base foam in Ultimate Dreams Gel

[phoenix]

Hi toddking2,

3. The former has the 2.17lb Omalon core, whereas the latter has the 2.35lb high density foam core.

Just to make a point of this this because you’ve mentioned it twice … the Ultimate Dreams 13" gel memory foam uses 1.5 lb base foam … not 2.35 lb base foam.

Not caring much about the cover, and given that both cores seem pretty adequate, the primary difference between the mattresses seems to be the 2" of 5lb memory foam in the Ultimate Dreams Gel vs. the 3" of latex in the BB. Is the latex really that much better, for the $450 difference? I’m not entirely convinced.

The cover viscose/cotton blend (bamboo for example is a similar viscose fabric) includes wool in the quilting and also has a separate section for the top two layers which is more costly than the cover used in the 13" Ultimate Dreams, the base foam is higher density in the Aloe Adele, The construction is different (with the Aloe Adele you can exchange or re-arrange the two top layers if necessary for fine tuning) and the latex in the Adele is both more costly and thicker than the 5 lb memory foam layer.

Of course your own personal value equation and the features and options that are most important to you may be different from someone else so from this perspective you may prefer one over another for reasons that are more important to you and less important for someone else.

Either one would make a great “value” choice but they are also quite different in what they offer.

Phoenix