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The average person will spend approximately 26 years of their life sleeping, which equates to 9,490 days or 227,760 hours. That's why an exceptional mattress can make a major difference. A high-quality mattress helps you achieve restful sleep through the night by aligning the spine, relieving pressure points and regulating body temperature. Maintaining the integrity of your mattress is important, too. While regularly rotating your mattress was once highly recommended, today, whether or not you should rotate your mattress depends on a number of different factors.
How the Recommendations Have Changed
Years ago, most people flipped and rotated their mattresses because just about every mattress available was made two-sided. By the year 2000, mattress technology had advanced, and the Simmons company debuted the one-sided mattress. Sleepers never looked back!
Many modern mattresses are not made to be flipped or rotated. Instead, they are designed with comfort layers. The bottom layer is the thick support layer, featuring dense foam or metal springs, creating the support core. The upper layer is made of foam or other materials to determine the density and firmness level. The top layer or cover features various materials that form the mattress topper.
Due to the many different mattress types now available, sleep experts recommend rotating them based on the specific qualities of the mattress in question. Mattresses that are made with zoned comfort systems generally do not have a rotation recommendation, while one-sided and innerspring mattresses have a rotation recommendation of every 6-12 months. Hybrid mattress recommendations can range from rotation every 3-6 months to not recommended for rotation at all.
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Potential Benefits of Mattress Rotation
While many mattresses do not have specific rotation recommendations anymore, there is some belief that rotating your mattress still has benefits. Some mattress designers say that rotating your mattress can help extend its life by smoothing out indentations, preventing sagging and maintaining a functional and comfortable sleeping surface. This appears to apply mostly to innerspring, memory foam, latex or hybrid mattresses. For zoned comfort system mattresses, rotation has been shown to provide little benefit and may actually reduce the effectiveness of the comfort system.
The best bet is to follow the manufacturer’s instructions for mattress rotation. Occasional rotation can be a helpful practice for most mattress types even if it's not strictly mandatory. If you do choose to rotate your mattress, calendar reminders can be helpful to ensure you are rotating it at the proper intervals.
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Keep Your Mattress and Your Sleep in Top Shape
Rotating your mattress can play a role in maintaining comfort, but it’s only one part of the equation. Quality sleep depends on having a mattress that supports your body night after night. If your bed is sagging, uneven, or simply past its prime, even rotation won’t solve the problem. Investing in a new, high-quality mattress from City Mattress ensures you get the comfort and support you need for sound, restorative sleep.