Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
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After reading up at least a few hundred pages on this forum, I cannot bring myself to buy a "S" mattress. However I still can't bring myself to spend $1k+ on my mattress.<BR><BR>What what I read on the forum it seems that latex would be the best way to go. What do you guys/gals this of the following mattress from overstock, which is the lowest price I've seen for a latex mattress.<BR><BR>http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/E.C.O.-8-inch-Latex-Twin-size-Mattress/3227638/product.html?cid=123620&fp=F&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=11340482<BR><BR>Also, if I do buy this one, should I buy a boxspring to go underneath it, or is this fine on a wooden baseboard?<BR><BR>Many thanks!,<BR><BR>Ben This message was modified Nov 2, 2008 by archik100
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Re: Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
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I'm in New York. Shipping should not be a problem. If you can roll it up well, you can ship it on my account with UPS. As a business owner myself, I ship a fairly large number of packages with UPS, so I get pretty good rates. Please do contact me at my username here at gmail.com. Ben |
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cloud9 wrote: This is basically a PU foam mattress with a 2" latex topper. They don't tell you what the ILD of the latex is-- or even what the ILD of the foam base is. They don't even mention if there's a warranty on it. What worries me the most is that you can't return it once you pop the vacuum packing and let it expand to its actual size. If you find it's too soft or too hard or it winds up giving you a backache your stuck with it. </p><p>Check out foambymail.com. You can buy an all latex twin mattress for about $300 or you can build one with a 6" HR base and a 2" topper with your choice of ILDs for less money than the Overstock mattress. Plus you have the option of returning or exchanging it. </p><p>Lastly, never mind Sager. He hates it when people ask questions. If you already have a boxspring you could try it, but foam mattresses general work better on slats (no greater than 3 or 4" between) or a solid surface foundation. Wood would be fine unless you live in a very humid climate. If so I'd go with slats to allow air to circulate and avoid mold. What indeed would be the difference between a 6" HR base + 2" topper and an all Latex mattress? |
Re: Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
| Latex and HR foam have a distinctly different feel to them. Latex, especially Talalay, is very springy and bouncy. HR has a deader feeling to it with less motion transfer. As a base layer you may not notice too much difference, since it's primarily there for support. Good HR foam will last a long time without compressing or degrading. Nearly as long as latex, and it costs pretty much the same. Some people who are sensitive to fumes would want to avoid HR since it outgasses. Latex doesn't. |
Re: Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
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hay there, indeed for around 1K you should be seeing some great posibilities for your mattress... have you considered memeory faom mattresses? i have had one now for aorund a year and it is lush! it helped with my back ache and has given me some great nights sleep. I looked into the latex mattresses when purchasing my memory foam one... they were more expensive and alot heavier... apparently they dont retain as much body heat as the memory foam mattress and they hold there shape better... my memory foam mattress has devloped dents, infact after about 1month there was a definate indentation where i sleep and a smaller one on the wifes side... the choice is yours... id go memory foam all the way! |
Re: Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
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dietcola wrote: hay there, indeed for around 1K you should be seeing some great posibilities for your mattress... have you considered memeory faom mattresses? i have had one now for aorund a year and it is lush! it helped with my back ache and has given me some great nights sleep. I looked into the latex mattresses when purchasing my memory foam one... they were more expensive and alot heavier... apparently they dont retain as much body heat as the memory foam mattress and they hold there shape better... my memory foam mattress has devloped dents, infact after about 1month there was a definate indentation where i sleep and a smaller one on the wifes side... the choice is yours... id go memory foam all the way!
Archik--you should read BillB's post on his foambymail latex mattress. He put together a king size latex mattress for under $1K. |
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cloud9 wrote: Latex and HR foam have a distinctly different feel to them. Latex, especially Talalay, is very springy and bouncy. HR has a deader feeling to it with less motion transfer. As a base layer you may not notice too much difference, since it's primarily there for support. Good HR foam will last a long time without compressing or degrading. Nearly as long as latex, and it costs pretty much the same. Some people who are sensitive to fumes would want to avoid HR since it outgasses. Latex doesn't. Your statement that latex costs about the same as latex depends on where you buy it. Where I buy my HR foam, it is like 1/3 the price of latex! I get it from a foam warehouse which mostly sells to manufacturers. This is in Los Angeles. If I were in a different city I would look in the business-to-business yellow pages and regular yellow pages for a foam distributor or foam supplier, not a foam retail store. |
Re: Looking to buy new, low priced mattress - Any Ideas?
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dietcola wrote: hay there, indeed for around 1K you should be seeing some great posibilities for your mattress... have you considered memeory faom mattresses? i have had one now for aorund a year and it is lush! it helped with my back ache and has given me some great nights sleep. I looked into the latex mattresses when purchasing my memory foam one... they were more expensive and alot heavier... apparently they dont retain as much body heat as the memory foam mattress and they hold there shape better... my memory foam mattress has devloped dents, infact after about 1month there was a definate indentation where i sleep and a smaller one on the wifes side... the choice is yours... id go memory foam all the way! I'd just like to add that this is a highly personal matter which is very subjective. Memory foam isn't good for all backs. I have tried several different types of memory foam, including Tempurpedic and various ild's of memory foam, and it has always been awful for my back. So as with any mattress, you just have to try it and hope for the best. Just make sure you get a sleep guarantee that will allow you to trade for other types of foam or other types of non-foam mattresses. |