For years we have sold zippered mattress covers to our customers to help them with their dust mite allergies. They had gone to the doctor, went through the tests, were told they were allergic to dust mites and they need to cover the mattress. We also sold the zippered covers to people who are looking for something waterproof to put on the mattress.
Now days we are selling more zippered covers to customers that are having to deal with bed bugs or just want to keep their mattress and pillows cleaner. Now not all zippered covers are effective against bed bugs. We don’t recommend the non-membrane covers for the mattress because bed bugs can chew their way through the fabric. In fact one of our manufactures has developed a line of mattress covers with the help of the pest control industry that is bed bug specific. These zippered mattress covers are on our bed bug covers page.
If your concern is protecting a mattress against moisture we suggest you use one our membrane fabric zippered covers. The membrane is created by a urethane coating on the back of the fabric. This coating makes the fabric water-proof yet keeps it from being hot like vinyl covers can be. These type of zippered mattress covers are perfect for kids – baby to collage – beds.
One last thing I want to point out is any zippered cover will help to keep your mattress and pillows clean. I read a study once that said a mattress can double in weight in 12 years. That is a lot of dust mites, parts and feces in the mattress. And while I’ve never had my mattress professionally cleaned I don’t know of any vacuum that can remove the allergens and dust mites from the middle of a mattress.
The simple solution to keep your mattress free of pests and clean is to use zippered mattress and pillow covers.
Wishing you the best of health
Mike Krause
AllergyStore.com – Helping our customers for 20 years
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