Review of Pike Street Overfilled Ultra Soft Microplush Mattress Pad

The Pike Street Overfilled Ultra Soft Microplush Mattress Pad cost around $50 and is available in twin, full, queen, king and California king sizes. It is filled with 50 ounces of polyester fiber and features end-to-end box stitching with a mitered border. The pad can be machine washed and dried.

A mattress pad is something that should be seriously considered by someone who has an older mattress that has lost some of its comfort. A good pad can give new life to a mattress that has seen better days, and consequently is capable of extending the usable life of a mattress by a few months to even a few years. And this is no small feat and can save people a lot of money when you consider that most quality mattresses today tend to be at least $1,000.

The Pike Street pad can be described as comfortable, plush and soft. Assuming that you buy the correct size, the pad will securely fit most beds. In other words, when you get on the bed and move around, the pad will not shift and move with you but instead stay securely in place. This largely is due to the fact that its elastic skirt runs about six inches under a mattress.

The pad can be effective at making the mattress surface warmer since its thickness and material can act as an insulator of the heat created by your body. However, very few owners say that the pad will cause too much warmth or heat by acting as a heat trap.

Some owners have had some trouble washing the pad in the washing machine because the pad is so large and fluffy. To deal with the size of the pad, some owners recommend lowering the water level in the washing machine to keep the machine from flooding. Some other owners say that the pad does not hold up to frequent washings and will pill up and lose its cotton in flecks and wads.

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