When was the last time you thought about your mattress?
Many of us forget that the mattress is the most used piece
of furniture we have in our home.
Actually, if you sleep eight hours per night, within a year you'll spend 3,000 hours on your mattress. After 10 years, you will have logged 30,000 hours on the same bed.
Listed below are presented some indicative questions from the answer of which you will make out whether it is time to change your mattress or not.
- 1. You bought your mattress eight years ago.
The average lifespan of a quality mattress is eight to ten years.
Mattresses exceeding this time limit suffer,
causing typical comfort problems and having diminished support capabilities.
- 2. You wake up feeling more tired than when you went to bed.
Most consumers wait too long to replace their mattresses.
If you wake up and you don’t feel refreshed and rejuvenated - or if you feel any pain or discomfort - you are definitely too late.
- 3. You feel that the couch is more comfortable than your bed.
Concentrate on your mattress sense. Do you feel coils or bumps? Your body needs a smooth and comfortable surface to have a regenerative night sleep. Your mattress should enable you to sleep with minimal tossing and turning.
- 4. Your mattress looks worn and its surface full of imperfections.
Inspect regularly your mattress for sags and imprints. If your mattress appears uneven or worn and frayed, maybe it is time to start looking for another one. The layers of one mattress compress over time. For optimal performance, rotate your mattress occasionally to extend its average life expectancy and renew its comfort.
If you "inherited" your mattress from a family member or a friend, you should have probably to replace it now.
- 5. You have taken your mattress for granted.
Mattress is the most used and most ignored piece of furniture in the house. Pay attention to your mattress. Do you hear creaks or some other noise? Do you notice that the surface sags or indents in certain areas rather than others? The condition of your mattress may surprise you as soon as you have a more careful look.