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Mattress Shopping Made Easy: Choose a Serta   by William Danko

in Shopping / Clothing    (submitted 2012-04-08)

When it's time to buy a new mattress, Serta makes the decision an easy one. Its slogan, “The World Best Mattress, says it all. After decades in the mattress business, Serta has set the world's standards for safe, comfortable bedding.

Almost 80 years ago, independent mattress manufacturers agreed that they needed to work together if there were to survive. They brought their expertise and knowledge together and formed a company called Serta. To ensure they were all working toward the same standards, Serta established guidelines for its mattress production. The result is history. Today, Seta makes its mattresses in the United States and Canada, but they are sold in 60 countries around the world.

Because it set the standard for mattresses, Serta has its own set of terms that you need to understand in order to appreciate what sets Serta apart from other mattresses:

Advanced Comfort Quilt gently cushions your body. The convoluted foam and fluffy fibers are built into Serta's quilt layering.

Continuous Support Innerspring means the mattress coils support you from head-to-toe, with even more support in the center where you will find a double row of coils to support your trunk. At last count, Continuous Support Innerspring meant there are 532 coils built into each mattress.

Convoluted Foam, also known as egg crate, cradles and supports your body, especially at the shoulders and hips. Serta was the first to mattress maker to use convoluted foam in its upholstery.

Comfort Foam is the soft foam at the sleep layer of the mattress.

FireBlocker is an open-flame resistant system used in every Serta mattress. Again, Serta was the first national mattress brand to offer a flame-retardant system to its customers.

Outlast Technology is a fabric used in Serta mattresses to help regulate body temperature by responding to the body's temperature. It absorbs excess heat and helps to keep the sleeper's temperature balanced.

Pillo-Fill Fiber is the plush surface of the mattress that draws away heat and moisture.

Total Edge Foam Encasement provides support on the edge of the mattress. People do more than sleep on a bed. They are also prone to sit on the edge of the while getting dressed or undressed. This encasement keeps the edges from breaking down. This is important when you realize that you could lose up to 20 percent of your bed's sleep surface if it breaks down.

Visco Memory Foam was released to the public by NASA in the early 1980s. It softens in reaction to body heat, molding to a warm body quickly. Once the body rolls off that spot, the foam returns to its original shape. Serta uses memory foam to help relieve stress on the body by conforming to the sleeper's body position.

One of the best-selling Serta mattresses is the Perfect Sleeper Distinction Super pillowtop mattress set. It is available in twin, full, queen, split queen, king and California king sizes.

Each mattress features:

Outlast technology

Advanced Comfort Quilt

FireBlocker

Pillo-Fill Fiber

Convoluted Foam

Two layers of comfort foam

Comfort cushions

Visco Memory Foam

Total Edge Foam Encasement

Continuous Support Innerspring

Another popular mattress is Serta's Dashing Eurotop mattress. What makes it so popular are the combination of Outlast

Technology and Visco Memory Foam. The Outlast fabric helps to regulate the sleeper's temperature and the Visco foam

relieves stress on the body. The Dashing model also features:

Advanced Comfort Quilt

Continuous Support Innerspring with 442 coil density

Convoluted Foam

Comfort Foam

FireBlocker

Pillo-Fill Fiber

Total Edge Foam Encasement

Five-Zoned Comfort Cushions, which provides hundreds of 3-inch cushions to keep you comfortable, each cushion functioning independently. The contour to the body while specifically targeting pressure point for better weight dispersion and less tossing and turning.

Stable-Base Foundation, which provides consistent support across the bottom of the mattress. The result is it isolates the impact of one sleeper, while leaving a second sleeper undisturbed.

Serta Airbed

Serta also offers other lines of mattresses that are worth exploring, including an airbed. The Perfect Rest Four-Zone Premier Airbed lets you adjust the location and amount of air in your mattress. It comes with an air pump with memory and auto-fill settings, as well as two handheld controllers. It is also made with one inch of Visco Memory Foam and a layer of Talalay latex for luxurious comfort. It also features:

Rayon cover made from bamboo fabric

Flame resistant barrier

Four-zone air chamber system

Urethane base foam

65 comfort settings per zone

When it's time to buy a new mattress, it's good to know that Serta has spent the last 80 years figuring out how to give owners a good night's sleep.