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eden wrote:
Do you have evidence to support this claim?...

Jason: Not fearing the thought police, let me suggest to you that you give FlowBeds a try. They can provide you with a super firm latex in blended, (only) from 42 to 46 ILD. I would think that 9" of this would feel like concrete to me. But never having slept on it, or even felt it, this is purely a guess.

I am currently sleeping on one side of my bed that has two extra firm (36ILD) layers topped off with a medium layer (28 ILD) and of course the ever present to all FlowBeds, a 2" layer of convoluted latex, which I am assuming is somewhere between 26 and 28 ILD. The other side of my bed has two firm layers at 32 ILD with a bottom layer of extra firm at 36 ILD. This is all 100% natural botanically grown latex. The two firm layers, with a...

Linda: I can't imagine what the problem is with the formatting, as I have not had any problems using Firefox.

I avoided the zoned FlowBeds due to the same problem that others have mentioned regarding, "making up my ever loving mind" about what firmness I was going to want. Given the experience I've had so far, I feel confident I made the right choice by avoiding zoning.

I am going to try something next week that I've been quite interested in for some time now.  I have ordered a firm layer of blended latex. I will be able to roll back and forth, from one side of my California King to the other, and check out how I like a blended piece of firm, compared to a 100% botanically grown natural firm piece of latex. It will be worth the trouble to actually have my own laboratory and check this difference out....

TFitzpa619 wrote:
"Quick follow on question - what *IS* the better latex to use in these beds - i.e. what should we be looking for?"

As has been stated multiple times, the consensus is that Latex International makes the best Talalay latex foam. Many people, including myself, feel that 100% botanically grown natural is the best latex.

In about a week or so...

jimsocal wrote:
I agree with Jim...

Hi there,

I've read through your entire post a few times, and you sound exactly like me.  I'm not a big guy, but I am a big girl :) and I too started out dazed and confused by this mattress business.  The last time I bought a mattress for myself was 15 years ago, my husband and I walked in a showroom, lay on one we liked, bought it for $800, and it was amazingly comfortable and lasted 15 years.  That was a Simmons that was made with quality materials (wool, not cheap PU foam).

Then I got a rude awakening a few years ago when I replaced my daughter's mattress with an $800 Simmons that cratered after less than a year.

When I started researching mattresses a few month ago, I soon found that none of the "S" brands make a quality product anymore.  They are all made with cheap PU foam...

The short answer is, the best latex mattress is a 100% latex mattress - not one that is layered with other PU foam.  You will not find this in any of the major "S" brand manufactured latex mattresses - they ALL have a relatively small layer of latex sandwiched between layers of PU foam.  The *possible* exception to this is the top of the line Vera Wang mattress, which one salesman told me was 100% latex - but I haven't independently confirmed this.  You get a 100% latex mattress by going to a company like sleeplikeabear, flobeds, sleepez, or saavyrest.

Latex comes processed by two methods - Dunlop and Talalay.  Dunlop was the first method developed over 50 years ago.  The Talalay method is more recently developed, it is a more complicated, and more expensive manufacturing process that produces a more uniform and consistent latex.  The two types have a slightly...

Hi Kimberly and Others, Thanks for the update. Maybe I'm not remembering but I thought you had said awhile back that your husband loved the Flobed (while you were the one who wasn't so sure)? Anyway, I was wondering what happened... did it just started feeling less comfortable to him or what (or am I not remembering correctly?) Here's an update from my experience. I kept my Flobed even though I can't say it's totally perfect... but then I don't think any bed set-up is (at least not for me). As I mentioned in a post awhile back, since obviously it wasn't possible to take what I felt was best (as per my needs) from several different companies, I picked the one I felt overall most confident about in terms of both product and customer service (and which allowed returns). And...

I believe Foamsource has a 10 day exchange (no return?) on toppers ordered online. They have Talatech and 100% natural (dunlop??) in 2" and 3"....

I'm trying to get on board the latex bandwaggon, though i keep ending back at square one- defaulting back to another sealy posturepedic firm that will surely crater again within a few years- if i can't arrive at a more confident decision about which latex mattress to buy.  that they are sight unseen, off the internet, isn't helping.  The conventional mattress I like, sealy's signature firm (or a s&f ultra firm), the springs are topped with more "marvelux" layers than anything else, but I hesitate to order raw conventional "lux" foam (assuming it's similar) to use as a base as you guys do for your d.i.y. projects, because I fear the stench.

since latex ild's aren't very consistent when compared across vulcanization techniques, or even with the same process across different companies, I can't really depend on that as an objective measure.  apparently no more reliable than terms like "natural" vs. "organic" vs. "botanical" in this industry.  So I am looking for what anyone with experience would recommend in latex to someone who likes...