What do you call this kind of mattress pad and can you help me find one?

February 5, 2019 12:23 PM

I'm looking for the kind of cheapo mattress pad that's just a rectangle of flat quilted cotton with loops of elastic on the corners. I want it to protect my featherbed without squishing it the way I think one with the full elasticated skirt would. What the heck is my search term and where can I find one in double/full size? Maybe they're not even made any more? So frustrated!
posted by HotToddy to Home & Garden (13 answers total)

Response by poster: Further criteria: NOT waterproof. Available online. Thank you!
posted by HotToddy at 12:24 PM on February 5, 2019

Looks like IKEA sells one called the ANGVSIDE is that sort of what you mean? I saw a few that were waterproof on one side only, I assume that is what you do NOT want?
posted by jessamyn at 12:32 PM on February 5, 2019 [2 favorites]

Not sure if there’s a particular term, but IKEA makes just what you’re looking for. We have the Kungsmynta and really like it; looks like they have a couple of other models as well.. They call it a mattress protector, maybe it would help to also look for a “deep” one, as the straps are to help accommodate deep mattresses.
posted by stillmoving at 12:33 PM on February 5, 2019

There's this one at Amazon. There are others that look similar but most of them said they are waterproof. Is water resistant ok?
posted by belladonna at 12:38 PM on February 5, 2019

Response by poster: Well heck, I was just on the IKEA site before posting and all I saw were the plasticized ones! Yes, jessamyn, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks!
posted by HotToddy at 12:44 PM on February 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Oh wait a minute. It says the back side is polypropylene. Is that waterproofing? I want it to be breathable like cotton.
posted by HotToddy at 12:45 PM on February 5, 2019

I think you want a feather bed cover -- but an IKEA all-cotton duvet does the job, too.
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:55 PM on February 5, 2019

Mattress Pad with Anchor Bands is what we call them in the hotel industry.
Fitted Mattress Pad or Mattress Pad with Fitted Skirt is the one you don't want.
There is also such a thing as a flat mattress pad - it has neither anchor bands nor a fitted skirt.
posted by ZabeLeeZoo at 1:19 PM on February 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Here's the Amazon top pick for mattress pad with anchor bands
posted by ZabeLeeZoo at 1:30 PM on February 5, 2019

I’m not sure exactly the name but I have an ikea one like you described and it’s basically just quilted fabric with the corner straps. No water proofing that I’ve noticed.
posted by raccoon409 at 1:30 PM on February 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I'd suggest a featherbed cover. They can be weirdly hard to come by - you basically need to find one of the companies that makes featherbeds - and then expect to spend more than you think you should for what it is. You can almost certainly get by with an inexpensive duvet cover, although it won't do as good a job of containment.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 1:49 PM on February 5, 2019

I have cut the elasticised skirt off a king size mattress protector and placed it both on top of the mattress and on top of a feather topper with mattress on a queen sized bed. The contour sheet then holds it in place. It doesn’t move. The same size would probably work too. I did this because we downsized the bed and I was too cheap to buy a new one.
posted by Sunday Morning at 2:31 PM on February 5, 2019 [1 favorite]

Also I have just put the feather mattress pad on the bed with the deskirted mattress pad and tucked a flat sheet around both. It did not move or come untucked. And there was no squishing.
posted by Sunday Morning at 3:47 PM on February 5, 2019