I apologize for posting this here as it’s not completely relative, but I can’t find a way to create a new post. Even the instructions I found from Phoenix only mention to try replying to an active post ofa similar topic, so here goes.
I am so glad to have found this site! Thank you for the wealth of information you provide here. My husband and I are currently in the trial period of our Purple 3, and while he loves it, it’s far too firm for me. As a lightweight side sleeper, I’m waking up tossing and turning because of the pressure on my hips, shoulders, and oddly enough, rib cage. We previously were sleeping on my old memory foam mattress and I loved the way it conformed to my body, but for my husband who is 60 pounds heavier than me, he experienced too much of an “I’m drowning in foam” feeling. We will be returning the Purple, and I’m now on the hunt for a new mattress. Because of how we each felt about the Purple and the old memory foam, a hybrid is sounding like the way to go. A soft comfort layer for me, a good support layer for him.
I originally started at the chain mattress stores looking at the big S-brands. Then I stumbled across this site, learned more about mattress quality and construction, and was lead to the one mattress store in my area that seemed to carry the right quality of mattresses: The Organic Bedroom in Raleigh.
I stopped by today and tested out two mattresses that seemed to fit the bill and be within our budget (there were lots of other options, but well above our budget):
- Berkeley Ergonomics Highland
- 2" natural Talalay latex comfort layer
- Interactive pocketed coil base
- Whitney Snow (Whitney is The Organic Bedroom’s own brand)
- 3" natural Talalay latex comfort layer
- 4 zone pocketed spring core
- Hip zone is firmer than other zones. This does concern me because when mattresses are too firm, I have hip pain, but I can’t tell from 20 minutes or so in the store whether this will be the case. Afterall, our Purple 3 felt like it cradled my hips fine when we tried it in store. Then again, will the firmer support layer on the hips be fine as long as I have that 3" comfort layer to cradle them? ( I realize you can’t answer that for me - just thinking aloud here).
I can’t find the Berkeley Highland anywhere but on The Organic Bedroom’s own site, so haven’t been able to read a lot about it, but here’s the info: Berkeley Ergonomics Highland Interactive Coil with Latex Mattress - The Organic Bedroom
As for the Whitney Snow, since Whitney is their house brand, again there’s not a ton of info out there about it: Whitney Snow - All Natural Soft Latex Mattress with Coils - The Organic Bedroom
While I have learned a lot on this site, I only recently discovered it so please consider me to be fairly a newbie. Are there other questions I should ask the store about the above options? Also, what’s your take based on the product info you see for these two? I plan to go back at least a couple more times to lay on them both again, but wanted a more knowledgeable person’s opinion about the construction of each and what major differences may be. Unless others are in my area, there’s probably little experience anyone can share about the Whitney. As for the Highland, I’ve read great things about Berkeley on here: I just have never seen any mention of that particular model and can’t find it listed anywhere else online. The only other Berkeley model they had in store was the Fairmont Gold 7 (man that felt good!), but at $3300 for a king it’s outside of our budget.