Bainbridge Island resident and waterbed inventor Charles Hall talks about the redesigned waterbed concept that has no waves and gives better support, at his home on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2018. (Photo: Meegan M. Reid / Kitsap Sun) 
 
 BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – The waterbed was just a concept in a San Francisco art gallery, and Charles Hall was just a young graduate student floating an idea back in 1968. 
 
 Half a century, a popular subculture icon and a successful design career later, Hall wakes up on his most famous design each morning with a million-dollar view of Puget Sound and downtown Seattle. 
 
 Today he's taking another go at the waterbed, hoping it's on the verge of a comeback. 
 
 Hall, now a resident of Bainbridge Island, plans to launch a redesigned waterbed later this year. It’s a rethink of his original design from 50 years ago that removes all its negative aspects and keeps its positives, he said. 
 
 Gone is the wooden frame that made the older beds so hard to get out of, exchanged for a foam collar that surrounds the water bladder. Spandex covers the top of the mattress to give a floating sensation. A fiber insert quells waves and keeps the water bladder still. An updated temperature system keeps the water feeling just right. 
 
 “It’s a better experience all around,” Hall said. 
 
 His famous bed first launched on the West Coast all those years ago, but his new bed will launch across the country on its eastern shore. The bed will first go to a test market in a chain of Florida furniture stores later this spring or summer, before it hopefully rolls out more broadly, he said. A bed-in-a-box version you can set up yourself might also go up for sale online, Hall said. 
 
 Queen- and king-sized mattresses will be available, and a complete bed system will sell for about $2,000, he said. 
 
 Fifty years ago, Hall’s original concept began as a chair filled with a viscous cooking starch. The chair weighed about 300 pounds, the starch didn’t flow well and it was difficult to get out of, Hall said, so he abandoned the idea in favor of the bed that would launch his design career. 
 
 The idea was that it would offer better support and a temperature system that would approximate the body’s skin temperature to help a person relax and get better sleep, he said. 
 
 “A waterbed is about as pure a concept as you can get,” Hall said. “Your body is 90-some-percent water anyway, what you’re doing in an environment before you’re born is water.” 
 
 
 
 While he was touting its practical benefits, the undulating bed took off for other reasons amid the counterculture movement and sexual revolution of the 1970s. Sellers and buyers saw a sensuous appeal: Phrases like “Pleasure is a waterbed” and “Two things are better on a waterbed – one of them is sleep” began to show up on advertisements. 
 
 “The sexy part drove it for quite awhile,” Hall said. “People would look at it and they’d see this wiggle and they’d say, ‘Ooh, that’s going to be great for sex.’ That sold an awful lot of waterbeds. Then when people slept on them, they said, ‘Hey, that’s actually comfortable.’” 
 
 He laments how his product has been portrayed in movies and TV shows, where they’d always seem to be a joke, exploding or springing a leak. The sloshing got people’s attention, but it was just a sideshow, Hall said. 
 
 Waterbeds reached their heyday in the 1980s before sales tapered off. Hall moved on to other design projects, like inflatable kayaks and a solar-heated shower for campers, he said, but returned to the concept in recent years with a few tweaks. 
 
 His friend, who runs the City Furniture chain in Florida that will initially carry the new beds, feels like it’s an idea whose time has come again, Hall said. 
 
 “I think that some people will have a memory of it and want to revisit it just because they remember waterbeds and want to see how different they are,” Hall said. “And then there’ll be a generation, it’ll be a total novelty for them.” 
 
 © 2018 KING-TV ||||| Ready for the return of waterbeds? Charlie Hall, the Bainbridge Island inventor of them, has a comeback planned 50 years after their debut. And he’s looking at you, millennials, to get groovy. 
 
 Millennials, the inventor of the waterbed has a message for you. Especially those of you living right here in the Pacific Northwest, like he does. 
 
 You need a waterbed. 
 
 Charlie Hall is 71 and a millionaire because of waterbeds and some of the other 40 patents he holds. (You know the Sun Shower, with the solar-heated bags that let you bathe when camping? That’s his.) 
 
