Comments on: Mattresses, Box Springs, and Bed Frames

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 09:23:21 +0000

Thanks to the author for the article!

For example, I’d like to tell about my feelings after buying a normal mattress and a bed, I’ve begun to feel great, I just can’t find a word. I do not have a back pain anymore. My wife also likes it. About any bugs, spiders and bugs – here I can only say that it’s a normal mattress. Incidentally this is one of the options I have such a mattress and a bed. http://leggettandplattadjustablebeds.com

Well, thanks very much for all those people who create things like this!

By: john doe

john doe — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:53:24 +0000

$100 for a chemical-free pillow?

I have a queen bed I am not royalty.

I am going to try using a folded towel instead …

By: Four Quick Questions to Help Mattress Makers Go Green

Four Quick Questions to Help Mattress Makers Go Green — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 08:46:28 +0000

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By: dsurasit

dsurasit — Sun, 22 May 2011 11:43:37 +0000

there are a lot of nasty things like bed bugs and dust mites associated with mattresses… i don’t know how eco-friendly water beds are! but i prefer those
visit….www.sealysoybeanmattress.com

By: jay

jay — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:24:41 +0000

….Just swallowed a little upckuck.

Spaldin is more like a flex fuel car than a hybrid. Green to who’s standards? It’s nowhere near most people’s standards who want to sleep on something natural and healthy.

Lets not move away from petroleum based foam mattresses like Paladins because people are burning forests to plant more rubber tree crops for natural foam mattresses. Explain this logic?

We ALL need to go natural and figure out how to do it respectfully. That’s the bottom line. Burning forests is not the way and continuing to dig for oil under our oceans isn’t the way either.

Go natural and give Greenpeace some money to fight for the environment if you’re not up for it.

Keep buying natural and organic products. Things are changing and companies are adjusting. Lets keep it up!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:54:10 +0000

I just purchased a Spaldin Tubes mattress, after trying a bunch of “green” mattresses and doing a lot of research.

I’ve lot latex/rubber allergies in my family, so wanted to stay away from it. Something fellow Sierra Club fans should also consider is that a lot of the latex comes from rainforest regions of Southeast Asia, where rubber plantations are an important driver of tropical deforestation. For example (Summary of a paper in the journal, Science, about “The Rubber Juggernaut”: http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0521-rubber.html

The Spaldin mattress has covers made from organic cotton that is GOTS certified, which means that the cotton was both BOTH grown AND processed into a textile organically. To add durability, they use recycled PES as a backing. The flame retardant is a cellulose-silica-based material and the core has the highest levels of plant oils of any poly mattress. While plant oils are still like driving a hybrid vehicle rather than an electric, it was the most comfortable, eco-friendly non-latex mattress I could find.

All components are certified by Oeko-tex 100 as “safe for a baby” and they company even has a page on their web site (http://www.Spaldin.com) where you can verify that their certifications are authentic and up-to-date. Love the transparency (especially in the mattress industry, where greenwashing makes purchasing choices very hard to research).

Anyway, check out Spaldin at http://www.spaldin.com.

They also have a great FaceBook page where their “green expert” answers questions and sounds very up-to-date on all things green. http://www.FaceBook.com/SpaldinGreenBed

By: Lynda

Lynda — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:02:37 +0000

Thank you so much for your information. As owner of http://www.northernnaturals.com I talk with people everyday about their mattress needs. Your resources here are clear and concise and appreciated. We have chemical free futons which have worked for many for over 25 years. But they do not work for everyone. I even offer small samples of the materials before they purchase a mattress if there is some concern at all. Always seeking new ways to be of assistance, and blog forums are just great! Thank you.

By: Ava Mancini

Ava Mancini — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:28:42 +0000

I didn’t know there was so much to think about regarding your mattress if you’re an eco-conscious person. As long as you don’t dump your mattress on the side of the highway, you’re alright in my book.

By: Tossy

Tossy — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:55:32 +0000

I am a big fan of clean mattresses, but it’s important to remember that you have to use a different vacuum than the one you use on the floor because that’s just gross. However, if you choose to use the same vacuum I would wipe it out at the bottom.

By: Jeff & Marcie

Jeff & Marcie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:52:32 +0000

We are in the process of remodeling, more like ‘greening’, our home and have come across the issue of slat layer under the bed. It’s very difficult to find a bed or mattress manufacturer that sells FSC certified slats, so we just made our own out of FSC certified wood. Works great!