Mattress Forum

I believe that anyone who sells "Latex International" foam going to be good.

I just used a full waterproof/breathable mattress cover that had a zip on 3 sides from Amazon. It was was marketed as being for dust mites and bed bug prevention. You could always cover the terry cloth cover with a bed bug cover.

The only problem I have found about the Latex international stuff is the price.  Ideally i would like about 9" or so of foam.  3" layers seem to run about $500 each and that kills my budget.  That is sort of the reason I wrote this post, to find good quality foam for better prices then I have found.  

Good Luck,

As you said, FBM can be a crapshoot. But I've heard good things about SLAB and mattresses,net however.

I recommend a cotton cover to everyone. Even if you think you want wool its not optimal in the cover. Hard to clean (other options are washable), and hard to fluff when it compresses (and it will compress). So get cotton cover and try wool as a separate option (that you can return if you don't like). Also, you can buy allergy covers for beds. My wife is very allergic to dust and she covered our whole mattress with a cover from missionallergy.com. There are tons of other choices as well.

Re mixing latex types, yes it's fine. I am sleeping on 4" soft talalay on 6" dunlop (3" medium over 3" firm). I didn't plan it that way, I started with all dunlop, which was too firm, so I swapped some layers for soft talalay. It's fine, maybe even better .

Steve

PS - you said the three layer (3" each) matresses were $1799. What size mattress? That would be a good price for a king or cal king. 

The other place is myfoammattress.com.  They have 3" latex toppers for $305.  They don't have a huge selections of ILD's and I am not sure if they can get more.  Im going to call them today to see.  They have a 30% restocking fee.  I also don't know if they are latex international or not.  They don't have anything on their website but Phoenix wrote somewhere that they were LI. 

I dug up an old post that mentions centralplastics.com which I am going to call today.  I hear they only carry "medium" which is supposed to be a 32 ILD.  They have 6" cores and 2" or 3" toppers.  I will check them out and let everyone know. 

http://www.purerest.com/ These are Dunlop and are not the best value IMO but they are probably the most stringent in their independent chemical and purity testing which may be important to some. They do have an "econo" version as well which is better value.

http://www.flobeds.com/latex/index.htm They offer high quality and good levels of customization and have a zoned model. Many people like them because of their return and warranty provisions however I believe they are a little too high priced compared to some others.

http://www.savvyrest.com/products/organic-mattresses/serenity I'm including these for comparison purposes only as they are well known and high quality. They do have a good reputation and their prices are lower at some of their dealers than on their website however I have not seen them anywhere close to low enough to consider them good value.

http://www.latexmattresscompany.com/ Good value. They use Radium blended Talalay and LI natural. They have mostly 6+2 constructions listed on their site but since they are a factory they do offer other options as well in Dunlop, blended, and natural Talalay.

http://www.myluxurymattress.com/talalay-latex-mattress.html Good value. They offer blended Talalay in "soft medium and firm" constructions and are not quite as customizable as others. Free shipping on returns.

http://www.foamforyou.com/Latex_Mattress%20.htm I know nothing about these people as I have not talked to them and only recently came across them. They offer a 20 (natural)/80 (synthetic)blend which may not be LI so I would certainly confirm what it was and any details of their service and ILD's available but they do seem to have good prices for their blend.

http://www.baybed.com Good value. They specialize in latex over springs but also make all latex 2 sided.

http://www.mygreenmattress.com/ Good value. 2 sided Talalay. Manufacturer so will customize how you want.

http://www.foambymail.com/ Among the lowest cost for latex however there have been reports that what you receive may not be what you ordered. Included for their price alone.

http://www.jamestownmattress.com/# Good value. Will make a 9" Talalay zip cover with LG dunlop for 12-1300 Queen. Also custom manufacturer.

http://anaturalhome.3dcartstores.com/Terms-and-Conditions_ep_2-1.html I am including them here because they make a 9" vegan Dunlop mattress for those that are attracted to this. Requires a prescription (no fire barrier)

http://perfectlatexmattress.com/ Another one that requires a prescription with no fire barrier

http://www.foamsweetfoam.com/mattresses Good value. 9" zip cover natural Talalay with good choices.

http://latexmattressshop.com/index.php/ Good value. Can be customized soft medium firm only.  Dunlop latex with very nice cover and free return if necessary.

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/shop/product.jsp?productId=prod865234 Good value. 9" natural Talalay and great return policy. No customization though

http://www.simplyrest.com/latex_mattresses I'm including him because he had decent value (quoted $1599 for 9" blended talalay) and probably would have gone down a bit but was a little pushy on the phone when I started asking some "tough" questions. In the hopes he was having a bad day and giving him the benefit of the doubt, I thought I'd include him this time.

http://www.customsleepdesign.com/ Good value. Typically 11" natural or blended Talalay but makes 9" as well. Uses a customization method that I believe is more accurate than others

http://www.sleepez.com/ Good value. Has many Dunlop and natural and blended Talalay options.

http://www.thenaturalsleepstore.com/bella-sera-organic-mattress.html Layered zip cover Dunlop. A little more than most but have some different layer thickness options than others. They also post their chemical testing.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11503354&whse=BC&Ne=5000127+4000000&eCat=BC|93|1924&N=4001714%204294898653&Mo=10&No=7&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&topnav= Good valuefor 10" Dunlop even though unfortunately it's not on sale any longer. Great return policy

http://palmettomattress.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_13&products_id=25 Have only talked with them very briefly. Dunlop core and talalay or dunlop on top.

http://www.restmatters.com/white-night-premium-organic-natural-latex-mattress-34 Included only because they offer the Sam's club mattress for several hundred less. Have not talked to them so I don't know their return policy.

http://www.foamorder.com/latex.html Good value. Mostly Dunlop but has some talalay as well. Confusing website (at least for me) but has some good options and has some good deals in their clearance section as well.

http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/8inchnaturallatexmattress-p-89.html 8" Dunlop core Talalay top. Have only talked with them briefly

http://www.urbanmattress.com/UrbanOrganics_Brochure.pdf 6", 8", and 10" Natural Talalay. Haven't talked with them but they looked interesting enough to include

http://www.foamsource.com/shop/family/latex_mattress Natural Talalay and Dunlop. A little high

http://www.absolutecomfortonsale.com/natural-latex-mattress.htm Dunlop with thick wool option. Thicker mattresses on main page have some poly