Purchasing agents who purchase large numbers of mattresses, as opposed to the rest of us, have to be concerned with getting commodity that will suit their business and serve their customer. If you are buying mattresses for an istitution, cost and security are your primary concerns. If you are purchasing for a sleeping room, price is still crucial; but comfort is very important. No matter who the end user is, disposing of old ruined mattresses is becoming more and more of an concern.
Densified fiber is good for the cost consumer, and is very frequently purchased by the institutional purchaser. They are generally not very easily set afire, and do not have springs. Most detention facilities these days do not allow coil spring mattresses, as the inmates pull them apart and turn the metal springs into weapons. The obstacles are that they are not very relaxing, and tend to wear out quickly. Frequent exchange can mitigate the initial savings.
Polyurethane foam is probably the most in demand right now for dorm room use. Foam mattresses are a good trade-off between cost and comfort. Foam can be cut to any dimension and thickness, and can be used for both mattresses and seating applications. A major handicap is that polyurethane mattresses are very easily set afire and the requirements for "flame testing" are very exacting and constantly developing. Another negative is the cost of foam. Polyurethane is an oil based product, and in times of climbing oil cost, the cost of foam changes just as fast.
A new product, that is solely from Made Rite Bedding, is a proprietary elastomeric polyester material called IndurCoreT. Goodrum International has been selling this commodity to our institutional customers because of the cost advantage and the recyclability after they reach their end of life. IndurCoreT mattresses have no springs, and match up with foam mattresses in both comfort and fire resistance. The valuation is often $25-30 cheaper per bed, and has been very well received.
Additional benefit of the IndurCoreT
Resistance to Bed Bugs
With the wave of Bed Bugs that swept across the nation this year, many universities are very concerned with buying mattresses that are retardant to bed bugs, lice, microbes and other pests. Bed bugs like to take cover between the tape and the mattress, and lay their eggs there. This new polyester material along with changing from taped edge to inverted seam mattresses makes the new generation of mattresses very bug resistant.
Contains no dangerous foam or flame resistant chemicals
Per federal regulations enacted in 2007, all mattresses are now required to
pass the stringent Federal CPSC1633 Code. Foam mattresses are highly combustible, and they do not meet these requirements. To meet this new standard, many mattress makers have added an FR, or fire retardant scrim at considerable additional amount per mattress. The IndurCoreT mattress is fashioned from a polyester fiber that is both environmentally harmless, and has flame-resistant characteristics. This fiber meets the Federal CPSC1633 Code without need of a FR scrim and without Flame-resistant chemicals.
100 percent recyclable "GREEN" product
However you feel about green concerns, more and more Schools are putting the stipulation for recycling their old mattresses into their mattress bids. mostly, this has meant finding workers to carry the mattresses into a container and shipping them off to a land fill. The IndurCoreT mattress is 100% recyclable, and the expense of restoration is a little more than the amount of dumping.
There is no one quick fix for every shopper. Individuals are going to continue to go with coil spring mattresses. They are not cheap, and not environmentally friendly; but they are the most cozy. Military barracks, detention facilities and dorms contract for mattresses by the hundreds and thousands; and they buy them, knowing that they are going to be used and abused and discarded. No one can precisely tell you how many cubic miles of land fill space are filled with decomposing mattresses; but the future is going to be mattresses that can be recycled.
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