Tempur Mattresses

In the 1970’s NASA developed a new visco elastic material which is still used in today’s Tempur mattresses. At the time this new material was truly revolutionary and was designed to improve the comfort and the g-force protection for astronauts. During the years that followed the material has been developed when Tempur realised that their product could be put to better use than seating for astronauts and instead could be used as a core element of a mattress.

As consumer focus increased for a mattress that could have pressure relieving properties it was soon realised that Tempur mattresses could satisfying these requirements while still offering comfort and softness. At first the initial market for these mattresses were in hospitals and nursing homes however consumer demand was soon so high that the Tempur mattress became available to the general public.

It was discovered that when used by patients in hospitals and clinics that the Tempur material within a mattress (which is often called visco elastic memory foam) could offer a variety of benefits to improve poor quality sleep. In the operating theatre the material was used to offer pressure relief and comfort, and in addition when the mattresses were used for patients unable to get out of bed they helped protect against pressure sores and generally improved sleep along with easing back and neck problems.

Tempur mattresses like all memory foam mattresses are different to conventional mattresses as the visco elastic is a temperature sensitive material which moulds to your individual body shape. The material slowly compresses, and gives complete comfort because your entire body is perfectly supported due to the fact the body weight is evenly distributed across the mattress. Once the sleeper is removed from the surface the visco elastic material slowly returns to its original shape. This helps sufferers with aching joints and circulation problems, as their whole body is supported and prevents a bad sleeping posture. In addition all memory foam mattresses are hyper allergenic which is perfect for asthma sufferers and tests have also shown that tossing and turning are greatly reduced meaning you sleep deeper for longer resulting in a quality nights sleep.

The Tempur mattress brand is well known in the market place and has proved to be a very successful company; they have to spend millions of pounds in advertising and marketing to maintain their brand and fight off their growing number of competitors and these costs are reflected in the higher prices of their products. As market leaders The Tempur brand is considered a reliable and trusted product however due to the advancement of modern manufacturing new manufacturers are now in a position to offer the same high quality mattresses as Tempur at considerably lower prices. This is positive news for the consumer as this competitive pricing offers them more choice and therefore if you are looking for memory foam visco elastic Tempur type mattress that makes you the biggest winner.