Mattress Forum

Here is the link on the Euro slat foundation click here  It flexes and I think that would really make a difference on comfort without sinking in.  Almost like springs.  Though hopefully not as hard.

If you look at the link above your posting, Haysdb put lots of great pictures showing how you make they make slats firmer in the area you want.  I would put the firm plastic things in the hip area to make it firm, and leave the shoulder area to flex.  I don't know if you would have that much motion transfer, particularly if the system is split, I believe they are split for queen and king.

I think this would be like a spring mattress.  Nobody has talked much about this system.  I have seen these at Ikea, but I don't buy from them since they refused to allow me to return a mattress topper that was not the same as their floor model, it was over $200 too!  Still fuming over that one.  I love to rant and rave

Sure wish someone here would post here if they have a Euro Slat foundation. 

BTW, in the event you're wondering, I don't make it a normal practice to lie on bare wood slats. I was taking a break from packing up the mattress to send back, and I must say, it was the most comfortable surface I'd slept on in a long time! 

Not to overtax our resident mattress expert, but Budgy has a compelling explanation for what makes flex slat systems so great. So you might want to PM him if he doesn't make an appearance here..

Hope this helps!

The reason I was thinking about the Euro Slats is I remembered outside furniture that had plastic strips spaced apart like the Slats, and how comfy they were, and I had no pressure points.  Of course I didn't lay on my sides, but I would have hip pain if I didn't have some give in the chair.

Did you keep the Euro Slats to try a thinner latex bed?

I'd love to try an adjustable slat frame.

I have used foam just flat on the floor and I had no problem with it. Maybe if you live in a very humid area or sleep on a concrete floor at ground level it could be a problem but for many situations I think just putting a mattress - spring or foam - on the floor can be just fine. Then again, maybe some backs need some "give" under them. Who the heck knows? Now I'm back to "Woudn't it be great to have unlimited funds to try this and that...?"

So anyway, my reply to the question re inexpensive foundation for latex, is: The Floor.

Or a "regular" S company box. Many of them have no "spring" anymore, they're just wood slats with material over them. Sometimes you can get real good deals on them if the mattress store wants to make a sale bad enough.

If I were "handy", had the tools and such, I would just build one. I'd build a frame and make it just high enough to clean easily under it with a vacuum, and put slats across it. This goes back to the other thread about toxins in latex and such:

My one concern is the smell from wood. God knows what kind of chemicals they treat wood with, I have noticed that a lumber store smells pretty "toxic". I wonder, if I were to buy some wood, what kind would be best to buy, to avoid toxins? I know, regular wood, itself, should be natural enough. But it smells like maybe they treat it with chemicals...??

Anyone know for sure?  Just anothe issue for me to think about, UGH!!!

I agree Jim I need an unlimited amount of money to try all of these things.  I am so desperate to sleep more than a few hours at a time.....  I just want to sleep on my sides without pain.