Slatted frame cover

Which slatted frame overlay is the right one?

When is a slatted frame overlay sensible?

Nowhere is so much money spent on furniture, beds, and cabinets as in Germany. It shows that the trend in Germany is moving towards high-quality and long-lasting furnishings and furniture items, even for the bedroom. If furniture, beds, and mattresses are of high quality, the customer is willing to reach deeper into their pockets and pay a higher price to furnish the bedroom, kitchen, or bathroom. The customer values quality and durability, even with bedding. Mister Sandman offers its customers a high-quality mattress range consisting of the mattress models Liara, Serena and Anea. The Mister Sandman mattress finder helps in choosing the individually suitable mattress model.

Slatted frame pads affect the lifespan of mattresses.

The bedroom has not received much attention regarding bed and bedroom furniture for a long time in the context of living. Since the trend of cocooning has emerged, the bedroom, bedroom furniture, and bedding in general are receiving more attention. To enjoy bedding for as long as possible, various products are offered that are intended to extend the lifespan of bedding, such as beds and mattresses, for example slatted frame pads and mattress protectors.

What is a slatted frame pad?

A slatted frame pad or a mattress protector is a textile underlay for the mattress. By using a slatted frame pad or a mattress protector item, the underside of the mattress is intended to be protected from wear and dirt. Many customers buy a slatted frame pad or a mattress protector item to extend the lifespan of their mattress. The term mattress protector is not used entirely clearly. A mattress protector can refer to both a slatted frame pad, which is an underlay that lies under the mattress and on the slatted frame, as well as a mattress cover that is placed on the mattress as a mattress protector:

  • Slatted frame pad: Pad between slatted frame and mattress
  • Mattress protector: cover that is placed on the mattress
  • Mattress protector: cover that is placed on the mattress

Mattress protectors protect the mattress

The slatted frame cover or the mattress protector item are products that are intended to prevent friction of the mattress on the slatted frame and thus extend the lifespan of the mattress. For this purpose, slatted frame covers are often offered with nubs (nub protectors), so that slipping of the slatted frame cover under the mattress is prevented. Bedding manufacturers offer slatted frame cover items and products made of different materials and for different bed sizes, e.g. 140x200, as follows:

  • e.g. slatted frame covers 140x200 made of felt for beds
  • e.g. slatted frame covers 140x200 with nubs for beds
  • e.g. slatted frame covers 140x200 made of virgin wool
  • e.g. slatted frame covers 140x200 made of special dust-repellent material
  • e.g. slatted frame covers 140x200 made of mixed fabric

Slatted frame covers protect against dirt

In addition, the slatted frame cover is supposed to protect the underside of the mattress from dirt. At first glance, purchasing a slatted frame cover seems sensible, as who wouldn't want their possibly expensive mattress to remain in perfect product condition for as long as possible. Accordingly, many customers follow the recommendations of mattress manufacturers and buy such a product for their slatted frame, a slatted frame cover or a mattress protector item, e.g. in the size 140x200. But how sensible are mattress protectors, both for the underside of the mattress and for the top side of the mattress? Should one buy a slatted frame cover or a mattress protector? Which product or item should one choose? How great is the risk that mattresses are damaged by slatted frames?

What are the arguments in favor of a slatted frame pad?

Even though today's slatted frames have nothing in common with slatted frames used decades ago, that does not mean that a mattress cannot be damaged by wear over the years.

  • Mattress wear, especially at the mattress points that rest on the edges of the slats of the slatted frames
  • Even though slatted frames are processed differently today, natural wear occurs over time
  • Dirt and dust from the floor can dirty the mattress
  • A slatted frame pad only hinders air circulation if the slatted frame pad is of poor quality and not breathable

A slatted frame pad should be breathable

If you want to use a slatted frame pad, you should ensure that the slatted frame is of good quality and particularly breathable so that air circulation in the mattress is not hindered. If the slatted frame pad meets these requirements, using a slatted frame pad definitely has more advantages than disadvantages. However, a prerequisite for the product or item to fulfill its purpose, namely to protect the mattress, is also the presence of a slatted frame-mattress combination that is well coordinated. Because a mattress protector will not be able to prevent damage to the mattress if a slatted frame that is not well suited is used as a base for the mattress.

What are the arguments against a slatted frame pad?

Even if it seems quite obvious to use a slatted frame pad to protect the mattress, the use of a slatted frame pad also has disadvantages:

  • If the mattress is covered from below by a slatted frame pad, this significantly disrupts air circulation

However, good air circulation is essential for the mattress and for a good sleeping climate. If air circulation is significantly impaired, there is a risk of mold infestation of the mattress. In any case, the use of a slatted frame cover in poor air exchange promotes the spread of dust mites.

