- Softsided Mattresses
- Hardsided Mattresses
- Mattress Information
Please Note: All mattress sizes given, are to fit the size of the bed and are not an actual representation of the mattress sizes themselves.
Softsided:
Once again the name implies the mattress housing is soft, this is exactly the case. Practically all softsided water mattress are housed in a specially designed "foambath". Softsiders are generally smaller than their counterparts the hardsider, and they also have sloped walls unlike the hardsider or timber framed water mattress. The softsided waterbed looks and feels like a conventional sprung bed, this makes the softsider very easy to get in and out of; the softsided waterbed has largely replaced the hardsider in popularity since the early nineties till present day.
Timber frame (Hardsided):
As the name implies the timber framed mattress can only be used with waterbeds that house the water mattress in a wooden frame, wooden framed waterbeds tend to be a little larger than their softside predecessors, in addition these types of water mattress's usually have straight walls. The timber framed waterbed is a little cumbersome to get in and out of, they were however popular sellers through the eighties and very early nineties.