 He’s planning on the waterbed making a comeback this spring. 
 
 “I don’t think a millennial has ever seen one,” says Charlie, as everyone calls him, about the invention he debuted 50 years ago at a “Happy Happening” art show in San Francisco. 
 
 “But I have this theory that it’s a Northwest kind of thing. I feel like a lot of us spawned in a waterbed.” 
 
 And so those younger types, “Maybe they want to visit the spawning ground.” 
 
 That first waterbed was called “The Pleasure Pit” because, as the oft-repeated sales pitch went in that groovy era, “Two things are better on a waterbed, and one of them is sleeping.” 
 
 Working with a good friend of his from the waterbed days — Keith Koening, president of City Furniture, with 16 stores in South Florida — he is about to test-market Waterbed 2018. 
 
 No more rigid frame that made them hard to get out of. Now there’s foam around the edges. New materials suppress the wave action that some customers didn’t like. Dual bladders allow each side of the bed to have its own temperature control. 
 
 It’s not like Charlie needs the money from the Return of the Waterbed. 
 
 He has a ranch home in California wine country and another place in that state, and about 15 years ago he bought a home right on the Bainbridge Island waterfront. Looking out through the big windows, he has a straight-on, unobstructed view of downtown Seattle. During nice weather, he spends a lot of time on his 55-foot cruiser, going around the San Juans. 
 
 Still, he’s an inveterate tinkerer. He can’t help it. 
 
 That Sun Shower is part of the catalog for Advanced Elements, of which he’s co-founder, although these days not involved in the day-to-day operations. 
 
 “It keeps me young, to be active and engaged in a lot of projects,” says Charlie. 
 
 But are we ready for Waterbeds 2.0? 
 
 If history is to repeat, once again it’ll be that male customer who’ll plunk down the cash. 
 
 The ads back then sometimes featured women in slinky outfits, or no outfits at all. 
 
 By May 1970, Charlie Hall’s waterbed was featured in a Playboy magazine spread, in an issue that included a story on “The Fiery Feminists” and “An exclusive interview with William F. Buckley Jr.” 
 
 “I remember we had to do the bed in velvet, I think maybe green velvet,” remembers Charlie. 
 
 Subtlety was not part of the waterbed ethos back then. 
 
 Some came in gargantuan, four-poster wood frames such as a “Jungle Bed” advertised in June 1976 in The Seattle Times for a special sale price of $450, which is $1,953 in today’s dollars. 
 
 For Charlie Hall, it’s a long way from his days as a 24-year-old industrial design student at San Francisco State University doing his graduate school thesis. 
 
 “I always liked furniture and I wanted to address human comfort. I talked to doctors, physical therapists, even some psychiatrists, trying to put together elements of comfort that work,” he says. 
 
 For example, there are whirlpool baths taken by athletes — “letting your muscles relax, that soothing sensation associated with floating,” says Charlie. 
 
 From that came his first effort, a chair filled with a kind of viscous starch. 
 
 “It was not practical. It weighed 300 pounds, and you couldn’t move it unless you had a forklift. And you kept sinking deeper and deeper into it until it was hard to get out of,” remembers Charlie. “I also decided that a bed was more important. It’s the piece of furniture used most in the house.” 
 
 Then he had the epiphany of using water inside a vinyl bladder, made for him by a company specializing in PVC. 
 
 Charlie got an “A” on his thesis, and the waterbed revolution was on. Although it didn’t magically take off. 
 
 “We had a little shop in Sausalito, and we would deliver them on top of a Rambler station wagon,” says Charlie. 
 
 One of his customers liked the beds so much he helped raise $100,000 in funding. Celebrities began to notice the new fad. 
 
 “One of the Smothers Brothers bought one, and somebody in Jefferson Airplane bought one. I remember we delivered that one to a big Victorian house that was painted all black. Getting the bed in there was hell,” says Charlie. 
 
