How to make a firm latex mattress soft?
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It's a long story... bottom line ended up with 2-piece latex mattress. Bottom piece is from a Land and Sky Heaven and Earth and is 9" in 2 parts firm/medium-firm. Top is 3" sleepwarehouse 16-18 ILD Dunlop by Latex Green. Top is rated as "Med-Soft", and it's too firm for me. Support is ok, just doesn't feel cozy. Latex has that Analytical feel to it - for lack of a better term, not too cozy really. I'm thinking about a 2 or 3" Wool topper at this point. Tried a featherbed and didn't care for that really. I'd also be willing to replace the top latex with softer, just hard buying online. Strange - going by most of the ILD ratings 16-18 ILD should be pretty soft. I prefer to sink in a bit i guess. I'm 185lbs average build. Thanks for any ideas. |
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Well, i received the new "12-14 ILD" Latex from Fibex and it's FIRMER than the 16-18 ILD Latex I bought from sleepwarehouse.com. Both were supposed to be made by Latex Green, i figured the 12 ILD would be softer. This will go back today and I will be shopping for a new bed. I have about $4000 invested at this point. Not sure what to do with the old bed. The Wool topper was extremely uncomfortable for me also. update: I just contacted sleeplikeabear and they are sending me samples of the 14/19/22 ILD latex. I think this their Talalay will be softer than the Dunlop I have. This message was modified Apr 27, 2009 by mingus
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Re: How to make a firm latex mattress soft?
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This 12-14 ILD latex might be so soft that you're just squishing it down and feeling the firmer core underneath. Try 20 ILD Talalay. It's soft--and if you get it from Foam By Mail, it's also cheap. |
Re: How to make a firm latex mattress soft?
| 16 ILD is mush. I would recommend around a 22 for optimum comfort and durability. |
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| You really can't tell the difference between 20 and 22 ILD. Generally you need to go 4 points in either direction before you can. Actually my personal favorite is 24 ILD. Not too soft, not too firm for a comfort layer. Unfortunately most merchants only carry a limited range of firmnesses to choose from so you usually have to compromise. I don't even know where you're getting that 14 ILD foam from. Most merchants don't sell it any more because it compresses in a very short time. |
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FBM sent me a 1" sample of thier soft latex (20 ILD?) and it seems about the same as the 16-18 ILD i got from sleepwarehouse. hard to tell with a 1" piece. the ILD ratings really vary from place to place. waiting on a partial refund from Fibex and trying to decide what to do. Recommendations on a new bed please? |
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chriscummings83 wrote: A wool topper always made my bed feel hard to the touch. So are you looking for hard to touch, or are you looking for soft to the touch. I use a nit 1" wool topper and then I have a 2" 22 ILD topper, perfect. "nit 1" wool"? yeah my 2" wool topper is sort of hard, i'm still using it for some reason. I do want to try a much thinner wool topper, can you recommend one? I'm also thinking about adding a 2" soft talalay on top of my medium-soft dunlop. need softer! |