Mattress Forum

2 in LUX ILD 55

3 in HD 38 ILD

2 in Latex 20 ILD

With the terry cloth cover.  Everything looked good.  The latex foam looked perfect to me, no stains or anything.  There was an odor mostly from the polyfoam, and it was strong, but I let it air out for a a few hours and it dissipated.  The measurements were pretty close.

I thought that I liked mattresses that were firm with a nice soft comfort layer and I thought that I would probably add some more softness on top of the mattress, but this thing is a brick.  I already had 2 inches of soft memory foam, so I threw that on top and I still didn't make it through the night (the cat LOVED the memory foam, and she slept great.  I didn't).  I'm a back/side sleeper, but I could get sort of comfortable on this on my stomach.  I ended up sleeping on my 15 year old mattress.

I'm 120 lbs, so I think that I just do not have enough weight to sink into the mattress at all.  It feels pretty soft if I push on it with my hand, but when I lay down I feel like I just "float" on top.  I stayed under my budget so far, but the mattress needs more adjustment than I expected.  The whole thing is on plywood.

My thoughts are that I should get rid of the LUX foam and buy 2 inches of something softer - like maybe the medium soft foam from Foamforyou, which I think is ILD 23, but the names on the website confused me a bit.  Additionally I'm thinking of getting another inch of very soft latex from somewhere else.  I'm not sure where yet.  I know the FBM ILD 20 is probably harder than other ILD 20s, but I need the top layer to be a whole lot softer, so even if its actually 24 or so, I don't think 19 will do the trick.  I'm thinking 14 max, but foamonline offers a 10 ILD.  Not sure if they are any good, but the price is not so bad.  So the new set up would be

3 in HD 38 ILD

2 in HD foam ILD 23

2 in Latex 20 ILD

1 in latex 10 ILD

I could also stick the memory foam in there somewhere if I need to.  If I do that, I will pretty much be at my budget, so I don't really want to fail miserably again, so I would really appreciate any comments.  I tried some latex over foam mattresses in stores and liked them, so I know its possible to make this work.  Any suggestions on where to find an inexpensive soft piece of polyfoam?  Would it help to walk on the foam and break it in?  Thanks!