 On June 15, 1971, he was granted U.S. Patent No. 3,585,356 A for a “Liquid Support for Human Bodies,” the waterbed. 
 
 That didn’t deter the copycats, who ignored his requests for royalties or licensing fees. 
 
 It wouldn’t be until 1991 that Charlie was vindicated when a jury awarded him $6 million in a patent-infringement lawsuit against Intex Plastics, a company that imported waterbeds from Taiwan. He then began receiving licensing fees. 
 
 The waterbed craze lasted for nearly 20 years. 
 
 A 1986 New York Times story quoted the Waterbed Manufacturers Association as saying they accounted for 12 percent to 15 percent of the American bedding market, and that back then they had $1.9 billion ($4.3 billion in today’s dollars) in annual sales. 
 
 They were so popular that the California Civil Code says landlords can’t discriminate against people with waterbeds, as long as they have waterbed insurance. In Seattle there is no waterbed legislation, although some rental agreements either prohibit waterbeds or require proof of insurance. 
 
 Then waterbeds practically disappeared. 
 
 “Probably bad marketing,” says Charlie. “It got to be price wars. Retailers were presenting $99 specials and selling a very crappy product. It spiraled down from there.” 
 
 Sometimes, he says, what was sold to college kids was just the bladder — no frame. “You can imagine a bag of water on a college dorm floor. Not a good idea,” he says. 
 
 Charlie says that there also were a lot of myths associated with waterbeds. 
 
 Like they were so heavy that they crashed through the floor. No, he explains, “Forty pounds per square foot is a normal building load on a residential floor. Waterbeds don’t even come close. It’d be a third or less.” 
 
 Or, they’d leak all over the place. No, says Charlie, “They have safety liners that take care of any leak issues.” 
 
 He does say that it was because of waterbeds that the mattress industry changed. It showed you didn’t have to settle for some rigid spring coil bed. 
 
 “Memory foam, pillowtop mattresses, all that stuff began to appear,” he says. “Look at the ads for the memory foams — they read like all waterbed ads.” 
 
 Now it’s a new day. 
 
 Fifty years later, don’t you think this could fit you, too? 
 
 Seattle Times, June 8, 1978, in a feature about waterbeds: 
 
 “ … the avant-garde youth took to them like protest marches.” ||||| Single size bed 
 
 Standard bed sizes are based on standard mattress sizes, which vary from country to country. Bed sizes also vary according to the size and degree of ornamentation of the bed frame. Dimensions and names vary considerably around the world, with most countries having their own standards and terminology. In addition, two mattresses with the same nominal size may still have slightly different dimensions, due to manufacturing tolerances, amount of padding, and support type. In almost all territories, standard beds are rectangular but other shapes, notably circular, may be obtained by special order. 
 
 Table of common sizes [ edit ] 
 
 Modern manufacturing conventions have produced many standard mattress and box spring sizes. Beds vary by country of origin as per the table below. These dimensions are for the mattress – actual bed frames are a little larger to accommodate the mattress. Mattress thickness varies considerably. 
 
 North America South America Europe Oceania Asia US and Canada Brazil Colombia Continental Europe Scandinavia UK and Ireland Australia New Zealand China Japan Singapore Thailand Small single 
 
 or Cot 76 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (30 in × 75 in) 80 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (31 in × 75 in) 80 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (31 in × 75 in) 60 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (24 in × 75 in) 91 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (36 in × 74 in) 85 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (33 in × 77 in) Single, Twin, 
 
 or Bunk 97 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (38 in × 75 in)[1] 88 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (35 in × 74 in) 100 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (39 in × 75 in) 90 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (35 in × 79 in) 90 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (35 in × 79 in) 90 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (35 in × 75 in) 92 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (36 in × 74 in) 91 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (36 in × 74 in) 106 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (42 in × 74 in) 97 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (38 in × 77 in) 91 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (36 in × 75 in) 107 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (42 in × 78 in) Twin extra long 97 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (38 in × 80 in)[1] 90 cm × 210 cm 
 
