How to choose between the linen and cotton covers for buckwheat hull products

Usage of buckwheat hull organic products has become increasingly popular over the past year as people starts to understand the benefits of this natural products. Particularly the eco-friendly matters products, chair cushions and neck pillows have become widely popular among the modern society. Regardless the benefits of using this natural filling, it is important for you to use the right kind of materials as the covers for buckwheat hull products you use. Experts suggest cotton and linen to be the most appealing covers for these buckwheat products. However, cotton itself comes in two main varieties; organic cotton and conventional cotton. All these three materials come with unique characteristics. It is important for you to know these characteristics if you opt to buy buckwheat hull products.

Conventional Cotton

Conventional cotton is a very popular material among those who are in search for affordable and nice looking cover materials. However, the manufacturing process of conventional cotton is highly controversial. As per the sources, conventional cotton production uses a large amount of insecticides (nearly 25% of the world’s insecticide productions are utilized in cotton fields).

Moreover, conventional cotton productions consume a large amount of water and synthetic fertilizers; both of which are not good indicators in terms of eco-friendliness. Apart from that, conventional cotton seeds have high levels of fungicides and pesticides which is a total different situation compared to Organic Cotton.

Pros and cons of conventional cotton in a nutshell

• Pros
  • Affordable
  • Good appearance
  • Wide availability

• Cons
  • Uses excessive amounts of pesticide and fungicides during the manufacturing process
  • Needs large amounts of water
  • Uses a large number of chemical to treat the cotton
  • Overall, it is not a very eco-friendly product

Organic Cotton

Organic cotton materials are relatively high in price compared to conventional cotton. However, you can expect a more eco-friendly mattress cover when using organic cotton. Basically, organic cotton comes untreated and in completely natural form. They are not genetically modified. Even the picking process of the organic cotton is very eco-friendly; they only use handpicking methods while refraining from usage of chemicals and defoliation strategies. When it comes to the treating process, natural substances like spinning oils and potato starch are used for organic cotton.

Pros and cons of organic cotton in a nutshell

• Pros
  • Healthy as no chemicals used during the process
  • Good looking and comfortable
  • Totally eco-friendly

• Cons
  • Substantially expensive

Linen covers

Basically, linen shows great characteristics as covers for buckwheat hull products including eco-friendly mattress. Linen doesn’t necessarily absorb electric charges and more importantly it stats cool because linen doesn’t retain heat. When used as covers for neck pillows, linen can do great because of the anti-heat characteristics. Also, linen materials feature zero influence on skin (it is anti-allergic). Moreover, linen fabric is known to be a biodegradable material that doesn’t do any harm to the environment.

 Pros and cons of organic cotton in a nutshell

• Pros
  • Eco-friendly
  • Anti allergic, comfortable
  • Strong enough to withstand stretch and friction
  • Features a better appearance even after washing

• Cons
  • There are no notable disadvantages associated with linen