Informações privilegiadas sobre como a espuma do seu colchão é feita e por que isso deve ser importante para você –

The feel of your bed is dependent on the foam in your mattress. Not only do the materials in your bed impact your overall sleep quality, but it may also affect your overall health. Sometimes, foam is made with toxic chemicals — not something you want to sleep on each night. Some of the biggest brands in the mattress industry create nontoxic foam. Here’s what makes them different and why it should matter to you.

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to tour the 3Z brand mattress factory in Glendale, Arizona. One of my fellow mattress experts and I walked through the 600,000-square-foot facility with the CEO and learned how 3Z makes all of its beds — from six unique brands — in-house. Some of the most well-known mattresses from 3Z include the Brooklyn Bedding Signature Hybrid , Helix Midnight Luxe , Leesa Sapira Chill Hybrid , Nolah Original 10-inch , Birch Natural and Bear Elite Hybrid . We set out to learn how a factory that produces six different brands makes each bed feel distinctive.

One of the main reasons one bed may feel different from another is the type of foam used. For example, the Tempur-Pedic Breeze Pro mattress feels drastically different from the Nolah Original 10″. While the Medium model of the Breeze Pro is also slightly firmer than the Nolah Original, Tempur-Pedic uses dense memory foam in its mattresses. The foam in the Nolah Original is neutral polyurethane foam (made at the 3Z factory). This type of foam is lighter and more forgiving — meaning that it doesn’t leave you feeling like you’re stuck in the mattress. Poly foam is still pressure-relieving, but it makes you feel like you’re sleeping more on top of the mattress than too within it.

All-foam beds, like the Nolah Original, are constructed with multiple layers of foam — each slightly different. Some foam layers are firmer and used for support, while others are comfort layers and allow for pressure relief. The chemical makeup of the foam determines its density, firmness and feel.

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