NATURAL LATEX
It comes from the rubber tree, it’s a natural material and recommended for our health. It has a large duration, about 10 to 20 years, but it is recommended to change it every ten years for hygienic reasons. It has a natural adaptability to our body. It has a great adaptability in articulated bed bases. For people over 60 years old, it is always recommended to use this kind of mattress, since joints at this age need a soft and natural treatment. This kind of mattresses must necessarily go in sheet bed bases, canapés or articulated bed bases.
OKO-TEX
The quality certificates OKO-TEX guarantee that materials used in the manufacture of the products fulfill the actual rule for “skin contact products”, this means, they are textile materials that pass tests of harmful substances.
POCKET SPRINGS
Referring technology to the springs disposition in some products, which is composed of a block of springs, pocket individually, and put together to guarantee an independent rest.
POLIOL GRAFT
Poliol Graft gives great physical properties to flexible polyurethane foams, so it is used in the mattress industry to give firmness to the foam, and in the automobile industry to give more resistance and firmness to the foams.
RESILIENCE
Superficial bound of the foam. It is measured in a laboratory with the “Rebound Steel Slug Test”. A steel slug is liberated into foam from a determined height. The resilience is expressed as a percentage of the slug rebound against the height from which it was liberated. Stiffed foams will have a low resilience. The stuffing foams have resilience values of 40 to 75%.
SAC-SET
Technology referring to furniture disposition in some products, which is composed of a block of springs, individually pocketed, and put together to guarantee an independent rest.
SANITICED
Sanitary treatment for textiles. It gives anti-acarus and bactericide characteristics. Called “saniticed” or “sanitized”.
SYNTHETIC LATEX
It comes from laboratory chemical investigations; it’s a synthetic material, whose touch is harder. It lasts about 8 to 12 years. For maintenance, as it is a synthetic mattress, it does not need any specific care, just the normal care that a normal mattress must have (ventilation).
TEMPUR
Especially designed for Hospitals and it was used by the NASA. It reduces the pressure the body puts into the surface, giving a relieve feeling when sleeping. The high-quality viscolastic, distributes pressure and provides a great anatomic acceptance. Tempur was the first one to buy the patent. Nowadays a lot of manufacturers have bought the patent and make viscolastic mattresses, but the most famous one is Tempur. Tempur is a commercial bran, whose products are composed of viscolastic materials.
TWIN MATTRESSES
Twin mattresses are those composed by two independent bodies, which are pt together by a zipper in the central zone. They are normally have the reference in the following way: 2*90 *190.
VISCO-LATEX
This term refers to materials that compose a product. These products have the two most adaptable materials of the market (viscolastic and latex). The feeling of this mattress is soft but firm. These kinds of products are not thought of for you to rest on the latex surface. This latex board just supports the viscolastic material, which is why it would not make any sense if the support was 100% latex. The recommended bed base for this kind of mattress is a sheet bed base or a sheet canapé.
VISCOLASTIC
The viscolastic foam (similar to tempur), is a new material that adapts ergonomically to the body. It has intelligent memory and adapts perfectly to the body, removing any point of pressure.
The viscolastic comes from big laboratory studies; it is a 100% synthetic material. It was developed with high technology. It is a very recommended product on the sanitary sector for its therapeutic properties y for assuring a good rest. A natural latex mattress will always give a softer feeling than a viscolastic one that is adaptable and has more firmness. It can go with all kind of bed bases, but the most recommended is to use a wood sheet bed base with lumbar reinforcements.