Denver Mattress Elite Euro Top vs Urban Mattress Ravenswood or Highlander

[phoenix]

Hi Twilee,

Welcome to the Mattress Forum!

Urban Mattress for smaller innerspring mattress company dealers but we didn’t like that they just said “foam” in the construction but didn’t give us more detail than that… The models they recommended were the Ravenswood and the Highland. (2-1" layers of 1.8lb and 2.0 lb foam respectively)

Both the Ravenswood and the Highland use good quality materials. The “foam” you refer to is simply polyurethane foam, or polyfoam, and is the same “foam” that Denver Mattress refers to in their specifications, so no worries there. The Ravenswood uses two 1" layers of 1.8 lb polyfoam on top of a pocketed coil innerspring unit, and the Highland uses two 1" layers of 2.1 lb polyfoam on top of a higher spring count (as compared to the Ravenswood) pocketed coil innerspring unit featuring the Quantum Edge support system.

The Doctor’s Choice Elite Firm has 1" of “unknown density” polyfoam in the quilting (and they would probably be able to provide you with the density if you ask them) but even if it was also as low as 1.2 lb density, because it’s only an inch I wouldn’t consider it to be a weak link in the mattress and it would meet the minimum guidelines in terms of durability.

This seemed to have materials that meet the durability guidelines in the site so I thought I’d ask for feedback from some of you.

You’re correct about the durability guidelines, but I can’t speak to which of the two would be the most “comfortable” or would be the best “match” for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences) because I can’t feel what you feel on a mattress and your own careful testing is the most reliable way to know this (hopefully using the testing guidelines in the tutorial post).

In its simplest form choosing the “best possible” mattress for any particular person really comes down to FIRST finding a few knowledgeable and transparent retailers and/or manufacturers (either locally or online) that sell the types of mattresses that you are most interested in that are in a budget range you are comfortable with and that you have confirmed will provide you with the all the information you need about the materials and components inside the mattresses they sell so you will be able to make informed choices and meaningful comparisons between mattresses and then …

1. Careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in the tutorial) to make sure that a mattress is a good match for you in terms of “comfort”, firmness, and PPP … and/or that you are comfortable with the options you have available to return, exchange, or “fine tune” the mattress and any costs involved if you can’t test a mattress in person or aren’t confident that your mattress is a suitable choice.

2. Checking to make sure that there are no lower quality materials or weak links in a mattress you are considering relative to your weight/BMI range that could compromise the durability and useful life of the mattress.

3. Comparing your finalists for “value” based on #1 and #2 and all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.

My husband wants to buy something that we can go test out first, and we both prefer an innerspring or hybrid. We live in Albuquerque NM

If you also wish to include other local options in your research, then subject to first confirming that any retailer or manufacturer on the list that you wish to visit is completely transparent (see this article ) and to making sure that any mattress you are considering meets your specific criteria and the quality/value guidelines here … the better options or possibilities I’m aware of in and around the Albuquerque area are listed in post #5 here .

If you find other items, feel free to post their specifications or questions here and I’ll be happy to comment upon them for you.

Phoenix