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Thank you again Haysdb for this valuable information all in one place.  I will be getting the standard plush low profile pillow and will give a review on it when I get it.  I wish it has as low of a loft as the King size Low Profile Pillow but 5.5 is close enough to 5.2 and the Plush feel hopefully will make it low enough for me since my 6" firm or medium Natural Talalay Latex Pillow from Overstock is just a bit too firm and too high for me.  I miss my old Latex Pillow from years ago that was the perfect softness and height for me.

Please let us know you you like your pillow and what you like or do not like about it after trying it out for a few nights. ...

D3FI, I agree that the 2" convoluted Latex topper feels way too soft and I do not know how anyone can sleep on anything that soft.  I had to return it.  I still like a soft topper on top but so far I am thinking 1" over very firm (ILD 36) over super firm (ILD 44) is the way to go for my level of support an side sleeping cushioning needs.
 
I am still wondering if a soft not convoluted 1.5" latex topper in 100% natural Talalay Latex over a 44 ILD would feel even better. I wish I would stop with my perfectionism of always having to have everything perfect....

Mequonjim, That is a good idea to have a tight zipped up cover (can cover in sizes for this also depending on the thickness of the pillow) that will hold the sliced pieces of latex so we can exchange the pillow latex cores to get the exact height and pillow softness or firmness one desires. I had the perfect latex pillow for over 14.5 years that finally fell apart (I am sure it should have been replaced a lot sooner) and I had no choice but to look around again. This time Fortunoff did not have too many choices like they did years ago. I had to go online to get a natural latex pillow and despite liking my pillows from Overstock.com, I wish they were a little softer and with a little less loft/height.  I will let everyone know how I like the low profile soft standard Talalay Pillow when I get it.  I am still...

D3Fi, I am just like you and wanted to love my 100% all natural latex bed but ended up having to add some blended higher 44 Latex ILD's from Flobeds to get my bed firm enough. Now I see that I could have saved money and just went with a blended latex bed since despite my chemical sensitivities, I do not seem to be having any problems with the blended latex that is in my zippered up cover. I still want my topper to be natural latex for my piece of mine.

I am glad I went with Flobeds since so far I have done over 7 latex exchanges (7 + topper exchanges) to get my bed to the firmness and comfort level I like.  I wanted this flexibility and I did not want a restocking fee if Latex was not for me.

Since no bed is perfect, I do like...

D3FI, I was surprised I did not have any allergies to the blended latex when I finally caved in and ordered a 44 ILD on each side of my bed that gave me the support that I needed. I had allergy problems to a synthetic latex pillow that was not the Talalay process that I bought last year that I gave to a friend.  I never had any problems so far with natural or blended Talalay Latex. The blended actually has less of an odor but a slightly different odor that I needed to air out for a few days over my banister in my upstairs hallway before putting the new latex cores in my zippered up cover.

I have a feeling, you and your wife would like three 44 ILD's with a 36 ILD 1" topper if you like it that soft.  I could not sleep with the 2" convoluted...

I am waiting for Dave to send me a low profile (5.5")Plush (very soft) Talalay Latex Pillow. He sent me a Queen and it is the perfect softness but too high in loft.  If I like the pillow, I will let everyone know and I may get a second one. I already have 4 standard natural latex pillows from Overstock.com that I like but always wished were a little softer and a little lower in height.  I have a feeling my pillow is the Simmons Beautyrest firm latex.  So if I like this pillow and others like it also, Dave at FlowBeds.com will start to sell it is also if there is a market for the pillow. 

I never thought about putting the Latex in a blender and taking some of the pieces out so I have less loft but if I get desperate that is what I will do. The pain in...

tcdonaghey wrote:

The ILDs are mentioned on their website, though I found the page via google not via their mess of a website.

They claim to use blended Talalay but by reading their website it looks like they don't know the difference between natural and blended Talalay.

Soft: 14ILD
Medium: 19ILD
Firm: 19ILD (not a typo, for some reason they use 19ILD for both Medium and Firm)
Extra Firm: 38ILD

Based on our experiences, the Extra Firm would be the minimum you would need to escape that hammock effect. For us, it still wasn't enough and we're going to the 44ILD blended shortly....

blaupunk,

I just wanted to add that we received our blended Talalay sample from Flobeds today. I couldn't quite recognize the smell but my wife helped me out. It smells exactly like an Old Fashioned donut! (that's what Dunkin Donuts calls them anyway). We're going to have to come up with some very non-scientific tests to compare the support between the sample and our natural Talalay cores....

My reading on this board suggests that latex is less likely to retain body heat because of vertical air channels through the rubber. I would guess that body warmth is probably dependent on (1) bedding materials, (2) mattress casing materials, (3) mattress composition, and (4) mattress cushiness.

- Bedding materials: some sheets and mattress pads naturally retain more heat than others
- Mattress casing materials: well, they can differ in thickness and textile; some natural-fiber advocates can be vocal on the subject
- Mattress composition: specifically the parts which you're sleeping directly on (batting, polyurethane foam, latex, memory foam)
- Mattress cushiness: if you've sunk 3" into a soft mattress, the same materials will communicate/reflect more heat to you than a firmer mattress

Memory foam softens in response to heat, so your warmer bits sink further in. Memory foam is also a poor conductor of heat away...