They cost more and are they really worth the extra one hundred dollars or so waterbed stores and online companies are asking for them? Here are just a few of the major benefits of a dual water bed mattress and the advantages they can provide.

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1. Waterbed Mattresses Move Too Much: Water mattresses or bladders as they are sometimes called are offered with more or less baffling. The more baffling the more wave control and support.
2. Individual Temperature Control: No more sweating or freezing. Dual mattresses should have 2 thermostat controls so each sleeper can regulate the desired temperature of their mattress to the exact temperature they choose. It gives each sleeper a specially controlled heat or cool zone.
3. Less Motion From One Sleeper To The Other: Having separate mattresses inside one waterbed provides more stability for each sleeper. No matter how much baffling a waterbed bladder has a dual system offers more wave control due to its individual containment. Since the water is not moving freely from one side to the other it automatically provides additional wave control and less disturbance through out the night.
4. Easier To Move: Drain waterbeds is usually a drawback of ownership. One piece mattresses that do not drain completely are larger and weigh more. With all of that being said dual waterbed mattresses cut that weight in half and are half the weight of their single bladder relatives.
5. Cheaper To Replace: Some stores will sell one half of a dual waterbed system. While they may not cut the price in half they often sell 1/3 for less than you can buy both.
6. Easier to locate a leak: There are two points to make here one, the water mattress is smaller and easier to handle during the leak finding process the other is that sometimes one mattress will have less water in it giving an indication there is problem.
7. Adjust the firmness For Each Sleeper: One of the questions most often asked about dual systems is can I fill my side to make it a little firmer? While a person can add more water the firm feel they get comes at a price. Essentially adding more water is over filling and over filling leads to stretching, a ballooned up feeling, and quicker mattress failure. We suggest purchasing a more supportive water mattress.
8. Individual Sleeping Comfort: Yes you can have a wavier mattress on one side and a more wave controlled mattress on the other. Some stores will break up their matching sets to do this. While it will likely cost you 15 -20 percent more for this luxury many say it is well worth it considering how much time we spend in bed.
9. Will I Feel The Divider in The Middle? The thermal divider in the middle is very soft and pliable and typically is not felt. If you own a wood frame waterbed and are a couple that likes to snuggle and sleep close together towards the middle we have heard complains. This is significantly less noticeable on dual softsides with thick padded tops and water mattresses that are not over filled.
10. What do I think of Dual Waterbed Mattresses? Personally I love them. I’ve slept on one for nearly 14 years. My wife likes a cooler mattress and with the dual my 90 degree temperature does not bother her while keeping me toasty. My dual softside waterbed mattress has less motion and disturbance created by the bed than most any other mattress made. This is important because I am a light sleeper. Finally mobility is a breeze when draining because I can handle the drained mattress without help. My dual mattress have given me nearly everything I have ever asked for out of a mattress.

These are the Top 10 Benefits of a Dual Water Bed Mattress be sure to check out our Top 10 Problems with a Dual Water Bed Mattress. Coming Soon!

St Louis MO Please Click Photo to View our Mattress Selection

Where to buy a Mattress in St Louis MO

Welcome to STL Beds. We are family owned and began doing business in 1986. Our goal then and now is to offer the very best prices and quality on a Mattress in St Louis MO and beyond. STL Beds has more to offer bed shoppers like  mattress education articles, a place to try the mattress before you buy it, and the lowest prices apples to apples guaranteed. Unlike furniture stores we specialize in the part that really matters, the part you sleep on, the mattress. Our mattress selection is unique and vast with the very best choices of different sleeping surfaces to choose from.

What types of Mattresses can I find at St. Louis Beds?

Displayed in our showroom are close to 50 different types of sleeping surfaces that can be tried before you buy it. A quick tip is to wear comfy clothes and bring a pillow and remember trying beds is fun. Where else can you lie down and shop? Click the links below or at the top of this STL Beds page to find the mattress of your dreams.