 (35 in × 83 in) 91 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (36 in × 80 in) 97 cm × 205 cm 
 
 (38 in × 81 in) King single 
 
 or Super single 96 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (38 in × 80 in) 120 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (47 in × 79 in) 107 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (42 in × 80 in) 107 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (42 in × 80 in) 110 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (43 in × 77 in) 107 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (42 in × 75 in) Small double 
 
 or Three-quarter 120 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (48 in × 75 in) 120 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (47 in × 75 in) 140 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (55 in × 79 in) 120 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (47 in × 75 in) 122 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (48 in × 77 in) Full or Double 130 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (53 in × 75 in) 138 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (54 in × 74 in) 140 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (55 in × 75 in) 140 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (55 in × 79 in) 180 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (71 in × 79 in) 135 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (53 in × 75 in) 138 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (54 in × 74 in) 137 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (54 in × 74 in) 152 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (60 in × 74 in) 140 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (55 in × 77 in) 122 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (48 in × 78 in) Double extra long 130 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (53 in × 80 in) 140 cm × 205 cm 
 
 (55 in × 81 in) Queen 150 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (60 in × 80 in) 158 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (62 in × 78 in) 160 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (63 in × 75 in) 152 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (60 in × 80 in) 152 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (60 in × 80 in) 182 cm × 188 cm 
 
 (72 in × 74 in) 154 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (61 in × 77 in) 152 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (60 in × 75 in) 152 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (60 in × 78 in) Expanded, Super, 
 
 or Olympic queen 170 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (66 in × 80 in) 180 cm × 190 cm 
 
 (71 in × 75 in) King or Eastern King 190 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (76 in × 80 in) or 
 
 500 cm2 (78 in2) 193 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (76 in × 80 in) 200 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (79 in × 79 in) 160 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (63 in × 79 in) 152 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (60 in × 78 in) 183 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (72 in × 80 in) 167 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (66 in × 80 in) 182 cm × 212 cm 
 
 (72 in × 83 in) 170 cm × 195 cm 
 
 (67 in × 77 in) 183 cm × 191 cm 
 
 (72 in × 75 in) 183 cm × 198 cm 
 
 (72 in × 78 in) California King, 
 
 Western King, or King long 180 cm × 210 cm 
 
 (72 in × 84 in) 180 cm × 210 cm 
 
 (72 in × 84 in) 200 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (80 in × 80 in) 170 cm × 205 cm 
 
 (67 in × 81 in) Grand King Super King, 
 
 Athletic King, or Texas King 200 cm × 250 cm 
 
 (80 in × 98 in) 180 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (71 in × 79 in) 180 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (71 in × 79 in) 203 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (80 in × 80 in) 183 cm × 203 cm 
 
 (72 in × 80 in) 194 cm × 205 cm 
 
 (76 in × 81 in) Large Emperor 213 cm × 213 cm 
 
 (84 in × 84 in) Caesar 245 cm × 200 cm 
 
 (96 in × 79 in) 
 
 Canada and United States [ edit ] 
 
 Standard North American bed sizes 
 
 Standard sizes [ edit ] 
 
 Standard bed sizes in the US and Canada are: 
 
 Twin or single 38 in × 75 in (97 cm × 191 cm) There is a common misconception that a single bed is sometimes smaller than a twin.[2] Full / Double 53 in × 75 in (135 cm × 191 cm) Queen 60 in × 80 in (152 cm × 203 cm) King 76 in × 80 in (193 cm × 203 cm) Foundation or box spring size can be of two single L or twin XL. California king 72 in × 84 in (183 cm × 213 cm) 
 
 Other sizes [ edit ] 
 
 Single L or twin XL 39 in × 80 in (99 cm × 203 cm)[3] Three-quarters 48 in × 75 in (122 cm × 191 cm)[4] Full XL 53 in × 80 in (135 cm × 203 cm) Texas (or athletic) king 80 in × 98 in (203 cm × 249 cm) California queen waterbed insert Used for conventional mattresses inside a waterbed frame. Subtract 2.0 inches from California queen waterbed size. 58 in × 82 in (147 cm × 208 cm) California king waterbed insert Used for conventional mattresses inside a waterbed frame. Subtract 2.0 inches from California king waterbed size. 70 in × 82 in (178 cm × 208 cm) 
 
