A Plushbeds -- Best mattress to Avoid Bedbugs
A Plushbeds -- Best mattress to Avoid Bedbugs
It's Christmas Eve and all through the house, not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse... but a bed bug quite possibly will be. Bed bugs are on the rise nationwide at nearly "epidemic" levels. The numbers are frightening, almost as if straight from the plot of a horror movie. But this is not fiction. While you were sleeping (pun intended), and according to Congress's "Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite" Act of 2009, bed bug populations in the United States have skyrocketed in number some 6 times over in just the past few years. There is virtually no part of the country that the bed bug's reach has not touched. Places that previously had no reports of infestations of the insect now experience them in abundance. Unfortunately, a bed bug infestation has nothing close to a quick fix, as these mighty menaces continually develop resistances to many of the known chemicals and pesticides legally used to deal with them. Professional exterminators admit to the fact that bed bugs are much more difficult to control than ants, cockroaches, or termites. And the eggs are totally resistant to chemical applications, the only reliable way to snuff them out being heat or cold treatments.
As their name implies, bed bugs are quite fond of beds. Although bed bugs can also be found in office spaces, retail stores, hotels, movie theaters, and even public transit (which makes it easy for them to spread), bed bugs are most commonly found within innerspring bed mattresses, where there is plenty of crevices to move around in and the fibrous material with which to build their nests and thrive. Michael Gordon, VP of premium mattress seller, Plushbeds, speaks of the public perception and notions of the spread of the bug. "As the general public becomes more aware of the nationwide problem of bed bugs and the difficulty of halting their spread, it's important to take into account that it isn't just a matter of sanitation. Of course bed bugs more easily propagate in less than sanitary conditions, but remember they feed on blood, much like a mosquito, and you don't see a complete absence of mosquitoes in clean locales. Bed bugs can be found in very sanitary places, it is very much a myth that they are only found in and around filth." Although bed bugs don't necessarily spread disease, they are a nuisance, as those who have been bitten by them can attest to. Not everyone will react to the bite of a bed bug, but those who do report that they itch like crazy, and are very uncomfortable. Oddly, the itching symptom may not appear until days after the initial bite. Though bed bugs are not dangerous per se, they can strike fear, uneasiness, and near paranoia into those unfortunate individuals who have shared living space with them.
Gordon continues, this time in reference to what can be done about preventing bed bugs. "Bed bugs are commonly harbored in the conventional innerspring mattress. We are seeing the savvy consumer turn more and more to mattresses such as the memory foam mattress and the latex mattress. These mattresses don't necessarily repel the little blood suckers, although they do act as a much less hospitable environment for bed bugs to inhabit. Latex and memory foam are being favored increasingly by the public because of the advantage they have in their core not being hollow, which can be a breeding ground for dust mites and bed bugs. Both the latex mattress and memory foam mattress are great alternatives to discouraging the habitation of these insects due to their solid cores. They just don't have the free ride that the innerspring mattresses give them. And while it is true that even so-called 'new' mattresses can host bed bugs because they may have sat in a warehouse somewhere and been infested by the critters, our latex mattresses are custom made to order, the fresh new latex coming to us within the past 30 days, and the mattress itself being constructed the day after an order is placed, so there is never the sit-and-be-invaded factor. You can see the odds for bed bugs and the like are decreased around the order of 99% or greater with our manufacturing process and best practices. And our customers really relish the personalized experience."
While the magic bullet (i.e. spray, or pellet) is awaited to knock the bed bug into extinction, Plushbeds is enjoying a surge in latex mattress and memory foam mattress sales, as well as their sofa mattress selections to fill the needs of those shoppers who are eagerly awaiting guests in their homes for the holidays. Plushbeds currently is running excellent Christmas specials on each of its offerings which include $100 off any sofa bed mattress, $100 off any natural latex topper, $100 off any memory foam topper, $500 off any memory foam mattress, $500 off any RV mattress, $500 off any latex mattress, $600 off any latex mattress + foundation, and $1,000 off any latex adjustable bed.
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