Examples of our Mattress Selection includes:

Mattress and Box Springs

Latex Mattresses

Memory Foam Mattresses

Waterbeds

Organic Mattresses

How much do Mattresses cost at St. Louis Beds?

Mattress costs are a click away. To find a mattress that fits any budget simply select the mattress type that interests you such as memory foam, latex, etc. There our prices can be found on each and every bed we display on our website. The prices are easy to understand and are broke down for the various sizes we have available like Twin, Full, Queen, King etc. Purchase them separately or as a  complete set. It’s your choice.

Our prices are the best we guarantee it. Find a lower price on a comparable bed bring it to our attention we’ll beat the price.

Where is St Louis Beds Located?

Saint Louis has a large metropolitan area and while it is a wonderful city prime retail real-estate in St. Louis is expensive making overhead high for big mattress retailers and furniture stores  who pass those costs on to consumers. This is precisely why we located our store across the St. Louis County line in Arnold in Northern Jefferson County Missouri.  Click Link for exact Store Location, Map, and Phone number.

Can Saint Louis Beds Deliver and Set Up My Mattress?

We are able to deliver and set up mattresses anywhere in the United States including Arnold and the St Louis Metropolitan area. Many times this service is free or at very minimal cost.

While mattresses are our specialty, above at the top of the page our entire selection of bedroom furniture,  bed linens, frames and accessories can be found in the Red Menu of options.

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Welcome to STL Beds the only store dedicated to offering those interested an opportunity to not only buy an Organic Mattress in St Louis, but also lay on an Organic Mattress in the St Louis area before you purchase one to see if you like it. We have two great brands to choose from Savvy Rest and Land and Sky. Both brand names have a wide variety of mattresses to choose from.

Where can I try an Organic Mattress in St. Louis before I buy one?

Our STL Beds Showroom. Simply click one of our Links to Contact us, Map Directions, or Call Us

What are my choices in organic mattresses?

Both Savvy Rest and Land and Sky have customizable beds to choose from allowing each sleeper the exact firmness of their choosing for precise support, comfort, that is long lasting  and healthy. Some of the products offered can be viewed by selecting one of the following links.

Organic Mattress Page

Earthspring

Serenity

Tranquility

Heaven and Earth Pillow Top

Rainforest

Meadow

How much will an organic mattress cost me?

While we do not know exactly how much your bed will cost until we help you narrow down your choices and customize your new bed you can view the prices of all organic mattresses we sell by visiting the organic mattress page where we not only show each of or beds but also include all prices which are guaranteed to be the lowest apples to apples.

Is delivery and set up available?

STL Beds knows that a customizable bed sounds like a scary purchase and while it is extremely easy to assemble we offer the service of  delivery and set up in and around the Saint Louis area or anywhere else in the continental USA.

About organic mattresses

Our Savvy Rest Mattress is a great choice for people that want to purchase a mattress that can have a positive impact on their health, the environment, and the indoor environment where they sleep. Savvy Rest Mattresses are built  using both raw materials that are sustainable but also raw materials  that will degrade when disposed of in our precious landfills. Potentially harmful chemical Off Gassing from added fire retardants is a concern and it is found in nearly every modern mattress built today. So what is the remedy? It’s simple non toxic certified organic wool. It’s sustainable and it naturally retards flames in a manner that not only complies with all federal fire safety laws but exceeds them. Their really durable non toxic fabric cover is made from certified organic cotton and it too is very sustainable . Finally natural botanical latex rubber has it all sustainability, is non toxic, and may possibly be the most durable mattress core offered in  mattresses today.

Perhaps you have thought about something that most people don’t when they begin considering and planning for their next mattress purchase, the difficulty of changing sleeping positions.  While it’s true we all have our favorite snuggle spot in the bed where we like to nest, it’s inevitable that at some point our body is going to cry out as result of lying in the same position for an extended time. In order to relieve the discomfort from pressure points, repositioning and flipping over is a must and depending on the type of mattress you own, more work may be necessary and in the case of other mattresses it may be nearly impossible to do the simple things we take for granted like turning over.

