Best OMF mattress to buy to add a topper later?

[phoenix]

Hi levander,

The reason I thought the lower layer had to be softer is because the guy at the OMF factory store told me they have real box springs that go under the mattress. The box springs will wear out faster than wood foundations. The wood foundations will practically last forever and never need to be replaced. But the box springs are softer than wood, and will wear out. But they absorb some of the force placed on the mattress, so the mattress doesn’t compress as much, and the mattress will last longer.

A flexible boxspring is generally a recommendation for innerspring mattresses because it can help with both the feel and performance of the mattress and also to help prevent the innerspring components from being bent or damaged with sudden shocks (which doesn’t affect foam). See post #2 here for more about this.

There is a type of layering called a dominating layer where firmer foams are used over softer foams (often used in quilting layers as well) which will “bend” into the softer layer under it rather than “compress” into a firmer layer under it but this is more about changing the surface feel and the overall performance of the mattress rather than making it more durable (although it would increase the durability of the layers underneath it to some degree).

So an boxspring can affect the longevity of a mattress because of its shock absorbing abilities but doesn’t really affect the durability or longevity of the innerspring itself in “normal” use and it won’t affect how much the innersprings compress … only add to the total compression of the mattress.

Phoenix