Factory Direct Mattresses in the Toronto, ON and GTA area

[phoenix]

Hi DHC,

It’s good to see that you are taking the time to phone and talk to some of the options on the list before you visit them in person and making some preliminary phone calls to the retailers/manufacturers that are on the list that are in reasonable driving distance is always a good idea before you visit any store anyway. This will tell you which of them carry mattresses that would meet your specific criteria, are transparent about the quality and durability of the materials in their mattresses (see this article), and that carry the type of mattresses that you are interested in testing in the budget range you are comfortable with and that have exchange or return policies that you are comfortable with and will save you a great deal of time and possible frustration. Once you have checked their websites and/or talked with the ones that interest you then you will be in a much better position to decide on the ones that you are most interested in visiting based on the results of your preliminary research and conversations.

He also said that he wouldn’t recommend polyfoam and that they did only latex as the most durable and best material. Fair enough. Perhaps I should make the greater invest and have a mattress for life or for a few decades at least. Your thoughts would, of course, be appreciated.

Assuming that the materials in a mattress you are considering are durable enough for your body type and meet the guidelines here … the choice between different types and combinations of materials and components or different types of mattresses (see this article) are more of a preference and a budget choice than a “better/worse” choice.

Latex hybrid mattresses can certainly make a good choice and depending on which type of “latex hybrid” you may be considering … there is more about all latex mattresses vs latex/polyfoam hybrids in post #2 here and there is also more about innerspring/latex hybrids vs all latex mattresses in post #13 here and the other posts it links to. Some people prefer latex hybrid mattresses to all latex mattresses either in terms of PPP or because their budget doesn’t allow for an all latex mattress but the best way to know which type of mattress you prefer is based on your own careful testing.

P,S. I just learned or think I learned that Sleeptek makes Dormio and Obasan?

Obasan is a SleepTek brand name. SleepTek also makes some of the mattresses that Dormio sells but not all of them.

SleepTek is a manufacturer and Dormio and Soma are retailers and all of them are very different companies.

Phoenix