1.)Water beds hard to turn over in

The two waterbeds, soft sides and hard sides both can be difficult  when it comes time to change sleep positions. Mattresses that have less baffling will move more and offer less support and have been known to give many people trouble when moving or changing sleeping spots. Our tip to remedy the problem, purchase a high quality fully baffled mattress. The industry offers no motion beds that give maximum support and reduce the strain and effort needed to move around.

Also consider a soft side waterbed, they are modern day styled and often offer or come standard with the baffled mattresses we just mentioned. Not only do they reduce the difficulty of sleep repositioning, but are far easier to get in and out of.

2.)Memory Foam Mattresses are hard to turn over in

Similar to waterbeds modern day NASA foam beds are phenomenal at reducing the pressure points on the body that cause us to toss and turn. However the price that comes along with that is a sleeping surface that is often very difficult for some people to move around in. While some memory foam mattresses still have temperate reactive foams that are slow to recover leaving you in a temporary nest of sorts, know this Our tip to remedy the problem is quicker responding temperature stable memory foams are now available that make changing positions easier. While they don’t solve all of the issues concerning turning over and repositioning, it’s likely enough difference that most people can enjoy the latest innovations in sleep technology that actually reduces the need to turn over throughout the night.

3.)Pillow Top Mattresses are hard to turn over in

Pillow top mattresses may be the greatest and worst advancement of the bed to happen in the bedding industry. Pillow tops were the answer to the waterbed industries answer to firm mattresses and boards positioned between the mattress and boxspring. Having stole their business back, the mattress industry acknowledged comfort advancement by offering beds with a softer pillow top surface over a firm coil spring core. While turning over in these beds are rare problems sleep repositioning issues begin to arise. Over time the foam and fiber padding break down leaving the sleeper in a hole in the shape of a body impression with a ridge running down the middle of the mattress. The solution is to look for mattresses that offer high resiliency foams that don’t break down. Such products are being offered by companies like King Koil and Comfort Solutions. Another solution for those who love the feel of pillow tops is to purchase a firmer bed and add to it a replaceable mattress topper.

While some stores say they have gone green, STL Beds does more than talk the talk. As a member of the Sustainable Furnishing Council and a voluntary member of Ameren UE Pure Power program, STL Beds has made a company wide commitment to ourselves, our customers, and most importantly to the environment to become a modern green company within the St Louis community.  Recycle, reuse, and energy savings has been our company commitment since February 2008 when we took our first public steps to educate the community via our blog where we shared various ways to recycle mattress and box springs.  Though these are great solutions for the time as to what a person can do with their old mattress set, today I am happy to announce that STL Beds has partnered up with a local company that is as committed to sustainability as we are and has agreed to recycle mattresses for our local customers.

Company that recycles mattresses in St Louis

• Location STL Beds
• Cost $25.00 (NOTE We are currently unable to provide this service till further notice)
• Want us to Pick Up your old mattress?  Fee is based on zip code, call for a free quote.
• Mention this STL Beds article and used the “Promo Code STL Beds Recycles” with your purchase of a mattress set and we will recycle your old set for free.

What happens to the old mattress and box spring in the recycling process?

The typical mattress and box spring is made up of steel, polyurethane (p.u.) foam, cotton, fabric, and of course wood in the base. Solid recycling programs exist for the steel, and a market for the p.u. foam exists as well. Last but not least the fabric and wood that comes out of old mattresses and box springs are also recyclable. Our recycler is committed to seeing that these components are properly recovered and are reintroduced to the market place in a safe responsible manner.

Many waste disposal companies claim that the value of the recycled materials cannot be recovered from mattress recycling alone. We think the recyclable components of a bed make sense financially to be reclaimed as a responsible alternative to dumping them in our landfills which are running out of space. The fact is mattresses can take up to 25 cubic feet of space and can take hundreds of years to properly decompose.

