Coil springs made in various configurations can do many things for our bodies. However listen to the ads and sales peoples hype about beds and the manufactures that make them and it sounds like you will be whisked away to dreamland by miracle back saving coil designs. Some even make the claim to save backs in their name. Today we’ll look at one of our favorite designs the Independent Pocketed Coils. Simmons Pocketed Coil® is the original and most famously recognizable name and others brands have copied their design and attempted to knock it off surprisingly many companies have done a pretty good job doing it.

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.

We all know stories of how adults start smoking. Sneaking cigarettes from their parents and going out behind the house and sharing them with friends but is this bad habit starting earlier, perhaps as early as infancy? Yeah we thought that seemed pretty silly too, but if you were to interpret the mattress safety laws for crib mattresses put in place by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) you might believe such a statement to be true. Our government officials must think they do. Federal Fire Code CFR 1633, which went into effect July 1st 2007, requires your baby’s crib mattress to meet the same rigorous burn rate as an adult smoker’s mattress!

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.

Bed Kit – Collapsible Beds

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.

Looking to find a Symbol Mattress retailer? We would be glad to help you.

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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STL Beds is very hopeful after receiving the following email in response to our

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.