Caring for the environment
CottonCotton is a vegetable natural material and has been grown for hundreds of years at cotton plantations. The cotton plant thrives in a tropical or subtropical climate. It requires a high humidity of soil and air and plenty of sun.
Cotton owes its skin-friendly properties to the high percentage of cellulose and its delicate structure. Its has good moisture regulating properties, is durable, allows air to circulate and is low-maintenance. These qualities make cotton an ideal material for our high-quality beds.
WoolThe unsurpassed qualities of wool such as thermal conductivity, the ability to contain its original shape, fineness, spring, elasticity and especially moisture regulation make wool an excellent and irreplaceable base material.
Wool can absorb up to one third of its own net weight in moisture without losing its positive qualities. It has the natural ability to distribute air equally in the mattress. Moreover, wool attracts positively charged particles. Our skin is negatively charged and attracts therefore positive ions. Wool absorbs these ions and neutralizes them. This is a great advantage for a healthy sleeping environment.
Horse HairHorse hair is obtained from horses’ mane and tail, which, like human hair, grow constantly. The hairs are curled during the production process when they are spun. They are steamed for a long time to fixate the curls. This makes them very flexible.
The hairs absorb moisture. When the humidity of the surrounding air drops, the hairs ‘breathe’ in new air, evaporating the water. Horse hair is a pleasant, soft, warm and comfortable base material for an optimal bed climate.
Camel’s WoolGreat temperature differences occur in the camel’s natural environment. The wool of a camel has the fascinating ability to regulate these huge temperature differences; it is warm in cold periods, and pleasantly cool in warm periods.
Like the wool of a sheep, camel’s wool has a neutralizing effect on static electricity. Moreover, because of its capillary properties it creates a comfortable micro climate. These excellent qualities are the reason camel’s wool is used in the production of Vital boxspring top quality range.
FlaxFlax is a material that has been grown for centuries. 6000 years ago it was already used to make linen. Pharaohs were wrapped in linen sheets before mummification and it is very well possible that linen was used in beds even then. Flax fibres is one of the oldest plants in the world.
The production of flax fibre for block boards is based in the south of the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France. Vital uses linen block boards (flax) for their combination of light weight and optimal stability. Its absorbent qualities strongly contribute to the ‘breathing’ capacity of the boxspring. Unique however is the contribution to fire slowing and homogenous quality. Flax too is an unsurpassable natural material. It is also biodegradable and can be used for many purposes.
