Down to Final Two - But would like to be sure I'm not missing things.

[phoenix]

Hi Doggerz,

The reason I’m hesitant on the 5" of 5.3lb foam is that there isn’t a latex transition layer. In one of your articles you mentioned how important the transition layer is.

I’m not sure where you read this but it certainly isn’t the case and you may have misunderstood something that you read. Whether a transition layer Is helpful or not (latex or otherwise) depends entirely on the specifics of the mattress and the person sleeping on it.

I went to the Brooklyn Bedding Site… on that Aloe Alexis, I’m wondering what that “1” Chemical Free Wool & BreathCool Poly Foam" layer is for, and if its necessary.

This is the quilting layer of the mattress. Every layer and component in a mattress is part of how it feels and performs and from that perspective is necessary yes. There is more about quilting layers in post #12 here.

I’m asking them if they could exchange one of the two latex layers + poly foam layer for 4" of 5lb foam. It might take it out of my price range though, although I thought latex was more expensive than memory foam. But I’m going to see what they say, can’t hurt to ask.

They can replace one of the 3" latex layers with a 3" layer of memory foam (not 4").

Lake Mattress does have hybrid mattresses but their highest memory foam is 4lb. Again, I’m not sure if 4lb is acceptable,or what 4lb feels like compared to 5lb.

You can see the quality/density guidelines I would suggest here and for most people that aren’t in higher weight ranges 4 lb memory foam would be fine. There are dozens of different versions of memory foam in any density range so a particular density of memory foam doesn’t have a specific feel because each of the many types of memory foam that are the same density can feel and perform very differently from each other.There is more about the different properties of different types and densities of memory foam in post #9 here and post #8 here.

One other company that I found to be really interesting is Leaf and Loom. I read what you said about that transition layer. Also its only 2 1/2 inches of the 5lb foam and another 2 of convoluted gel, this is a mattress I’d love to try in person, not sure if I have the guts to buy one online. But it grabbed my attention.

You can see some comments about the Loom & Leaf in post #2 here. I would avoid any mattress where you aren’t able to find out the specifics of the materials inside it to make sure there aren’t any lower quality materials or “weak links” in the mattress.

[quote]I also found this Simmons - but I can’t see what the specs are on this.
www.beautyrest.com/products/comforpedic/
Its not a hybrid, my gut says its not up to par with the two I’m considering + the Brooklyn.[/quote]

Simmons and the other major brands tend to use some low quality/density materials in their comfort layers and I would avoid them and the other major brands or any mattress where you aren’t able to confirm the quality/density of the materials in the mattress (see the guidelines here)

Phoenix