Waterbeds, futons, hammocks
provide... yawn... alternatives
By CORT FERNALD
More than a third of a per
son’s life is spent asleep But
probably a greater amount of
time is spent in bed reading,
watching television, or doing
other things
Choosing a bed from the
many types available can be
indicative of a person's lifestyle
After all, there are traditional
mattress and box springs, the
waterbed, the loft bed, the plat
form bed. canopy beds and fu
tons.
But choice of the type of bed
can be also depend on health
reasons. Quite a bit of scientfic
research has been devoted to
sleeping and the merits or
demerits of certain types of
beds.
There has been a boom in the
use of foam Foam mattresses
were, until recently, considered
only suitable for recreational
vehicles
Foam mattresses have
become ‘ pretty popular for a lot
of different reasons,” says Jim
Hawkins, manager of the Cus
tom Mattress Company
Hawkins says foam, which is
covered with mattress ticking,
can be used in RVs or as "wa
terbed replacements " The ad
vantages over conventional
mattresses, according to Haw
kins, include " you don't have to
buy a set "
Custom Mattress sells foam in
different sizes and densities,
from 4 to 6 inches The price
depends on size and thickness
of the mattress
Bill Dwyer, manager of Poly
Foam Center says that rather
than by choice, people "buy
foam by intelligence ”
"Have you ever seen a foam
mattress for sale in the paper?”
he says.
The uniqueness of foam mat
tresses, says Dwyer, is that
there are no buttons, no
bumps and no ripples "
Foam mattesses can last 20
years, according to Dwyer The
quality of the foam has been
upgraded, he says, "it doesn't
wear out"
Dwyer has what he calls
"tons" of students buying foam
tor mattresses and to make fur
niture out of "Foam is much
more expensive — but much
more palatable,” says Dwyer.
Futons, which are basically
cotton batting, are very popular
with students, according to
Roseann Colucci, owner of the
Eugene Trading Company
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“Students can't afford to have ;
a huge bed." says Coucct They i
need the space for studying, 1
she adds I
Futons are not as expensive I
as foam and can fold up into
couches. Calucci says. But fu- 1
tons are "not just for people <
who don't have money ’’ she
says
As for sleeping, Calucci says
futons are "firm yet comforta
ble flexible, but really good
for the spine "
Futons range in size from sin
gles to king and average about
$85 for a double
Rick John, manager of the
Waterbed Factory, can cite ex
tensive research to support his
claim that waterbeds provide
the best type of bed
"Total flotation sleeping,"
says John, eliminates the prob
lems of sleeping on a regular
bed Regular beds provide un
even support to the body and
cause blood circulation to be
cut-off to certain parts, accord
ing to John He says that’s why
people who sleep on "dead
beds" toss and turn and often
wake with no feeling in an arm
or leg
John says that 8 out of every
10 persons in California are
sleeping on waterbeds Nation
wide, he says 6 out of every 10
people have chosen waterbeds
The type of person selecting a
waterbed has changed over the
last ten years. John says wa
terbeds used to be popular
among an 18- to 30-year-old
lower income group Now, he
has demographics reporting
that waterbeds are becoming
increasingly popular with 45- to
50-year-old upper income in
dividuals.
But waterbeds present a
problem for people living in
apartments A number of rental
agencies and property owners
prohibit tenants from having
waterbeds
Al Steffen, of Income Property
Management says "there is no
standard policy (on waterbeds).
It depends on the structural
integrity of the building and the
desires of the individual
owners."
However, the standard IPM
rental contract states No wa
terbeds are permitted "
"The agreement can be
modified if the building can take
a waterbed and the owner per
mits a waterbed to go in there,"
says Steffen
Matt Hawkins, assistant man
ager at Action Property Man
igement, says that they have it
vritten in their rental contracts
hat the tenant must have
iability insurance in order to
lave a waterbed
"Apartment owners are ex
remely uneducated" when it
;omes to waterbeds. says John
rhe weight distribution is more
;ven and actually less than a
standard refrigerator Accord
ng to John, a waterbed aver
sges only 39 6 pounds per
square foot
John believes the bad rap on
waterbeds can be traced to 10
Dr 12 years ago when wa
erbeds were a fad and people
simply put them on the floor
rhere were early problems with
waterbed mattress seams and
the leakage ruined many a
nardwood floor Since then ad
vances in waterbed technology,
coupled with the use of frames
and liners, has all but eliminated
the problem of leakage, ac
cording to John
But sometimes, it s more ex
pedient to simply throw a mat
tress on the apartment floor
Whether on foam, futons or flo
tation. there are a lot of ways to
get a good night s yawn
sleep
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