Warranties are great things as they help protect your investments. Certainly you wouldn't purchase a brand new car without a warranty. The warranty for your car wouldn't be much good if you didn't get tires to ride on. The tires on your brand new car meet the manufacturer's design specifications helping protect the value of your car and its warranty. So, then why buy a brand new mattress without the foundation designed to meet the needs and technical demands of the mattress?

Warranties, for any product, are based upon the average use and life expectancy of the product. Using the product more than expected or in an improper manner shortens the longevity of most warranties. For example, car warranties are based upon a 10 - 12 thousand mile annual mileage expectancy. So, a three-year, 36-thousand mile warranty will expire once the years or miles have been used. If you drove 36-thousand miles in one year, your warranty has expired.

Mattress warranties are, in most cases, similar. Many companies place limits upon what their warranties cover. For example, one company using innerspring mattresses states that they expect a 1.5-inch sage in the mattress and will cover anything in excess of 1.5-inches.

But, isn't 1.5-inches too much?

When we consider that our body is heaviest in the middle, the 1.5-inches would cause an uncomfortable curve in our spines as we lay upon our sides. While your chiropractor might enjoy the visitations your innerspring mattress has led to, your body would not.

Only one mattress type comes to mind here that can replace the innerspring mattress or less in fearer convoluted foam mattresses. That would be a foam mattress with a High-Resiliency (HR), non-convoluted foam core. The reason for this is simple, there are no innersprings or convoluted foam cores to lose tension and sage in the middle. The foam mattress with a High-Resiliency (HR), non-convoluted foam core would not only last longer, it would help the top layer of non-convoluted foam conform to your body as you rest upon it and then regain its original shape after your get out of bed.

What about the foundations?

An innerspring mattress weighs a lot less than a 100% foam mattress. Remember, the innerspring mattress is full of air and air weighs only a couple of pounds. So, the foundation for an innerspring mattress does not require the same amount of strength and durability as a foundation for a 100% foam mattress.

The average mattress comes with either a box spring or solid foundation each developed for the specific weight of the original mattress. Putting a heavy mattress like a 100% High-Resiliency (HR), non-convoluted foam core mattress on your existing foundation or box spring would cause unexpected wear and tear on the mattress. Additionally, the old foundation or box spring would eventually give way under the heavier loads it was not designed to support and your mattress always follows the contour of the box spring or foundation.

While a warranty is a great thing, we should ensure we are doing everything possible under our control to protect the warranty. The first thing we can do to help protect our warranty is to purchase and use the mattress foundation designed to meet the needs and demands of the mattress we choose.