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Package Deals: Adjustable Bed Includes Mattresses
Be VERY careful when you see someone selling a "package" deal. Whether it's on Amazon, eBay or even an Authorized Leggett & Platt Dealer.
Really Low Price on Adjustable Bed
Here's another way some stores and online dealers will try to make you think you're getting a great deal when you're really not.
Spring Mattress Buying Guide
Article provided by courtesy of The Mattress & Sleep Company
Link to original article Spring Mattress Buying Guide here
This is a very in-depth guide of some 3,000 words. If you’d like to read specific sections, there are links here to jump to an area of interest.
The Four Tenets That Make a Great Mattress
When Luma Sleep’s founders developed the company’s mattress product line, they reached out to Michael J. Breus, PhD, The Sleep Doctor™. From his research and design work with developing the Dr. Breus Bed over 10 years ago, Dr. Michael identified what he has come to define as the Four Tenets to Better Sleep. They are...
Why Choose Latex over Memory Foam
Latex is made from the milk (or sap) of the rubber tree. It is whipped into a foam and heated. The result is foam rubber, otherwise known as latex, which is naturally conforming, buoyant and long-lasting.
Memory foam is polyurethane foam made from blown petroleum products. It is an unstable product that breaks down, off-gasses and does not breathe. Memory foam mattresses have three major problems: a pungent chemical odor, toxic chemical off-gassing, and a tendency to trap heat.
Why Google isn't your friend when shopping ....
Most consumers today have a healthy amount of skepticism for reviews that are posted on the same website as the company that wants to sell you something. People have figured out that the company has employees or a web designer in charge of those reviews and can weed out the bad reviews or just write their own little works of fiction. While this is misleading, it can result in greater sales for a while. Over time, as consumers have become educated this method has become ineffective. So, what do these companies do now? They host fake "review" sites
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