A Dad's Journey to a Fiberglass-Free Bed for his Daughter
Nolah is an award-winning mattress maker that’s one of the best-selling mattress in a box brands. Mattresses by Nolah are highly touted by review websites for their versatile, edge supporting, organic, and cooling features. However, many other popular mattress brands have caught some unwanted attention for selling beds that leak fiberglass particles that cause contamination … Read more
Lab testing supposedly confirmed “vitreous fiber” (glass fiber) contamination from a sample of Dormeo’s inner flame barrier, also known as a firesock.
IULULU is adamant that its beds are fiberglass free, but it only has basic information regarding what materials are in used in its mattresses by the manufacturing facility.
Novilla says it’s fiberglass-free but hasn’t stated what it replaced fiberglass with, nor how it is passing flammability testing regulations without it.
Happsy says plainly that its mattresses are made without fiberglass, and they do not contain any suspicious “silica” either.
Emma Sleep says its mattresses are fiberglass free and its fire-retardant sock is made from rayon or acrylic, but more information is needed.
GhostBed admitted to using a “glass fiber scrim” in its mattresses before, but now they are adamant that fiberglass is no longer used in the mattresses. However, GhostBed support doesn’t know what material has replaced the fiberglass.
Stearns and Foster’s chatbot used to admit core-spun glass fibers, but after threatening me with legal actions, it now says its chatbot was incorrect,
Since Sealy seems to avoid the topic of fiberglass on their website, almost to a point of suspicion, it can be hard to discern whether they use it or not. But, Sealy support directly admits the use of fiberglass in its mattresses.
Purple states it only uses “natural fibers” in its flame barriers, but doesn’t actually say what the natural fibers are… is it fiberglass?
Zinus was the main mattress brand under fire for Fiberglass, since 2020. But now in 2024, Zinus has completely removed fiberglass from its mattress materials.
I contacted Mattress Firm about Fiberglass in Sleepy’s and Tulo mattresses, and Mattress Firm confirmed fiberglass use in both!