How to PILLOW HACK? HOW TO HAVE THE ULTIMATE PILLOW!

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, supporters and fellow Singaporeans,

Finally, we are going to share something that will let you rethink about pillows.

Pillows: 

Believe: A highly complex product due to huge range of price point, and have different variants, hence the unlimited number of choices that complicates even the smartest person in the world.

Truth: A simple product that only have 2 parts of the construction. 

PART I: the proportion of soft and firm polyester fibers

PART II: the external fabric choice

These 2 factors will change how the pillows feel, whether is it the ultimate luxury feel, or the most basic but supportive pillow.

Consumers often do not know how manufactures make them, and think that they are very complex to make.

think of it this way, you just got to put stuffing's into the fabric and sew it together.

So simple!

No matter how expensive, or how cheap the pillow is, it will become worn out with use overtime.

Important point for the consumers is to remember how simple is it to make fluffy pillows! Anything above $60 is way too much for pillows. We can't see a point buying anything above $60 for a pillow other then bragging rights. 

PILLOW HACK the TILAM KING WAY

We often tell our customers to buy a sewing machine, reason was, if they feel that the pillow is too flat, buy more pillows to transfer the fillings to the pillow that you wish to use. If it is too tall, remove some, this way you can get the ULTIMATE pillow!

Cost = Sewing machine + $50 worth of pillows, equates to eternal happiness with pillows.

So let me introduce you to our concept of TK Pillows:

1. Hi-Pillow - suitable for back sleepers

This is a tall pillow, it can give comfort to the neck while supporting the neck to be straight when rested sideways. 

2. Lo-Pillow - suitable for back or front sleepers

This is a low pillow, giving back sleepers comfort maintaining their neck straight. Front sleeping is actually a very unhealthy position, however when doing so, they need to ease off pressure built up on their chest, the pillow has to be softest and low, so that they can be in a comfortable position.

3. Mo-Pillow - suitable for back sleepers

Memory foam pillows comes with fixed shape. These are good for back sleepers because everybody's back profile is the same. Lifting their head slightly to keep their neck straight while resting.

We feel that the industry got too many variants of pillows, and we feel that these 3 sums it all.

The formula to awesome pillow is to sun frequently(daily would be super awesome) and wash the pillow case often.

WALA~! there you go, another tip and trick to keeping your pillows low cost yet if you need to tweak it further to bring it to the next level, invest in a sewing machine.

We hope you also give our 3 pillows a go and try to understand the concept of those 3 different sleeping positions will allow you to look at pillows differently.

Thanks for the support you all! Will continue to have more content which are useful and can help you all understand bedding products better. :D

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing
- Tilam King

CPF board did an amazing educational video on Youtube to prompt us to be wiser with our money! GJ

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, fellow Singaporeans and fellow supporters,

I am so happy to come across something recently, and I noticed that there are good videos that was put on YouTube and which are informative and educational created by our very own CPF board.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIYaWKREksk

Please watch! 5.55 on-wards is the message that we would also wish to highlight to our fellow Singaporeans.

We respect educated people, and we treat people with the utmost respect, so we only can be logical to what we do. We will not sell you something that is made up completely out of illusion, or basically just make things up.

We focus on the product so you can understand what we are selling.

We will never sell you our fame, our company or our legacy, our job is to make you understand about mattresses and how we make them. Period.

We utilised the best materials possible to make our mattresses.

Simplify them into 5 different kinds of mattress, so that every different kind has it's own uniqueness.

We will then educate you about the differences and why there are the 5 different kinds.

So simple!

To be honest, a part of Tilam King always have been to urge Singaporeans through our business model, to make consumer wiser!
Just so happy that a government body is also willing to educate the public!

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing
- Tilam King

Social media helped TilamKing in keeping it Real!

Dear fellow Singaporeans, supporters and friends,

We have gone so far ahead and beyond our imaginations...

Why is that so? It all started because we wanted to know whether is it sustainable to have a company fully 100% run with social media and spending really low amounts of money on marketing.

The answer is, we can! But it sure is not easy.

When we started out, we didn't have any advantage in terms of location, and we just knew that we wanna do something great for our audience and supporters.

