Q. Does memory foam make you hot?
A.
After back pain, nothing’s more disruptive to your sleep than being too hot in bed.
Cousins Furniture offer a wide variety of mattresses including those with memory foam as their primary filling. Leading brands include Tempur, Mammoth and Silentnight, all of whom are represented in our bedding ranges.
Tempur mattresses are designed to respond to body temperature, which activates their ability to conform to your body, offering support and reducing pressure points. It is worth noting that with the improved support and reduced pressure points on your body, sleeping on our mattresses can help improve circulation, so you may find you need lighter bedding.
A well-publicised characteristic of memory foam mattresses is that they’re warm to sleep on, making them potentially uncomfortable if you’re a warm sleeper, live in a hot climate or during the warmer summer months. This can also be an advantage if the opposite scenarios are true!
Nowadays the heat retention can be reduced by introducing cooling materials, such as gel, in the upper comfort layers. Also, by utilising an innovative cooling surface material such as Tencel or a fabric with inherent cooling fibres in it, you’ll cool your sleeping environment.
Selecting a duvet with a slightly lower tog-rating will also help the cause.
