Disadvantages of Waterbeds

As discussed waterbeds have several advantages over traditional beds. But the grass is not always greener on the other side. Waterbeds do have certain disadvantages a consumer should be aware of before buying a waterbed. The following list provides a quick insight into these disadvantages of waterbeds.

1. Heating the water of the waterbed mattress. Constant heating is costly, especially in colder geographical areas. And with utility prices going up this won’t get cheaper. You can compare a waterbed to a refrigerator in regards to power consumption. The Danish manufacturer Akva states in a white paper that a double-sized waterbed bed consumes about 300–500 kWh of electricity a year. This is more or less the same as a standard (European / smaller sized) refrigerator or freezer in energy class A. Refrigerators in the United States tend to be larger and consume more power.

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2. Some hard-sided waterbeds are of different in sizes compared to traditional mattresses. That makes it more difficult to find bed sheets. This also limits the possible choice of variety of those waterbed sheets. Soft-sided water bed mattress are conventionally in size and therefore bypass this problem.

3. Moving a waterbed is a more difficult process than moving a traditional bed. The waterbed mattress must be drained first and then the waterbed frame must be taken apart. After reassembling the bed in the new location, the waterbed mattress must be refilled with water. The next step is re-heating the water to get the water temperature back to the correct temperature. Therefore – never move a waterbed in the second half of a day if you plan on sleeping on it the same night.

4. Occasionally, waterbed mattresses may be subject to leaking. Plastic liners can prevent damage to your house and bedroom, but emptying the water mattress, patching, refilling, and reheating it (and sleeping elsewhere until all this is completed) is certainly more than an inconvenience.

There are certainly other disadvantages associated with waterbeds, but the list above provides you with the most important facts.