Is there any off-gassing with Dormeo Octaspring mattresses?
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Aug 30 '13
Anonymous928
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In general, memory foam is comprised of 61 chemicals. Some of those chemicals are toxic. They off gas. The cylindrical design of the coil, however, has merit. |
Off-gases occur in different intensities because of different quality ingredients and speed of manufacturing. These gases are more prevalent when the memory foam is rolled and vacuum packed for shipments as many brands do. The memory foam component in Octaspring has a very light smell only immediately after it is poured but then is "dried" for a period of time after manufacturing for these to dissipate. They are never rolled. Consumers will have no trace of these off gasses or smell on Octaspring mattresses. |
My understanding re: Octaspring is that they practice "eco-friendly" manufacturing processes (ie, in the plant) I don't see that there is plant-based material or any Oeko-Tex or Certipur testing. Off-gas is more than just the initial smell. If there are toxins in mattresses, they offgas for as long as you own it. It is also known that as these foams deteriorate, the offgas is more toxic. If you can seek out products with more natural ingredients and identifiable flame retardant (that is non-toxic), you'll avoid a lot of toxicity in your bed. |
Everything "made new" has a smell to it. But, I would rather smell a million dollar race horse than a chemical plant any day! |
Our new mattress sticks too. We have had it since January 2, 2017 and have been back to Sleep Country about it. They suggest letting our grandson jump on it to release some of the gases and to get on our knees and move around on the mattress. We will give it until the end of Jan. If it still smells, we will look at another mattress. It is comfortable but our pillows, comforter and mattress pad all smell like the mattress now. I take all the bedding off every day and let it breath. I don't use the new rubber backed mattress pad we purchased at the same time as the mattress since I thought it can't breath well with it on. I am trying to do everything I can but so far, there still is a smell. To me it smells musty but I know it is the smell from the gasses in the mattress. |
Same comments and experience as previous T from Toronto. We received our Dormeo Octaspring from Sleep Country on January 15, 2017 and we are airing it out during the day as well. My overriding question is "are there any toxic chemicals in the foam that are dangerous to health? Is there any third party testing that can answer that question? R from Calgary, AB |
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