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Re: Tempur-pedic Rhapsody is soft after a year...what can I do? - budgy
Dec 22, 2011 9:46 PM
Dallasgirl wrote:

Hey Budgy,

 

Not asking this to be controversial or at all grumpy- just asking as I continue my own search. As you've probably read, I too had had problems with a pillow top bed (no surprise there- lesson learned- just wish I'd found this board before that mistake). I love everything about latex on paper, but in real life I just could not adjust to the 'push back'- but, I think I had an all latex from SleepEZ that ultimately was just too firm. And, while I do love the 'cush' of a nice memory foam, our Sealy Embody is mushing on us far too quickly :( That is unfortunate, bc I loved the feel of this mattress for a few months and now it's just so so. Many mornings I have pretty bad back...

Re: Vi Spring Coronet or Elite OR Something else ??? - budgy
Oct 6, 2011 5:03 PM
Any particular reason you are avoiding latex?  It seems really redundant to buy an all natural bed and put on a topper that is also not 100% natural as well, just food for thought.  Horsehair is pretty expensive, whether its actually worth the extra 4 g's is hard to say.  It is very springy and resilient so I would assume it would hold up slightly better.  The higher spring counts will give you a more conforming mattress, the extra layer will provide more of a bottomless type of feeling.  

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Re: Newbie Questions About Buying Natural Latex Mattress - budgy
Oct 1, 2011 9:06 AM
Tony_ wrote:

 


Good questions. I have no idea how they can back up their claims. I will be sure to ask them these questions face to face in about 10 days. I know my innerspring mattress is darn heavy now though. I can barely lift it. It was never light but it wasn't this heavy when we got it. I'm not sure about 10 times heaver (that does sound like a completely off the wall statement) but I think it now weights twice as much as it was when we got it 12 years ago. I was also wondering about $13/coil system statetement myself. I'm sure there are mattresses that do have coil systems that cost $13 to manufacture (hell, there are still $300 innerspring queen mattresses being sold), there are also some pretty...

Re: Hastens Excelsior Out. Vi Spring In. What Would You Do? - budgy
May 4, 2011 11:17 AM
sleeptight wrote:

Not sure exactly what happened with the Hastens Budgy. It just does not feel supportive anymore. There is some obvious sagging on one side. But something has gone wrong with it. As for the Vi Springs they are both very similar on paper. But in person they feel a bit different. The Tiara has more of a bouncy feel, almost like latex. But there is no latex in it. It feels very soft and supportive with very pronounced tufts. The sublime is less bouncy. To me it seemed softer and not quite as supportive. But there was something more sumptuous about it. Both amazing beds that I would be happy to own.


as a general rule of thumb I would believe cotton batting to be firmer than good quality animal hair fillings (other than perhaps horsehair).  This is probably...

Re: Hastens Excelsior Out. Vi Spring In. What Would You Do? - sideslpr
Jun 4, 2011 8:51 AM
The VI-Spring beds have the option of different depths for the boxsprings (divans) -- 15 cm, 23 cm or 30cm.  If you go with the shallowest boxspring, your bed will have a firmer feel; the 23 cm is the one usually shown in showrooms, and the 30cm is designed to accommodate drawers.  We definitely preferred the feel of shallower divan, and combined with a medium mattress, and found that it gave a solid medium (or medium-firm) feel overall, which worked for both my husband (a stomach sleeper) and me ( a side sleeper).  You might want to give it a try in the showroom -- pair the Sublime with a shallower divan (if they have a shallow viceroy of course).  I personally found the Sublime in medium too soft when paired with the regular depth divan, and always wondered whether I would have liked it better with the shallower divan....
Re: Vi Spring Coronet or Elite OR Something else ??? - bebe
Oct 6, 2011 2:53 PM
not at all interested in latex.

I'm just confused about the Vi Spring and wondering if that extra layer of horsehair and additional springs is worth 4 grand more (9,000) (for the Regal) and without the horsehair, the Coronet is around 5,000. And has anyone experienced the different levels of firm? I love a soft cushy bed but don't want to sacrifice support. I'd probably get a topper from Linen Source or BB&B to add an add'l level of cush. So if I did that, should I get a firm?

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Buckwheat hull and talalay foam mattress - OpenYourEyes
Nov 22, 2011 8:28 AM
I am currently working on making mattresses for my family. As you can see I have a ways to go!  I am using a wool pouch system (tied into layers) that house organic buckwheat hulls, 100% wool scraps, coconut coir and curled horsehair as filings but I woud like the base layer to also contain a shallow layer of natural foam to extend the life of the natural materials in the above layers.  Does anyone know where I could find remnants or scraps of talalay latex?  How is this stuff recycled?

 

 

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Re: Tempur-pedic Rhapsody is soft after a year...what can I do? - francis61
Dec 23, 2011 3:18 PM
budgy wrote:

 

 


Hello Dallasgirl, 

Personally I think that if the pushback of all latex was too strong for you, or too harsh so to speak.  Than its hard to imagine springs and latex being better.  The pushback effect of latex has to do with its elasticity and resiliency.  Steel is the most elastic material there is that is used in mattresses (chrome steel is more elastic, and amorphous metal, or 'liquid metal' is even more elastic), it is hard to imagine that springs and latex would work.  Perhaps an incredibly high spring count pocket coil with thinner steel used, although with latex on top its hard to imagine it would still be an improvement.  This is why I mention stuff like Vi-Spring or Lavital.  The cushioning materials...

Re: I need a COOLER mattress (help, please!!) - crock
Oct 6, 2012 7:32 AM
The problem you are having is really just inflation. Manufacturers can no longer afford to make mattresses from natural cotton and wool fibers for $2000. i have been looking hard for a new mattress and everything in $2000-3000 range is foam or junk. The best deal I have found for an all natural cotton-wool coil mattress is a VI Spring Elite which sells for about $4300 in king size. It comes with a lifetime warranty that is an actual real warranty that VI Spring  has a good reputation for honoring. If I bought this mattress I would want some sort of wool or fleece topper but most people buy these without toppers. THese beds ccan be ordered with dual firmness. VI Spring has a wonderful cotton-wool-horsehair topper that I would love to have but it costs $2200.

 

If you want to keep the mattress you...

HÄSTENS BED MODEL 2000T TO SELL - rickidi
Nov 22, 2012 7:42 PM
You want an incredible bed ?

Answer : Hästens 2000T (Topper, mattress and box)

Good longevity potential • little or no sleeping hot or off gassing • prestige factor

Hastens beds are hand-made in Sweden. The bed are spring-based and their comfort layer(s) can consist of horsehair, wool, cotton, flax – no foam or latex. Hastens was founded in 1852 and their beds are in the luxury to ultra-luxury mattress category.

Durability is generally superior to most other innerspring-based mattresses.

The top pad can be replaced, the bed can conceivably have a longer lifespan than most beds

Hastens appears to perform better than average in regard to localizing movement from one person so the other person is not disturbed.

Hastens has a 25-year warranty that covers the mattress and springs.

cost : 35 000$

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