As we have mentioned in previous articles there are a few operations that recycle mattress sets across the USA and even worse may not spread nation wide without appropriate funding. Since it typically costs $25.00 to dispose of a mattress set through most waste disposal companies, it is our hope that you will help us offset our costs to carry out this green effort buying paying a small fee to do so. We ask that you please consider our environment, long term sustainability, and support STL Beds in our personal effort to help change the way mattresses are disposed of in St. Louis. With your support we can make a difference right here in Saint Louis Missouri.

A Look at Pocketed Coils

Simmons uses high carbon steel springs that have been pre-compressed and placed into tough, non-allergenic fabric wrapped encasements. Other companies do not compress their coils springs and as an alternative they temper the coil springs so that they have a memory. This design often utilizes less steel overall, which is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact today coils are so strong that most every coil design built today will offer 10 years of useful life. Where newer mattresses fail is in which tends to fail much faster.

Motion Separation of Independent Pocketed Coils

Independently Pocketed Coils or Wrapped Pocked Coil Springs really deliver motion separation. Today’s cars utilize independent suspension, which allows each tire to independently respond to the roads surface. Independently Wrapped and Pocketed Coils work in the very same way. Each coil sometimes numbered in the hundreds and at times even over a thousand can respond to each specific body part for perfect support for every unique body shape for what we believe is best contouring coil design to be had.

Conformability of Independent Pocketed Coils

I have said before and I’ll say it again, mattresses don’t fix backs doctors do sometimes, but good support and conformability is key. A greater number of coils springs in a mattress does not always mean a better end product and it nearly always costs more. This higher number of coils can translate to better overall support for the body. A down side is that it usually means a thinner lower gauge wire is employed to make the coil. Interestingly the springs bounce with you and respond immediately. They envelop you with unique support not found in competing coil designs. To assure an undisturbed night of sleep STL Beds recommends that you consider some type of a independent pocketed coils design, it is highly unlikely you will find such motion separation it in a wire-tied spring system where coils are tied to one another.

Does a crib mattress need to meet federal fire safety laws?

They do but are they really safer? There is little to no evidence that such safety requirements would make a difference in a high temperature flash over fire? As a matter of fact the health risks from potentially harmful chemicals far out weigh the benefits of safety in the event of a fire.

The government has shown little or no interest at all in the harmful effects on a developing baby from these likely hurtful fire retardant chemicals being used industry wide in mattresses today. From our perspective it seems they are more aware of the lobbyist for the large chemical companies and their interests rather than the long and short term affects on our children. As evidence grows due to the studies of independent researchers about the effects of fire retardants such as PBDE’s the EPA has taken notice and put them on its watch list. Potentially dangerous chemicals are now being found in the blood streams of infants and you have to wonder how their development both mentally and physically will be affected. It’s no secret that babies swallow, chew and suck on any objects in reach not to mention harmful airborne VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds)

Lead paint and cribs

We don’t use lead paint on cribs anymore so why would we buy a crib mattress with a fire retardant in them. You and I would not consider exposing our children to such an environment now that you have a choice. You can get a doctors prescription allowing a mattress to be manufactured without the fire retardants or you can get mattresses that pass the mandated law naturally with no chemicals, crib mattresses that utilize natural fire retardants like wool to meet the new safety requirements.

Sometimes we just can’t help it but if you are one of those people that move a lot then you know that your king or queen size mattress and foundation can be a major moving headache. The sizes of these mattresses are huge and in many cases they are extremely heavy and hard to maneuver through tight turns, get up and down stairs, or maybe you just can’t get someone to help you. The solution to your problem is called a bed kit.

What is a Bed Kit?

Bed kits come completely unassembled and come equipped with a zippered top that can be unzipped and removed and then set aside. Under the cover there are individual layers of latex rubber, memory foam or standard polyurethane foam. These more manageable layers are a lot smaller than your ordinary mattress making them only a fraction of the thickness and the weight of an entire completely assembled mattress. Regular mattresses will not collapse or fold without damaging them. In addition good quality mattresses with high number of coil springs can weigh a lot. There are other examples heavy high quality mattresses like a king latex mattress which can weigh 200lbs and have the rigidity of Gumby.

