A Waterbedtime Story™ by Irvin Saathoff There was a time back in the 1980s when it seemed like there was a brick & mortar waterbed retail shop on every street corner. Having only just begun in earnest after the modern day waterbed was patented in 1971, and as none of the nationwide retailers like Sears […]
A Waterbedtime Story™ sponsored by: InnoMax Corp. In 1871, a waterbed was in use in Elmira, New York, for “invalids”. It was briefly mentioned by Mark Twain in his article “A New Beecher Church“, which was published in The New York Times on 23 July 1871. Twain wrote: “In the infirmary will be kept one […]
A Waterbedtime Story™ sponsored by: InnoMax Corp. While the health benefits of temperature controlled Waterbeds for arthritis relief and various other maladies were well documented by the 1980’s, it didn’t start out that way. As alluded to in the previous episode, many a ‘modern day Waterbed’ was purchased back in the early 1970’s without a […]
Waterbedtime Story™ sponsored by: InnoMax Corp. Though having gone from 20% of the US market share in their heyday to a blip not even measured by most mattress surveys today, there are many who would argue Waterbeds never went away. My first recollection of experiencing a Waterbed was around 1970 after a buddy of mine […]
