Brooklyn Bedding Mattress Q's

Hi ceasar2k6,

You may be confusing the design of a mattress itself with the foundation or platform bed that it needs to support it. The mattress and the the foundation/platform bed that is used underneath it are separate parts of a sleeping system. The 7" base in the Aloe Alexis is the firmest part … not the “sturdiest” part (latex is more durable than polyfoam). The 10" abscond is latex from top to bottom and isn’t a polyfoam/latex hybrid so it doesn’t need a polyfoam support core. They are completely different mattresses with different designs and components that interact together differently. The Abscond doesn’t need a polyfoam support core underneath it since it is all latex.

Both of them would need to be placed on a foundation or a platform bed that will provide even and non flexing support under the mattress.

PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) is a function of the complete design of the mattress, the firmness of each layer, and how all the layers and components interact together … not just on how much of one material or another is in the mattress. Any material can come in a range of firmness levels and can be either “supportive” or “pressure relieving”. There is more about primary support, secondary support, and pressure relief in post #4 here and more about some of the specs that are part of the feel and performance of a mattress in post #2 here but you may be getting overinvolved in “mattress design theory” which is a very long learning curve that can take years … although it’s a very interesting study (at least for me) :slight_smile:

Phoenix