Tempur-Pedic® Mattresses and Accessories

How to Choose the Right Tempur-Pedic Mattress

TEMPUR® Material is the reason a Tempur-Pedic® mattress feels unlike other foam beds, and it is worth knowing what separates it from ordinary memory foam. It is viscoelastic and noticeably denser, and it responds to your body heat as well as your weight. Two things follow. It conforms very precisely, flowing away from the points of highest pressure instead of compressing evenly, spreading your weight across a wider area. And it recovers slowly without pushing back. A resilient foam or a spring returns energy to you, and that is what you feel as counter-pressure under a shoulder or hip. TEMPUR Material mostly stops resisting instead, which is why people describe it as being moulded rather than supported.

The same property explains the trade-offs. Because the material absorbs energy rather than returning it, movement barely travels, so a restless partner is close to unnoticeable. For the same reason it takes more effort to change position, and material that wraps closely holds warmth more than an open structure, so cover and layer choices matter if you sleep hot. Models built with premium spring coils or heat-tempered steel coils under the TEMPUR layers answer both: springs move air through the mattress and add a lift that makes turning over easier, keeping the conforming feel on top. The firmness options are Firm, Medium and Plush.