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Foam by Mail latex & Latex International latex comparison
May 27, 2009 11:12 PM
MequonJim
Location: Mequon, WI
Joined: Aug 30, 2007
Points: 363
I finally got around to taking some photos of my latex.  I own a king sized latex bed.  Half of it is Latex International [LI] latex and half of it is Foam by Mail [FBM] latex.

The LI side consists of:

3" blended talalay 44 ILD
3" blended talalay 36 ILD
2" natural talalay 32 ILD

The FBM side consists of:

6" talalay Firm
2" talalay Soft

Here are some photos:


FBM on the left and LI on the right.  You can see the obvious difference in quality.


FBM core in the cover.


FBM cover cut open.


FBM core brown spots and other inconsistencies.


FBM core random pincore holes, cut side view.


FBM soft topper random hole patterns.


FBM topper short, should be 80" long


FBM core short.


FBM invoice with my personal information covered up.


LI 32 ILD natural talalay topper tag.


LI 36 ILD blended talalay tag.


LI 44 ILD blended talalay tag.


In general, my thoughts are:  Latex International has very high quality latex.  If/when I purchase future latex, I will pony up the extra cash for all LI latex.  Unfortunately it was impractical to return my FBM latex.  The problems with returning were 1) extremely difficult to package, 2) expensive to ship, 3) after paying return shipping, 25% of the cost is deducted and then the initial FBM shipping cost is deducted, which leaves little value left for the struggle.

I don't work for LI, I am a consumer of bedding.  I thought sharing my experiences would be helpful to others deciding where to buy their latex.

Feel free to ask any questions.
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