Tips to Improve Sleep

While many mattresses like adjustable air beds and memory foam offer superior comfort that should help you sleep better, many of us have bad day time habits that keep us awake at night, no matter how comfortable our bed is! Here are some sleep tips you can follow to help you sleep better each night, no matter what kind of bed you are on. 

1.      Try Not to Eat Before Bed

While late night snacks are mighty tempting,  you should avoid these at all costs if you want to ensure deep and restful sleep. Stop eating at least 3 hours before bed. If you must each close to bed time, try having a light meal instead. Anything that is full of protein or caffeinated (ahem, chocolate!) will likely keep you up at night. Also, eating a heavy meal will mean that your body will be doing more work trying to digest it while you sleep, instead of going into sleepytime mode. 

2.      Have a Bedtime Routine

If you have trouble sleeping at night, try to create a bedtime routine that you follow each night. In doing so, your body will know it’s entering a restful time and will relax easier. The routine might include taking a hot bath, reading before bed, or doing some simple yoga. 

3.      Go to Bed Earlier

If you can’t sleep, instead of staying up until the wee hours of morning watching T.V. or using the computer, simply get in bed earlier. Even if you need to relax in bed for an hour or so before you fall asleep, that’s ok! Your body craves going to bed even if you don’t feel tired. Give it the rest it needs by making yourself get in bed and aiming to get 7-8 healthy hours of sleep each night.

How to Rate the Quality of Air Bed Reviews

When looking at any type of reviews, you need to be objective and examine whether you are reading a trustworthy review or not. This is especially true with air bed reviews as air beds are a significant investment so you need to weigh how much you can rely on this air bed reviewing stranger! While you should always make your own personal decision about air beds, reading trustworthy reviews will really help you determine your top air bed choices you should further investigate. 
 
Take these simple steps to help you rate the quality of anyone who writes and air bed review so you can determine whose opinion truly matters:

Air Bed Review Quality Check #1: How many reviews has the person made?

On site that allows product reviews, you should be able to look at the reviewer profile to see how many items they have reviewed. You can make some educated assumptions from the number you see here. If the number extremely high? Are they only reviewing one brand of air bed positively? If the answer is yes to both of these questions, you could possibly assume that this person could be getting paid by a specific company to post positive reviews. 

Air Bed Review Quality Check #2: What kind of language is the reviewer using?

If you are looking at an extremely positive review, use your objective eye to determine if this could be the Company themselves posting the review. Do this by examining the language used in the air bed review. Does this sound like sales copy, or a real person expressing how they felt about the air bed? Often air bed companies reviewing their own products are a dead giveaway with their use of too perfect sales pitch type language. 

Air Bed Review Quality Check #2: Do they post only negative reviews?

Also, if you look at the profile of the reviewer, do you see a trend of only negative reviews? If someone likes to review things they should have a good balance of positive and negative reviews. If you are only seeing bad reviews then this just might be the consumer that can’t be satisfied. If they make a point to only post negative things, these feelings may be exaggerated and some of the problems they have with air beds, might not affect you the same as it did them. Ignore petty complains and try to really hone in on those who have both good and bad things to say.

What are Air Beds?

Air beds have dominated the mattress market making them a hot topic. However, do you really know what air bed are and how they may benefit you? Here are my basic facts on air beds so you can get to know them better (and then maybe introduce them into your life!)

Air Bed Definition:

No longer are air beds what you blow up for temporary guests. Permanent use air beds today are a mattress that has a high quality construction and uses air chambers that inflate and deflate with air to create your desired amount of firmness. 

Air Bed Materials:

So you know that air beds are made with air chambers now that can adjust to your comfort, but what else makes them so comfortable? Well, the air technology is a huge part of it, but many air beds use other materials to enhance comfort to an even higher degree. All air beds have base support which keeps the bed from becoming saggy and this is usually made of reasonably thick memory foam. Air beds also often have a comfort layer that is made of memory foam or latex to give you that extra soft feel and additional body support. Also, air beds often use bamboo as their support system which is a superior material and gives your air bed a natural element. 

How Air Beds Relieve Pain:

Air beds are well known for relieving your body of pain. They can do this because instead of unwanted tension pushing into your body from springs, you only have the air supporting you. With adjusting the air chambers to your desired firmness, you can find a setting that naturally supports and cushions your body. Instead of tense muscles, your body will finally relax as it doesn’t have to do work to combat against the springs and no pressure is put on pressure points

Why are Number Beds so Great?

Number beds have swept the mattress market, but with a higher cost and more technicalities, you may be wondering how they work and WHY they are so great. Here is the lowdown on why number beds (also known as air beds) are great for you!

1.       Number Beds Provide Adjustable Comfort

The “number” in number beds is the level of firmness or softness that you set the air beds to. You have control of finding the perfect setting on number beds that makes your body feel the best. This will then relate to how good you sleep at night! With a spring mattress, memory foam, or any other kind of bed- you aren’t able to customize it to fit your needs as you can with number beds. 

2.       Number Beds Are Excellent for Couples!

Tired of your partner rolling around in his or her sleep and keeping you up? How about those nightly bathroom visits that leave you waking up throughout the night? Well, number beds rid you of this problem! Number beds have great motion isolation which means you don’t actually feel your partner doing their thing during the night- and hopefully, they will be doing a lot less of it regardless as they will be sleeping better on number beds too!