 Europe [ edit ] 
 
 UK and Ireland [ edit ] 
 
 Standard UK and Ireland sizes 
 
 In the United Kingdom and Ireland beds are measured according to the size of mattress they hold not the dimensions of the bed frame itself, bed sizes are not standardised and may differ between manufacturers.[5][6] Below are the typical bed sizes from the National Bed Federation, which is the trade association for the majority of British and Irish bed manufacturers and their suppliers.[7] Note the metric and imperial sizes are not exact equivalents and generally there can be a tolerance of up to +/-2 centimetres (0.8 in) in quoted measurements and the size of the mattress itself.[5][8] 
 
 Size Dimensions Notes Feet & Inches Inches Centimetres Small Single 2'6" × 6'3"[6] 30 × 75 75 × 190 Common UK size for single-person hospitality (zip & link) twin beds as beds can be combined to make a short King bed.[ citation needed ] Single 3' × 6'3"[6] 36 × 75 90 × 190 Also a standard hospitality sized single-person twin bed in Ireland,[ citation needed ] two mattresses can be zip linked to make a short Super King bed. Small Double 4' × 6'3" [6] 48 × 75 120 × 190 Known also as a ​ 3⁄ 4 bed, for one person although can fit two.[9] Double 4'6" × 6'3"[6] 54 × 75 135 × 190 King 5' × 6'6"[6] 60 × 78 150 × 200 This is the closest bed to the American Queen size bed, 60 by 80 inches (150 cm × 200 cm).[9] Best for two persons. Super King 6' × 6'6"[6] 72 × 78 180 × 200 Can fit three persons. 
 
 less commonly used sizes include: 
 
 Toddler size: 2'6" × 4'8" or 75 by 140 centimetres (30 in × 56 in) [9] 
 
 Emperor: 7' × 7' or 215 by 215 centimetres (84 in × 84 in), though size can vary by manufacturer[10] 
 
 As well as standard sizes, European common sizes are also sometimes found in the UK from imports and IKEA.[6][11] 
 
 Size Dimensions Notes Feet & Inches Inches Centimetres European Single 3' × 6'6"[11] 36 × 78 90 × 200 Two mattresses can be zip linked to make a Super King bed. European Double 4'7" × 6'6"[11] 55 × 78 140 × 200 European King 5'3" × 6'6"[11] 63 × 78 160 × 200 
 
 While many companies in the UK do offer bespoke bed making services, most mass-produced bed linens, bed frames and mattresses fit only the standard bed sizes above. 
 
 France [ edit ] 
 
 Single size beds are usually 90 centimetres (35 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long. 
 
 Most common sizes for double beds are: 
 
 140 centimetres (55 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long 
 
 160 centimetres (63 in) wide by 200 centimetres (79 in) long 
 
 180 centimetres (71 in) wide by 200 centimetres (79 in) long (less common, but increasing popularity). 
 
 Due to the popularity of imported beds (especially from IKEA), the 200 centimetres (79 in) length is becoming more common.[citation needed] 
 
 Italy [ edit ] 
 
 In Italy, beds are classified by name and use the term Piazza as in "one place" Standard sizes are:[12] 
 
 Una piazza or singolo ("single") 80 or 90 centimetres (31 or 35 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long. Una piazza e mezza (1 1 / 2 ) 120 centimetres (47 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long. Due piazze or letto matrimoniale 160 or 180 centimetres (63 or 71 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long long 
 
 Less common:[citation needed] 
 
 Piazza francese or "Piazza e Mezza francese" 140 centimetres (55 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long 
 
 Due to the popularity of imported beds (especially from IKEA), the 200 centimetres (79 in) length is becoming more common.[citation needed] 
 