Tips for using a mattress topper:

If one wants to use a cover for the slatted frame and the surface of the mattress, beds, slatted frames, mattresses, and mattress covers should be well coordinated. Practical help when purchasing bedding is provided by mattress consultations online, furniture specialty stores, or bedding specialty stores. If there are questions regarding the material, compatibility, or price of the bedding, it is sensible to gather as much information as possible in advance:

  • Beds should ideally not have a closed bed box
  • The bedroom should be ventilated regularly
  • If an additional cover for the surface of the mattress is used, this cover should also be particularly breathable

Protection for the mattress for the sleeping surface: mattress protector

To protect a mattress or the mattress cover, it is helpful to use a slatted frame cover on the slatted frame. To preserve the mattresses, the use of additional items and products can also be beneficial. Items and products that are suitable for extending the lifespan of the mattresses are:

  • Mattress protector items
  • Underbed items
  • Topper items

Protector for the sleeping surface of the mattress

Mattress protectors, underbeds, and toppers have in common that these products and items are placed on the sleeping surface of mattresses. Toppers, mattress protectors, and underbeds are products that can equally be used to protect mattresses. In addition to protecting mattresses, toppers, underbeds, and mattress protectors are also helpful for other concerns:

  • help improve lying comfort
  • help change the sleeping climate
  • help keep the mattress clean and maintain the mattress (mattress protector)

Toppers as a mattress cover in addition to the slatted bed base cover?

If you want to buy a topper as a cover for mattresses, you will also encounter different topper types and topper models here:

  • Toppers for American box spring beds
  • Toppers for Scandinavian box spring beds
  • Toppers for other sleep systems (mattress plus slatted bed base)

In both American and Scandinavian box spring beds, toppers are always part of the beds, depending on the type of construction. In American beds, the topper can have a product height of up to 30 cm. The Scandinavian bed variant usually also includes a topper, but compared to American beds, it typically has a product height of only about 7 cm. 

Toppers not only for mattress protection

In contrast to a slatted bed base cover or a mattress protector, toppers are not primarily used to protect the mattress, but are products that, for example, are intended to increase sleep comfort in box spring beds. Unlike in box spring beds, toppers are used more intensively in classic bed systems consisting of a mattress and slatted bed base to improve or change the lying properties of mattresses. Many buy a topper because their mattresses are sagging. With the purchase of a topper, the customer hopes to extend the lifespan of the mattresses a little longer. However, an old or sagging mattress should be disposed of and not used further. Therefore, using a topper is not a great help with a sagging mattress.

  • Toppers are a help for mattresses that are too firm
  • Toppers can enhance the positive properties of mattresses
  • Toppers can influence the sleeping climate in beds
  • Toppers are used to bridge two separate mattresses in a double bed

Sizes of mattress toppers

Bedding manufacturers offer this type of mattress overlay in many different sizes:

  • Size 90x200
  • Size 100x200
  • Size 120x200
  • Size 140x200
  • Size 160x200
  • Size 180x200

Air circulation should be ensured

If you want to use a topper together with a cover (mattress protector) for the slatted frame, attention should definitely be paid to the material properties of the products and items. Since the mattress is framed by the overlays and underlays, good air permeability is a product quality or a product feature that these products and items should have.

Underbeds are well suited as mattress overlays

Underbeds are, just like toppers and mattress protectors, mattress overlays. Unlike toppers, which are primarily intended to enhance sleeping comfort, underbeds are used to influence the sleeping climate in beds.

  • Underbeds for summer with cooling properties
  • Underbeds for winter with warming properties

Sizes of underbeds

Bedding manufacturers offer underbeds as a base for mattresses of various sizes:

  • Size 90x200
  • Size 100x200
  • Size 120x200
  • Size 140x200
  • Size 160x200
  • Size 180x200

Even with this type of bed cover, attention should be paid to the material properties. Air permeability is a quality that should be present in the cover.

Mattress protectors as mattress covers

In contrast to toppers and underbeds, a mattress protector is understood to be a cover that is exclusively for the protection of mattresses.

  • A mattress protector is a thin cover for the sleeping surface
  • Mattress protectors should protect mattresses well from contamination

Mattress protectors are often used for children or sick individuals. To protect mattresses well from soiling with urine or other liquids, it is advisable to use a mattress protector.

