foambymail latex - who owns it?
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I am hoping to order a latex mattress in the near future and am strongly leaning towards foambymail as their prices fit my budget best. I know about the ongoing debate over where foambymail gets their latex from, but I'm willing to accept that. Any feedback from users who have ordered a latex mattress or topper from foambymail would be much appreciated. This message was modified Sep 30, 2007 by jiffy524
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Re: foambymail latex - who owns it?
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schippec wrote: WOW, look at those slatted bed prices, does this thing just lay on the floor or do you need a foundation for it? They wouldn't work properly without some space below the slats because under load the slats can flex downward by a couple of inches. But I honestly don't know what the frame requirements are. Anything suitable for conventional slats I suppose. |
Re: foambymail latex - who owns it?
| That is what I was thinking, but thought that it was odd that they would sell the wood slats but not the frame that it would go into. I wonder if it is meant to fit into a metal mattress frame. I would rather have a in a platform type bed frame, but I have never seen those being sold with the ability to mount a wood slat insert in it. If anyone has any ides, let me know. |
Re: foambymail latex - who owns it?
| Ikea sells bed frames, that are meant for their slatted bases. I'm not sure who else makes a bed that requires a separate slatted base, so you could purchase their frame and Ikea's base. |
Re: foambymail latex - who owns it?
| Wouldn't most frames accommodate slats? As long as it has rails along the side? |
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| In theory, yes, the only issue I am aware of is that with most IKEA frame comes a HAMAR (their name) midbeam, which runs from the headboard to the footboard to provide center support. I am only familiar with them in name, as I haven't bought my bed yet. Metal frames, I do know, offer their support width wise, from left to right, not headboard to footboard. I think that could interfere with the flexible slat foundation. I believe I have also seen metal full bed frames which do not have any width-wise supports, but I don't know if that HAMAR midbeam would work with that. |
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| You would actually need midbeam support for a king, since those foundations are split, but I don't think the Queen slat foundations are split (?), so it would cause a problem there. |
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| The only problem that I see with ordering the frame from Ikea is that they don't sell a king or even queen frame. I wonder how well the slatted base would work with a regular metal mattress frame. I don't know if it would be able to flex properly. |
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| Why would it not be able to flex properly? What about a metal frame would interfere with the operation of the slats? |
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| Not having seen a platform bed frame without the mattress, I assumed that they do not have any center supports. If I went with a metal frame such a this frame. It has a center support that runs the length of the mattress down the center, would this interfere with the slats? I guess it does seem that a king bed's width would necessitate some sort of support as it would be a wide span for it to cover. |
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| Any slatted foundation for a king would be constructed as two foundations and would need either a center support or enough cross beams to adequately support the two foundations. I don't know how queen size slatted foundations are constructed, but if they are a single full-width foundation, then you would NOT want a frame with a center support. This applies only to these zero-height slatted foundations, not to the more common "box" foundation. |