I purchased one we really like from the Art Van mattress store. It is not really a pad but more of a cover. It's super thin, fits snugly, and keeps the mattress clean and dry. We don't know it's there.

Just checked the label. It looks like it's by Bed Gear, and the imprint on the cover itself says "Dri-Tec." I've added a link to the one I think we have. I was reading the reviews, and noticed a couple of people said it bunched up, but that is not our experience, but our mattress is extra deep so perhaps that helps keep it tight. Also, unlike some of the reviewers, we don't have small children who wet the bed, but we do have a cat that has vomited in our bed twice after drinking a huge amount of water too quickly, and the cover has kept the mattress dry - no leaks.

Mattress Protector

I have recommended here multiple times the one that I have been using for years now I have one for home and rv. It fits beautifully and never pulls loose. It's a cuddle bed. I'll link it from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053O708I/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

By Hollander I think they have another one on Amazon now that costs more. This is the one I ordered. I got it in 2012 I didn't realize that it was so long ago. It still looks brand new. I did follow directions, take it out of the packaging and my husband and I each held an end and shook it up and down to loosen it up then I laid it over the couch back all day to fluff up and it did fluff up beautifully. I saw some reviews that showed a paper like covering. This is not the cuddlebed! People sometimes put reviews on the wrong product. My cuddlebed has none of that. The top is a good quality fabric and the skirt is a very stretchy fabric. It will fit a very tall mattress.

I ordered the cuddlebed based on raven's recommendation last month. I am very pleased with it. I just looked for it on amazon, and the price has gone up since my purchase. Compared to other mattress pads, it is well priced, but good to know that the price fluctuates.

This could not be more relevant to me. I recently bought a Tempur-Pedic mattress. Love it! With it came a promotion for a mattress pad protector. It is the Dri-Tech same as the pic Bluebell added. Now I have to admit my ignorance about using a protector. Do you put your sheets, blanket, or what ever you cover with, on top of the mattress, then add the protector? And then a bedspread or whatever, just for looks? Otherwise any leakage would go through the sheets, etc. This is all new to me, and I want to be prepared, because one of my meds suggests a possible problem. TIA.

Sue, the protector goes directly on the mattress, then the sheets, blankets, comforter, etc go on top of that.

Ikea has the old-fashioned mattress pads, a flat quilted pad with elastic corners.

Happy2b I saw 2 separate individual sites on Amazon selling the exact same cuddle bed with very different prices . Mine was the linked by Hollander . Interesting how they are selling the same thing on Amazon for such different prices . It's been so long since I ordered it I don't recall the price back then. Oh how I hate those with the elastic corner straps . I am so happy I found the cuddle bed because I have used those dreaded elastic strap ones never again .

It goes directly over the mattress , then sheets on top etc. Now this one has no plastic or anything like that to protect the mattress from an accident . You could put a plastic mattress protector under the cuddle bed to protect the mattress . Then wash the cuddle bed . I wash mine on a gentle cycle and I used the he sears powder I normally use . I dry on cool air fluff and take it out and drape it over the back of the couch after we fluff it . Comes out beautifully .

And very important to me it doesn't sleep hot at all . I like it because it seems to aid in that . I sleep hot by nature , I can't stand memory foam and that kind of stuff . This does not cause me to sleep hot .

I guess what I'm concerned about is if there is an "accident" or a spill, then, not to be too gross, but there I am in a puddle!

Check JCPenney, i bought a very nice water proof , quilted cover that fits tight from them. It does not make crinkle noise, and it is not hot to sleep on. Think I paid about $60 on sale.

Sue- it's true but if there is an accident or spill, your clothes, blanket and sheets need to be washed anyway. Better a puddle on top, than liquid soaked in to a mattress.

This only applies to waterproof protectors, I can't speak for protectors that aren't waterproof.

I have a wonderful heated mattress pad that fits like a charm. I can't wait to put it back on for winter. I love crawling into a nice toasty bed on a cold winter night. My aches & pains are soothed away.

The only down side is that sucker gets HOT. I have to keep it on low. One night it was so hot I had to put a fan on it to cool it off so I could get in bed!! Almost got a 3rd degree burn on my back & bottom.

Mom's 1970's gift of a zippered, king size electric blanket is still warming my side of the bed today. I don't know what became of the other half; DH is too hot with just a sheet! *My* half is directly on top of the mattress, under a king $100 "Hotel" brand thickly quilted mattress cover with an elasticized skirt (not waterproof -- too hot in summer). A fitted king sheet goes over that. King sheet, blanket, and down insert in a duvet cover on top.

I turn the heat on when I go into the bathroom before bed. I turn it off shortly after I hop into bed. Ahhh! Cold sheets (and wool sweaters) have always given me duck bumps.

We used to have electric blankets, which I enjoyed.

I'd wonder whether the mattress pad, subject to nightly battering, wouldn't have a rather short lifespan ... but chisue's story tends to indicate otherwise.

o j

As usual, the KTers have come to the rescue. I still have visions of waking up in the night and realizing that I have to get up and change the linens right now! This morning as I was making the bed I noticed that on my mattress the design on the cover randomly includes the (almost invisible) Dri-Tec icon. That settles it. I am so pleased with my mattress that I think I should get the Dri-Tec mattress protector. Thanks to all of you!