We at Waterbedstoday.com would like to thank you for taking the time to read this informative page on Proper Flotation and its benefits. We have been providing quality waterbeds, bedding accessories, parts, and furniture since 1971 and in that time we’ve seen a dramatic improvement in waterbeds and Proper Flotation. Read on to find out how this sleep system can work for you.

Proper Flotation:
    

   Proper Flotation is a term we at www.waterbedstoday.com use to describe the correct use of a waterbed sleep system. We use the term Proper Flotation, because all waterbeds are not created equally. Many people mistakenly believe that Proper Flotation is a simple term used for the waterbeds they remember from the seventies and eighties. This could not be further from the truth. The Proper Flotation beds of today vastly outperform the waterbeds of over twenty years ago. It’s like comparing a 1908 Model T to a late model Mercedes. Both are automobiles but there is only a very general comparison in the performance.  A very similar comparison in the old and new waterbeds.

Pressure Points and Skin Surface Tension:

  Pressure point reduction resulting in evenly distributed surface skin pressure is the most important controllable element for maximizing recharge efficiency while sleeping. Pressure points and uneven skin surface skin pressure aside from causing pressure sores in quadriplegics is one of the major causes of subconscious body repositioning during sleep. This repositioning during sleep is one of the most responsible, controllable elements reducing the amount of deep REM sleep.  'Rapid Eye Movement,' or REM sleep as it is commonly known is allegedly the most beneficial type of sleep or recharge for the human body known today.  For this reason, we at waterbedstoday.com believe that significant improvements in pressure point reduction resulting in a more even pressure on our skin is directly related to a better night’s sleep.

The Water Wins:

    Proper Flotation systems are superior to memory foam, adjustable sleep number type airbeds, and traditional innerspring mattresses because of one major factor – water.  Water and its ability to shape to any human body shape thereby eliminating surface skin pressure to the max and water never allows body impressions on the top surface of your bed.

Proper Flotation minimizes pressure points while maximizing even skin pressure thereby reducing body repositioning while asleep. This phenomena is achieved because of the near identical density of the human body and water. Water, which is ninety-eight percent equal in density to the human body, suspends and cradles your body in the exact reflection of your shape. A small amount of additional lift in the lumbar region inside a Proper Flotation system helps achieve optimum sleeping posture without the pressure points which exist in conventional mattresses.  Upon reflection of the understood physics of sleep comfort stated in this introduction you feel like you may have been duped by the bedding industry, I would have to say, in my opinion you have been.

Lasting Quality:

     No innerspring, air mattress, or foam bed can stand the test of time like a Proper Flotation sleep system. No matter how resilient a foam mattress is, or how many chambers an air mattress has, they will eventually lose their ability to bounce back. Over long periods of time and sometimes not so long, innersprings, air mattresses, and foam mattresses will begin to show body impressions. The only way to counteract this is to flip and rotate your mattress regularly and this only provides you the illusion of correcting the worn out sleep surface.

What can we learn while asleep?

     This is a difficult question to answer.  Most people confuse going to sleep and waking up as proof that their bed is providing the best recharge possible.  Since it is a proven fact that a person can sleep anywhere if they get tired enough it makes this previous statement suspect at best.  It is our goal at waterbedstoday to provide the opportunity for each person to discover what a beautiful thing a really good sleep system can provide.  We try to provide what physics dictate will assist in getting a deep recharging type of sleep.  Flotation done properly and digitally controlling the temperature of your sleep surface from a low of room temperature up to therapeutically warm just flat make to much sense to reasonably deny.

You can flip and rotate your existing mattress all you want, but the need to do this is yet another confirmation that your mattress is deteriorating and losing what efficiency it may once have had.  Unfortunately this is the case for every sleep surface not using a medium which reflects the near exact density of the human body. This is our case for the promotion of a Proper Flotation sleep system.

Better, More Restorative Sleep:

     We think you can see why Proper Flotation is a potential key to a comfortable night’s sleep. The reduction in pressure points, the uniformity of skin surface tension, and the near perfect full body support of a Proper Flotation sleep system are the keys to helping you unlock the true and optimum restorative power of sleep.