Deciding on latex vs. innerspring

[phoenix]

Hi deep_sleep,

So about me… I’m almost 6 ft, 150lbs, broad shoulders, slender build, and the mattress would be just for me. I’m a majority side sleeper, but do sleep a little on my back as well. I’m on a 10 year old run-of-the mill pocket coil mattress. Think it was deemed a “soft” mattress. When looking at these two mattresses, what I’m having trouble with is having confidence that when I wake up in the morning, I won’t be sore. Especially with the Euro II since that’s a totally different type of mattress. Both the Euro II and Oslo feel pretty good when I tested them. The Oslo feels a bit more comfy on the initial feel. The Euro II feels like it has less softness initially, but still feels comfortable for me. The guys as TMSC took a look at my alignment, and it’s good on both.

While I can’t tell you what to choose … there is more about the most important parts of the value of a mattress purchase in post #13 here that may be helpful with how to choose between them.

As you can see … the most important part of the “value” of a mattress purchase is which one is the best match for you in terms of PPP. Unfortunately nobody else can feel what you feel or see you on a mattress and there are too many unknowns, variables, and preferences involved for anyone to make suggestions about which mattress may be best for you using specs (either yours or a mattress) or theory at a distance that can possibly be more effective than your own personal testing along with the guidance of the staff at TMASC who are very good at what they do. In this case … you are looking at two different types of mattresses because one is all latex and the other is an innerspring/microcoil/latex hybrid so it would really come down to which one you prefer or feel more confident about.

After PPP then the next most important part of the value of a purchase is durability and making sure that a mattress uses good quality materials and that there are no weak links in the mattress. As you know both of the mattresses you are considering use high quality materials and neither one has any weak links in their construction so durability wouldn’t be an issue for either one of them.

After this the choice between them would really be based on all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you including price of course and the options you have after a purchase if your sleeping experience indicates that in spite of your “best efforts” that the choice you made was less than ideal.

When you are down to finalists that are between “good and good” (which you are) and if at this point there are no clear winners between them, then your final choice (see post #2 here) will really come down to best judgement based on all the objective, subjective, and intangible criteria that are most important to you.

I really don’t think that either one of them would be a mistake but you are in a position where preferences will play the biggest role. Sometimes if you have confirmed everything else then “gut feel” can end up being the best way to decide

Phoenix