Alexander Hybrid or Alexander Latex Hybrid

[phoenix]

Hi sweetandsourkiwi.

Do you consider the 1.5lb polyfoam in the cover of the Hybrid Latex a weak link?

This is not a week link as you can see in the durability guidelines here

Going off my memory, this means they increased the Medium Titan Chill Endurance foam from 1.5" to 3" in Nest Alexander Hybrid.

Nest’s old version (13.5") Alexander Signature Hybrid, was not much different from the newer (13.75") … as it had 2 x 1.5" inch of Energex instead of the 1 x 3" of Energex they are using now.

So this would make more of a “memory foam” feel in the bed, right? My main concern was sinking in and getting memory foam “hug” (which I strongly dislike) and the fact memory foam and regular foam can feel “hard” after a few hours to me. I thought the Energex might negate that somewhat, but it sounds like it’s getting more buried…so I think I’m still headed in a latex direction

Latex seems to be a great direction for you to move into for you … just for the sake of “straightening up” some misconceptions about the Energex … this is a high-quality polyfoam, one of the newer generation of what I term “high-performance polyfoams” The foam is also more immediate in its response and not have the “hug” and “memory foam feel” quality you strongly dislike. These high-performance polyfoams also tend to be extremely durable and some of them are engineered to provide feels that are somewhat similar to latex, others similar to memory foam, and others simply versions unto themselves. TitanChill should be one of these high-performance polyfoams you’ve seen mentioned on the site described as hyperelastic which would have all the conforming qualities but less the “dead” feel that is characteristic to memory foam.

Hope this helps

Phoenix