When we have lots to do, the first thing we chop off the list is sleep. There’s so much else that feels important, that sleep appears to be a waste of time, which is a big mistake.
If you have more to do, you need rest and rejuvenation that sleep brings, even more. Lack of sleep begins to shop up in daytime drowsiness, lack of concentration, irritability, increased risk of accidents and lower productivity.
Look at it this way. You cut out sleep to do more and end up doing less than the expected.
Sleep aids memory and concentration. Remember the time when you used to stay up all night during exam days? Remember again, how you sat and stared at the answer sheet without being able to remember a word of what you had read the night before? Sleep helps organize memories, solidify learning, and improve concentration.
Sleep benefits the immune and nervous systems. Inadequate sleep makes the immune system weak, making the body more vulnerable to infection and disease. Sleep is also a time of rest for the nervous system. This is the time the brain uses to replenish dwindling energy stores that the cells need to function. While we sleep is when the brain repairs cellular damage caused by a busy metabolism.
Growing as you sleep. Many hormones are timed for release just before or during sleep. Growth hormones, for example, vital for restorative processes like muscle repair, are released while we sleep.
Sleep deprivation is the state when your system is not getting the sleep it requires. And there are two kinds, long term and short term.
Chronic sleep deprivation is often found in professionals who work long hours, persons with sleep disorders and mothers with multiple responsibilities.
A few indicators. Falling asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow? Need to depend on an alarm clock? Frequent naps during the day? These are all indications that you are sleep deprived. A few other indications include difficulty waking up in the mornings, poor performance at school and work, difficulty making decisions, falling asleep during work or class, feeling especially moody or irritated.
Chronic sleep deprivation can also cause more severe problems, like increased obesity risks, diabetes and heart disease.
How much sleep does the body need? It’s fairly simple. How do you feel when you wake up? If you feel refreshed and alert, you are getting the right amount of sleep. If you feel groggy and exhausted, you need more.
Sleep requirements, however, vary from person to person. And depend on a variety of factors that include your age and genetic make-up, what you do during your waking hours and the quality of your sleep.
- Regular exercising can aid sleep.
- Try not to nap during the day.
- Reduce intake of alcohol, caffeine and nicotine.
- Avoid large meals just before bed.
- Simulating darkness in your bedroom encourages sleep.
- Keep noise levels down.
- Maintain as regular a sleeping schedule as possible.
- Ensure your mattress and pillow are conducive to sleep.
Typical Sleep Needs
(6 – 36 months) Children
We spend a third of our lifetime in bed. Yet it is the sofa, the study chairs and the computer chair that we worry about. Which is why it is eminently important to get the right mattress. Here are a few tips.
Comfort. The firm mattress is not necessarily the healthiest. Nor is the softest the most comfortable. The trick is to find the one that supports your back best.
The best way to test is to lie on it on your back. Now try moving the hand. If it’s a struggle, then the mattress is too soft. If it moves too easily, the bed is too hard. A little resistance, is just right for you.
Support. A good mattress supports your body across its prone position, keeping your spine in the same position as that of a person with a good posture. Check your shoulders, back and hip. Too little support can lead to back pain. And too much rigidity, puts undue pressure on the body.
Size. All of us move around in our sleep. It is necessary that we have the room too, especially if we do not sleep alone. It is always bigger the better.
Durability. The duration a mattress provides comfort and support depends on the quality of material used. A good mattress should last for about 8 years. After about 3000 days of regular use, you might need to change it.
Always carry your mattress flat on its side. That way, there’s less likelihood of the mattress getting damaged.
Always rotate your mattress every few months. This prolongs support and life.
Always reverse a reversible mattress. These are designed to provide the right support regardless of the side you are sleeping on.
Always ensure that your mattress is covered. Upholstery once stained is very difficult to clean.
Never smoke in bed and preferably, off it as well.
Never mistake your mattress for a trampoline or diving board.
Never get your mattress wet. Protect it from liquids including dry-cleaning fluids. This might impact the construction.
Never bend your mattress. This will impact construction.
Never remove the tag on the mattress. If the need arises, you’ll require this to enable your warranty.
Processes
From the time our first plant was established along the banks of the canal in Alleppey, we have made conscious efforts to ensure that quality, the environment and the community is our priorities.
We have always ensured (much before environmental agencies arrived on the scene) that our manufacturing processes are environment-friendly. This besides, we have always worked with the local community; providing employment to locals, ensuring fair procurement and the like. We are also the comapny to get ISO certifications within the mattress industries.
And even before ISO certifications, we have been particular that every product that carries the Duroflex stamp is a quality product.
Production
1. The dealer should be contacted in case of defects, inform in writing.
2. The warranty card must be duly filled, stamped and signed by an authorized dealer. The card and the cash memo must be preserved and attached along with the complaint letter to the company.
3. This warranty card is not valid for:
a. Mattress not purchased from authorised dealers.
b. Damage resulting from accidents, mishandling, improper usage including folding, contact with chemicals and wetting by liquids.
c. Damage resulting from use of mattress of defective and undersized cot.
4. While the company will endeavour to replace the item under warranty as soon as possible.
5. The decision of the company regarding the nature of defects and applicability of this warranty will be final.
6. Claims, if any, arising from the warranty will be restricted to courts within the city of Bangalore/Alleppey/Hyderabad.
