Solus Organic Bedding

Solus organic bedding offers comfort and protection from allergens with the added benefit of using organic fiber.

All About Dust Mites

Solus organic bedding is a great choice when you have a dust mite allergy. The company makes pillow encasings and mattress encasings that provide a solid barrier to protect you from dust mites.

Dust mites are tiny, microscopic bugs that live in and off the dead skin that people shed all the time. They are found anywhere people congregate and linger on soft surfaces such as the couch, carpets and your bed.

There can be as many as 10 million dust mites in a used mattress, according to Environmental Health and Safety Online. It is actually the droppings that the mites leave rather than the mites themselves that cause the allergic reaction.

Dust mites are incredibly common. If you know you have a reaction to them, the best course of action you can take is to try to control them.

Controlling Dust Mites

One of the most important things you can do to control dust mite allergies is to use a protective covering on the mattress and your pillows to block the mites from getting out of the mattress and onto your body.

Solus organic bedding is a great choice, but you could also use a plastic lining or another product that is rated to block dust mites.

It is important to launder your bedding regularly—at least every two weeks—to keep the dust mite population down. Use hot water, and be sure to wash both sheets and blankets. Your pillow case should be washed weekly. It's a good idea to use pillow covers as well, and take them with you when you travel.

Keep your bedroom cool (below 70 degrees) and dry (below 50 percent humidity) to keep the population under control. You might also consider replacing carpet in the bedroom with a hardwood, tile, or stone floor that the mites can't live in. This may seem a bit extreme, but if you are really suffering from dust mite allergies, it will be worth it to you.

Using Solus Organic Bedding

Solus is one of the leading names in bedding for dust mite control. Solus organic bedding has been featured on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and is touted by experts as among the best bed and pillow covers you can buy.

Solus organic bedding is made from 100 percent organic cotton and has a 400 thread count, which makes it a silky and comfortable addition to your bed. The fine weave of the coverings makes it impossible for dust mites to penetrate, and it has one of the smallest pore sizes of any mattress casing out there.

Because the coverings are so soft, you won't lose any comfort having them on your mattress or your pillow, no matter how you like to sleep. Like other items made with organic cotton, no chemical pesticides, fertilizers or herbicides are used to grow the cotton used to make Solus organic bedding. It is also unbleached.

These covers can also block mold, bacteria and other problem creatures that might be living in your mattress. They are resistant to saliva and perspiration as well.

Solus organic bedding is available in twin, full, queen, king and California king sizes. Pillowcases are available in standard and king sizes. They are not available for baby beds. You might want to add organic wool sheets, since wool is naturally a good dust mite repellent.

The Solus organic mattress cover is like a giant pillowcase for your mattress that is zipped tight around it. The pillowcases are the same, only smaller. Both are machine-washable, but you probably won't want to take your mattress cover off very often. The cover is difficult to put on properly. Pillow covers, on the other hand, may be washed regularly. There is no increase or decrease in effectiveness from regular washings.