep better and breathe easier at night.
Reduce Chances of a Bed Bug Infestation
While it is believed that bed bugs are attracted to human warmth rather than dust or dander, bed bugs tend to infest beds and pillows to gain easy access to humans each night. Because pillows are thick and fluffy and in a convenient location, they make excellent hosts for a bed bug infestation. Using special bed bug-proof pillow covers prevents the bugs from gaining access to pillows.
Lengthen the Life of Pillows
While pillow protectors are keeping pillows cleaner and helping users breathe easier, they are also prolonging the life of the pillow. A pillow that is full of allergens, pet dander and dust mites needs to be thrown out, but a pillow that stays clean is able to be used for a longer period of time.
Peace of Mind
Some smart travelers bring pillow protectors along when traveling, placing the protectors on hotel pillows for peace of mind. While a hotel’s pillows and pillow cases are sometimes not perfectly clean, travelers who bring pillow protectors are certain that at least the pillow protector is clean and freshly laundered.
Mattress protectors are essential elements in the lasting relationship between owner and mattress, making both their existences much easier to bear.
A mattress protector is a protective element that covers the top and the sides of our mattress, as it adjusts to it like a fitted sheet. Mattress protectors can be quilted and some also can be waterproof, fully breathable and an effective barrier against dust mites.
The main function of a mattress protector is to keep the mattress clean and provide a comforting rest. Thanks to the mattress protector, your mattress will be free of mites and protected from problems such as incontinence or accidental liquid spills on the bed. The quality and the many benefits of kamasana mattress protectors –breathable, waterproof, made from natural 100% cotton terry loop, noise-free– are the best choice for a healthy sleep.
There are still some people who think that they don’t need to use a mattress protector.
The human body contains a wide variety of fluids and during the night, like it or not, some of these fluids will leak out. These fluids could include perspiration, saliva, blood, tears and others. We can not avoid this leakage and if you just use a standard sheet between you and the mattress then these fluids will pass through it and into the upper surface of the mattress.
Who wants to sleep on a stained mattress?
For example, if the mattress you recently acquired is somewhat shiny, your sheet will move around as you move around, which is entirely unpleasant.
Also, mattresses are known to be fertile ground for all sorts of allergens and for getting dirty very quickly. It’s incredibly useful to have a mattress protector, since it forms a barrier between the allergens and your sensitive skin or nose and it keeps the mattress nice and clean.
This leaking through to the mattress might not bother you, but it should. These fluids create stains. Those noticable brownish patches on an unprotected mattress are caused the the salts and minerals in perspiration discoloring as the age and dry out.
A guest or visitor sleeping on that mattress might not find these kind of stains very pleasant to sleep on. Yes they would be hidden under the sheets but many people do actually lift the sheets to check.
Why you should never use a new mattress without a protector on it.
Another reason to use a mattress protector is that these stains build up very quickly, it can take just one single night sleeping on an unprotected mattress for it to become stained. Imagine you had bought a new mattress for your bed and used it on the first night without a mattress protector and became aware of something being not right or faulty with your new mattress, if it has any stains or marks on it then the shop you bought it from from can and will refuse to exchange it. So when buying a new mattress put a mattress protector on it straight away. Don’t take any risks.
Protect yourself from the hidden enemy.
The third reason for the need to use a mattress protector is for your own health benefits. Here we are talking about dust mites. These tiny microscopic creatures live in all of our homes regardless of how clean we are.
A mattress is the perfect place for dust mites to live, they have a plentiful supply of skin particles passing through the fabric layers, there is moisture to create the mould and bacteria and they are left undistubed to breed and multiply. A mattress contains millions of these mites all living just below the surface. As you roll over and move about tiny waste particles are released from the mattress into the air just centimetres from your nose and mouth. That’s unplseant enough as it is but it gets worse, dust mites are known to be the cause of the onset of asthma and eczema in some children. Many people, old and young are allergic to the waste products of the dust mite and show symptoms such as wheezing, runny nose and eyes, itchiness etc.
A waterproof or quilted mattress protector stops these particles from being released from the mattress, but better still stops any moisture getting into the mattress. Without moisture the mould and bacteria can’t grow. The dust mite can only consume skin particles that have been broken down by this bacteria and mould.
After reading this you just might agree that a waterproof and quilted mattress protector is a neccessity on every bed in your home, and by the way, if you choose the right waterproof mattress protector you won’t even know it is there.
A mattress topper is a layer of luxurious padding that lies between your mattress and mattress protector. It makes your mattress feel that extra bit more comfortable by gently molding to the shape of your body and offering a little ‘give’. Even if you think your bed is perfect as it is, adding a topper will make it feel sublime. To prolong the life of your topper and to avoid regular laundering, you should always use a mattress protector on top, as you can easily wash this at home.
Mattress toppers are also known as ‘enhancers’. They add an extra comfort for you and protection for the mattress and are gaining popularity all over the world.
Other benefits of a mattress topper is that:
– It will also greatly extend the life of the mattress.
– If your mattress is old and lumpy then this might provide a solution for greater comfort if a tight budget means you can’t currently afford the new mattress you want.
– Some toppers give better support than some inexpensive mattresses, especially memory foam toppers.
-A mattress protector should lie over the top of both the mattress and the topper as most toppers aren’t washable.
A waterproof mattress protector is a child’s bed essential, especially during potty training. Ours is made of cosy and absorbent cotton flannel on a waterproof fitted layer.
A top tip is to buy two waterproof mattress protectors and place them both on the bed at once – one over the mattress, with a bed sheet on top, then another protector over the first sheet with a second sheet on top of that. If there’s an accident in the night, you can whip off the top sheet and protector, leaving another set already in place. It means you’re not grappling around in the dark for clean and dry layers when you’ve got a sleepy or distressed child wanting to get back to sleep.