Thinking about buying yourself a new memory foam mattress? Not sure what to expect? Traditional mattresses and visco-elastic mattresses are totally different.
Some people love those differences, and others don't.
Here's what you can expect to notice with your new foam mattress.
You sink into the material.
Visco-elastic foam, or memory foam, is heat sensitive.
When you lay down onto your bed the material condenses and the air surrounding you disperses to other part of the mattress.
Some people compare this feeling to sleeping on clouds; others say it's like a little nest surrounding you.
Many think that it allows for optimal comfort, causing them to move less.
Opponents of memory foam mattresses say that it constricts them, making movement in the night difficult.
There are no pressure points.
The most common complaint about traditional spring mattresses is that they cause discomfort on the points where the body meets the springs.
The pressure from the springs pushes against that of the bones in shoulders, hips, backs, and knees, squishing the skin in the middle and causing people to toss and turn.
Because of the dense, viscous material memory foam is made of, these pressure points cease to exist.
You can't feel your partner moving as much as you used to.
Think about that commercial in which the man jumps on one side of the bed with a glass of red wine undisturbed on the other.
Because memory foam is heat sensitive, there is a space between you and your partner to isolate movements.
In spring mattresses, each movement is transferred to your side of the bed.
Sex will be different.
Some think that it is great and gives them confidence in the bedroom that they previously lacked.
Others say that the lack of responsiveness and resiliency makes lovemaking difficult.