Beds and Mattresses

Choosing a new bed can sometimes be a little confusing if your not familiar with mattress terminology. At bedsonsale we’ve composed a list of common mattress terminology to make purchasing your bed a lot easier.

• BASE: A base is designed to support a mattress and acts as a shock absorber prolonging mattress life. A mattress and base together comprise a sleep set or ensemble providing prolonged support and durability.

• BONNELL COIL: An innerspring mattress coil with an hourglass shape.

• COMFORT LEVEL: Comfort level is the degree of softness of the mattress surface and is delivered to the body by the upholstery layers on top of the mattress.

• DURABILITY: The lifespan of a mattress with normal nightly use. A good base which properly supports the mattress will significantly impact on durability and extend the overall life of the sleep set.

• ENSEMBLE: The term used for a mattress and base combined.

• FOAM: Polyurethane foam is used as padding material in innerspring mattresses and forms the edges of hybrid waterbeds. It can also be used as the major supportive material.

• INNERSPRING MATTRESS: Most popular type of mattress with a spring construction.

• INNERSPRING UNIT: The coil / spring unit which forms the heart of an innerspring mattress.

• INSULATOR: A tough fiber padding, wire or netting that separates innerspring mattress coils form the cushioning and protects against the coils damaging the top layers of the mattress.

• LATEX MATTRESS: Quality mattress made from natural latex which increases softness and relieves pressure points.

• MEMORY FOAM MATTRESS: New technology foam mattress made form a synthetic material which reacts to body temperature and weight, conforming and molding the mattress to the shape of the body.

• PILLOW TOP MATTRESS: A top quilt treatment where a large pillow of soft materials is sewn over the entire surface of the mattress.

• POCKET COILS: Cylindrical innerspring mattress coils, enclosed in separate flexible fabric pockets. The pockets are attached to adjacent pockets.

• SUPPORT: Support is the type of reinforcement underneath the body provided by the innerspring system and is delivered to the back through the innerspring’s ability to resist downward pressure, which is applied to it from body weight.

• TICKING: The outer fabric covering on a mattress. These fabrics are prints or woven damasks, cotton and fabric combinations.