Mattress Forum

>Check out foambymail.com. You can buy an all latex twin mattress for about $300 or you can build one with a 6" HR base and a 2" topper with your choice of ILDs for less money than the Overstock mattress. Plus you have the option of returning or exchanging it.

This is basically a PU foam mattress with a 2&quot; latex topper. They don't tell you what the ILD of the latex is-- or even what the ILD of the foam base is. They don't even mention if there's a warranty on it. What worries me the most is that you can't return it once you pop the vacuum packing and let it expand to its actual size. If you find it's too soft or too hard or it winds up giving you a backache your stuck with it. </p><p>Check out foambymail.com. You can buy an all latex twin mattress for about $300 or you can build one with a 6&quot; HR base and a 2&quot; topper with your choice of ILDs for less money than the Overstock mattress. Plus you have the option of returning or exchanging it. </p><p>Lastly, never mind Sager. He hates it when people ask questions. If you already have a boxspring you could try it, but foam mattresses general work better on slats (no greater than 3 or 4&quot; between) or a solid surface foundation. Wood would be fine unless you live in a very humid climate. If so I'd go with slats to allow air to circulate and avoid mold. 

hay there, indeed for around 1K you should be seeing some great posibilities for your mattress... have you considered memeory faom mattresses? i have had one now for aorund a year and it is lush! it helped with my back ache and has given me some great nights sleep. I looked into the latex mattresses when purchasing my memory foam one... they were more expensive and alot heavier... apparently they dont retain as much body heat as the memory foam mattress and they hold there shape better... my memory foam mattress has devloped dents, infact after about 1month there was a definate indentation where i sleep and a smaller one on the wifes side...
 the choice is yours... id go memory foam all the way!

Latex and HR foam have a distinctly different feel to them. Latex, especially Talalay, is very springy and bouncy. HR has a deader feeling to it with less motion transfer. As a base layer you may not notice too much difference, since it's primarily there for support. Good HR foam will last a long time without compressing or degrading. Nearly as long as latex, and it costs pretty much the same. Some people who are sensitive to fumes would want to avoid HR since it outgasses. Latex doesn't.