Adjustable beds have become a valuable part of bettering the sleep health of all generations. Whether you're a baby boomer, millennial, or part of the Gen-Z crowd, adjustable beds are a helpful addition to your bedroom for anyone aiming to prioritize their sleep health. Kids, teens, and older adults included.

Adjustable bases lift and lower the head and feet of your mattress, all with one-touch preset or customizable positions found on your adjustable base remote control. A multifunctional adjustable bed aims to configure customized positions to help you sleep or lounge in good posture with natural spine alignment. Personalized positioning, like Zero-G, helps enhance circulation and ergonomic support for your back and body. For many, adjustable bases help to alleviate lower back pain and symptoms of other ailments, like arthritis, that cause problem areas, sore spots, and trouble sleeping.

As adjustable beds gain popularity, more and more people find that they significantly enhance the comfort of their mattresses. Adjustable beds are even recommended by chiropractors and doctors, too. Now, an adjustable bed frame is something that many people, or adjustable bed believers, don't want to live or sleep without! That leaves the following unanswered questions to ponder: how long will a mattress last on an adjustable base? Furthermore, what is the life expectancy of an adjustable base?

Undeniably, it's essential to understand the lifespan of mattresses when paired with an adjustable bed and how regular maintenance practices can contribute to a potentially prolonged lifespan for your base and your mattress.

Mattress Lifespan: Influential Factors When Paired with an Adjustable Base

You should consider particular mattress types over others if you plan to use an adjustable base, also known as an adjustable bed frame. Avoid basic coil mattresses that use additional wires to tie coils together and finish the support system or to create what would otherwise be non-existent edge support.

Mattresses like these are typically available as a brand's least expensive option. But don't be fooled and revert to a reputable brand's cheaper option because it costs less. You should always consider sleep and the role of your mattress! As with almost any product on the market today, you get what you pay for when it comes to your mattress.

Copper Lux, include features that increase durability and superior components for a durable mattress that will withstand the movements of the adjustable base. Copper Lux mattresses also maintain ample support and the ability to contour to your shape and relieve pressure points.

Usage and Mattress Type Affects Flexibility and Longevity

Undeniably, memory foam and hybrids are the most pliable mattress styles, ideal for collaborating with an adjustable base when you're aiming for longevity and utmost comfort. Memory foam mattresses provide superior motion isolation, which makes for an excellent mattress for couples aiming to sleep better and stay in the same room together.

If you're shopping for a new mattress, you will discover that memory foam is built into many mattresses today. This material acts as a shock absorber to decrease feeling movement from another sleeper while also absorbing pressure points from our body weight. Memory foam mattresses proficiently contour to your body shape and articulate to the angle of the adjustable base. Notably, because of their flexibility, high-quality memory foam mattresses are better at resisting premature wear and tear from adjustable base maneuverability, like lifting, lowering, and bending the mattress over time.

Copper Lux Hybrid, often utilize comfort materials like memory foam or latex on top of an independent innerspring system for support with increased positive resistance and potentially better comfort longevity.

Still, many hybrids have a feel similar to an all-foam mattress, with the addition of coil springs to ensure you don't sink too deep, making it difficult to get in or out of bed or change positions. It's safe to say that hybrid or memory foam mattresses, like the Gel Max, make the best additions to almost any new or existing adjustable base.

Today, many often prefer hybrids over memory foam mattresses for their more buoyant, supportive feeling while still alleviating pressure or pain from sore spots. Either way, either mattress style should deliver up to ten years of satisfying sleep, as long as you're keeping up on proper sleep hygiene and performing regular maintenance like mattress rotations.

Mattress Material Excellence

Whenever you're in the market for a new mattress, you should consider choices surrounding what feels comfortable and fits your body, but with a focus on quality construction and premium materials. High-quality mattresses utilize superior independent coil springs and foams that are more durable than mediocre components that wear out and compress more quickly, especially when sub-par mattresses are paired with an adjustable base.

Recurring Adjustable Bed Use Impacts Mattress Lifetime

The frequency at which your adjustable base performs in motion will ultimately affect the lifespan of the base and the mattress as well. The more often you use the remote control to power the base motor to adjust, whether tilting the head or raising the feet, the closer it gets to its "finish line" or end of the lifespan.

Nevertheless, premium adjustable bases last longer than most mattresses. You can expect to replace the mattress at least once or twice before considering another base. Of course, body weight will influence potential strain on the adjustable base motor as well as the innerspring or foam layers inside the mattress. It's important to note that your body type and how often you use your adjustable base will both impact mattress longevity.

Maintenance and Care

Like any home goods product, appliance, or device you plan to keep long-term, general guidelines and recommendations help you maintain ideal performance and consumer satisfaction. Your mattress and adjustable base are no exception. Luckily, helpful tips exist to help you preserve their multifaceted capabilities and extend a full lifetime of comfort and support with your adjustable base sleep system.

For starters, sleep experts highly recommend the use of a waterproof or water-resistant mattress protective cover. Mattress protectors promote healthy sleep hygiene by preventing your mattress from harboring dust and dust mites and from being stained. Cooling mattress protectors prevent your mattress from absorbing unwanted fluids, like sweat, that indefinitely ruin foams and other mattress materials while actively helping keep you cool, preventing sweat to begin with.

