Several factors contribute to the comfort wool provides and the measurable
beneficial impact it has on the quantity and quality of sleep.
- The springy, resilient wool fiber batting structure contains an abundance of air. This
fiber/air combination acts to cushion the body and prevent the formation
of annoying and often painful pressure points.
- Wool has the ability to absorb large amounts of moisture vapor without feeling wet and
clammy. The average person gives off a pint of water vapor as perspiration during an eight
hour sleep period under a comforter. The ability of the fiber to handle this
moisture is very important.
-
Dust Mite
resistant.
Wool dries very quickly and dust mites don't like dry places.
- The wool fibers "natural climate zone" effect is especially advantageous in a
pillow. Large quantities of body moisture are produced in the head area. The moisture and
the pressure of the head are concentrated in a relatively small area, with head weight and
movement tending to force the moisture down into the pillow filling.
- Wool is the most perfect
insulator. Wool is worn in many areas of the world to keep warm, yet the
Bedouins of the Sahara wear wool because it keeps them cool.
- A study conducted by the Ergonomics Unit at the Polytechnic Institute
of Whales confirmed that a wool filled comforter is more comfortable than
the equivalent in weight and construction of synthetic comforters. The physiological data
showed that:
- The heat rate under the wool filled comforter was significantly lower
100% of the time.
- The humidity next to the skin under the wool comforter was significantly lower
71% of the time.
- The temperature rise of the skin above 91 degrees, which is considered to be the optimum
level for sleep comfort, was significantly higher under synthetic filled comforters 80% of
the time.
- Results from a study at the
Hohenstein Research Institute in Germany showed similar
results. The findings illustrate that it is not just the construction of the comforter
that makes it the best fiber to sleep on or under, but that there is an inherent
benefit offered by the wool fiber itself.
Due to its physical structure and its natural chemical make up, wool fill
handles body moisture under warm and cool sleeping conditions in a manner
superior to any competitive cotton, down or synthetic fiber. Down and cotton have the
additional disadvantage of losing their loft as they become damp.
Only Pure Grow Wool is used in our
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