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How comfortable are the mats to sleep on?
Hello Brent,
Thanks for your question.
All Ereada Mats especially PRO and SINGLE size are great for every nights sleeping and many customers use them in this way. The most important is to avoid overheating. These FIR hot stone mats do not work like conventional heating pads or electric blankets. The most part of the mat energy is generated in the form of Far Infrared Rays heat especially on low levels. It is transferred mainly by radiation like sun rays not by conduction like a cup of hot coffee does ( really ceramic cup also radiates infrared heat but with less efficiency and with other wavelengths ). If you put a thick blanket layer on the heating pad or the electric blanket it will isolate the most part of heat. But if you cover the FIR Mat you will lose some portion of conductive heat ( 20-40% depending on mat temperature, lower the temperature, lower the ratio of conductive heat ) but the Infrared Rays will still penetrate through the towels / blankets / covers and even through your body to heat it from inside. FIR Crystal mats do not heat the ambient air surrounding the mat like the standard heating pads which are hotter to touch but do not heat the body so much. Amethyst Mat will only feel warm even on the highest settings and not too hot to your touch, even though the heat sensor might indicate high. Our skin sensors can easily detect the high temperature caused by the standard conduction heat but we feel the effects of radiant Infrared Heat with some retard. The FIR warmth is much more penetrative into the body and provides deeper effect so the mat should be used on much lower "sensible" temperature then the standard heating pads and demands extra care especially for all night use. Especially it refers to bigger size mats which are very powerful and may cause hyperthermia or buzz effects if overused. Please, use the mat only on the lowest setting while sleeping. The standard procedure is to have short before bed relaxing session of about half an hour on levels 3-4 ( of 7 max ) + Negative Potential mode on big mats or 45-50C on mini mats and then decreasing to the lowest levels 1-2 or 30-40C on mini. If these levels cause some buzz feeling or overstimulation, the temperature should be set on the lowest levels or even the mat can be used in unpowered mode. Especially in summer when it can absorb some excessive heat from your body.
The crushed Amethyst and other gemstones though tumbled to eliminate sharp edges really make Ereada Mats stiff and hard. It is great for short term procedure as gives some acupressure benefits but may cause some painful feeling if overused. If you would like to sleep on your mat, it could be great to do it slowly adapting your body to crystals pressure. You can start from shorter sleeps and move forward slowly. It is like acupuncture so no need to overstimulate the body from the very beginning but better to increase intensity of pressure continuously. So it may demand step-by-step increase of the time you lay or sleep on the mat starting from an hour and adding half an hour every second day for example. If you feel pain, it means that you are overdoing. Other way to decrease the pressure from the mat ribs with stones is to use some topper, towels, blankets on the top of the included into the set protector cover to make the mat softer. The most useful part of radiant heat will travel through the mat protector cover and the natural materials ( cotton, bamboo, wool ) topper to your body as well as negative ions. You will have more comfort. If you need then you can take away the extra layers one by one.
Hope this info will be helpful.
Sincerely,
Andrey -
What's the difference between the amethyst versus the gemstone mat in terms of benefit?
Hello,
Jade, Agate, Chalcedony, Jasper, Amethyst used in Ereada Gemstone Mats are all 100% natural semi precious stones. They have similar properties and features but with some differences. Please, check our catalog or google for “healing crystals”. Some folks have different gemstones preferences. Amethyst is considered the main healing stone because when preheated it emits rays in the range from 5 to 14 microns with the most part of emitted energy concentrated at 2 peaks at 7 and 12 microns wavelength. This range is considered bio-compatible and bio-resonance so we use Amethyst as a main crystal for Far Infrared Rays generation. Even in Gemstone Mats the share of Amethsyt in the crystals blend is around 50%. Tourmaline ceramic micro spheres are the best for Negative ion, because we bake them with gold ore, volcanic rocks, yellow clay, ochre, eleven and other minerals to enrich anion emission to the most healthy level of 700-1500 ions.
