Hi jacksonjm,
[quote]ok will do. Hey what is your general opinion of the royal pedic company? i have a 7-layer all latex mattress from them now.
www.royal-pedic.com/RLAT.asp[/quote]
They are well constructed and use high quality materials (latex, good quality innersprings, and natural fibers) but they are in a more premium price range than other mattresses that that use similar materials and designs that may also be available so if I was considering a Royal-Pedic purchase I would make some very careful value comparisons with other mattresses based on each person’s personal value equation to make sure that the higher price was justified in terms of PPP or any other criteria that were important to each person compared to mattresses that use the same or similar quality materials in lower price ranges.
Since your mattress is such high quality … if the issue is that it’s too firm (and that’s not clear from your post) it may be worth considering adding a topper as long as you are OK with how much it weighs which is just part of the properties of latex. Higher quality materials are usually heavier with any type of foam or innerspring.
These are also good quality materials but I would make sure that you are comfortable with the price range and that you have done some careful testing for PPP because they may be too firm for many people and a mattress that is too firm can lead to alignment issues just as much as a mattress that is too soft (see this diagram) and of course a mattress that is too firm to provide good pressure relief can also be very uncomfortable regardless of whether it provides the “correct” support to provide good alignment.
Firmer is not necessarily better (and can often be worse) if a firmer mattress doesn’t “allow” the lighter areas of the body to sink in enough at the same time as it “stops” the heavier parts of your body from sinking in too far so that your spine and joints are in good alignment.
Craigs List or better yet someone you know may be the best way to sell a used mattress but with a premium latex mattress you will likely only recover a small percentage of your original purchase price.
Phoenix