Isn a thicker mattress a better mattress?
Not necessarily. Mattresses have gotten thicker and thicker lately, again more because the mattress manufacturers needed something new to sell rather than because “thicker is better”. Of course, you wouldn’t want to sleep on a 2 inch thick mattress, so obviously thickness is a consideration, but most people can also see that a 24 inch mattress is pretty ridiculous as well. So then, what is the proper thickness for a mattress? The answer: whatever profile is most appropriate for the materials used in the mattress. In the case of Latex mattresses, this is somewhere between 8 and 11 inches. Thinner than this, and you will not get the full potential from the materials used.
Not necessarily. Mattresses have gotten thicker and thicker lately, again more because the mattress manufacturers needed something new to sell rather than because “thicker is better”. Ofcourse, you wouldn’t want to sleep on a 2 inch thick mattress, so obviously thickness is a consideration, but most people can also see that a 24 inch mattress is pretty ridiculous as well. So then, what is the proper thickness for a mattress? The answer: whatever profile is most appropriate for the materials used in the mattress. In the case of Latex mattresses, this is somewhere between 8 and 11 inches. Thinner than this, and you will not get the full potential from the materials used. Thicker than this, and you are just wasting money on unnecessary materials. Also, some manufacturers play the “thickness game” in a sort of ridiculous way, by simply adding inexpensive material within the mattress to build up the profile, giving the impression of a better mattress because it is thicker. Despite the very