The protection of the mattress starts with the slatted frame

Before considering the purchase of a slatted frame cover, one should know that mattress protection begins with the purchase of the slatted frame. Because if the slatted frame is unsuitable for the mattress, it can cause damage to the mattress - no slatted frame cover and no mattress protector will help. To keep a new mattress in good condition for as long as possible, attention should be paid to the quality of the slatted frames when purchasing. The minimum requirements for a slatted frame:

  • The bed slatted frame should have at least 28 slatted frame slats
  • Bed slatted frames with up to 42 slatted frame slats are ideal
  • Bed slatted frames and slatted frame slats should be made of high-quality wood or plastic

Distance of the slats in the slatted frame

Depending on the type of mattress, a specific distance should be maintained for the slats of the slatted frame:

  • The slats of the bed slatted frames should have a distance of approx. 3cm for cold foam mattresses

Slatted frames in various designs

For pocket spring mattresses, the slat spacing of the slatted frames is not as important. If you want to buy a new bed slatted frame, you should definitely pay attention to these quality features in a bed slatted frame. Bed slatted frames are offered in various designs beyond these quality features:

  • Bed slatted frame with sprung beech frame
  • Electrically operated bed slatted frames
  • Adjustable bed slatted frames
  • Slatted frame
  • Roll slatted frame

What features should a slatted frame have?

What other features a bed slatted frame should have depends on individual needs and preferences. Not only when buying furniture for the kitchen, bathroom, or bedroom do taste and individual preferences play a role, but also when one wants to buy new bedding. Bedding and individual needs should be well coordinated.

Even without a slatted frame: The Mister Sandman topper protects your mattress

With the mattress topper from Mister Sandman, you can not only protect your mattress but also prepare for a completely new sleeping experience. The viscoelastic foam of our Mister Sandman mattress pad provides a feeling of weightlessness. The Mister Sandman Visco-Topper is not only soft, but it also adapts very well and individually to every body. The Mister Sandman mattress topper perfectly adjusts to every movement of yours and quickly returns to its original shape. The velvety visco foam with memory effect is also particularly breathable. So you can be sure that the air circulation in the mattress and bed is not disturbed. You are welcome to test our Mister Sandman Visco mattress pad and see if our topper is 100% suitable for your mattress and 100% suitable for your needs.

Mister Sandman topper in various sizes

We offer the Mister Sandman mattress topper in the following sizes:

  • Size 90x200
  • Size 100x200
  • Size 120x200
  • Size 140x200
  • Size 160x200
  • Size 180x200

Our topper will not only make your bed cozier. Our pad is not only very good as a soft base, but also perfectly suitable as a mattress protector. In addition, the Mister Sandman topper has a removable cover and can be cleaned very well. All Mister Sandman products are Öko-Tex certified and Made in Germany.

Find your new mattress with the Mister Sandman mattress finder

You know how it is. You need a new mattress and are completely overwhelmed by all the available information and the article and product offerings. Before buying a mattress, you have many questions and need information. Which products and articles are good? What is 7-zone cold foam cube cut? What price is appropriate for which products and articles? Which products and articles have received which ratings? What often gets overlooked when gathering information are your own needs and preferences. Mister Sandman has therefore developed a service tool to simplify the search and finding of the right mattress for our customers, without having to search extensively for information, the Mister Sandman mattress finder.

Matratzen von Mister Sandman

Unser Matratzen-Sortiment umfasst drei Matratzen-Typen, die es in unserem Webshop zu kaufen gibt:

  • Liara, die Visco-Latex-Matratze,
  • Anea, die Kaltschaummatratze und
  • Serena, die Matratze mit Gel (Gelschaum-Kern)

Der Matratzenfinder empfiehlt eine unserer Matratzen-Artikel auf der Grundlage deiner Informationen und somit auf Grundlage ganz individueller Bedürfnisse und Präferenzen. Alles was du dafür tun musst, ist einige wenige Informationen zu Schlafgewohnheiten und Körperbau anzugeben und schon bist du deiner neuen Matratze einen großen Schritt näher gekommen.

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The Mister Sandman mattress finder is very helpful in choosing a mattress tailored to the needs of the customers. If you want to buy a new sleeping surface, you should be sure to have made the right choice. One should test lie before buying a mattress. Buying a sleeping surface without testing it first often leads to wrong purchases. Testing is an important aspect when buying a mattress. That’s why Mister Sandman offers its customers the opportunity for a 30-day trial sleep on our mattresses. If you want to buy a mattress from Mister Sandman, you can test it peacefully for 30 days. In the bedding departments of large furniture stores, mattresses are usually tested for only a few minutes, and then you have to decide immediately - buy or not buy. A reliable assessment is hardly possible. The 30-day test lie at Mister Sandman gives our customers the opportunity to test the new mattress thoroughly. Because good sleep is only possible on mattresses or on a mattress that fits you.

Service, shipping costs, and ordering at Mister Sandman

We want to provide our customers with premium service. This means that our mattress products are delivered directly to the front door within a short time and will also be picked up there in case of a return. Shipping costs do not apply. Our free delivery arrives at the front door within a few days. You can find all information about our products on the Mister Sandman product pages. Orders can be easily placed through the Mister Sandman web shop:

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  • Complete purchase

  • Delivery is free of shipping costs

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