It was sheer passion that motivated us.

We enjoy sharing how we manufacture our mattresses and conceptualise what we could do for our clients with our 5 different series.

The 5 models really is the basis of what we would call an exoskeleton, any mattress would have to follow these concepts to make either by putting more layers or by removing layers.

We apply ethically of what we genuinely know and put it into product.

We are extremely happy the kind of client satisfaction we get throughout these years and we promise to stay committed and continue to innovate and maintain the high standards of manufacturing.

Our goal is to simplify when others try to confuse,
we speak to you about your needs when others try to create wants,
most companies once they reach to a certain level, they expand and put more money into advertising hoping they could get more market share, we just continue to focus on our products and not let competition or advertisers lure us into spending unnecessary money - because the money that we spend on should reflect on our product, and not just to look good for others to see.

We wish to let everyone know, if you do not know what to look for, try us with no regrets.

Ultimately we have full pride in our products and services.

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing
- Tilam King

Singapore's standard sizing for mattresses and the available bed linens in Singapore.

Dear folks and friends,

I think effort have been done to explain this over and over again.

with regards to the blog post on :

http://themarriedchapter.blogspot.sg/2014/08/tilam-king-good-and-bad.html

They were comparing sizes from IKEA which is an international entity. Their sizes are slightly different from Singapore and most ASEAN regions.

In Singapore, 

The standard size(cm) is as follows;

Single - 91x190

Super Single - 107x190

Queen - 152x190

King - 182x190

Robinsons sells mattress with these sizes, Takashimaya sells mattress with these sizes, Courts sells mattress with these sizes, all the international brands like 3S sells mattress with these sizes.

Fitted Sheets from all departmental stalls sells sheets that cover mattress sizes from the above.

We hope this can help first time mattress buyers to further understand the standard sizes of mattress in Singapore, where we all belong.

We have emailed them about the misunderstanding caused, but no reply nor action has been taken to rectify their facts.

Nonetheless, we are happy that they even write about us.

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing

- Tilam King

5 TIPS to take when selecting a mattress.

1: Research, and plenty of research.

Most of the consumers today are very uninformed. Mattress have been a complicating product for many ages, but what was keeping it simple was brands and sales people trying their best to sell the consumers the highest priced products. In doubt ask Google!

The formula to a good mattress should be :

Components from a reputable source + Workmanship = Product

If you factor in all the magic, then really what you are paying is marketing.

So long as the company will be willing to standby their clients and be a solutions provider to the clients problems, no problem is a big problem.

TILAM KING's formula states that - 

BMI which is your body mass, deter the idea of softness which is different from another person with a different body mass.

Personal Preference - everyone's ideal softness or firmness is different.

Affordability - it is something that has to be overcome in-order to look at a product for a product.

Fluffy Illusion - marketing materials + jargons that you will never know in your entire lifetime.

Your Perfect Mattress means that you see through all the logic and understand that mattress is ultimately a product to add comfort during your sleep.

2: Determine how do you sleep?

If you are a side sleeper, do note that you are shifting all your body weight to your arms and your hip bone. You probably need a thicker pillow top mattress to ease off pressure built up around your shoulders and arms. Also because of your shoulder width, your neck requires a taller pillow as well for filling up the empty gap in your neck.

If you are a back sleeper, congrats! You have officially the simplest and healthiest sleeping position! Our back have the least number of arches and curves, and the pressure points are spread across your whole upper shoulder blades and your lower back. Typically back sleepers prefer firmer mattresses. For back sleeper's pillow choice, normally contour or low pillows. If using a tall pillow, the person's head will be in a unnatural position.

If you are a Front sleeper, you actually have the worst sleeping position, but if you're most comfortable with it, we'll still guide you on what to look out for.

Front sleepers requires a soft surface with thick pillow top, to ease off all the huge pressure built up around the chest and belly area. A low pillow will further aid in relieving more pressure as low pillows are relatively softer then the sleeping surface.

more info on: http://www.healthline.com/health/is-it-bad-to-sleep-on-your-stomach#Overview1

3: Spent time understanding answers from the questions you ask.

