Characteristics
- Comfort Level..Luxurious Firm
- Durability..10-12+ years,
designed to resist changes in support for years
- Thickness..A TRUE 8"(14" of
overstuffed goods compressed to perform inside an 8" border)
- Weight..per full size..45
pounds
- Home Style Use.. Sofa and Bed
- Frame Recommendations..can be
used on a bi-fold frame or a platform bed style frame
- The Otis Grip Strips are
highly recommended…1 pair
- Overcover..8" box recommended

Construction
- 7.25 oz. twill fabric…provides proper strength to contain
overstuffed cushioning material.
- 1.5 layer of thermal bonded polyester wrap…for a clean finished
appearance and long lasting comfort.
- 9" (4 pieces) of 1.8 high density, high resilience foam…provides
flexibility, conformability, and firm
comfort.
- Bench Built Construction..
Bench Built - hand made quality assures uniformity and
quality control on each futon.
Box
Edges - for a TRUE reading of thickness, 8" or 6"
Overstuffed - generous amounts (approx. 14") of
different combinations of highly resilient foam and fiber that create an
"inside out" force against the mattress ticking that is necessary for
proper and comfortable support, whether sitting or sleeping.
Tape Edge Closure - expert mattress tailoring
operation that seals the comfort inside the mattress, insures proper
placement of materials in the cover and reinforces the edges to present
a clean tailored look instead of a "haphazardly stuffed look."
Compression Lace Tufting - This customized process
alone will differentiate an Otis futon from any other! CLT serves to
compress, strengthen and control the overstuffed cushioning materials.
Our "button-less" tufting process forces the foam, fibers, springs an
mattress fabric to work together to create a supportive synergy that
produces a comfort level unique to each mattress… bottom line, your
mattress will feel as supportive as it did on the first day.
IMPORTANT
TO KNOW WHEN TALKING ABOUT THICKNESS..
Thickness can be a relative term in the mattress industry! Normally,
when someone says this mattress is 8"...it is 8"thick, or if they say
it's 10"…you expect to see a ten-inch mattress, not some rounded
mattress that is guessed to be about 10" thick basically for marketing
purposes only! The only true way to decipher the actual thickness of the
mattress is to have a measurable border material (or a boxed edge, like
a traditional mattress does). All of our futon mattresses are bench
built and are made with a boxed corner and are tape-edged…this is just
part of our
signature manufacturing process. The bonus is that the "thickness"
of the futon is easily deciphered, and it leaves the mattress with a
clean tailored look for many years.
More important than the quoted thickness of the mattress, is the
quality of the inside ingredients of
the mattress. We carry two six-inch thick futon mattresses (Stratosphere
and Nova) that are a better value and outperform some of the so-called
8, 9 and 10-inch futons in the market today! All of our futons are
reputed to be of "premium quality, or high-tech" that keep their shape
for 10-15 years; this is due in part to the quality of the key
ingredient in our futon mattresses, which is FOAM. We only use highly
resilient (H.D.) foam with densities that are 1.8 pounds per cubic foot
or better. Some manufacturers use foam with densities of 1.4 or even
worse, 1.2 (this will make a futon have a shortened lifespan, and even
worse…damage the image of a futon). DON'T BE
FOOLED BY THICKNESS…MAKE SURE YOU PURCHASE A GOOD QUALITY MATTRESS,
AFTERALL, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST USED PART OF THE FUTON SOFA
SLEEPER!
FUTON OVERCOVERS..Standard
futon covers were made to fit futons that are 6 inches thick.
Standard covers fit our 6-inch thick futons ONLY! Some futon mattresses
made with cotton, or cotton and foam, or even innersprings that claim to
be 8 or 9" inches thick will still fit inside these standard covers due
to the above reasons..but not ours! Our true 8"thick futon
mattresses need a true 8" thick cover. If you try to squeeze our
futons into a smaller cover it will alter the feel of the futon and make
it even harder to bend into the frame. We recommend an 8" box cornered
cover!
GRIP-STRIPS
ARE ALSO A NECESSARY ITEM FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE FUTONS…to keep them in
place and sit properly!
FOR ADDED SUPPORT AND COMFORT..THE
FABULUX®
MATTRESS SUPPORT SYSTEM IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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