To know if a mattress fits your specific needs, it is essential that you get its comfort firsthand. This approach is crucial before purchasing your mattress, as it will affect your sleep quality and overall health.
Why Test In-Store?
- Personal Experience: Physically testing a mattress allows you to ensure it meets your specific needs.
- Expert Guidance: Sleep experts provide personalized recommendations based on your sleep preferences and physical requirements.
- Comparative shopping: In-store testing allows you to compare various models directly. This will enable you to understand better the differences in firmness, support, and comfort features.
How to Test a Mattress In-Store
When testing a mattress in-store, follow these steps to ensure you choose the right one.
1. Make Yourself Comfortable:
To test the mattress, lie in your usual sleeping positions (side, back, front). If necessary, request a duvet to replicate your sleep environment.
2. Take Your Time Testing Mattresses:
- Lie on Your Back: Lie flat on your back with both shoulders on the mattress, without using a pillow.
- Evaluate Comfort: Stay on your back to assess comfort and support for about 10 minutes.
- Turn to Sides: Turn to both your right and left sides, spending another 10 minutes on each side to test the mattress.
For Back Sleepers
When testing a mattress, lie flat on your back without a pillow. This helps accurately assess the mattress’s support while lying on the back while sleeping on a mattress with different types of firmness.
- Plusher Mattresses: A pillow can push your head and upper body towards the lumbar and hips, causing a “sinking in” effect. Therefore, by ditching the pillow, your neck can maintain its natural curve to provide a more comfortable and accurate mattress testing experience.
- Firmer Mattresses: Lying down without a pillow reduces pressure on your lower back, ensuring proper spinal alignment and enhancing your mattress testing experience.
Instead of using a pillow, visualize the CPR posture, where your head, shoulders, lumbar spine, hips, and feet align in a straight line with your head slightly tilted back. This will ensure you accurately evaluate the mattress’s support for your spine and overall comfort.
For Side Sleepers
When evaluating a mattress, lie on your side with a pillow to assess its support and comfort. This helps ensure proper spinal alignment by filling the gap between your neck and the tip of your shoulder. This is important to relieve some issues while sleeping on the side with a pillow.
- Firmer Mattresses: Sleeping with a pillow can prevent excessive pressure build-up on your shoulder, which could cause discomfort for side sleepers.
- Shoulder Pain: A pillow reduces the pressure build-up on your shoulders, which will cause discomfort for side sleepers.
- Back Pain: Placing a pillow on your lower back can provide additional lumbar support to help the discomfort of back sleepers.
It is crucial for side sleepers to always sleep with a pillow to rest during nighttime.
For Stomach Sleepers
Any mattress finds it challenging to support your spine while sleeping in this position. You may start by lying on the mattress and noting how it feels under your feet. The mattress that causes you to sink may compromise your spinal alignment. Spend 20 minutes on the mattress to check for pressure buildup or lower back discomfort.
Reach out to Sealy Sleep Experts
They will explain product differences and offer a relaxed shopping experience. They will also give you advice tailored to your sleep experience without sales pressure.
Understanding Mattress Features
Apart from testing the mattress’s support and comfort, here are some other features you should consider:
Mattress Edge Support
Edge support is vital for a mattress’s durability and longevity. This is often seen in the mattress thickness, as plush mattresses are thicker with more edge support than firm mattresses.
Inadequate mattress edge support can result in sagging and diminished support over time. It also provides stability, reducing the risk of feeling unsupported or falling off the bed.
Good edge support also improves safety. This is especially important for the elderly or those with mobility issues. It helps reduce the risk of falls when getting in and out of bed.
When testing a mattress in-store, try to sleep or sit at the edge of the mattress, then feel how well it helps you get in and out of bed more easily.
Temperature Regulation
Mattresses, particularly memory foam mattresses, have heat retention, which causes the issue of “sleeping hot”.
Hot sleepers should avoid memory foam and synthetic latex mattresses that can trap body heat. Instead, opt for mattresses with cooling fabrics that will significantly enhance sleep comfort by regulating temperature effectively.
Material and handles
Mattresses are getting thicker and heavier nowadays. The material used to construct the coil system and handles on the mattress is essential for housekeeping. Light and durable materials like titanium coils will make moving your mattress easier.
The handles on the mattress are crucial in rotating the mattress every year. This can ensure that there is even wear and tear from the same sleeping position, which can prolong the life of the mattress.
Conclusion
Our Sealy Posturepedic mattress offers the perfect balance of support, comfort, and durability, ensuring you achieve first-class sleep. The mattress has proper support and comfort, minimal motion transfer, and efficient temperature regulation. Sealy Posturepedic enhances your sleep experience by meeting all your sleep needs.
Visiting a store to test mattresses in person is crucial for making an informed decision about your sleep needs. By considering your sleep habits, setting a budget, and understanding the different features, you can find the perfect Sealy mattress for a restful and comfortable sleep. Take your time, consult with experts, and ensure you choose a mattress that meets your specific needs.
Source: Sealy Global Sleep Census conducted by Quantum Market Research (QMR) through an independent research questionnaire of 20,000 participants across Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Taiwan.