If most of the time, the sales person do not understand what you are asking? How can he be the person to go to when it comes to purchasing something that you sleep on EVERY SINGLE DAY?

Visit a professional or at least someone that takes their client's sleep very seriously, ask them questions, clear your thoughts, and make sure you listen to what they say to you, they will help you make a sound decision in making a wise choice for your ultimate sleep. Professionals will never recommend a mattress to the consumer even before understanding what the clients need, remember that.

Only GOD can know what you need even before trying out, that's why we are kinda half hearted in trying to go sell our products on-line. The truth is, you're just lying to yourself thinking that our brand works for most and will work for you. 

4: Try them out, take your time!

Most of the mattress companies now have showrooms, go test them out, tell the sales person to shut-up for at least 30 mins, lay down yourself and ask yourself whether the mattress feels good or not? Price doesn't justify the products, you laying down on the product, feeling good about it is far more important then the price tag. You got to lay down on each mattress for at least 10-15 mins and you may roll around to see how the mattress can absorb your body weight, to see the kind of comfort you get from the mattress. This trial and error is crucial, because majority of the people out there do not test enough. End up buying something they do not know.

5: Reasonable Value approach

Good mattresses nowadays are very expensive, when we used the term good, we meant those companies that bother to use good components in their mattresses. A reasonably safe bet for a mattress price point should be in the region of $3500 - $5000 retail price after discount. 

When you minus off the Artas shopping mall rent mark-up of $1000, 

and you minus off the big A&P effort of another $1000, 

probably minus off another $500 for commissions of sales staff.

Also do not believe that the mattress used to be 100,000 suddenly today you chance upon it, and it becomes 2,500. LOL PLEASE!

*My cousin is a qualified Chiropractor, if you have any back issues, he is the man to look for. If any joker claims that their particular mattress can heal your back, please just smile and move away. LOL

Be wise about the concept of what online media can do, and how it could bring genuine businesses to reach out to people whom understand the concept of product as a product.

If again you still have doubts, ask Google for the millionth time! :D

Happy searching people!

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing

- Tilam King

5 BIG THINGS consumers MUST understand about mattress shopping.

Ever wonder why sometimes, shopping for mattresses are so complicated?

We have been using this product since our great grand parent days, why till today it is so complex?

How come no one bother to even break down the specs and talk about the product and how they make, yet they rather TM some kind of fancy name, when you Google the fancy terms, 

it is just what it is...

1. BROCHURES FOR MATTRESS MAKES A MATTRESS LOOK SEXY.

As we move towards the mattress displays, at the left hand corner, are some awesomely designed mojo, called BROCHURES. 

When you pick them up, 

LIGHTS BECOMES BRIGHTER, 

EMOTIONS ERUPT, 

FLAMBOYANT AND BOLD TERMS DISCOVERED.
- I then tell myself, I got to own this fine piece of ART!

Words from the brochures, if you simplify them into perspective, you will see that they are all the same. They will never reveal the kind of density they use for the product, neither will they describe to you about how they construct the product. 

They simply brag about the kind of history they have, which Hotel's they collaborated with, they even come to the point show you their brochure and brag about the kind of "technology" they have.

For EG,

"CAN NEVER DISTURB YOUR PARTNER AND CONTOUR TO YOUR BODY SPRING SYSTEM TM"

Well simply put it, individual pocketed springs, been around for centuries...

You get my drift about brochures. 

"If you cannot convince them, confuse them" - one of the tricks Gurus in marketing use.

Nowadays who reads them? LOL

2. REAL ESTATE, LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION.

If you ever go to a few main stream boutiques, you will realize that they are all situated in great real estates, and to the point, their decor, so lavish and welcoming.

They are normally expensive psf rental real estates, but they have the best frontage and crowds will pass by. It may be convenient, it may look better, it may even make your ego feel awesome.

You can even brag about it :P 

"oie, I buy my mattress from orchut loot lei..."

"woa, he buy mattress from orchut loot lei, must be bery rich..."

Having said that, these are one of the most important factors when it comes to understanding business. Someone has to take care of their overhead, it was never free, and convenience and we all know style comes at a price.

Where did the focus at now? Product? or location?

