| I am thinking about purchasing a latex mattress and have narrowed the choices down to these two companies...I think. But I am somewhat confused about the price and want to make sure I'm not missing something. One company is considerably cheaper than the other, and, as far as I can tell, the products are the same. I've read on the forum that they are both reputable companies, but I don't understand the price difference. Can someone help me out? Thanks! |
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According to a rep from SleepEZ, their blended talalay comes from LI. I also noted that they are listed on the LI website, and LI is listed as supplier on the Sleep EZ web site. Anyways, I live in Phoenix and have stopped by the SleepEZ store a few times. Low overhead is a nice way of describing the store, but I did have a chance to try the SleepEZ latex beds. I found the 1300 with the soft/medium/firm/ex-firm, to work best for my girlfriend and me. Unfortunately it is the most expensive model. I have read about the DIY projects on this forum, but how do they know if they have the best solution if they can’t compare to the available options? With latex the biggest price difference appears to be the quantity and quality of latex. Most of the DIY products use less latex then the 1300. I found the thinner mattresses do not provide the optimal combination of support and compliance. I like the Flobed products and they appear to be more organized. However, for me being able to actually try the beds is a big advantage, and no shipping. |
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Well something has changed recently as now sleepez.com is listed on the LI site. However, I am still baffled as to why they do no list the LI latex ILDs. Rather they list some vague ILD ranges which don't correlate to LI. Something is still not right about that. |
| I noticed that Flobeds also lists a range of ILD values for each level of firmness. Whatever that might mean. |
| I think it is because a 36 ILD latex core will have an average of being maybe 35 to 38 since latex is natural and it is difficult to get an exact number. Latex International lists the average of the top, middle and bottom of the latex core and gives an average. That is why two of my latex cores are 37 ILD rather than 36 ILD since I asked Dave and Dewey at FloBeds to find me two latex cores on the high side of the latex ILD range for the extra firm 36 ILD latex cores. One of my Super Firm cores is 44 on average and the other is the one I prefer that is 46 on average. I like how the this information is on the tag on the bottom of the latex core. |
This message was modified Jul 12, 2009 by orange606
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| After my three price adjustments with one of the adjustments being a free pine slat box that I had paid for, my FloBeds turned out a little less expensive than the SleepEZ but I logged in each day to check out the sale prices and immediately wrote a quick email to let Dave & Dewey know they should credit my credit card. Then SleepEZ had a restocking fee and I only knew people who owned FloBeds so I did not want to take a chance on having to return the bed and pay a restocking fee. |
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According to Sleepez.com's suppliers page: http://sleepez.com/suppliers.htm, they state they use multiple suppliers for their blended latex. This might explain their range of ILDs since they can't tell you who the manufacturer of your latex will be and hence the exact ILD. Are they removing the labels prior to shipping to the customer???? |
| bubka, That would bother me if SleepEZ is removing the labels before shipping. If I was them, I would keep the labels on the latex cores especially since they already mentioned that they buy their latex cores from various suppliers. |
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I'm writing in connection with the original question, not the new developments, so pardon the interruption. We just decided on FloBeds instead of SleepEZ because 1) FloBeds seems more chatty and open; for example, you don't know as much about the cover material w/SleepEZ 2) SleepEZ's all natural (ie, not blended natural/synthetic) latex seems to be Dunlop rather than Talalay 3) all the stuff about the Better Business Bureau on FloBeds' site was very persuasive 4) cute FloBeds website (sorry to admit that, but hey, it matters subconsciously at least) 5) the ability to price-match retroactively (as Lynne just pointed out again) The total price w/foundation and legs for FloBeds made us both gasp in horror, but we figure that we'd rather know EXACTLY what we're getting instead of guessing, and that kind of assurance is something you have to pay for. Shawna |
| Shawnamuffin, I feel you made a good choice in buying a bed that you will know what you are getting and you can tweek each side it to get it to be the best for both of you to get a good night's sleep which is so important. Just keep clicking the site and checking your particular bed so you get all the price adjustments. I know you will be happy like I am and many others are. I am in the middle of a deadline so I have to get back to work. But I needed a break as I wait for my client to call me back and this site and my decorating site always gives me the short break that I need. I am only working on a Sunday since there is a NJ tax deadline tomorrow and I want to make sure my clients do not miss the deadline. |