 Northern Europe [ edit ] 
 
 These sizes are for Germany, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. There are some variations between the Nordic countries and the Baltic nations, but these are the most common sizes: 
 
 Single: 
 
 80 cm × 190 cm (31 in × 75 in), traditional standard for bunk beds in Germany 
 
 90 cm × 190 cm (35 in × 75 in), traditional standard in Germany 
 
 75 cm × 200 cm (30 in × 79 in), standard in Norway [ citation needed ] 
 
 80 cm × 200 cm (31 in × 79 in), common variant in Finland [ citation needed ] 
 
 90 cm × 200 cm (35 in × 79 in), standard single bed in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Germany, also common in The Netherlands 
 
 90 cm × 210 cm (35 in × 83 in) 
 
 90 cm × 220 cm (35 in × 87 in), extra large variant in The Netherlands 
 
 100 cm × 200 cm (39 in × 79 in), now very common in Germany 
 
 105 cm × 200 cm (41 in × 79 in) 
 
 120 cm × 200 cm (47 in × 79 in)[ citation needed ] 
 
 Three-Quarter: 
 
 120 cm × 200 cm (47 in × 79 in), less common in Scandinavia 
 
 140 cm × 200 cm (55 in × 79 in), very common three-quarters in Scandinavia 
 
 Double: 
 
 120 cm × 200 cm (47 in × 79 in), referred to as a "doubter" in the Netherlands, somewhat common for younger people 
 
 140 cm × 200 cm (55 in × 79 in) 
 
 150 cm × 200 cm (59 in × 79 in), common 
 
 160 cm × 200 cm (63 in × 79 in), very common [ citation needed ] , common variant in Finland [ citation needed ] 
 
 , common variant in Finland 180 cm × 200 cm (71 in × 79 in), very common double bed in current Danish, Swedish and Norwegian standards [ citation needed ] 
 
 180 cm × 210 cm (71 in × 83 in) 
 
 200 cm × 200 cm (79 in × 79 in) (very wide) 
 
 Most beds are 200 cm (79 in) cm long. Extra long beds are usually 220 cm (87 in), but they are rare. 
 
 Portugal [ edit ] 
 
 In Portugal the most common sizes for beds are: 
 
 Solteiro (single) 80 centimetres (31 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in) long (can go up to 105 cm wide by 200 cm long) 
 
 Casal (double) 140 centimetres (55 in) wide by 190 centimetres (75 in), 195 or 200 cm long 
 
 Queen Size 160 centimetres (63 in) or 180 centimetres (71 in) wide by 190, 195 or 200 cm long 
 
 King Size 180 centimetres (71 in) wide by 190, 195 or 200 cm long 
 
 Super King Size 200 centimetres (79 in) wide by 200 cm long 
 
 Spain [ edit ] 
 
 In Spain the most common sizes are: 
 
 180/190/200 cm long 
 
 80/90/105/120/135/150 cm wide, the most common: 
 
 "Individual" (single) = 90 cm wide 
 
 "Matrimonio" (marital) = 135/150 cm wide 
 
 Switzerland [ edit ] 
 
 Single: 
 
 70 cm × 200 cm (28 in × 79 in), only used for double beds with two separate mattresses 
 
 80 cm × 200 cm (31 in × 79 in), only used for double beds with two separate mattresses 
 
 90 cm × 200 cm (35 in × 79 in), common single bed 
 
 120 cm × 200 cm (47 in × 79 in), uncommon, mainly available as European-style futon beds that are sold with mattress, slats and frame 
 
 140 cm × 200 cm (55 in × 79 in), common, especially among young people 
 
 Double: 
 
 160 cm × 200 cm (63 in × 79 in), common 
 
 180 cm × 200 cm (71 in × 79 in), common 
 
 200 cm × 200 cm (79 in × 79 in) 
 
 Oceania [ edit ] 
 
 Australia [ edit ] 
 
