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Hi all. I'm flip flopping back forth on the idea of buying an all latex mattress vs. just buying a medium quality level firm innerspring with the least amount of foam and adding latex toppers. It seems so much cheaper than buying all latex?
What are the pros and cons of going each route? if there is a thread already on this, just point me to it. I have searched the forum but nothing exact came up. Here are some that I thought of: All Latex bed Pros: All Latex bed cons: Innerspring + Latex Pros Thanks anyone and everyone!!! |
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Thanks Jim, super helpful!!!! We just received our SleepEz mattress today so if it works out, we'll stick with that and skip the springs. I do need to find a foundation as my next step though, right now its just on the floor. But, if I find myself needing an innerspring, I'll be sure to check out the Stearns and Foster pocket coils you mention. with you being in socal (as I am), I wonder if you've checked out Room and Board's mattresses and what you think of their mattresses in general and their "encased coils" specifically?
On the downside, their selection is small and their main business is furniture not mattresses, but what they do offer looks pretty nice. I tried their latex mattress in the store once and it was comfortable. they also have an "encased coil" with what looks to be only latex on top that could work for you? I wonder which manufacturer makes their beds? the website says "an independent manufacturer in business for over a 100 years..." it would be nice to know if that manufacturer were local to Los Angeles and if they sell to the public, in case I ever wanted to go directly to them to have a bed made...
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Thanks for the interesting information, Jimsocal. I am wondering, looking at your posts and some others I've seen here, about these local mattress manufacturers. Do they actually make the spring setups for spring beds, or do they import them, or does it depend? I just wonder if there are so many local small manufacturers as some of the posts of Phoenix and others indicate, whether there wouldn't be some who would be willing to just sell a decent set of springs, and maybe boxsprings too? And then let us customizers add the foam toppings and covers we want. I really don't see why there wouldn't be some who would be willing to do that - and maybe even to hand-tie pocket coils, like Budgy I think it was, said is the best way to make sure the springs are responsive. So basically I'm just wondering, has anyone on this forum ever had any success in locating a local small manufacturer who would sell just the springs, and maybe even customize the springs? If not, it sure seems like there could be niche market out there for someone was willing to do that. I mean they're shipping full mattresses all over the country. Why not box springs? You'd think someone somewhere would be willing to sell those alone, locally and maybe even not locally. It seems like they could charge enough to make a profit and still keep it under the level of cost for the buyer of a mattress who ends up having to dissect it to get back to the basic springs. Any reason this is not available or could not be available? Does it have to do with where the springs are actually manufactured and assembled into the mattress? Are there regulations involved or something? Just curious. I mean we see all kinds of companies selling all kinds of latex layers ala carte. Why not springs? Any ideas? Any one know if any one does this? Or why not if no one does this? |
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alopex wrote: Thanks Jim, super helpful!!!! We just received our SleepEz mattress today so if it works out, we'll stick with that and skip the springs. I do need to find a foundation as my next step though, right now its just on the floor. But, if I find myself needing an innerspring, I'll be sure to check out the Stearns and Foster pocket coils you mention. with you being in socal (as I am), I wonder if you've checked out Room and Board's mattresses and what you think of their mattresses in general and their "encased coils" specifically?
On the downside, their selection is small and their main business is furniture not mattresses, but what they do offer looks pretty nice. I tried their latex mattress in the store once and it was comfortable. they also have an "encased coil" with what looks to be only latex on top that could work for you? I wonder which manufacturer makes their beds? the website says "an independent manufacturer in business for over a 100 years..." it would be nice to know if that manufacturer were local to Los Angeles and if they sell to the public, in case I ever wanted to go directly to them to have a bed made... Looks like their only SoCal store is in Santa Ana. Thanks for this info! I am thinking one of the small companies might be willing to sell someone a box with pocket coils and encasement and no toppings... or maybe custom make a mattress with, say, pocket coils and 3" of latex and wool on top... Why not? All they do is add the toppings in and sew it up (I assume). So if you brought your own latex why couldn't they sew them in for you instead of their usual pu foam? This message was modified May 11, 2011 by jimsocal
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