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Hi everyone,
I want to put a mattress together, and I'm hoping you guys can give me some advice. I tested a few SavvyRest natural latex mattresses, and my favorite was their medium level of firmness. I want to ultimately buy 3 3" peices of natural latex (firm, medium, and softer). However, I'm going to start with a 3" soft topper and see how I like it. My biggest priority is for the latex toppers I buy to be as "natural" as possible. My next biggest priority is price. From what I've read, I think I would like to go with Talalay, because it is cooler, sturdier, and better quality than Dunlop (correct me if I'm wrong here), but I wouldn't mind doing a Dunlop bottom layer. 1. Most of the toppers I'm seeing only come in medium-soft and medium-firm varities. I've seen a few 2" firm to "very firm" toppers, but they seem to be few and far between, and are also a bit more expensive. For those of you who have DIYed, do you find these medium-firm toppers to be firm enough for your bottom layer? 2. I'm trying to decide between the following three toppers. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts or feedback on the companies or the products.
My biggest concern is that the latex in the latex topper from mattresses.net is not completely made from natural latex. I haven't been able to find very much information about this "naturalux," by latexco, except for here and here. It certainly says that it is 100% latex in places, but not directly on the mattresses.net webpage. Otherwise, I will probably spend $100 more and go with the ACOS. Thank you in advance. There are a lot of choices in quality, seller, type of latex, thickness, firmness, etc., so any information you can provide will be great. This message was modified Jul 1, 2012 by lmarie1
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mattressnut wrote:
avoid sleepwarehouse.com thier memroy foam has a 2 second handprint recovery rate. Absolutecomfort and SleepWarehouse products are very similar from info on their websites. I've ordered some samples from SleepWarehouse and per tracking info should have those in 3 days. Latexco has a line of 100% natural latex, but the majority of their products sold look to be blended and not 100% latex. I was able to get a pass to sneak into the ISPA show here in Indy (back in March) and was able to check out their product line, as well as a few others. I have some samples coming from them as well (their 100% natural product - which I believe is also Dunlop) It's really interesting to see the same comments over and over regarding Talalay being more durable, last longer and "better" then dunlop products. I've come to believe this is more based on the number of resellers pushing Talalay, since it is easier for smaller resellers to source due to US distributors like Latexco and Latex International. Quizzed a bunch of latex sellers at the show and all responses were "opinion" based and nothing from testing(?)I've sent several emails to Latex International asking them for data on tests they have conducted with Talalay and Dunlop and cannot get an answer. I wasn't able to see the Absolute and SleepWarehouse products at the show FWIW. I was able to lay on some "soft" (which ILD's ranged a little different for each manufacturer/reseller). I think the 18 ILD range is going to be my comfort layer up top. Middle layer in the 26 ILD range and waiting to see what the 38 ILD dunlop feels like for a base...samples coming. I hope to have my DIY latex mattress put together shortly and will post back up when its done.
This message was modified Sep 19, 2012 by BrentL
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