Waterbed sales have tanked since their high-point in the 1980s; now the inventor of the original has introduced a "new and improved" version of the water-filled mattress, called Afloat ...

The new waterbed takes this original goal and design and elevates it with new materials. Waterbeds of yesteryear had a wooden or plastic frame around them “like a big rectangular container with ...

TAMARAC, Fla. — Waterbeds still elicit a wink, wink, nudge, nudge whenever they come up in conversation — but two pioneers of the industry in the United States are hoping to generate a new ...

In 1986, the New York Times reported that annual waterbed sales were at $1.9 billion, up from merely $13 million in 1971. As more and more mattress retailers competed to sell waterbeds, their cost ...

The new waterbed takes this original goal and design and elevates it with new materials. Waterbeds of yesteryear had a wooden or plastic frame around them “like a big rectangular container with ...

Rising in popularity in the 1960s, 70s, and beyond, and much-loved (or loathed) for their constant rocking motion, we want to ...

TAMARAC, Fla. — Waterbeds still elicit a wink, wink, nudge, nudge whenever they come up in conversation — but two pioneers of the industry in the United States are hoping to generate a new ...

She moved her waterbed to Los Angeles from New York 21 years ago. When she eventually sells her Los Feliz home, she hopes to take it with her wherever she moves next.

Waterbeds had their heyday in the '70s and '80s, with sales eventually accounting for 12 to 15 percent of the bedding market, according to a 1986 New York Times story.That would be about $4.3 ...

Waterbeds are making a comeback at City Furniture this week. The Tamarac-based business got its start as Waterbed City in 1970s but sold its last waterbeds in 2003, going on to build a chain of 27 … ...

“When waterbeds are brand new, there’s always somewhat of a new-vinyl odor — no different than leather or vinyl in a car. That usually dissipates 24-48 hours after being opened up and ...

There are new reasons to buy a waterbed, too, besides novelty and sexual curiosity. ”If it was just that, I wouldn`t be in business,” said Earlene Carlson, a vice president of Peppers, a 20 ...