Adjustable Tension Slats, Zoned Latex, or something else?

[phoenix]

Hi jd,

Thanks for the fast reply, I would have responded sooner myself, but I thought I’d get an email, so sorry for the long time difference and if I wasn’t very clear, I am bit fatigued.

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Also tried to Bold specific content above like requested and it didn’t show up.

I’m not sure why it isn’t showing up for you but I can see the parts of your post that you bolded. What browser are you using? The bbcode tags work for IE, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome and should work for all the most common browsers although I haven’t tested all of them.

I’m not clear from your post on each of the specific combinations you tried, the specific symptoms you experienced on each of them, and how your symptoms changed on each of the different combinations compared to the others. Whether a particular combination either “works” or “doesn’t work” is much less important and doesn’t provide the type of information I would need to make any meaningful suggestions. It’s the “changes” in your experience with different combinations that can provide the “clues” that I look for.

My understanding is that you purchased the OMI (Organicpedic) Duo with three 3" layers with the top sculpted layer being soft, the middle layer being medium, and the bottom layer being firm.

Your descriptions are also referring to other layers that look like they are 1", and 1.5" and 2" and I’m not sure what these are referring to because your mattress contains 3" layers.

What I would need to be able to see any patterns or to be able to even guess about the type of changes that may be helpful are the specifics of all the layers in each combination you tried (starting with the first one not the last one and listed with each layer on a separate line from top to bottom) and then a description of the actual symptoms you experienced on each combination … not the more subjective assessments such as how much each part of your body was compressing the mattress or sinking in or what your posture “looked like” … see post #6 here.

I was told organic latex was less consistent than mixed synthetics by the person who sold it to me after going through the process of having OMI examine my soft layer, but in reality just losing it and replacing it with a new one.

Yes … Natural latex tends to be less consistent than synthetic or blended latex but for most people this wouldn’t make a significant difference since relatively small variations in ILD across the surface aren’t generally noticeable.

As for my fine tuning experimenting, do you have a quick way to tell what kind of pain means too hard or too soft, specifically at the hips/pelvis region?

Not specifically no because there can be multiple causes for any “symptom” and you are really going by “probabilities” based on your experience and the layering combination you are trying compared to the one before it. The post I linked earlier (post #2 here) has much more information about the most common causes of the different symptoms that people generally experience on a mattress but it usually takes some more detailed detective work and trial and error based on how your symptoms change with each combination to be able to assess whether any change is moving in the right direction.

I just see this as kind of ridiculous for the price, and more importantly from how much it’s really taken away from my health.

I would agree that the most important part of the “value” of any sleeping system is how well you sleep on it regardless of the price or the quality or durability of the layers and components inside it.

I’m happy to share my thoughts but you will need to simplify your posts so that they only contain the specifics of each layering combination and the symptoms you experienced on each of them and how they changed relative to the combination before it so that the information is much less complex and easier to “untangle”, understand and assess.

Phoenix