Why some mattresses rustle like a crisp packet

Imagine a luxury mattress that delivers real comfort, but emits a rustling noise every time someone moves on the mattress. While harmless, this sound undermines confidence in high-end products, and for manufacturers of premium mattresses, customer experience is paramount.

This strange problem has emerged in premium, multi-layered mattresses incorporating foam, fibre, and miniature pocket spring layers. Adkwik’s investigation revealed that the cause is not poor workmanship or insufficient adhesive, but something much more subtle.

In this whitepaper, we take an initial look back at the evolution of glue usage in the mattress industry, and then come back to the present to identify why this noise occurs in certain mattresses, and explain the solution we discovered.