 The following bed sizes are available in Australia 
 
 Single 92cm x 188cm[13] (36in x 74in) Long Single 92cm x 204cm (36in x 80in) Three-quarter (obsolete, but still present) 120 cm × 188 cm (47in x 74in) King Single 107cm x 203cm (42in x 80in) Double 138cm x 188cm (54in x 74in) Queen 153cm x 203cm (60in x 80in - Same as American Queen) King 183cm x 203cm (72in x 80in) California King 183cm x 213cm (72in x 82in) Super King 204 cm x 204cm (80in x 80in) 
 
 New Zealand [ edit ] 
 
 The following bed sizes are available in New Zealand 
 
 Single 91cm x 188cm Single XL 91cm x 203cm Three-quarter (uncommon) 120 cm × 188 cm King Single 107cm x 203cm Double 137cm x 188cm Queen 153cm x 203cm King 167cm x 203cm Super King 183cm x 203cm Californian King 203cm x 203cm Water Bed King 213cm x 203cm 
 
 Africa [ edit ] 
 
 South Africa [ edit ] 
 
 Comprehensive list of bed sizes in South Africa: 
 
 Single 92 cm × 188 cm Single XL 92 cm × 200 cm Three-quarter 107 cm × 188 cm Three-quarter XL 107 cm × 200 cm Double 137 cm × 188 cm Double XL 137 cm × 200 cm Queen 152 cm × 188 cm Queen XL dimensions 152 cm × 200 cm King 183 cm × 188 cm (equal to the width of two single mattresses) King XL 183 cm × 200 cm (equal to the width of two single mattresses) 
 
 XL mattress sizes vary only in length but not in width. 
 
 Asia [ edit ] 
 
 China [ edit ] 
 
 In China, the regulation standard has following sizes available:[14] 
 
 Length: 1900 mm, 1950 mm, 2000 mm, 2100 mm; 
 
 Width: Single: 800 mm, 900 mm, 1000 mm, 1100 mm, 1200 mm; 
 
 Width: Double: 1350 mm, 1400 mm, 1500 mm, 1800 mm. 
 
 In practice, bed sizes are usually categorized by the width. The length is typically two metres, but may vary. The most common sizes are: 
 
 1.2 m 120 cm × 200 cm (47 in × 79 in) 1.5 m 150 cm × 200 cm (59 in × 79 in) 1.8 m 180 cm × 200 cm (71 in × 79 in) 
 
 There are also extra size beds available, but they are less common. 
 
 Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia [ edit ] 
 
 The following bed sizes are available in Indonesia, Singapore, and Malaysia: 
 
 Single 36 in × 75 in (91 cm x 191 cm) Twin size 39 in × 75 in (99 cm × 191 cm) Super single 42 in × 75 in (106 cm x 191 cm) Queen (double) 60 in × 75 in (152 cm × 191 cm) King (double) 72 in × 75 in (183 cm × 191 cm) 
 
 See also [ edit ] 
 
 References [ edit ]
– Waterbeds were all the rage back in the 1970s before all but disappearing the following decade. Now the original inventor plans a big comeback in the new millennium. Fittingly, he sees millennials as the key to that revival, reports the Seattle Times. “I don’t think a millennial has ever seen one,” 71-year-old Charlie Hall tells the newspaper. Hall is betting that a slew of improvements—temperature control, calmer waves, etc.—will once again make the beds a must-have for the younger generation when they hit the market later this year, initally at the City Furniture chain in Florida. King- and queen-sized mattresses will be available, and those looking to indulge can expect to pay about $2,000, reports KREM2. “I think that some people will have a memory of it and want to revisit it just because they remember waterbeds and want to see how different they are,” says Hall. “And then there’ll be a generation, it’ll be a total novelty for them.” Both stories recount the colorful history and risque marketing that helped make the original waterbeds popular 50 years ago. Consider that the first one was called "The Pleasure Pit," and came with a not-too-subtle slogan: “Two things are better on a waterbed, and one of them is sleeping.” Hall does indeed own the patent for the waterbed, and he's had other successful inventions over the years, including a solar-heated shower for campers.