Location: Oregon
Joined: Oct 25, 2008
Points: 130
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I was hot on the trail of finding out about mattresses several years ago and somehow found this site. I was an active member here for a year or two. Was very happy this was here as it was the only thing I could find that was objective in any way to discuss and learn about mattresses, foam, etc. After about 6 mos of learning, I pulled the trigger and bought a mattress and topper from foam by mail. A king size regular firmness 6" latex core, and a 2" osft firmness latex topper. This was a compromise at the time as my wife is a side sleeper and me more of a stomach sleeper. The mattress has done well over 6 years and really doesn't feel any different than it did when it was new. At least I can't detect any difference. I put this on top of 2 regular twin sized box springs made to 5".... the whole setup was right at $1000 in 2008. I took a bunch of pictures as I was setting it up as no one had done that up till that point in time, and I wanted to show other people what this looked like coming out of the box, being setup etc.. I just notice today the picture hosting service seems to have lost some of the pics from my post. just emailed them to see if they could find... http://www.whatsthebest-mattress.com/forum/my-foambymail-8-latex-mattress-actual-setup-pictures/9029-0-1.html
For me, I had no problems with FBM. Others here said to stay away, many like me thought they were fine. What I was interested in was the actual performance of the mattress.
And not whether it was 'pretty' foam. I wanted the best price I could get for a decent genuine product.
I'd like to recreate something like this in another area of my house.
Would like a touch firmer base than I have now. I think the original core from FBM was 29 and the topper was 20.
What foam could I use (not latex as the core) to get something just a touch firmer?
Has anyone here tried to put something together with some of FBM's Lux-HQ or HD36-HQ foam in a 5" or 6" base, and top it with a 2" latex piece?
What would any of you suggest as a reasonable alternative to achieve what I'm looking for?
Where else is there that we can buy foam like this (latex or regular) that is not marked up rediculously?
Thanks!
Bill |
