WHY FOAM?

Compare an ordinary mattress and a DixieFoam mattress on comfort, firmness, support, durability and quality.  We're sure you'll find that the DixieFoam Beds are far superior.  Want more information?  Read on : 

	A Short History of Beds
	Advantages of a Dixie Foam Bed
	Judging Foam Quality

A Short History of Beds

In the beginning, beds were made of straw and leaves.  But being twigged did not make for a good night's sleep.

Then came the cotton mattress (or futon, as it is known in the Far East) but it tended to pack down, getting very hard and lumpy.  Later, the horsehair mattress emerged, but it was so hard that it had little give.

The innerspring mattress was created at the end of the 19th century, but it tended (and still tends) to have a "hammocking" effect.  It also reverberates with every move made during sleep.  And when it goes, the springs pop and its as bad as being twigged.

Some clever Depression era inventor working with rubber used it to make the latex mattress.  It's flexible surface knows that you have a hip and shoulder and gives way to them while at the same time pushing up to support the other parts of the body.

Then, shortly after WW II, the first polymer mattress brought the comfort and support of latex at less expense.  But dollar for dollar, the performance of latex far outstripped the cheaper products.  But not for long!

In the early 1970's, flexible polymer foams with significantly increased quality were developed.  One, the Hi-Resilience Carbamate foam, is equivalent to latex foam in terms of durability, resilience, and support, but less expensive to produce. In the 21st century, flexible foam still provides the most comfortable support and value available and the best of all mattresses - the DixieFoam Beds^tm mattresses.

Advantages of DixieFoam Beds^tm

	A DixieFoam Bed is nothing to sneeze at
Our foam is hygienic, clean, dust-less, odor-free, and mildew resistant; it's the ideal bed for many suffers of common allergies.

	A DixieFoam Bed breathes
Our foam's unique cell construction allows air to flow throughout your mattress so you sleep cooler and drier in warm weather.

	A DixieFoam Bed doesn't care how much you weigh
Because our foam individually supports your body weight, people of different body size, shape, and weight can sleep comfortably without rolling toward each other.

	The only moving part of a DixieFoam Bed is You
There's no crunch, squeak, or splash.  Only millions of tiny air cells continually bouncing back to shape as you change sleeping positions.

	A DixieFoam Bed is a smart bed throughout
The high support factor of our foam provides deep down firmness for true sleeping comfort.  Our mattresses never need to be turned.

	A DixieFoam Bed supports your every move.
In whatever position you like to sleep in, our mattresses adjust to your body contours.  Chances are you'll toss and turn a lot less on our mattresses.

	A DixieFoam Bed lasts and lasts and lasts.
Our foam is highly durable for lasting satisfaction.

Judging Foam Quality

Density is a measure of weight, not firmness.  The higher the density, the higher the quality in terms of durability, resilience and support, provided that the foam is "prime" (not loaded with mineral filler, but pure).  DixieFoam Beds^tm uses only prime foam.  Latex and Visco-Elastic (Memory Foam) and Hi-Resilience Carbamate are among the highest density foams available.

Resilience is the bounciness or elasticity of the foam.

Firmness (more accurately, surface firmness) is the resistance to compression near the surface of the mattress.  It is measured by the surface Indentation Force Deflection, or IFD, measure.  Deep-down firmness is the IFD measurement under severe compression.

Support factor is the ratio of deep-down IFD to the surface IFD of the mattress.  It is an extremely important measure of the resistance to bottoming out under sustained pressure.