About Waterbeds

Many people ask do i really need a waterbed conditioner? The truth is it is one of several essential waterbed accessories you should always have to hand for  the maintenance of your bed. Water beds unlike normal beds tend to require routine maintenance for their upkeep. The water in the mattress often contains bacteria and molds which if left untreated can multiply and damage the inner vinyl surface of the bed and make the water stagnant. The molds and bacteria are unavoidably found in your normal water supply but a waterbed bacteria solution can help control them.

Using heaters can often progress the growth of the mold and bacteria as by heating the water within the bed you inevitably end up promoting the growth of these nasties by giving them perfect conditions. Ideally, to reduce or eliminate this problem you could drain and fill your mattress at regular intervals, but we all know that with the best will in the world this is not a feasible solution.

Water bed conditioners have been devised to try and combat this problem of biological growth within the mattress, prevent the waterbed going stagnant and to condition the vinyl in the bladder. The chemical formulas are designed to be added to the bed when filled and generally reduce bacterial growth for six months to a year. This reduction in bacterial growth will protect the vinyl within the mattress from perishing and decaying. Using a discount or cheap waterbed conditioner every six months or so can mean that draining your bed becomes unnecessary except to move the bed from time to time. You may ask “So where can i buy waterbed conditioner?”. Don’t bother searching out waterbed conditioner ingredients to create your own cheap solution, it just isn’t time effective or safe . Treatment solutions are cheap enough on price and delivery costs to just buy over the internet.

You can get either waterbed conditioner tablets or solution easily over the internet. One of the common brands of treatment to look out for and that is easily available on the net is Blue Magic waterbed conditioners. Blue magic currently offer a range of treatments and waterbed solution that are part of their sapphire range. How much conditioner is needed? The solution is sold in 4oz measures that blue magic believe this dose will service the average waterbed for up to six months. The 4oz measure at the time of writing is generally available for an average price of about the $6 mark, a small price to pay for maintaining the bed, an additional benefit of their conditioning solution is that the mix also contains a water bed bubble reducer to keep air in the bladder to a minimum as well as vinyl conditioner and bacteria/fungal reducing chemicals.

Unfortunately filling and draining a water bed can be a bit of a game and to that end we recommend you look out for a special maintenance kit available from all good waterbed suppliers on the net that contain a drain/connector kit, outer vinyl cleaner and anti bubble solution as part of the kit. These can help with your waterbeds maintenance cycle as once you have refilled and added your waterbed conditioner you won’t have to refill for years, just add conditioners six monthly.