Benefits of Coir Mattresses

 

Good mattresses can provide a good night’s sleep to you and you wake up fresh and healthy every morning. On the other hand, bad mattresses may make you uncomfortable for the whole night and give you a stressful day at work.

Finally, such mattresses may make you sleep deprived or extremely stressed and unhealthy. Hence, eight-hour sound sleep is essential for a happy and healthy human being and for sound sleep, it is important that your mattress is comfortable and in conformity with your weather.

Coir mattresses have been in the mattress enterprise for more than 150 years now. Time and again, coir mattresses have proved themselves to be one of the best in the mattress industry, especially for a country like India, whose major area faces a hot climate for almost eight months in a year.

Before we discuss the benefits of using coir mattresses for your bed, let us first understand what a coir mattress is and how it is made.

What is a Coir Mattress

You must have heard the name “Coir Mattress” when you look out for the choices available in the market for mattresses. Well, a coir mattress is nothing but mattresses made of a high density of coconut fibres. Coir is basically a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of a coconut. It is the fibrous material produced from the material found between the internal hard shell and the external coating of coconut.

We all know how harsh the coconut coir or fibres are and that it is almost impossible to sleep over them. Thus, a coir mattress is typically a mattress made of a combination of coconut coir and some soft material like foam.

Coir is the prior ingredient of coir mattresses and foam or latex (natural rubber) is the second ingredient. An arrangement of coir as the prior material and a secondary material is covered with a cotton or jacquard fabric and stitched together to give the comfy look and feel to the mattresses so that it can give you a good night’s sleep.

The mesh of layers of coconut fibres makes the coir mattress breathable and hygroscopic in nature. The air circulation inside the layers of the mattresses becomes possible and this makes it an ideal option for summers, especially for sweaty sleepers.

Benefits of Coir Mattresses

Eco-friendly Nature – Since coir mattresses are made of natural fibres obtained from coconut, these mattresses are completely eco-friendly. Also, no harmful substances or chemicals are used in either extracting the fibres or manufacturing the mattress. Hence, it is also good for the user’s health and skin.

Hygroscopic Nature – Due to the mesh of the coconut coir in the mattresses, circulation of air or even moisture for that matter becomes easy. This gives rise to the hygroscopic nature of the coir mattresses. These mattresses not only absorb the sweat of the sleeper but also moisture from the air around it. This humid air can easily seep through the dense network of the mattress and thus keeps the mattress moisture-free. Therefore, skin doctors highly suggest sweaty sleepers use coir mattresses.

Resistant to Dirt, Dust and Moths – Coconut coir is inherently resistant to dirt and dust. Moreover, it has anti-allergic and anti-bacterial properties. Therefore, moths, bacteria and other disease-causing germs stay away from coir mattresses.

Springy Nature – The best type of mattress for humans is one that is medium-firm and slightly springy. This is precisely the nature of the coir mattresses. The two months curling time of the coir makes them slightly springy naturally. Unlike foam mattresses, this bouncy nature is natural and hence is good for the backbone of humans while they lie down on the mattress.