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Hi: Very informative forum here, I saw quite a few negative responses looking at both S-Brands (Spring Air or what's left makes the Nature's Rest brand I gather) and Latex Foam mattresses. The one we looked at yesterday for $2400 (plush firm) and $2700 (pillow top firm) - I believe "Banyan" and Conservation are the brand names I dont know if they are specific to Jordans furniture or what? Lot of money to pay for a mattress, I personally like the tempur-pedic, but it's too firm for my wife. The sales lady said the only problem is the "canoeing" effect, you have to turn the bed a quarter turn every week for a few weeks to prevent the mattress getting indents and sags due to wear and tear. Anyone have experience with this and with Jordan's buying this brand of mattress? Any other better suggestions of comparison?? Sleepys?? Mattress Discounters, etc.? Tom |
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I have little personal experience with latex, but having researched it and read about it for years on this forum, I think the fact is that any latex will last a long time; so to me it's more a matter of price vs. longevity. The LI blended Talalay latex may last longest of all, but to my knowledge that has not been proven beyond a doubt. Basically I agree with KimberlyH. I would guess that LI latex is probably better than most other latex in terms of longevity. But I would buy whatever latex I liked the feel of and assume it will last a long time. I think the only latex that may be suspect for not lasting a long time is "jungle Latex" or latex made in the 3rd world without a lot of sophistication. However, my limited experience with latex included laying on a couple of "jungle latex" mattresses, and I felt that particular latex had a "better feel" than the Talalay latex. So if I were to buy latex and I could get the jungle latex substantially cheaper, I would try it. But if money were no object I'd buy Latex International latex. Just some thoughts from my own experience and research re latex. |
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I just wanted to post that I purchased a Natures Rest matress from Jordan's Furniture about 5 years ago. I have Fibromyalgia and need something soft that doesn't put pressure against my body (I feel like I have bruises everywhere). My husband is 6' 3" (about 200 lbs) and likes a firm mattress. He also has insomnia. As you can tell, this posed a slight problem when looking at matresses. We went to Jordan's and tried many of their matresses (Tempurpedic, Latex, you name it). We ultimately purchased the Natures Rest matress (they had different levels of firmness, we got one in the middle - can't remember the exact one). For us, this was the right choice. Both of us have slept better than we ever have (and my husband actually sleeps). We love it so much, we are going to buy one for our daughter's big girl bed (though I found Jordan's doesnt sell them anymore - drat!). I know there are newer lines on the market now, but I am just too afriad of switching to something else because we are so happy with the comfort of this matress. As for the sagging, I do notice if I lay on my husbands side there is a slight dip. They recommend turning the matress, but I like how we both like how the bed formed to our bodies so we haven't touched it :) We have a king sized bed - not sure on the quarter turning, I would say you do a half turn or a flip. I hope this helps, Jayme |
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I live right near Jordans (Reading) and felt their sales people didn't have a clue about mattresses. They put you on that stupid scale and basically weigh your body and tell you that you have 2 pressure points..your shoulders and your behind.... Such a stupid gimmick...
I asked the person if it worked and they said "of course it does"..
I think by 1/4 of a turn they meant a 76" East Coast King is 76X80 can be turned 1/4 on most frames... They told us the same thing... This message was modified Jun 8, 2010 by a moderator
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| I have to whole heartedly agree with jwelch on Nature's Rest. I have a Queen Nature's Rest "Vista" model, which incidently carries the Latex International Seal of Design and Manufacturing Excellence -- something I really never noticed until reading this thread. The original price on that mattress was approx $3,300 at Filenes in 2002. I was an employee and it had been marked down, so after multiple discounts I paid $750; had I known then what I know now, I would have happily paid $3,300! That mattress is fabulous! Unfortunately for my partner and I, we wanted to move up to a King size mattress in 2010 and I just could not find a Nature's Rest. I tried Jordan's and they'd stopped partnering with Naure's Rest -- I was told by Jordan's that NR has started to use an inferior latex product. I shopped and researched quite a bit trying to find something that would be as good as the Nature's Rest. I purchased what I thought would be an equivalent Natura Organic (list was $6K +/-) I HATE THAT MATTRESS, we both do! I've bought toppers for that mattress and attempted any number of fixes and I still despies it. We used to say "ahhhh" every night when we got into the Nature's Rest, but for the past year we suffer through each night with the Natura Organic. To each his own, but I wouldn't recommend Natura Organic to anyone and I recommend Nature's Rest to everyone. It's just hard to find them, I wish the were sold on line. The queen NR is in our guest room, we think we have very lucky guests, and when we just can't sleep on our mattress, we go visit heaven in the guest room! |