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After lurking here and other places and doing lots of research - I finally recieved my latex mattress today. I'd like to add to the discussion by sharing my experiences with a company I haven't read about on this forum and about Dunlop latex. We went with a three layer 100% DUNLOP (yes, Dunlop, not Talalay) mattress from Savvy Rest via The Natural Sleep Store. We got a queen size with split firm (ILD 40), medium (ILD 35) and soft (ILD 30) layers. The cover is made of organic cotton quilted to organic wool. The total was $1849 including shipping - more than SleepEZ or some of the other online retailers but less than other organic latex mattresses.We got free UPS shipping through The Natural Sleep Store (which would have been $219 from Savvy Rest directly) plus a gift certificate for $160.00 that could be used toward bedding at their store. So far, I really like the mattress. It is just the right firmness. I don't think we would want anything softer than this configuration. We went with Dunlop even though there is so much more information about Talalay because we were more concerned about getting something too soft rather than too firm. I'll report on how we like the mattress in a few weeks. We went from years of futons that needed to be replaced every few years so this seems extremely comfy. Our latest futon had gotten really hard so we started researching other options and finally settled on the Savvy Rest. I can't really write a full review until sleeping on the mattress for a while - but I can review the customer service. There is a huge amount of information on the Savvy Rest web site and on the Natural Sleep Store web site as well as organicmattressreviews.com. I considered SleepEZ, FloBeds, Foam Sweet Foam, Foam Source and a couple of other places and finally settled on Savvy Rest. I would have considered FloBeds if they carried Dunlop latex. My concern with SleepEZ and some of the other places was that while they described their latex in great detail, they were a little sketchy about the covers and what they used for flame retardants. I decided to narrow my search to stores that described their covers and/or had options for different covers. FloBeds had several cover choices and reasonable prices, but I really wanted natural Dunlop rather than Talalay. Both FloBeds and Savvy Rest made it clear that they didn't use chemicals in addition to the wool for fire retardant material. First, I looked at the web sites, read reviews and got samples from Savvy Rest. They seemed professional and informative. I spoke directly to a woman at Savvy Rest (can't remember her name right now) and she was very knowledgeable and told me some things that made me buy a softer mattress than I had intended to. I'm glad I took her advice. She said most of their exchanges were for softer layers and that she couldn't recommend anything firmer than medium, medium, firm - and that would be quite firm in Dunlop. She also said that the Dunlop is a bit firmer on one side than the other so you could further customize by turning one or more layer over. The side with the larger holes is firmer than the side with the smaller holes. I haven't experimented with it yet so I can't confirm if the difference is noticeable but I thought it was interesting. The mattress came in three 2x2x3 boxes which the UPS guy hauled into the house for me. They were immaculate and clearly labled on the outside with computer printed stickers and magic marker. The first box as the heaviest at 60 pounds and contained the cotton and wool cover along with the soft layer and the assembly instructions which were in a zip lock bag taped to the top of the box. The other two layers were around 53 pounds each and clearly labled in the other two boxes. Each of the half layers were in separate plastic bags and were NOT vacuum packed. They were just kind of loosely rolled and very easy to remove from the boxes. Every half layer was labled with an F, M or S.I was really impressed with the attention to detail. I called my husband to come home early to hoist the boxes up into the bedroom and help me put the bed together. It probably took us less than half an hour to put it together. I really think the split layers were easier to handle than the full layers would have been. The top of the case is thick enough that we don't feel the split - even without a mattress pad. That's enough to bore you for now. I am really happy with this purchase. It is one of the best experiences I've had buying something online. We just didn't find anything comparable locally. Cheers, Marie |
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This message was modified Oct 27, 2009 by catlover
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catlover wrote: but why no image appearing here? But at least you can magnify and see the detail on each photo now! :) Good job catlover. That makes a nice size. I believe the reason that pictures do not show up, nor links become hot when posted, has something to do with the security of this website. But I have no problem opening another browser window and pasting in the link. It would be good to go ahead and post the other photographs at your Flickr site with the same resolution then everyone could have a better picture of what your Savvy Rest bed looks like. Thanks for taking the trouble and the time. I hope your bed works out wonderful for you. I'm sure it will. Savvy Rest is a good company with a good reputation, and I believe you will find, with a good product. |
