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Flotation Beds

Most flotation beds look just like a traditional innerspring mattress and can be used with regular bedroom furniture.

Softside Flotation Beds

The new “softside” flotation beds combine the comfort and conforming support of traditional waterbeds with the luxurious look and convenience of a conventional mattress and box spring. A variety of softside systems are available to give you the level of support and firmness that is comfortable to you. The basic technology utilizes a series of water-filled tubes beneath a cushioned top surface. The tubes can easily be filled at a sink and then carried to the mattress.

Features & Benefits:

• Looks like a traditional mattress with the comfort and health benefits of flotation.

• Provides correct spinal alignment and support, reducing pressure on the major joints and promoting proper blood circulation.

• Helps soothe back pain, relieve sore muscles and reduce tension.

• Most offer customized dual support on each partner’s side of the bed.

• Luxurious covers, including pillowtop models, are available.

• Weighs 60 percent less the weight of a hardside (wood frame) waterbed.

• Easy drain and fill capabilities.

• Heating systems are not needed.

• Never needs turning.

Traditional Waterbed / Hardside Flotation Bed

You may remember the original waterbeds that consisted of a large “balloon” of water inside a wood frame, like a box. Known as “hardside waterbeds,” these beds remain loved by many original waterbed fans. Hardsides are still made by a number of manufacturers, using the best materials and updated technology. Many models combine air, foam or other materials to create different levels of motion and support … perfect if you enjoy some movement, but not the full motion feel of water.