Essentia
| I'm new here. I've spent a few hours poking around but haven't found any information on the mattress I'm considering: the Classic 8 by a company called Essentia (www.myessentia.com). They are a Canadian company that makes what is billed as the world's only natural memory foam. Has anyone heard of them? Thanks for taking the time to answer. -Michelle |
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MichLee wrote: I'm new here. I've spent a few hours poking around but haven't found any information on the mattress I'm considering: the Classic 8 by a company called Essentia (www.myessentia.com). They are a Canadian company that makes what is billed as the world's only natural memory foam. Has anyone heard of them? Thanks for taking the time to answer. -Michelle Mich: I can not help you as I have never heard of them. But I would not take them to seriously when they engage in such terminology as a company that has the, "world's only natural memory foam." What is "natural memory foam"? It is my understanding that all memory foam, in all of its different varieties, is all made from petrochemicals. I believe they are simply engaging in sales hyperbole! I believe I would look elsewhere. |
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| tho i did read somewhere that they are one of the very very few companies in north america that makes their own latex ... |
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Memory foam and latex are two quite different products, though. North America's largest latex manufacturer is Latex International: http://www.latexinternational.com/index.php |
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| i just thought they probably have some weird memory foam made from latex lol i was going to contact them myself and ask them that |
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| just looked on their site.... ''The Only Natural Memory Foam Mattress Essentia is the only manufacturer of natural memory foam in the world. Our cutting-edge Natural mattresses deliver a level of comfort, performance, purity and durability never before seen in mattresses. Made from 100% natural latex rubber, Essentia's natural memory foam has all the benefits of memory foam without the toxic ingredients.'' and since they make their own latex, i would think this is good stuff |
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I have been searching the Internet for six months now as regards mattresses. Never in any of that time have I ever come across the term, "natural latex rubber memory foam". Visco-elastic polyurethane foam is the proper name given to memory foam, it is manufactured from petrochemicals, not natural rubber (IE taken from the rubber tree). There are all kinds of people making all kinds of "memory foam" from all kinds of petrochemical sources. It is the hot buzzword in mattress material, alongside the word latex. These words are meaningless today unless there is more descriptive information given. This is quite unfortunate, but quite common in this day and age of 24/7 advertising. Anything, and everything, is being done in order to make a sale. Until the federal government steps in and requires a strict stipulation about what the various terms mean, as applied to bedding, the customer is going to have to do a lot of reading and researching in order to not get scammed. Any time, any company, implies that they have "the best in the world" a red flag should go up and a siren sound! This message was modified Dec 17, 2009 by eagle2
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Hello Michelle; I read through your thread and there is something very, very wrong with their advertising statement. MEMORY FOAM and LATEX are two very different foams with different qualities. They are NOT one in the same. One is open cell, one is closed. One is a collapsible foam(pressure makes it sink, it does not have any rebound) the other has possibly the most rebound of the foams used in beds(very boing-y). They are saying that they are one in the same which is not possible. Just remember, any advertiser can claim anything they want to to make their product seem unique. You have to be a smart, educated buyer or else you'll fall into their hype. I personally would steer clear simply on the fact that their advertising claim sounds like complete baloney(or BS). JMO, as per usual, Kait |
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I agree the term "natural memory foam" is quite misleading. I think in using the term, the company was simply trying to make the link to Tempurpedic. There is actually quite a bit of educational information on their Web site. Here is how they describe their memory foam: Our petroleum-free foam was developed in-house and is the only natural memory foam manufactured in the world. Similar to natural latex foam, our natural memory foam is also made from rubber tree sap but organic essential oils, plant extracts and water are added into the foam composition to give it a memory foam like feel. Has no one heard of this mattress? I was hoping someone could tell me if it lives up to the company's comfort claims. -Michelle This message was modified Dec 28, 2009 by a moderator
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This company has only been around for about three years now. Being a Canadian company they cannot be checked out Through the Better Business Bureau. At least I don't know how to do it. They make some claims that sound quite fishy to me and I would not trust them with my money. That's all I can tell you. But I would be very leery of them. By the way, do you live in Canada? If you live in the United States there are a lot of good companies you can do business with here that are quite legitimate, well tested, and trustworthy. FloBeds has been in business for 30 years. There BBB rating is A plus excellent. They have not had any negative complaints in well over seven years. There are many other companies mentioned in these forums that are respected and people have had excellent results with doing business with them. One statement they made that is very misleading. And I quote. "Sourced from Indonesia, our 100% natural Dunlop Latex is collected from Rubber Plantations where acceptable working conditions are maintained and there is no practice of child labour" You cannot collect 100% natural Dunlop latex. It would seem to me that they are implying that they collect Dunlop latex from the rubber tree. This is impossible. Dunlop is a process that is applied to latex to make a certain type of latex. They also make many other claims that sound very bogus to me and I have never, ever, read anywhere else that you can make "natural memory foam" from latex rubber. No matter how many chemicals are additives are added to the natural rubber. Let's get one thing straight about memory foam ( I mean real memory foam) some people love it, and a lot of people hate it! Many people find that it sleeps hot. The reason that tempurpedic mattresses are so expensive, and a lot of people swear by them, is that they have their own formulation of petrochemical based memory foam. Do your research on this forum and you will find many posts regarding these facts. This message was modified Dec 28, 2009 by a moderator
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Thank you. I do live in the United States and will look at the US companies mentioned quite frequently on this forum (FloBeds, PureRest, SavvyRest, Sleep EZ, etc). I was just curious about this company as they seem to offer the best of both worlds: memory foam like comfort without drawbacks such as chemical outgassing and heat retention. Anyway, thanks for taking the time to respond. -Michelle |