| Hi, I have been reading posts for the past few days and learning as much as I can to choose a new matress for the wife and I. Our situation: I'm 6'2", 230lbs, I feel pretty stiff in the mornings, and don't sleep well. My wife is 5"5 and has some medical issues. She complains of severe back and neck pain, and rarely sleeps lomger than a few hours at a time. I know the current matress isn't helping the situation and if both of us are uncomfortable, we need a change.My wife has talked to a sales rep for Natural Form, and given a quote for one of their adjustable matresses. After some research, I'm not sure if this is the way to go. I am concerned it will be too firm. I am curious about the natural latex matresses. How "cool" are they? We are worried about being too hot. How do they compare too a traditional spring matress? We're not even sure where we can go to look at them first hand. Can they be found at any chain stores? We have bugeted about 2K for a new matress. Any thoughts or direction would greatly appreciated. |
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A few mattresses that you will often find in regular stores that are worth trying out (they have all or mostly latex in the top at least) are the Simmons "natural response elite" (not the natural response), "Pure latex bliss", and "Sealy embody". There are many others but it will save you hours and hours of time if you phone and ask "do you have any latex mattresses with less than an inch of polyfoam in the top layers". Be very specific here as it is a waste of time to go to a store where most of the upper layers are polyfoam, even if they "call" them latex. A few places that are "somewhat" near you besides regular stores you may already know about are: http://www.originalmattressfactory.com/locations Have an all latex mattress and will do custom builds. http://www.firstclassmattress.com/crm.asp?action=contactus Carry Natura which is an extensive line of latex mattresses http://www.roomstogo.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=storeLocator Carry the Embody which has latex in the top over HR foam http://www.foxmattress.com/ Worth calling ... seems to do custom builds incl latex http://stoverrestbedding.com/Contact.html Worth calling ... seems to do custom builds
At this point the most important thing is to lay on mattresses and see what you like in the way of latex. There is a wide variety of different softnesses and thicknesses and combinations of latex and you may clearly prefer some over others. Don't pay any attention to the prices at this point since that is the last step and you can often "duplicate" very expensive mattresses through other means than buying from a mainstream outlet. At all costs don't buy anything yet no matter how attractive an offer they may give you. Take a few notes of the specs of the mattresses you like (the thickness of the latex layers and the ILD (softness) of the latex layers). Post here as often as you need to if you have questions or need help along the way Phoenix This message was modified Nov 12, 2010 by a moderator
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