Rotating Your Mattress

The Bed Tech Sleep Experts recommend regularly caring for your sleeping surface by keeping your mattress clean and enabling a better ability for it to retain its shape with regular upkeep. Today, consistent care through mattress rotations requires no mattress flipping. You can now spin most mattresses from head to foot, displacing where the heavier part of the body lies on top; this helps prevent premature wear and significant body impressions that hinder comfort over time.

What to Expect Out of Your Mattresses Lifetime With an Adjustable Base?

If you've become an adjustable bed believer by experiencing the daily comfort and personalized support they offer, there is only one last consideration surrounding longevity to keep in mind. A good quality mattress, like the Bed Tech Copper Luxe Hybrid, will have about the same lifespan alongside a flat foundation or an adjustable base. Of course, the frequency and intensity of mattress use are always influential factors in visualizing potential longevity.

The Bed Tech Sleep Experts advise: don't be the one of many who delay replacement and keep their mattress longer than they should. According to the Better Sleep Council, many of us wait several years too long, or more, to replace our mattresses. This general lack of proactivity invites us to be more aware of the expected lifespan of our mattresses and keep an eye out for physical indicators of mattress wear, like the feeling of lost support (sagging), compromised comfort (compressed layers), or other performance issues, like broken-down edge support.

Average Lifespan of Mattresses on Adjustable Bases

The quality of the finished design and the grade of the components inside often determines a mattress's lifespan. How long the mattress will last may depend on the amount of weight the adjustable bed will hold based on the total weight of the mattress and the number of sleepers on top.

Ultimately, mattresses typically last anywhere from 7 to ten years, depending on the construction of the mattress itself and the quality of the materials that go into making it. As we all know, nothing lasts forever, and the frequency of base adjustments will potentially impact the mattress's lifespan, too.

Warranties and Manufacturer Recommendations

Today, the standard limited mattress warranty is ten years. However, experts reasonably emphasize that you should replace your mattress every seven to ten years or whenever it loses its original comfortably supportive sensation.

In the past and still today, mattresses remain in households far beyond the ten-year mark, often remaining in bedrooms for over fifteen to twenty years. Many believe that seven or eight years isn't a very long time to keep your mattress; maybe that doesn't seem like a good value for your investment. However, individuals often pay more monthly for a cell phone, so investing properly in your sleep is an even wiser decision. Consider that your mattress could be comfortable and last longer if you perform consistent maintenance and care by performing regular mattress rotations while using a mattress protector.

Adjustable beds typically have a longer limited warranty than your mattress. Most durable, high-quality adjustable bases are under limited warranty for up to 20 years. You will come to expect certain limitations to all mattress, furniture, and adjustable bed warranties. Still, manufacturers recommend keeping your adjustable base free from dust build-up, performing mattress rotations, and keeping your mattress clean, as your warranty depends on the mattress staying stain-free.

In order to take full advantage of your mattress warranty, always keep in mind the specific manufacturer's guidelines and recommendations, as they vary somewhat from brand to brand. Still, most mattress warranties depend on the mattress staying clean, the sufficiency of your mattress foundation, and the regularity of rotations performed.

How to Boost Mattress Lifespan on an Adjustable Base

 

One of the best ways to maximize the lifespan of your mattress with frequent adjustable base use is to choose the right mattress with upgraded quality and construction. Steer away from using an old or existing mattress, as this may affect your long-term comfort and satisfaction. To find the right accommodations for your adjustable base, upgrade to a mattress with features like mattress tufting, and reinforced edge support using high-resistance coils.

 

Of course, it's always advised to perform routine mattress care, like using a protector and rotating the mattress from head to foot. Remember, you don't need to rotate your adjustable base too. Still, pay attention to signs of mattress wear and tear or loss of comfort, as you won't want to delay a replacement in the event that there is, indeed, physical mattress deterioration that can hinder your sleep health.

Easy Maintenance Promotes Proper Sleep Hygiene and Boosts Mattress Longevity

The Better Sleep Council emphasizes, "A mattress is like an old armchair or pair of shoes. They feel comfortable and fit your body even though the chair’s foam and springs may be worn or the shoes have lost all arch support. It isn’t always obvious that a mattress has outlived its lifespan just by looking at it.”

While most mattresses last anywhere from seven to ten years, the frequency of use, grade of components, structure quality, and level of care and maintenance go hand in hand with a mattress's lifespan. Always use a mattress protector as an extra layer to prevent stains, protect your warranty, and improve sleep hygiene.

Furthermore, remember that compared to many other available mattress platforms or bases, like a boxspring and metal frame or wooden platform, a Bed Tech adjustable base is a significant upgrade for your mattress foundation. Adjustable bases are typically more stable and sturdy and can support more weight than a traditional platform or other piece of bedroom furniture. Adjustable beds can also easily accommodate many types of existing bedroom furniture, even platform beds with drawers.

Remember, the Bed Tech sleep experts encourage you to observe your sleep health using innovative "sleep tracking" technology and perform routine maintenance and mattress care. Regularly monitoring your mattress's condition and staying mindful of your comfort will help you make savvy decisions when your mattress requires a replacement. Once that time comes, you can rely on Bed Tech's mattress industry expertise and customer-first focus to fulfill your mattress and adjustable bed needs with ease!