3.       Number Beds Will Last Longer than Your Normal Mattress

Finally, another huge reason why number beds are a great investment is because air beds have greater longevity than your average mattress. This is because number beds are built with many separate parts. So, if something breaks in your number bed, you can replace that specific part rather than having to get rid of the entire mattress. Also, many times if something breaks within number beds, the customer service team will be there to help you out and get the replacement part you need- possibly even free of cost depending on your warranty.

So here is 3 great reasons why number beds are a superb investment for a future of great sleeping! Have you experienced number beds? If so, what do you enjoy about them? Let me know!

How to Find your Ideal Setting with Adjustable Air Beds

Although adjustable air beds offer supreme comfort, it sometimes may be hard to actually FIND that ideal comfort level. Worried that you’ll be forever adjusting the bed and never finding the sweet spot for sleep? Read my tips on how to find your ideal setting on adjustable air beds:

1.     1. First be sure you are lying on adjustable air beds in your normal sleeping position. Many times we want to lie on our backs to test adjustable air beds. However, if you never sleep on yoru back- this won’t properly gage your ideal comfort level. Get comfortable just as if you were going to sleep at night. 

2.      2.  Take your adjustable air beds remote and start at a medium setting to put yourself in the middle of the firmest and softest levels of comfort. A good benchmark for a medium setting on adjustable air beds would be in the 50-60 range.

3.      3.  Relax on your adjustable air bed for a few minutes to see how your body responds to this level of air.

4.       If you feel lower back comfort from adjustable air beds, this means you need to increase the firmness of your mattress. Alternatively, if you are feeling discomfort in your hips, upper back, or shoulders, you should decrease the firmness level of your adjustable air beds. 

5.       4. Don’t make big jumps in the remote control levels. When you feel discomfort be sure you slowly increase or decrease the air in the adjustable air beds chamber by increments of 5 or 10. This way your body can slowly feel the bed changing and be able to better pinpoint where you feel the most comfort. 

6.      5.  You will know that you have found the best comfort level for adjustable air beds if you feel relaxed and at ease. Also be sure that your back and neck are in alignment just as if you were standing up, and adjustable air beds are supporting the small of your back (no arching!) or curve of your waist. 

After following these times and doing some trial and error experimenting, you should be able to find a setting that will work for you on adjustable air beds. Now all that’s left is to enjoy a good night of sleep!

Mattress Types and Benefits

The mattress world is getting more and more complex with different types of mattresses being introduced. We have come a long way from simple spring mattresses. Here is a guide to help educate you on popular mattresses types today and what each type of bed offers: 

Pocketed Coil Mattress

The simplest upgrade from spring mattresses, this kind of bed gives each individual spring a tube of fabric that surrounds and enfolds it. This helps with support and masking the feeling of springs in your body when you lie down. Pocketed coil beds come in varying levels of luxury and price points.  

Memory Foam Mattress

Memory foam is created with polyurethane and reacts to the sleeper’s body. This reaction is based either on the pressure of the body or your body heat. Many people love memory foam because they provide a lot of support, and are certainly an upgrade from innerspring mattresses as you can feel no parts of the bed except the foam itself. They rate highly for being noiseless (no squeaky springs!), isolating motion, and relieving pain.   

Adjustable Air Beds

Air beds are now an extremely popular option as an innovation from both innerspring and memory foam. Adjustable air beds have air chambers that fill with air based on a remote control setting. The sleeper can adjust how firm or soft they would like air beds to be by using their remote. Adjustable air beds rank highly for motion isolation as well as pain relief. While they can be more expensive, people tend to rate high air beds highly because they relieve the body of unhealthy pressure on its joints and offer a lot of comfort. 

What’s the Rage about Adjustable Air Beds?

While they have been around for a while, in the past decade adjustable air beds have created a steady buzz in the mattress market. The term adjustable air beds itself formerly was only synonymous with that uncomfortable blow up thing you put your guests on. Now “permanent-use” air beds are something that is coming into bedrooms across the U.S., and are there to stay. 

So what’s all the rage? How can air be that comfortable? Here are my top reasons why adjustable air beds are so popular and should be seen as a “mattress force” to be reckoned with.

1.       Adjustable Air Beds are.. Adjustable!

Yes, indeed. One of the best reasons why adjustable air beds are just so wonderful is the fact that they adjust to the comfort level you seek. Whereas any other type of bed gives you one level of comfort, adjustable air beds can adjust to however firm or soft you would like it to be. Have an achy back tonight? Amp up your firmness on your bed. Want to just sink into soft comfort? Turn it down. It’s almost like getting several beds for one. This is extremely beneficial to those who suffer from very specific injuries or sleep conditions. 

2.       Adjustable Air Beds Cater to Couples

Do you disagree with your partner on how firm the perfect bed should be? I know I like my bed on the softer side, while my husband goes for ultra-firm. With adjustable air beds, you can have it all! Most adjustable air beds come with dual-adjustability. What this means is that each side of the bed adjusts independently of the other. There will be no more compromising with your partner on how the bed should feel; you can both now adjust to the comfort level YOU want. Sounds like something beneficial for not only your sleep- but your relationship too. 

3.       Adjustable Aid Beds Relieve Pressure Points

Innerspring mattresses put unwanted tension on your body’s key pressure points. Memory foam may not support you enough. A huge benefit of adjustable air beds is that the air creates a surface that relaxes your body, while taking the pressure off of those precious tension zones on your body. This provides a great relief for your back, neck, shoulders and spine. And those who have issues with those areas will be especially thankful that the air bed can cradle tender areas in JUST the right way. 

 

Have you tried an adjustable air bed? If so, what do you love about it? Let me know!