Firmness of Dunlop Latex 2'' "medium" topper

[phoenix]

Hi sleep_easier,

I think I’ll take your general advice and go with my gut instinct - exchange the 30 ILD (medium) for the 20 ILD (soft). A big reason I chose to purchase from SleepOnLatex was their return policy, which looked very generous.

That makes sense to me.

I guess my initial concern/assumption (before purchasing) was that 20 ILD would not provide sufficient support. I think my experience so far indicates that I will certainly feel support from the firm bed through a 2’’ topper, even if it’s soft.

“Support” is often misunderstood and many people believe incorrectly that “firmer is better” or “more supportive” when the real goal of a “supportive” mattress is to keep the spine and joints in good alignment and this requires the type of contouring support that allows some parts of the body to sink in more (softer) and some parts of the body to sink in less (firmer) and this will vary on an individual basis. There is more about primary or “deep” support and secondary or “surface” support and their relationship to firmness and pressure relief and the “roles” of different layers in a mattress in post #2 here and in post #4 here that may also be helpful in clarifying the difference between “support/alignment” and “comfort/pressure relief” and “feel” and how they interact together.

Phoenix