Welcome to the Waterbed Supply and Info Site

 Many people remember the wavy waterbeds of the seventies; however waterbeds have been around since the 1800s.

Believe it or not, the very first water filled beds were made in Persia out of goatskins which were then filled with water over three thousand years ago.

Neil Arnott created a water filled bed for his patients at the St Bartholomew's Hospital. It was mainly for use in in the treatment and prevention of bed sores.

The bed would allow the mattress pressure to be evenly circulated over the body. Around 1895 Harrods had sold some of these waterbeds via their mail order company. Unfortunately, the water beds were a marketing failure, as there were problems such as lack of temperature control and proper storage.

In the late 60s when vinyl was invented, the waterbed made its reappearance. The waterbed then began becoming widely used. Free Flowing waterbeds or wavy waterbeds became increasingly popular in the 1970s. People found it was a new experience and a very different approach to bed making.

By the mid 1980s free flowing waterbeds or wavy waterbeds became less and less popular. However, waterbeds are still around today, but with modern technology. And they are now wave-less.