Buying A Memory Foam Mattress Topper

Perhaps you envy people who can afford a memory foam mattress. You know how it’s said to contour to your body at night, providing support so that you can sleep in comfort, and then it returns to its natural shape when you get up, fully rested. If only you could afford a mattress like that! But alas, you can’t spare that much money because these mattresses really are very expensive. However, you might be able to afford a memory foam mattress topper and experience many of the same benefits.

Before looking at any memory foam mattress toppers or pads, do some research. To begin with, you need to be sure that your own original bed is in good enough shape to accommodate a memory foam mattress pad or topper. Your underlying mattress needs to be of moderate firmness (neither too soft nor too hard) and above all it must be very flat, with no dips in it and no “hammock” in the center. This is important because of the properties inherent in the visco memory foam of the topper itself.

Memory foam is made of millions of little cells that change shape as your body heat softens them, allowing them to contour themselves to your own shape. But this heat only extends down about 3 inches in a regular memory foam bed. Beneath that, the foam remains cool and retains both its shape and firmness. This provides uniform support. But it’s also why your own mattress needs to be firm and flat, before the mattress topper goes on. It also means that you’ll need a topper of between 3 and 5 inches in thickness, though going as high as 5 inches will start piling up the cost.

Buying a mattress topper of memory foam should allow you to experience most of the benefits of a full bed, provided you take heed of all these important factors. If you’ve got a flat, firm underlying mattress, combined with a topper of good thickness (not to mention the density, which should be about 5 pounds per cubic foot of mattress), then you should be able to enjoy the gentle contouring of the foam mattress enhancer, along with good underlying support.

Beth Kaminski is the co-author of Curing Your Anxiety And Panic Attacks which detailed anxiety or panic attacks as well as tips on the various anxiety disorder medications available at anxietydisordercure.com.

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