7. This warranty excludes every condition /warranty/ liability not expressed herein.
1. This warranty card must be duly filled in, stamped and signed by an authorized dealer. The card and the cash memo must be preserved along with the defective mattress.
2. This warranty is not valid for:
a. Mattress not purchased from authorised dealers.
b. Damage resulting from accidents, mishandling, improper usage including folding, contact with chemicals and wetting by liquids.
c. Damage resulting from use of mattress of defective and undersized cot.
3. For the first one year the mattress components would be replaced free of cost, only transportation cost would be charged. For the balance 4 years the mattress components would be replaced at the actual cost plus transportation.
4. While the company will endeavour to replace the mattress under the warranty as soon as possible, it is not liable to do so within any specified time.
5. The decision of the company regarding the nature of the defect or applicability of the warranty will be final.
6. Any claims arising from this warranty will be subject to the jurisdiction of courts within Bangalore only.
From our very inception, innovation, technology and quality have been the key drivers. From the sourcing to the delivery, we ensure that at each step, our standards are maintained.
We source only the very best coconut fibre. This is cured in a hot chamber to give it natural curl, hardness and enhanced bounce. The curled coir ropes are then opened, carded and fashioned into sheets with a natural, springy structure.
The sheets are sprayed with natural rubber latex to form fleeces. The fleeces are dried, cut, placed in layers, hot pressed and vulcanized. The result is a resilient form that is durable, firm, non-absorbent, allows air circulation and provides natural comfort.
Production is closely controlled with treatment processes like latex compounding, rubberizing, vulcanizing, hot pressing, cutting and finishing. All materials used in the process, are FDA approved and every quality check is attended to in-house.
These cut, bare rubberized coir blocks are furnished with quality cloth in attractive designs and patterns to blend aesthetics, comfort and quality. This is done by skilled, experienced workers using imported, sophisticated machinery.
A microwave curing system ensures that every mattress is perfectly cured. A series of extensive tests are performed to evaluate features like hardness, permanent deformation, breaking strain, aging and density, thus ensuring that each product is truly world class.
To cater to the top end of the market, we have the Springtek range of spring mattresses. For this we ensure that our processes are comparable to the best available world-wide. In Springtek, we have both Bonnel and Pocketed spring mattresses.
Bonnel spring mattress
Springtek Bonnel spring mattress use imported springs with German technology. Each hourglass-shaped spring is interconnected to provide initial compression and optimal support.
The inner spring cores are padded with rubberized coir to provide firmness. And furnished with multiple layers of foam, in different densities, to ensure a soft feel. Jacquard fabric quilted with Italian MECA and Gribetz machine impart the final soft, rich feel.
The Springtek Bonnel Spring range also comes with the option of a pillow-top, for softer, more luxurious comfort.
Spring mattress
Springtek Pocketed spring mattress use imported springs with German technology, set in individual non-woven pockets. The pockets are connected to maintain mattress shape and firmness. Each spring handles weight independently.
The pocketed spring comes with 3-5 zone different tension zones to efficiently support the different pressure points of your body. Multiple layers of high-density foam impart a softer touch, while natural latex provides a sophisticated finish to the mattress. A knitted quilted top provides you a rich, comfortable experience.
Skilled and proficient workers and a qualified, experienced team of technocrats come together to achieve our commitment to quality with each of our products.
To manufacture Gold DuroPUF (pure flexible PUF), we have the necessary infrastructure in-house. Fexible polyether PUF is produced in a continuous slab stock maxfoam machine, which incorporates the latest in foaming technology. As the flow of chemicals and machine settings are fully controlled, we are able to produce foam of a consistent quality. In a wide variety of grades, from densities varying between 9kg/m3 up to 50kg/m3.
On a maxfoam machine, freshly mixed chemicals are piped from a mixer into a bottom fed metal trough. This is where the initial reactions take place, before the expanding foam flows on to a bottom paper which slides on an inclined fall plate. The fall plate is adapted to the necessary length and configuration so that the foam will reach the horizontal conveyor as a fully expanded slab. The foaming trough evenly distributes the foam compound between the side walls, where the surface of the slab follows the side paper in a nearly horizontal line.
The quality of our maxfoam blocks are much better as compared to ordinary machines as maxfoam blocks can be produced at lower catalyst levels. And show better density distribution and ILD values. Without the use of any additional sustrates, it is possible to produce a block with rectangular cross sections. Consequently the relative scrap loss from the foam block are lower than that of a conventional block.
The continuous foam produced is cut into smaller blocks using various automatic and block cutting machines that cut the foam into various shapes as per market requirements.
The result of all these, are Gold DuroPUF sheets and cushions with high resilience and excellent breathability. They provide comfort and support with good tear resistance and tensile strength.
Quality
Duroflex is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company. This certification has been administered for Duroflex by the American Quality Accessors (AQA). We are also members of the International Sleep Products Association (ISPA) and therefore updated on the latest developments in quality and technology in the category.
We have always endeavored to establish, implement and continually improve quality management systems. As a result, we have been able to ensure that market returns never exceed 0.7% of the total sales.
Continuous up gradation of facilities, up gradation of skills and introduction of state-of-the-art technology ensure that we are able to provide the best product at the best price while meeting all specifications and statutory requirements.
