Factory Direct Mattresses in the Toronto, ON and GTA area

[phoenix]

Hi gmh,

Anyway, I spent a good 15-20 minutes on it, and it felt great. I am 30 and have hip surgery on both hips and usually am a side sleeper but haven’t been able to with my hip issues. I found it to be very forgiving on my hips, but it still felt like I was being supported. It was comfortable on my back as well. It didn’t feel like it was getting any more compressed like cheaper foams can that feel very soft at first but by the end of the night you can feel right through.

If you did some careful testing on the mattress and you are confident that it’s a good match for you in terms of PPP and the materials are accurately described then this would certainly be a good quality/value purchase. If you are buying a floor model then I would expect a significant discount and in most cases there won’t be a warranty on the mattress.

Any final thoughts before I pull the trigger? It seems like a great price for all natural talalay, based on what I’ve been reading here.

It may be worthwhile asking about the source of their Talalay latex (there are only two companies that make Talalay latex which is Latex International in the US or Radium in Holland) and ask them about the firmness rating of the latex (this will tell you more about who produced the latex and whether it’s blended Talalay or “all natural” Talalay because they would each have a different firmness ratings). You can see the firmness ratings for both Latex International and Radium for their blended and 100% natural Talalay in post #2 here. While both are high quality materials … some manufacturers will confuse blended Talalay with all natural Talalay so asking for the specific firmness rating would be way that you can confirm which one you have.

If the Talalay is 3.0 lb/ft3 then that would be the approximate density of 19 ILD blended Talalay from Latex International and this would be in a soft range not medium. If this was 100% natural in a similar ILD then it would be denser (natural rubber is denser than synthetic rubber) or if it was firmer then it would have a higher density as well (firmer latex has a higher density than softer latex of the same type and blend).

@MFC MemoryFoamComfort

Many retailers sell Natural Talalay, when in fact it only contains 30-40% natural ingredients.

You are certainly correct about this although blended Talalay is a very high quality material and in lower ILD’s can even be more durable than 100% natural Talalay.

What kind of certification confirms you are getting 100% natural talalay?

While there aren’t any certifications that will identify one type of Talalay from the other or the amount of natural rubber in the latex … a manufacturer should be able to provide you with the source of the latex (or at least the country of origin) and the firmness rating that would identify whether it was all natural or blended. Other than this … you would be dependent on the integrity of a manufacturer to provide you with accurate information about the blend of rubber in a Talalay latex layer.

Phoenix