DFW Latex Core Mattress Hunting

[phoenix]

Hi rjar,

I already spent 4K on this mattress so I’m willing so spend up to that if necessary but I’d rather not…I’m in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the mattress will be mainly for me, although my boyfriend is over a lot.

You should be able to get a great mattress in a significantly lower budget range

I also tried out the Spruce VIII at Sovn and I really liked the “C” firmness with an extra latex/natural fiber mattress topper with flexible slats as the foundation. The only hesitation I had with this is that they don’t have as flexible return policies as the “big name” companies in town, and I want to make sure I try the other mattress stores you suggested before dropping money/being locked down with them. They do have a 25 year warranty and switch out the layers however. ($3300 + $800 topper)

For some reason the Sovn prices are much higher than all the other Berkeley Ergonomics dealers across the country. A forum search on Sovn (you can just click this) will bring up more about them. Their mattresses are high quality … their prices are on the high side.

Oh! And unfortunately Green-Living in Dallas has closed down; I would’ve tried Savvy Rest there—I feel really uncomfortable buying a bed before trying it out in person. (Thus why I haven’t jumped on purchasing a bed from online retailers.)

Thanks for the heads up. They are also no longer on the Savvy Rest store finder so I’ve removed them from the Dallas / Ft Worth list.

I was also curious if you had any more insight about the latex beds—I’m worried that it will sleep hot also. Am I just better off getting an innerspring?

Latex is generally the most breathable and coolest of the different types of foam materials but sleeping temperature will also depend on a combination of factors, not just the type of foam or the type of support core. You can read more about the factors involved in sleeping temperature in post #2 here. In general most people don’t find that a latex mattress sleeps warm (quite the opposite in most cases) but some people that have a mattress with a thicker / softer comfort layer that they sink into more deeply and no quilting may find it sleeps on the warmer side (and this would be true for any type of foam material) … particularly if some of the other factors also contribute to warmer sleeping temperatures.

One more thing which might be out of the realm of your expertise/experience; but I used financing to purchase this Tempurpedic from Mattress Firm—and I plan on returning it for a full refund. But do you think I should try financing out at a place like Sovn again? (I’m hoping that because I got financing from one bed place it won’t affect negatively on my attempts to get financing again at another place…) Or just go ahead and bite the bullet and buy one of these beds at full price.

Whether or not to finance a mattress is really a personal issue so this is something that only you can answer. I don’t think applying for financing at a store where you return the mattress for a refund should affect your ability to apply somewhere else but as you mentioned this is outside of my area of expertise.

I’m looking forward to your ongoing feedback and finding out what you end up with.

Phoenix