Hi GoodRevrnd,
The Pure Talalay Bliss (previously Pure Latex Bliss) mattresses use high quality materials (blended Talalay latex) and there are no lower quality materials or weak links that would compromise the durability or useful life of the mattress.
The advantage of a local choice is that you can test it in person before a purchase to make sure that it’s a good match for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP and the most important part of the “value” of a mattress purchase is how well you sleep on it.
The SleepEZ mattreses also use high quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in their mattresses either. They give you the choice between blended Talalay, 100% natural Talalay or 100% natural Dunlop in each of the layers and they also have many options available after a purchase to fine tune the comfort or support of the mattress by rearranging the layers or exchanging a layer, and they also have a good return/refund option if in the worst case none of the layering options that are available work out as well as you hope for. They are also in a lower budget range than the Pure Talalay Bliss (previously called Pure Latex Bliss) mattresses.
My previous reply included a link with more information that can help you make better “value” comparisons between mattresses based on suitability (how well you will sleep), durability (how long you will sleep well) which in this case would be comparable since they are both all latex mattresses, along with all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
While price is certainly one of the more important parts of “value” … the “value” of a mattress purchase is what is most important and price is just one of many factors that can affect the “value” of a mattress purchase. There isn’t a “formula” that can be used to assess or “calculate” the value of a mattress because there are so many different variables and criteria involved that can affect the price of a mattress that can each be more or less important to some people and not to others who may have completely different criteria or definitions of “value”. The “value” of a mattress purchase is also relative to how a mattress compares to the other finalists you are considering or to other mattresses that are available to you in your area (or online if you are also considering online options). There are many reasons that a mattress that may be “good value” for one person or in one area of the country may not be good value for someone else that has very different needs and preferences or that lives in a different area.
Once you have narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between “good and good” and none of them have any lower quality materials or “weak links” in their design and if at this point there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some good research) then you are in the fortunate position that any of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 herepersonal value equation can help you make a final choice based on your own local testing and/or your more detailed phone conversations about each of them, the firmness and suitability of each one, their prices, your preferences for different types of materials and components, designs, or types and blends of latex, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers and any costs involved, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on “informed best judgement” based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your that are most important to you.
Phoenix