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I weight over 300 lbs and I am 6' 1", my wife weighs around 220 lbs and is 5' 3". If we choose a latex mattress where the layers on the first side are Xfirm/firm/medium and the second side Firm/medium/soft in Dunlop and compare it to a mattress configured the same firmness layers in Talalay would one be more likely to take a permanent impression then the other in a given time frame? The assumption is that the Talalay and Dunlop are both from a quality source and neither are of suspect origin.
I am asking this as I am getting radically different answers from on-line vendors some of who's products have consistently good reviews on this forum; leading me to believer they are not flakes or fly-by-night operations. Specifically it was noted that in this configuration my wifes side, based on the soft upper layers, would take an impression in as little as 3 to 4 years if we went with Talalay whereas the Dunlop would not.
So I would appreciate feedback from anyone that has owned for at least several years a Dunlop or Talalay mattresses in a softer firmness layer and is a larger person.
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Phoenix wrote: Latex Green is one of the better and highest quality Dunlops IMO and I would have no problem using it if I liked it's feel. One of the reasons that it is often recommended for heavier people is because of it's density and it's firmer feel ... especially as a core layer. I believe that firmer Talalay is just as suitable as firmer Dunlop (the Dunlop in the same ILD may feel firmer and it has a softer and firmer side because of how it's made) as a core layer but that they can produce a very different feel. Personal experience and your own field testing so you know the differences in feel from a personal perspective will probably do more to help you decide than any research by itself. Natura for example ... as well as others that are widely available make mattresses in both Talalay and Dunlop and laying on a few makes a big difference. I've probably done as much research as most people but I can honestly tell you that without the context of actually laying on mattresses and knowing what it was I was laying on I would almost certainly have "got it wrong" when I bought my own. Phoenix On my piece of Latex Green Dunlop it is not marked as which side is firm or soft, and by touch I can not tell a difference. I have another no name Dunlop (unlabeled from O-stock) and I definitely can tell the soft side from the firm side. So it is strange. But, one side has perfectly spaced holes, the other side they are off center and all mixed up (Budgy posted a picture of this side once). Just an observation....... |