Buying a latex mattress - store or Internet?

[phoenix]

Hi Quentin1,

based on all the feedback etc., i certainly did not hear an objection to a combo latex and hr foam mattress from an approved local manufacturer. while the all latex mattress might be preferable, there is certainly nothing wrong with the combination mattress and it appears to be a fine choice - especially compared to any big box retailers etc. where you dont know what you are really buying.

I would even take it one step further. A mattress is only as good as the quality of the construction and materials in it regardless of the manufacturer and while I specifically recommend the members of the site because I have come to know and respect them over time and they are all “safe” choices … they are not the only sources of good quality, value, and service across the country and there are many others that would and will become members here over time as I get to know them better and they also get to know me.

A latex/polyfoam mattress can certainly make a good choice in terms of both quality, value, and performance as long as there are no obvious “weak links” in the mattress.

it’s like picking between good and good (this was the comparison given in one of the posts). both are good and either choice is good.

Yes … the goal of the site is to help each member reach this point so they can make final decisions based on all the objective, subjective, and intangible factors that are part of every mattress purchase that are most important to them. Value is relative to the criteria of each person. For what it’s worth … when I purchased my last mattress it took me two weeks of hemming and hawing and going back and forth to make a final choice because there were no clear winners and the choice kept getting down to smaller and smaller details that were mainly irrelevant and using more “gut feel” than any formula. None of them were clearly better than any of the others.

i think i feel good about the choice i am going to be making. the only thing is that i am thinking about waiting a couple of weeks until Labor Day to see if there is any sale on the mattress i’d like to purchase.

While it’s unlikely that most manufacturers or retailers that have good value 365 days of the year will have any special sale on Labor Day … it’s always possible that they may have some promotion with smaller discounts or products in kind just to take advantage of the number of consumers that make purchases around that time so you never know. It certainly can’t hurt but I would treat the “massive labor day sales” as a warning sign rather than as an incentive to buy because most of them are “fake sales” (see post #5 here) meant to create a false sense of urgency, to sell inferior products, or to instill a fear of loss that isn’t real.

Phoenix