Camping or trailer homes are very popular in most parts of the world. The one challenge faced by everyone who owns a camper home is to ensure a noise-free power supply. A normal generator set makes a lot of noise disturbing the peace. The continuous humming sound of the generator is very irritating when you […]
Best Budget Sleeping Pads: the Complete Guide for 2021
Choose the right sleeping pad alongside a backpacking quilt and a tarp tent, and you can have an ultralight sleeping system under 2kg / 4.5lbs that will accompany you anywhere. And there is no need to break the bank, with tried and tested quality designs under 100$ that can handle years of abuse on the trail, at the […]
Buying a New Mattress: 7 Things You Need to Know Before Shopping
Buying a new mattress, while exciting (Yay, sleep!), is historically overwhelming and expensive. First, you have to choose a retailer, of which there are hundreds, and then you have to choose a mattress, of which there are thousands. Even with the surge in online bed-in-a-box retailers and the sweeping changes to the mattress-buying game, finding […]
The Best Mattress You Can Buy now: top 9 Brands Compared
Finding the best mattress can be a confusing and anxiety-ridden process, thanks to a sea of choices and features to consider. And purchasing mattresses online isn’t quite the same as visiting mattress stores. But now, more than ever before is a good time to consider buying a mattress online. No longer do you have to […]
How to Buy the Best Mattress
When I moved to Kentucky, I bought a gently used mattress and box spring to sleep on. I didn’t bother buying a new mattress, or even buying a bed frame it was just a temporary fix until I was more settled. That was more than six years ago. I’m still sleeping on that damn bed. […]
How to Buy the Best Mattress Online
Have you ever gone mattress shopping in a store? That tends to be about as fun as car shopping, what with the countless confusing options, the often-pushy salespeople and the awkward “test drives.” (Actually, I’ll take driving with a stranger overlying fully clothed on a bed. In public. Repeatedly.) It usually ends with, “Well, this one seems […]
The Ultimate Guide: Memory Foam Pillows
Memory foam has been used as a bedding material since it was first invented by NASA researchers in the 1960s. (Fun fact: Its original purpose was to provide better cushioning for test pilots during flights.) Since then it has been steadily growing in popularity, with the entire memory foam mattress and pillow market predicted to reach more than $8 billion […]
Why You Should Wash Your Pillows
We’re so sorry to be the ones to share this gross information, but you’ll probably be glad we did. Here goes: After a couple of years of daily use, up to 30% of a pillow’s weight will be made up of dead skin cells, dust mites, and their feces, according to a study by a researcher at […]
The Signs It’s Time to Replace Your Mattress
Mattresses don’t last forever, but how do you know when it’s time to replace yours? Though every mattress has a different lifespan depending on the material, manufacturer, and usage, the average lifespan of a mattress is about 10 years. Of course, you can continue sleeping on a mattress much longer than that (and many people […]
Tips Choose the Perfect Mattress
Buying a mattress can be complicated especially if it’s been a while since the last time you went mattress shopping. To make things easier, we’ve put together this simple guide to set you on the path to sleep enlightenment. Like all journeys, it begins with a single step. Let’s get started. Step 1: Decide how […]