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eagle2 wrote: Good job catlover. That makes a nice size. I believe the reason that pictures do not show up, nor links become hot when posted, has something to do with the security of this website. But I have no problem opening another browser window and pasting in the link. Hi eagle!It would be good to go ahead and post the other photographs at your Flickr site with the same resolution then everyone could have a better picture of what your Savvy Rest bed looks like. Thanks for taking the trouble and the time. I hope your bed works out wonderful for you. I'm sure it will. Savvy Rest is a good company with a good reputation, and I believe you will find, with a good product. When I went back into this forum to check the flicker link, all of my mattress photos were available for viewing, so I didn't do links for all 6 photos. Now I wonder whether I saw all of them because Flicker somehow knew it was me, and not someone else looking at them. Are you sure you only had the ability to see just 1 photo? Tks for ALL your help! I learned a lot about posting photos....but I still wonder how I embedded the first photos I posted. Seems now I can only provide a link...I'll keep trying though! |
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Ok, now that I figured out how to post high quality photos, I have given link to my Flicker account of 5 photos of our new dunlop Savvy Rest split king. Just copy and paste into your address area - you might want to open a new browser page... link deleted - look further as I figured out how to insert photos! This message was modified Oct 27, 2009 by catlover
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sorry it doesn't work. You just need to copy the URL at the top of the page and post it here. The links you provided took me to the sign in page for registered users. Unless of course you have canceled your pictures. What you may have does is set Flickr up for private viewing. In which case we would need a pass word...I think. I have never used this approach as I just use the public viewing standard procedure. If you will give us the flicker URL for your home page we can see all the pictures you have for public viewing. If you do not want to publicly allow people to see your bed room then we will need the info to get into your private area. It would be so nice if this web site would not require all this process. But make it much easier to post pictures and hot links in our posts. This message was modified Oct 27, 2009 by eagle2
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I think you might have had trouble as I was re-doing everything so maybe not available at the time you tried to access them?? let me know |
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catlover wrote: I think you might have had trouble as I was re-doing everything so maybe not available at the time you tried to access them?? let me know Yes, they work fine now. Good looking Bed! |
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eagle2 wrote: Yes, they work fine now. Good looking Bed! phew....that was some learning curve! Thank you for all your help & I'm also happy to hear that all re-configurations of your layers feel good! Let us know what your final set-up is when you think you have it! |
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Trying something... Hope this works for your link... <img src="www.flickr.com/photos/44106409@N08/4050058875/"> hmmm... guess not. I'll fiddle around with it some more later on. Sorry I couldn't get it working for you! This message was modified Oct 27, 2009 by mattressnewbie
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I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No more need to copy/paste and open new browser!!! Here's how I did it: Open a Flickr account (free) and upload your photos. Then.... 1. go to the Flickr photo you want to post and click on that photo 2. then click on "all sizes" that appears above that photo 3. now, go to below the photo, where you'll see 2 boxes of "url/http" stuff....CLICK/COPY the SECOND BOX of jargon 4. to back to the forum and click on the envelope icon above the comment box (run your mouse over it - it says "insert/edit image".... 5. now just paste into the box that comes up and voila! Your photo should appear! I hate to admit that it took me all day to finally figure this out, but at least I feel a little bit smarter than I did a few hrs ago!...  The finished product! (with photo editing to eliminate bedside table and some clutter....)  Middle layer on left side of bed. Check out the "zoning" of the holes! Unless I counted wrong, there are 5 zones. The zoned side with smaller holes is meant to face up (the other side has large holes and no zoning.) The head of the bed is to your left...One has the additional option of flipping each layer to large holes which gives a bit more firmness, so many more possibilities!  note that both medium layers on right side of bed are "upside down"...we did this deliberately as we read that this side, on dunlop, is a bit firmer.....we are now testing both top layers with smaller holes up  when I changed the sheets, I decided to flip both top layers. They were configured with larger holes facing up. Now they are both with smaller holes up. This is hubby's side with his med layer rolled and about to be flipped. It was so easy, I did it myself. (that's the cover off to the right....)  Original configuration. Top layers have larger holes facing up. We have now flipped them over to smaller holes which is also the side with zoning. We are happy with both configurations so far. This message was modified Oct 27, 2009 by catlover
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