Hi mamaccino,
There are far to many unknowns, variables, and personal preferences involved for anyone to recommend a specific mattress (or even a specific company) for someone else out of all the thousands of different options that are available in the market (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here). Having said that … the tutorial post here has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines that can help with “how” to choose a mattress that is the best match for you based on all the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
[quote]We are interested in an organic 100% latex bed. Unglued. extremely natural. literally the latex, wool or some sort of non toxic fire barrier, organic cotton.
Also preferably with exceptional certifications: Oeko-Tex, GreenGuard, GOTS, GOLS, etc[/quote]
If you are looking for an organic mattress then the first step would be to decide on “how organic” you want your mattress to be because there are different levels of organic certifications. There is more about this in post #2 here and the posts it links to.
I would also clarify whether “natural” or “safe” materials are also acceptable to you because some of the certifications you mentioned are about “safety” in terms of harmful substances and VOC’s (Oeko-Tex and to a lesser degree GreenGuard beause they don’t publish their testing standards) and some are about organic certifications (GOTS and GOLS) which are very different. Eco-Institut is another “safety” standard that publishes their testing criteria. There is more about some of the differences between organic, natural, safe, and green materials in post #2 here and there is more detailed information yet in post #2 here and the posts it links to about all the complex issues surrounding organic, natural, safe, and green materials.
Once you have decided on the level of organic, natural, or safe materials that meets the criteria that are most important to you then it will be much easier to make sure that any mattress you are considering meets your specific criteria and you can assess any mattress based on the materials inside it rather than the name of the company.
A forum search on Plushbeds (you can just click the link) will bring up much more information and feedback about them. They are certainly a “better than average” option and they use good quality materials but for most people they wouldn’t be in the “best” value range compared to some of the other options that are linked in the tutorial post. There is also no organic Talalay latex and the Dunlop they use isn’t organic … just 100% natural although this may turn out not to be as important to you after reading the previous information.
If a mattress is vegan then it would need to have some other fire barrier other than wool (normally a viscose/silica fire barrier) or you would need a prescription from a health professional to have no fire barrier at all.
A forum search on Biosleep (you can just click this link as well) will bring up more information and feedback about them but based on my conversations with Christian there he is certainly knowledgeable about his products and is “good people” as well.
Phoenix