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I still am trying to figure out what to do!! I have 3/4" Dunlopillo blended talalay 24ILD ish. Under that is 1 1/2 23ILD LI blended. Under that is O-stock 3" of unknown firm latex. Obviously for over a year I have been in hip pain!!! Side sleeper. If I don't get relief soon I will be a walking zombie, oops I already am........ I want to know if natural will be better than what I have in blended. If I get the same ILD 24 or should I get 32. I am so tired of trying things that don't work.
Maybe I am one of those that latex just doesn't work. This is over a 12 year old flippable spring mattress. This is my last try. |
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Summer, I love my Flobeds latex bed so much. I am not quite 5 feet so that was my only issue that I wanted a topper that was slimmer than what came with the mattress. If Brylane did not have that sale, Dave would have found me a 1" topper since were were experimenting together since he really cared about me being comfortable especially after my car accident. He even let me exchange two of my X-Firm natural latex cores for Super Firm blended latex cores since I needed even a firmer bed due to the herniated disks I now have from being hit so hard from behind. I was surprised that I was not allergic to the blended Talalay latex (I had problems with 100% man-made latex pillows that did not use the Talalay process and had to give the pillows away so I had ordered initially the natural latex). The Talalay process really cleans the latex well since I have a lot of chemical sensitivities and had to return a conventional bed to a local store due to the Polyurethane, the fire retardant chemicals and the processing on the suede on top all causing me to get so ill from the outgassing. Dave at Flobeds let me go beyond my 90 day period when when found out about the car accident. I now have my bed set up just right for me. It is so comfortable and I am glad I was able to have the time to find the right latex cores that would be good for my back. Dewey also was very helpful. Dave actually sent me the toppers paying the shipping both ways when he heard about my car accident. That one topper he found for me that was 1.5" thick was not one he normally sells and he sent me a postage paid label to send it back. FloBeds even let me switch the legs to make the bed taller when I bought a tall headboard, as well as sending me overnight headboard brackets so the delivery people could install the Wesley Allan iron headboard. I have been very happy with the customer service and caring people that work at FloBeds. I am excited for you and your husband in your new purchase. I can't wait to hear the details when you new bed arrives. |
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Lynn, Interesting link. It seems Hilding Anders bought Dunlopillo (after another company bought them first), then a sister company took over, and another sister company, about 4 times. It is amazing how many times it changed hands. They are now 2 mattress firms it seems, they don't make latex for anyone else but them in Europe somewhere. Too bad. I wonder what happen, it seemed like a solid company at one time. But like other companies they keep having takovers, selling to one company after another. So they didn't go out of business, even though in reality they did, it was taken over by several companies. Sad. I am not sure who Natura uses now (was Dunlopillo) maybe it is Latex International, yeah it is because it is on LI product page as a seller of their latex.... Summer I have had a full education of latex too, LOL, but like you said you don't know till you actually slept on. Since have never tried natural I don't have clue what that is like. Blended latex doesn't bother my allergies either, but the blooming flowers outside surely do! Yes, please do tell us all about your experiences. |
| Natura uses LI for their Talalay latex, and Latex Green for the Dunlop |
Good catch Budgy. Thanks  Do you have an opinion on natural vs. blended talalay latex? Don't think I have heard your opinion on that. I know you sell a brand we in the US don't get. Can't remember, so I won't even try to guess. I remember the picture you posted with the latex wrapped in sheer fabric. Do you sell both natural and blended? Do you have any experience with Latex International in Canada? Do you feel like you are being bugged? This message was modified Apr 22, 2010 by Leo3
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| Aaaarrgghhh.... this "blended vs. natural" thing is driving me crazy. Of the small samples I've managed to acquire, I like the look and feel of the naturals over the blended. But then, I'm only laying my hand and cheek on them, squeezing them and looking at them. I probably won't notice a difference when they are encased in a cover and I lay my whole body on them. So I keep going back to square one. |
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Leo3 wrote: Good catch Budgy. Thanks Do you have an opinion on natural vs. blended talalay latex? Don't think I have heard your opinion on that. I know you sell a brand we in the US don't get. Can't remember, so I won't even try to guess. I remember the picture you posted with the latex wrapped in sheer fabric. Do you sell both natural and blended? Do you have any experience with Latex International in Canada? Do you feel like you are being bugged? I used to sell a lot of blended latex....now a days the only blended I really do would in used in coil mattresses, or one mattress Natura makes with a 3" memory foam top on a 6" blended talalay core. Its not that we were saying blended was a poor product, we actually never had any issues with it, whether it came from Latex International or Dunlopillo from back in the day. With our all latex mattresses that we actually show on the showroom we went all natural, some of which would be talalay over dunlop cores....truth be told we have never had any issues with the latex sagging in any event. we just thought the natural was worth the premium over the life span of the product. it should be more resistant to bacterial growth, which I think when you are looking at a mattress that should be 15 year minimum investment, this holds some merit. |
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cynicaljones wrote: Aaaarrgghhh.... this "blended vs. natural" thing is driving me crazy. Of the small samples I've managed to acquire, I like the look and feel of the naturals over the blended. But then, I'm only laying my hand and cheek on them, squeezing them and looking at them. I probably won't notice a difference when they are encased in a cover and I lay my whole body on them. So I keep going back to square one. Who did you get samples of natural from? I asked one place they didn't have any, another charges $12 for samples! |
| Savvy Rest sent a small sample each of their Dunlop and natural Talalay, plus a swatch of their cover, wool and all. It's very, very nice. A bit outside my budget. Someone else sent other samples, also very nice, but I don't remember, offhand, who that was. |
| What did you think of the natural vs. blended? I am just as confused as you are. |
| I'm not sure if it's fair to compare because the blended samples I got came from someplace other than the natural ones came from. The soft blended feels really, really soft (too soft) to me. |