In the 1970s, NASA developed the Memory Foam. It was used in house and did not become commercial until the 1990s with the introduction of memory foam toppers. Nowadays, we are seeing a number of brands utilizing memory foam for their space age mattress lines. Of course, the humble sofa bed also had its share of modern updates with the memory foam sofa bed mattress. In just a few years, with the apparent benefits that the memory foam offers, it has become the hottest product in the industry offering a wide range of products and variations. Nowadays, with tons of options for your sleeper sofa mattress and the numerous propriety designs for the memory foam, it can be quite difficult to really focus on the best options.
The main role of the memory foam is to be used for medical purposes, to eliminate the sores and pressure that is normally felt when someone is lying on their back on poorly supported mattresses. With the continuously increasing innovation, the memory foam not only includes comfort and full body support, it also has temperature control in it as well. Therefore, when someone lies down on a sofa bed mattress with memory foam sandwiched in, the contours of the body are copied and spread out the pressure, preventing the body to droop on one side or to sink in the center. While that happens, the temperature control feature also prevents the sleeper sofa mattress to be too hot or too cold. Sadly, the first generation design for the first memory foam was not very durable.
Commercial success
Tempur Pedic was the first company to ever devise their own unique memory foam that offers benefits to the person’s posture but is a lot more durable than the first generation design. First, the company became popular across the medical industry but in a short time, general consumers have started to demand for consumer grade products that really offer the same quality but for home settings. That means a full line of products and sizes fit for regular beds as well as the emerging sofa bed mattress industry. With the commercial success of the brand, nowadays, it is heralded as a benchmark for high quality, medical grade mattresses and comfort products to ensure quality results.
The problem with memory foam sofa bed mattress options is that they tend to be very expensive. It is common knowledge that the materials used for this product is unique and the engineering process is very special so you really have to account the quality of construction and technology that has been put into the mattress. Is it worth to spend a lot of money for a mattress? Yes, it is. When it comes to spending on many things, choosing a proper bed is quintessential since we spend a lot of time sleeping and there are some studies that show that bad quality mattresses do cause problems to the body. Therefore, it is ideal to really focus on the best quality products that we can afford.