100% natural vs. blend latex at Flobeds
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Hi, I am considering buying a latex mattress from Flobeds I have been trying foam beds, but no thinking it is better to go with a latex bed I can customize. My main first decision is whether to go with the 100% natural vs. blended latex. On a brief phone conversation, they seem to indicated no real performance differences. Almost like they were pushing the blend over the 100% natural. However, I would like other opinions if possible. The blended is cheaper, lighter and slightly thinner. All pluses for me. In concept, all natural sounds better. However, if no performance differences I would probably go with the blend. What are the real performance differences? Your expert advise is appreciated! Any thoughts on differences between Flobeds and Sleepez would be appreciated as well. |
Re: 100% natural vs. blend latex at Flobeds
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Good for you delilah! I believe you will find that David and Dewey Turner are excellent people to do business with.One thing is for sure, if you don't like something you can exchange it. And worst comes to worst, you can always get your money back within the 90 day period. These are the reasons that I'm doing business with them. I know I'm paying a couple of hundred dollars more than over someone like SleepEZ. Although Sean at SleepEZ seems to be a very excellent and helpful person, you're not dealing with the owner of the company, at least as far as I know. The other factor is that they just do not have the liberal exchange and return policy that FloBeds has. This was the deciding factor for me. They do have one nice feature, if it is of interest to the individual, they sell Dunlop as well as blended Talalay and 100% botanically grown Talalay. I just went to the Habitat website again and listened to their video about the difference between blended and 100 percent natural botanically grown latex. They most assuredly go for the hundred percent botanically grown and want nothing to do with the blended. The reason being, I haven't a clue. it's particularly interesting since Latex International makes both a blended and a 100% botanically grown latex. In any event, I think you will be quite happy with your purchase. |
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Eagle2: I gave the order to Dewey, who seemed like a pretty helpful and knowledgable guy. Have you experienced any issues with the layers shifting/sliding apart? That happens with my memory foam on top of a spring mattress. I assume that the friction of the latex foam, and the cover should hold them together pretty well. But, I did not really ask about that potential issue. |
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delilah wrote: Eagle2: I gave the order to Dewey, who seemed like a pretty helpful and knowledgable guy. Have you experienced any issues with the layers shifting/sliding apart? That happens with my memory foam on top of a spring mattress. I assume that the friction of the latex foam, and the cover should hold them together pretty well. But, I did not really ask about that potential issue. No, I have not experienced any shifting of the layers. I talked to them about this and Dewey explain to me that they made the cover intentionally slightly smaller than the dimensions of the cores, specifically to address this potentiality. Besides, latex rubber, blended or no, is very clingy. If you put two pieces of latex together and try to drag them you will have one heck of a time. You will find this out when you go to put your bed together. You have to use a kind of flipping waving action to move this stuff at all. It really wants to grab ahold of whatever latex is close to it. Be very careful in the way you handle latex. Taking a handful of it and pulling on it can tear it. I have been trying to think of some good verbal illustration to refer to how to handle latex. The best I can come up with is the way you might handle a very large baby that you didn't want to injure, but were having a difficult time moving. You don't want to try to drag it around. It will certainly be best if you have another person who can assist you. Will your husband be available? I would highly recommend it. A full California King size piece of 3 inch thick latex can weigh approximately 50 pounds. So even a half piece weighs about 25lb's. And it is a very floppy stuff!  . It is kind of like trying to handle a dead body or a drunk. It is very uncooperative material! Oh yes. You may have to tuck the latex into the corners of the cover, at one point or the other. In this regard latex is quite cooperative....thank goodness! Also, I have not noticed any crack between the two sides of my California King bed. For one thing the top layer, that is two pieces glued together, is a convoluted 2" piece of soft Talalay. This is true no matter which of their beds you buy. All of them include this 2 inch soft convoluted Talalay top piece covering the entire surface of your bed. So far my bed is sleeping quite well. I did notice a slight discomfort in my hip area late in the sleeping process last night as I had been spending a lot of time on the side with the new soft piece. I simply rolled over to the firmer side and notice no other discomfort. Now let me emphasize that the discomfort was extremely mild and may have been a figment of my imagination or just the way I was laying. But I will certainly give it a thorough work out to determine if I want to keep this soft piece of latex. Yes Dewey is quite knowledgeable and helpful. I have only dealt with him one time, on my most recent contact to request the 2 exchange sample cores. I have principally dealt with his father David. Since David and I are much closer in age we do share a perspective of experiences. But I feel quite sure that either one of them will do a good job of assisting you with any problems that you may have. Whatever you do, give yourself at least two weeks before making any exchanges. Unless of course you find yourself very uncomfortable. In that case contact them and get their advice on how to get to a more comfortable position with your bed. This message was modified Oct 9, 2009 by eagle2
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Re: 100% natural vs. blend latex at Flobeds
| I own both LI blended talalay and LI 100% natural talalay. In my opinion, they are very similar products. I think the blended is slightly more consistent. In the future, when I throw away my foam by mail latex, I am going to replace it with LI blended. Actions speak louder than words...... |