Comfort at Home

If you don’t look forward to nestling into your bed at night, then it might just be time to spring for a new mattress. Take our quick survey to determine whether it’s time for a change:

• Do you regularly wake up stiff or sore?
• Do you sleep less well than you did a year ago?
• Has your lifestyle or body changed over the years?
• Has the topography of your mattress changed (i.e. new hills and valleys)?
• Is there sagging across the middle of the mattress, causing you to roll into your partner?
• Is your sleep disturbed whenever your partner moves?
• Does your mattress squeak, creak or groan when you get into bed?

While a mattress is one of the most important items in your home, many people believe that it will last forever. But did you know that by the time your mattress hits the ten-year mark, the material has stained, thinned and deteriorated by about 75%?  Plus, when you consider that the average person deposits about 1 lb of skin fibers into their mattress per year, along with approximately ¼ litre of fluid per night in perspiration, it isn’t surprising that in time, fibers break down, settle and compress, resulting in reduced comfort and support.

There are many factors involved in mattress wear and tear:  how it was used (guest room versus master bedroom versus kids’ trampoline), how well it was cared for over its lifetime, the original mattress quality when first purchased, as well as lifestyle and body changes over the years.  If you are uncomfortable or simply aren’t sleeping as well as you used to, then it is most likely time to replace your mattress.   Listen to the signs!