3. YOU SEE THEM EVERYWHERE AND ALL THE TIME.

Banner ads, poster babies, big all across buildings, buses, and specific in placing it in high traffic areas. You understand what we are trying to let you understand, all these are money, BIG MONEY, burned so that everyone that walks past it, will register it in their mind, maybe not directly, but subconsciously. Then again, who pays all these stuff... 

Consumers.

Erm, where was the focus again? Marketing? Product?

4. NIKE do not make shoes, they appoint people to do so.

This term is what we called subcontracting. Established brands never make products by themselves. They normally subcontract manufacturing out to manufacturers. The truth about mattress making is, it was never that complex to even start a mattress factory. The kind of skilled labour required now, is very low. It can be substantiated by high quality semi automated machineries.

The reason why this is possible, is simply because they manage their brands very well, hence they have enough margins to subcontract their "risk" out so they can focus on creating new designs.

But then again, mattresses, are designs necessary? 

The function of a mattress is and has always been to give comfort to the user.

How basic and simple it is to understand, yet so confusing to even try select.

Why not just use high quality components so that the mattress, because of the high quality components, is then deemed as a high quality mattress. PERIOD.

5. The number of models and house models will scare you.

You have been to mattress showrooms, a couple of them. You will notice that there are so many models on display under each brand. Have you ever witness this?

"eh, why I see the mattress at Courts, different from Robinsons? or local shops?"

The fundamental of house models, is to allow the respective shop to price their product without allowing the consumers to do comparison. 

In the eyes of the consumer, don't you think it is so weird?

Ask yourself these questions, 

"if I buy a branded mattress, should it be something where all the outlets have, and should it be a representation of what the brand is trying to sell?"

"they say until so good, but their mainstream models so expensive, but the house model so much cheaper?"

Don't you think it is a strategy to peck the price higher, so that the house model seems affordable? Hence because of the great name of the company, you purchase it, just because.

Where was the focus on the product? Where is the professionalism about product and technology? Whereby a particular model, should be the flagship, and why aren't you buy it? Instead looking at the price to buy something which doesn't represent the brand at all?

The concept of a house label and the multiple models, has got nothing to do with the representation of the brand, but only an excuse to confuse the consumer.

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Having said so much, we hope you learn something new today.

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Remember, an establish brand in this current ERA, is to open up your minds, educating you the real reason why we create this product.

Giving you knowledge to empower your purchase.

These are the fundamentals of what TILAMKING passionately believes in.

The Perfection of Passionate Manufacturing

- Tilam King

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Why are we not at Expo nor in any "exhibition".

Hi everyone, friends and fellow supporters,

There was a lady once called us on our line, "hi, are you in Expo? Can I see your mattresses over there?"

Unfortunately, I replied, "No, we are not there."

Sad, but true...

You see, TilamKing's philosophy is to think about the majority.

If we reduce expenses and maintain our high standards of quality of the product,
it brings better value to the end consumer.

Yes, we could do the same like what brands are doing, which is to increase spending on advertising and taking up exhibition space.

Just for your general knowledge, Expo space rents for approximately SGD$9,000 for 11days, which will give the tenant 2 full weekends(Saturday and Sunday). $9k is some lousy facing, prime front go upwards $30k.

These are without the cost of setting up and tearing down, which approximately cost up to $10,000 more including staffs and extra.

Imagine $20,000 for 11days burned, just hoping that people will come and buy?

How much sales would be required for it to break even? You can imagine.

So it is not free ladies and gentlemen...

Mark ups have to be high in order to cover this gap. Imagine how HUNGRY they are. LOL

There is also another problem, when you go there you will realize, they do not have good and great crowds. The typical discount shoppers will head there and in order to clinch their deal, their sales person will have to over promise(not be honest) just to seal the deal.

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TilamKing wishes to strive on one fundamental, which is PRODUCT centric.

If we focus too much on sales, the pitch becomes boring.

If we focus more on product, you will become educated in return.

Lastly I wish to add this, go Google furniture scams in Singapore, LOL I do not wish to say anything but ... yea... 

U know what I mean...

We never wish to be associated with people with unfair practices.

;)

The Perfection Of Passionate Manufacturing

- Tilam King

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