Recent content by IanS

Congrats, It's amazing how the time flies.

Hello and welcome to the forum, The one-sided no-flip mattresses have all but eliminated the true box-springs and it is a big shame. Unfortunately longevity has gone with them as far as the national brands are concerned. Aireloom has one of the better reputations, but was bought out a few years...

Hi, I PM' ed you. All mattresses must meet the strict fire codes in some way and most use chemicals. Hastens claims to use sea water, Mcroskey has their barrier and there are several mattresses that can only be purchased at medical supply with a doctors prescription. Several latex mattress...

The sites above do work if you type them in. This forum just hates Macintosh computers when you try to edit anything. Sorry if they are broken.

Hello and Welcome, First, please do not let yourself be caught up in the ridiculous marketing schemes of mattress companies. Every mattress is man (or robot) made and all foam products, including latex, are man made and contain artificial substances in some form. Calling any mattress "organic"...

Welcome to the club! Trust us, we all feel your pain, but this isn't new, its been like this for at least the last 20 years or so. You have barely touched the surface of the scams. Don't forget the bait-and-switch advertising, the never ending sales that are always ending tomorrow unless you...

This is the sad, sad reality almost all of us realized and the reason we hang out on this forum even years after our purchase. The current mainstream mattresses are not made as well as they were 5 years ago, much less 20. Just try to buy a two-sided mattress with a real box-spring with springs...

Simmons is not only comparable, they are the manufacturer of the Heavenly bed. The Heavenly bed used to be the similar to the top-end World Class Beautyrest but now I would look at the Beautyrest Black series. Just be aware that many of us have had problems with foam pillow top mattresses...

I don't know anything about OMF but I welcome any attempt to make the industry better. I certainly welcome your efforts and reasons. I always forget how to link to the old site, but there was information about OMF there. Best Wishes, Ian

Scottsdale has a Hastens store and used to have a VI-Spring dealer as well and may still have one. These cost as much as a car, but are arguably the finest mattresses money can buy. www.hastens.com www.VI-Spring.com

Latex International and Dunlopillo don't normally sell direct to customers. L.I. has made an exception for some of its pillows in the past, but that is not the rule. So warrantees typically come from the distributers or the manufactures and can vary. As customers, we don't have the inside...

One of the biggest reasons I dislike latex is the constant confusion, so to clear the air........ Dunlop = The older process of making latex that used to be (up until about 4-5 years ago) sometimes referred to as natural if the contents were found to be at least 71% natural or called standard...

Hi Bonnie, Congrats, I know its been a long struggle, but best wishes and thanks for all your contributions to the forum, Ian

Just for the sake of balanced reporting. As an owner of a Hastens (I don't work for them or their competition) I believe some of these ant-hastens comments about construction to be without merit. I have owned my Naturally for almost 4 years and have had no mold, no bed bugs, no sign of wear in...

IMO the finest mattress sold in the USA today. I have now had my Hastens Naturally for almost 4 years and it has been wonderful except that I went with soft when medium would have been a slightly better fit for me. These mattresses are so comfortable you just want more and more, but you need to...