There is some difference between different types of Ceramic Microspheres used in Ereada Gemstone Mats in FIR heat spectrum and positive effects produced by different compositions. The spheres are pressed from micronized Tourmaline, Gemanium, White Clay or Charcoal nano-powders, Volcanic stones, Yellow Mud, Ophiolite, Elvan, Gold Ore, Ochre and other Natural minerals, ores and stones and baked at high temperatures up to 1300°C to remove all impurities. All of bio ceramic balls emit FIR heat in wider range 4-20 microns and produce a plenty of Negative Ions. Spheric shape provide much better surface and make them more efficient then natural stones for ions production. We have 3 collections of Ereada Mats. EREADA MATS of the same size are 20-30% heavier then other mats in the market. They heat up slower and may be less hot to touch but due to more crystals inside will generate more infrared rays. Compact Pro 24"x59" and bigger mats have the following functions: 1. BROWN AMETHYST MATS: FIR, IONS, N.P. 2. PURPLE AMETHYST MATS: FIR, STATIC MAGNETS, PEMF, PHOTON, IONS, AIR IONS 3. GEMSTONE MATS: FIR, STATIC MAGNETS, PEMF, MORE IONS, AIR IONS BROWN EREADA MATS are classic similar to Richway biomats. Compact Pro 24"x59” and bigger mats produce ions not only by the anion layers inside the mat but also with special silver fiber layer generating High Negative Potential Electrostatic Field by DC 600v. N.P. is considered to be the most efficient for transferring more Negative ions directly into the body cells. It is like a bathtub of ions where you can sink the body laying on the mat. It is similar to Richway E.D.N.I. ( Electrical Discharge of Negative Ions ) very relaxing and soothing. Ereada Brown Mats can generate N.P. for 1 hour together with heating while Richway Biomats can do it only when the mat heating is OFF. PURPLE EREADA MATS and GEMSTONE EREADA MATS have the same powerful ( 400 gauss intensity ) PEMF magnetic pulsation. Each of these mats have additionally 12 pcs of 300 Gauss intensity Permanent Magnets in the hip and leg zone, while more powerful PEMF coils ( 3 modules ) are in the upper part of the body zone. You can change between static magnets and PEMF for your upper or lower body laying with your head towards the logo area or in the opposite direction. PURPLE EREADA MATS have the same photon Red Light 660NM therapy LEDs as on the Purple MediCrystal Mat. Both PURPLE and GEMSTONE MATS do not have N.P. function of the BROWN EREADA MATS. They deliver Negative Ions into the air by special function of controller ( AIR IONS ) and through the skin into the body by the same anion fabric layers as all Ereada Mats. GEMSTONE MATS produce more ions also by ceramic Tourmaline microspheres. it is natural unique feature of Amethyst, Tourmaline and some other crystals to emit FIR radiant heating rays and Negative Ions when they are hot. FIR emission of AMETHYST MATS is 366 W/m2 with min 93% efficiency in the best utilized by the human body wavelength range 5-14 microns; with almost 80% of this energy transferred at two so called “Amethyst Peaks” at 7 and 12 microns. For GEMSTONE MATS it is 372 W/m2 with min 92% efficiency in the wavelength range 4-20 microns; with around 50% of heating energy transferred at two Amethyst Peaks at 7 and 12 microns. There may also be some difference between healing powers of Garnet, Agate, Chalcedony, Amethyst blend with 4 types of Tourmaline Ceramic micro spheres used in GEMSTONE MATS and pure Amethyst effects of PURPLE and BROWN EREADA MATS. Small ceramic balls ( 2-3 mm size ) are pressed from micronized Tourmaline, White Clay or Charcoal nano-powders, Volcanic stones, Yellow Mud, Ophiolite, Elvan, Gold Ore, Ochre and other Natural minerals, ores and stones and baked at high temperatures up to 1300°C to remove all impurities. There may be some slight difference in FIR heat spectrum and positive effects produced by different compositions. All of ceramics emit FIR heat in wider range 4-20 microns. Spheric shape provide much larger surface then that of crushed natural stones and make them more efficient for ions production then Amethyst crystals. EREADA MATS ( bigger then mini mats ) have 7 levels of heat on the controller between 86°F and 158°F. The set or current temperature is not displayed, only the level is shown. It makes controllers more reliable in heavy duty use.
SIncerely,
Andrey