I am just plain lazy today ;-D - I need some info from latex buyers/users
I know I could do a search. I know I've done so before. Right now I am just soooo not in the mood to go back and look for and read latex info.  I want to buy 1" or 2" of Dunlop latex (because I've slept on Talalay and never Dunlop; want to try the Dunlop). Can someone remind me who has it cheapest? I know I investigated this 4-5 months ago but I have completely forgotten. I took all memory foam out of my mattress last night and slept better than I have in weeks. Still woke up with a sore back, but much better. The only other time I tried it without the memory foam was when I used 2 x 1" of my soft latex and I think that was too much soft foam for me. Now I'm back to 1" of soft latex without the memory foam and it's better, but I do guess that my HR foam has crapped out, so time to replace it with latex. What ILD do you recommend for my bottom layer(s) over my springs? When my bed was working for me, I only had 1" of HR foam over the springs so I am guessing that should do it with the latex as well. I think the ILD I used was about 32, so with Dunlop I might want to go with 28? or would that be too soft? (as I recall, Dunlop is naturally firmer than Talalay so you use a lower ILD, no?) Also, I'm not sure - maybe I can find this in my receipt somewhere - the HR foam might have been as high as 36ILD. I had 3 ILD's one firm, one medium and one very firm, and I used the medium sometimes and the firm sometimes, but don't recall the exact ILD's. This message was modified Jan 10, 2010 by jimsocal
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eagle2...I agree with you. And I did think carefully about it. But JimSoCal was correct, it was the online piece. I simply clicked on the link on their site and copied exactly what came up. That BBB piece was there in late December and there again today when I double checked. It is not there now so apparently, maybe their dues did lapse and they weren't aware but became aware of it because of the post and fixed it. (So, actually, I may have helped them! :) ) Or something to that effect...I don't know how the BBB displays its ratings on websites. But in light of the lack of phone response and negative feedback from others, I thought it was something that should be shared and/or considered since JimSoCal is really desperate to get some good help here. Sounds like he has been suffering quite a while. Either way, it concerned me enough when I didn't get a call back and was ready to spend almost 3k on a bed which is a big deal in itself but more so because it is harder doing business on the internet. I'm sure they make a good product and have so for years but business practices do change and sales shouldn't be taken for granted so I was just trying to give a heads up to everyone, as from reading these posts, a latex investment is a lot harder for some than others, especially these days. Good luck Jim! |
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Jim: I called SleepEZ several different times during my research phase into latex mattresses. They usualy answered the phone and I got a pretty decent response from them. As I remember I always talk to Sean. Of course I never left a call and asked him to call me back. If they were busy, which several times they were, I just hung up and called back later. So I really cannot comment on their callback proficiency. But I can say this however. While I am not trying to put down Sleep EZ in any way, as I know they have many satisfied customers on this board, I did feel more comfortable talking to Savvy Rest and FloBeds. I only had one call to Habitat, they were good to talk to. I never called Foam Sweet Foam. |
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| BBB "Membership" is pretty expensive for essentially no benefit to small business. So long as a company doesn't have a poor record with them, I wouldn't read into it too much. Customer reviews however in general I think hold a lot more value. |
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Jim, Rockymountain mattress also has 1" 100% natural Talalay and dunlop toppers (also 2,3,4"). 32 and 24 ILD in Talalay, 26 and 17 in dunlop. Not clear who makes it. Says free shipping for limited time. That is another option for you if you want to pass on sleepez. http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/talalaylatextoppermediumfirm-p-87.html |
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| I read at sleeplikeabear website you can order natural latex from them, they order from LI. They only stock blended talalay. Don't know the price however, not posted on their website. |
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TJ said: "eagle2...I agree with you. And I did think carefully about it." I hope I did not come across overly harsh in my comments. It's just that I have never seen anything, that I can recall, were SleepEZ had taken advantage of anyone. From everything I have been able to gather they seem to be a quite legitimate company. I even considered them for a while once I had decided that I was not going to purchase from Savvy Rest. It came down to SleepEZ less expensive price, or FlowBeds more liberal exchange policy. Plus the fact that FlowBeds had never had a complaint filed against them with the BBB. I am retired and living on Social Security so $3000, or thereabouts, is a lot of money for me and "my better half". So FlowBeds was my choice because when I'm spending this kind of money I wanted to make darn sure that I was completely satisfied with the bed. Were it not for that fact I would probably have purchased from SleepEZ since they are less money and most folks on this forum seem to like them. |
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eagle2 wrote: TJ said: "eagle2...I agree with you. And I did think carefully about it." I hope I did not come across overly harsh in my comments. It's just that I have never seen anything, that I can recall, were SleepEZ had taken advantage of anyone. From everything I have been able to gather they seem to be a quite legitimate company. I even considered them for a while once I had decided that I was not going to purchase from Savvy Rest. It came down to SleepEZ less expensive price, or FlowBeds more liberal exchange policy. Plus the fact that FlowBeds had never had a complaint filed against them with the BBB. I am retired and living on Social Security so $3000, or thereabouts, is a lot of money for me and "my better half". So FlowBeds was my choice because when I'm spending this kind of money I wanted to make darn sure that I was completely satisfied with the bed. Were it not for that fact I would probably have purchased from SleepEZ since they are less money and most folks on this forum seem to like them. Eagle2, when you say, "most folks on this forum seem to like them", who are you speaking of? I am not doubting you, I am just asking because I did a half-fast search and didn't find anyone really recommending SleepEZ. Since I haven't been following a lot of latex threads the past year or so you are probably more in a position to know. I hope it is true that people have found them a good company to buy from, because come Monday, I may do so in spite of my reservations based on their sketchy phone answering. $200 is a lot for me to spend right now, and I want to make sure I'm getting a quality product. |
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sandman wrote: Jim, Rockymountain mattress also has 1" 100% natural Talalay and dunlop toppers (also 2,3,4"). 32 and 24 ILD in Talalay, 26 and 17 in dunlop. Not clear who makes it. Says free shipping for limited time. That is another option for you if you want to pass on sleepez. http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/talalaylatextoppermediumfirm-p-87.html Thanks for the link! I'm still deciding... But SleepEz has their price beat just a little with the $49 shipping per order - I think the 1" latex is about $70 each so that's $140 +49 = $189 vs. this one at $115 + 115 = $230. But I do appreciate having the option because if I don't get through to SleepEZ on Monday I may just decide to dump them. |
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Jim said: "Eagle2, when you say, "most folks on this forum seem to like them", who are you speaking of? I am not doubting you, I am just asking because I did a half-fast search and didn't find anyone really recommending SleepEZ. Since I haven't been following a lot of latex threads the past year or so you are probably more in a position to know. I hope it is true that people have found them a good company to buy from, because come Monday, I may do so in spite of my reservations based on their sketchy phone answering. $200 is a lot for me to spend right now, and I want to make sure I'm getting a quality product." Jim I am principally referring to the archival area of this board. Most of the positive comments came from several years ago, although there has been some more recent ones, the best I can remember. But then times change and we are going through quite a down turn in the national economy, so possibly SleepEZ may have changed somewhat. I just do not know. But then again the complaints that you are registering about them, not returning your calls, is the first that I recall hearing about. |
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| Jim, it looks like Rockymountain would be slightly cheaper for 1 piece, but sleepez is cheaper if you buy 2. Rockymountain told me that Latex Green makes their latex toppers. That would make sense for the dunlop, but as far as I know they do not make 100% natural talalay. So, they would have to be pressed on that issue. Does anyone know the quality of Latex Green? |