Sleep is one of the most important aspects of your life to keep routine and refreshed. A good regular sleep schedule is shown to heavily increase your quality of life and improve your mood.
However, there are a lot of different factors that can affect the quality of your sleep, and if everything is not right, getting to sleep can be very difficult.
One of the most annoying repeated issues for some people is the mattress slipping and sliding across your bed leading to an unbalanced and unaligned sleep.
While there are some simple solutions to this issue, a lot of the solutions do not work if you have an adjustable bed.
Mattresses are more likely to move on an adjustable bed because there are often fewer features on the bed frame that are designed to secure the mattress to it.
This issue can also be caused if the material on your bed frame and the material on the bottom of your mattress naturally reject each other and slip off of each other because of the lack of friction.
While these are some of the more common reasons your mattress has slipped there are other explanations so if you know these are not the causes it could easily be a more unique reason.
Having to constantly fix your mattress can be a big pain, and very difficult if you have accessibility issues that make moving around a heavy mattress a tough job.
If you want to prevent any of these issues from arising or if you already suffer from a mattress that does not want to stay in the right place, read on to get some simple solutions to this problem!
Methods To Stop Your Mattress From Slipping On An Adjustable Bed
Make sure to read through all of these different methods before you start doing one as these are all fixes with variable costs and difficulty, so by reading them all first you can assess which will be the easiest solution for you!
Add A Non-Slip Surface
As previously mentioned, one of the most common causes of a mattress slipping is the lack of friction between the bottom of the mattress and the top of the bed frame.
This is one of the simplest solutions as all you need to do is find a material that will fit between the mattress and the bed frame that will provide more friction.
You can experiment with different objects you already own like foam mats or different fabrics and materials to see if these solve the issue.
If you have a bit more of a budget you can purchase specifically fitting non-slip pads that fit between the mattress and the bed frame to stop any slipping.
These will be more effective and less intrusive than the home solutions but they can be expensive depending on the size of the mattress you are working with.
You can even purchase non-slip bases from the same manufacturer as your mattress to make sure they are as compatible as possible but not every manufacturer will offer a product like this.
Some of the most commonly owned home solutions to this problem are yoga mats and carpet pads. As long as it will not cause discomfort from under the mattress, they are usually an improvement!
Secure Your Mattress With Tape
If you try taping the perimeter of your mattress it can go a long way to stop your mattress from sliding around on the bed frame.
While not all types of tape work well for this, Velcro tape works amazingly well and adds a great layer of friction to stop any unintended movement.
If you look in the right places you can find Velcro tape being sold relatively inexpensively in either rolls which you can cut to the correct size, or pre-sized strips which you can adhere wherever you like.
If the adhesive that is used on the tape is not strong enough for you, you can add extra adhesive to make sure it sticks, but once the Velcro layer is attached, any movement by your mattress will be minimal.
If you can afford Velcro tape, this is one of the simplest and most effective solutions.
Vacuum Under Your Mattress
This may seem like an overly simplistic solution, but sometimes a build up of dust and debris between your mattress and bed frame can cause a lack of friction and make sleeping properly on the mattress a difficult task.
The best way to solve this problem is to take the mattress off of the bed and give the space in between a good vacuum to make sure there are no unwanted substances there.
Dust tends to attract more dust, so a build up is more likely than you think. This is also a space that not many people consider cleaning but the problems it causes can be frustrating.
Even if you are not having problems with your mattress staying in place, cleaning this gap is worth doing.
Secure The Mattress To Your Bed Frame
If none of the previous methods have solved your issue, you will simply need to find a way to effectively secure your mattress to your bed frame.
Using an object like towels or old clothe to secure the corners of the mattress will stop it from working.
This is not the most long-term solution as you will find yourself needing to re-secure your mattress often and the material you are using may not look the nicest, but this method should work well.
You can buy more permanent straps to secure the mattress if you want a more effective version of this method.
Takeaway
So these have been some of the best and most simple ways to stop your mattress slipping and sliding around your adjustable bed.
This is a surprisingly common problem, so if you are continually dealing with it, just try some of these trusted methods and hopefully your problem will not bother you anymore.
If you are on the lookout for a new mattress this may be a more expensive but effective solution to this issue as well.