Chemical-Free First Mattress for 3-Year-Old

[phoenix]

Hi eanderson,

You are at the place where all your choices are good ones and the choices are really a matter of preferences and smaller differences in “value” and which choice best fits your “value equation” which is the best place to be

2. 4" pocket coils (with latex on all four sides between the coils and the cover) and 3" blended talalay comfort layer, plus a layer of wool quilted to organic cotton zippered cover – $800 for a full, including foundation and delivery. This seems like a very good deal and I was hoping you could confirm! The Pure Echo would cost almost the same thanks to $185 in shipping, and does not include any latex at all, and Naturepedic is way more.

Yes … this seems like very good value to me as well.

Also, I’ve been reading about blended vs all natural talalay, but am finding mostly info on comfort and durability – I’d really like to understand better the composition of the synthetic latex that is blended in, since we are trying to stay away from chemicals.

Blended latex is a mix of SBR (Styrene Butadiene) and NR (natural rubber from the Hevea Brasiliensis tree). The Styrene and Butadiene that are used to produce SBR are usually synthesized from petrochemical sources although there are other sources as well. Natural rubber is mostly Isoprene which has a slightly different chemical composition from SBR.

Both types are considered to be very safe and in the case of Talalay both are Oeko-Tex standard 100 class 1 certified (safe for close contact with babies). Most Dunlop latex has the same or a similar certification. You can see what they test for here.

There is more detailed information about the differences between NR and SBR in post #2 here (which has some fairly technical information and links) and in post #2 here.

Hopefully this should give you about as much “chemical” information as you would want

Phoenix