Unique Features of Waterbed Sheets
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There are many unique features of waterbed sheets that make them different from regular sheets. These are created for a reason because waterbed mattresses are made different from traditional mattresses. If you want to buy sheets for your waterbed, it will be very important that you learn about these features and their importance.
Many owners of waterbeds will try to get away with using sheets that are meant for regular beds, especially if this is their first experience with a waterbed. If you’ve ever tried to do this, you’ll quickly see that it just doesn’t work. This is how some of the first designs of sheets for waterbeds came to be.
These sheets are created to be longer because the mattresses of these beds are usually longer. They can be as much as 10 inches longer than a regular bed and this is why they are given names like King Size waterbed sheets or California King waterbed sheets.
It will also be important to know which size waterbed you have as this will affect the types of sheets you need to buy to fit it. All waterbeds are not created equal. Most of these beds will run about 84 unches in length which is a great deal longer than both inner spring mattresses and memory foam mattresses.
Another feature that you will find is that they are most often sewn together at the bottom so that bottom and top sheets are actually connected to one another. The reason for this is that it keeps them together and to keep them from slipping off your bed. Waterbed mattresses wiggle around more than any other type of mattress and they will cause the sheets to slip right off.
Yet another thing that you will see in waterbed sheets is that the bottom sheet will feature casings in the corner of the bottom sheet pockets. These are meant to hold the sheet onto the waterbed mattress and prevent slipping. These are called pole sheets because you can use a pole in the corner of the sheet to ensure that it stays in place.
While a waterbed can be great fun to own, there are some aspects of it that are frustrating. One of the most common frustrations was keeping the sheets where they belong. All of these new features and additions have been created due to that fact and in an effort to make it easier to keep the sheets on the bed.
Other than these features, the sheets for a waterbed can be much like the sheets you would purchase for a regular bed. Thread counts and material types still apply and you can tell a lot about the quality of the sheet from these things.
Now that you know more about the unique features of waterbed sheets, you can see why you can’t use regular sheets on a waterbed mattress and why these sheets also don’t work well on other types of mattresses. You also have some very useful information to help you with selecting and buying your next set of sheets.
