Foam by Mail latex & Latex International latex comparison
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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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Well i didn't think i'd care about superficial flaws that don't affect performance, but i'd pay more for the one on the right. Now wrong lengths are another story. O.T.O.h. i've heard at least two instances of L.I. doing the same (not poor quality, just wrong sizes or cut short). Wish i could find a LOCAL place where i can see what i'm buying before i hand over my money. In houston you'd think it'd be possible. |
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Jason, you may have read my story about Flobeds sending the wrong size convoluted topper with my bed. There was actually another guy on these forums who bought a Flobed about the same time and also got the wrong size topper with his shipment. What happened is apparently they had a batch of king sized convoluted toppers that accidentally were labeled as queen. The first they knew of it was when I called them to say my queen topper was way too big, and they had me measure it while I was on the phone with them. After my conversation with them, they went through the whole warehouse and individually checked each topper to be sure they were correctly labeled. They sent me a new topper immediately, with a return label so I could send the king sized one back at their expense. I think the issue was a shade different - the topper was cut to the correct dimensions but the wrong labels were accidentally affixed. The FBM layers were just not cut accurately to size. When I got my second, correctly sized topper from Flobeds, at first I thought it was a little short both length and width wise. However, after a little fussing and adjusting all the layers to fit accurately together, it is exactly the right size. Jason, where in Texas are you? There's this place in Texas you might go to their showroom and try one. From the description, it *sounds* like they are selling Dunlop processed latex, but you'd have to check: http://www.texasmattress.com/ This message was modified Nov 29, 2009 by KimberlyH
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Re: Foam by Mail latex & Latex International latex comparison
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KimberlyH wrote: http://www.texasmattress.com/
And yeah, if the reputable brands are making multiple mistakes with with one customer, not much hope for the lower budget operations in that regard. At least their c.s. took care of you, that's the main thing. That alone is worht paying for. Now that JimS.C. has me thinking along the lines of his surgery projects- which is as far from "NO D.I.Y." as possible- i'm thinking about seeing what my current sealy looks like on the inside. since it will be disposed of anyway, eventually. thanks again. |