Do you have dust mite bed protectors and what kind?

April 22, 2008

Hi,

am looking into buying a dustmite cover for the bed- have had 2 fabric samples

sent to me- I was so surprised- they are so thin- just like a cotton sheet- one

was from Oakville- a family owned company named Sleep Clean www.sleepclean.com-

free shipping and no taxes. The queen size is $129.99- 100% cotton, chemical

and dye free with a 15 yr warranty- does anyone have this one- which company do

you use? the other one was from the US- can't recall the details right now.

Any info would be helpful,

Thanks,

Dianne

April 23, 2008

Thanks for this link - I was just talking to them. I am interested in what

they call 'Bed in a Bag' which is a mattress cover, pillow covers, and

boxspring cover. They are going to send me fabric samples of the 100% cotton

samples

they have. To know if I will reacte to any of the chemicals in the cotton

[many chemicals are used/sprayed on cotton and as such stay in the cotton

itself], I need a sample that I can at least put my head on overnight - sniffing

it will not do as, for me anyhow, I sometimes will not know I reacte to

something unless I am exposed to it for awhile. I am not saying that I do not

reacte or only reacte so little that it is not noticable - that is not how MCS

works. In any case, the person I spoke to seemed to know enough about MCS

[Mulitple Chemical Sensitities] to understand that. He actually was quite

knowledgable - we discussed several things. Their stuff is also certified and

been

tested that it does do what they say and keeps out allergens, etc. But I

actually wanted to let you know, that they are getting organic cotton in about

3

weeks - they will not stock all sizes but will make them up as needed

accordingly to specified sizes. They will also do the same with 100% organic

cottonsheet sets.

blessings

Shan

PS being thin or thick is not what keeps out allergens etc, - nor is it

thread count. It is the pore size of the weave, which must be consistent too.

Something can be a high thread count, but the fabric can be woven with such a

thin thread that the 'pore' size is large, not small enough to keep out dust

mites, mold, etc as well as chemicals. I wasn't aware of that - I had thought

that the thread counts were always consistent plus that a high thread count

automatically meant that the pore size would be smaller.

PPS - I asked about the taxes and he said that taxes were included in the

price of the products. The GST is the same in all the provinces in Canada, but