Bed Kit Advantages

• The mattress can be broken down into 3, 4 or more pieces.
• Smaller vehicles can be utilized or they can even be transported in a very small covered trailer or pickup truck with a shell. Try that with a regular king or queen mattress.
• When you arrive at your new destination you will find it easier to maneuver up and down small and narrow stairways. 
• You won’t need help. If you move a lot you know it is commonly tough to find help, with a bed that moves in pieces you will not have to ask the best friend or relative to help you move that king size mattress again.
• A bed kit allows you to replace a bad component without replacing the whole bed. If your dog eats the cover, you have the option to replace the cover.
• If you don’t like the firmness of your bed you can simply replace one layer with a softer or firmer layer.
• Customized comfort. You can purchase split layers to get the exact comfort you need and while doing the same for the person sleeping next to you.
• Allowing each of you to sleep on a custom tailored bed.

STL Beds Ships Symbol Mattresses coast to coast. Twin, Full, Queen, or King Sizes and we can ship them as a matching set or mattress or foundation / boxspring only.

STL Beds has partnered Symbol Mattress Co who continues to grow making delivery not only faster to our customer but very reliable as well. We are able to drop ship your new bed from one of our 7 state-of-the-art facilities nationwide.

Looking to find authorized Symbol® Mattress dealer near your location?

Please feel free to contact one of the following locations two customer service centers or you may also contact the original dealer where your purchase originated for assistance including how to handle warranty claims.

Looking for a Symbol Mattresses Retailer or Customer Service Center?

Symbol Mattress Company Locations are located in:

Symbol Mattress
Customer Service available at this location
1100 S 12th St
Watertown, WI 53094-7507
(920) 262-7477

Symbol Mattress Inc
Customer Service available at this location
4901 Fitzhugh Ave # 300
Richmond, VA 23230-3531
(804) 254-1711

Symbol Mattress of Pa
71 Vanguard Dr
Reading, PA 19606-3765
(610) 582-7228

Symbol Mattress of New England
312 Lake Rd
Dayville, CT 06241-1537
(860) 779-3112

Symbol Mattress
5511 Distribution Dr
Fort Wayne, Indiana

Symbol Mattress of Alabama
100 29th St E, Jasper, Al 35501
Telephone: (205) 221-6523

Symbol Mattress of Florida
5000 Mercantile Ln
Kissimmee, FL 34758-2401
(407) 343-4626

Looking to purchase a Symbol Mattress?
STL Beds
1360 Jeffco Blvd
Arnold Mo 63010
1-888-785-2337

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Mattress Recycling – One St. Louis Area Company on a Mission blog.

I will be contacting Conigliaro Industries very soon to see if this is a feasible and logistical option for STL Beds. We’ll keep you informed.

I recently saw the article on your website about your companies interest in a mattress recycling program.

The Rest Assured National Mattress Recycling Program provides a simple, professional service to recycle your mattresses. Conigliaro Industries provides a cost effective and environmentally ecological solution to recycle over 95% of difficult to dispose of material including mattresses, upholstered furniture, and ceiling tiles.  We are a Certified National Recycler that provides access to LEED credits to your company and to create the most affordable recycling solutions that will protect the environment from difficult to dispose of material. Our professional recycling service will remove and recycle over 95% of the material; creating a cost effective and environmentally responsible recycling option for all of your hotel renovations and recycling needs of “hard to dispose of” material.  Please do not hesitate to contact me with your recycling needs and we can build you a cost effective and ecological quote to serve your recycling needs with our national program designed to save the consumer on logistical and shipping costs.

We were recently featured in Planet Green as one of the top companies to recycle mattresses. http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/recycle-matress.html

I look forward to assisting you with all your future recycling needs.

Thank You for your time,

Michael Mitrowski

National Mattress Recycling Manager

Conigliaro Industries

701 Waverly Street

Framingham, MA 01702

We hope that no matter what happens with STL Beds and the information included in this email that other mattress retailers and furniture stores can benefit from this information.