Full Latex Mattress in Sydney

[phoenix]

Hi cachexian,

If I go for the custom mattress with the additional 12mm latex that would be similar to option 3 with one less layer of wool quilting. Am I correct in thinking that this wool quilting probably makes negligible difference to the feel?

A topper will act slightly softer than the same layer inside a mattress cover and the wool would act to firm it up a little but overall I think this would be close enough to get a very good indication yes.

I’m tending to go for the 12mm additional layer because it’s always possible to add a topper to make it softer (in any case, I’ll be adding a mattress protector) and much more difficult to correct a mattress that is too soft to give good support.

I would tend to choose as accurately as you can (rather than knowingly too firm) but if there are two seemingly “equal” choices then I would choose the firmer. Since it seems that the one extra layer was the one you preferred more anyway then as you say if it turns out you need a little more softness then a topper is always there as a backup.

At $3100 the RMF mattress is about $1000 more than my other two frontrunners (Revor Madrid and Latex Pod). But unlike those two, it is a truly double sided mattress. Am I correct in thinking that I should expect that it would likely last at least half as long again even with latex?

If everything else was equal (same softness of latex etc) then this would seem reasonable to me.

[quote]Also I assume that part of the additional cost is involved with the different construction. With the RMF Ecological the cover is quilted with latex and wool. With the others, the layers of latex are inserted into thin covers and those layers are slipped inside a removable bamboo/linen cover.
What do you think about the relative value of these three options?[/quote]

A wool quilted cover is certainly more costly than a plain cover but not by $1000

So if I’m understanding this correctly you are choosing between …

Revor Madrid: sale price $2000 $90 shipping
7 zone 7" latexco core with a 2" latexco soft topper on one side wrapped in removable/washable bamboo cover

Latex Mattress Warehouse: Latex pod $2000 + $250 shipping
7 zone latex core with 2 separate pieces of 2" latexco topper - ie one on each side of the mattress.
in a removable cotton and linen cover (which George says is nice and soft a stretchy).

Ecological with an additional 12mm perforated latex, on both sides of the mattress $3049.00 GST INC.
which would have the same 7 zone Latexco core (is this correct?) along with 1" of latex on either side of the core with a wool quilted cover.

I would probably want to know whether all the latex layers in each of these were natural or blended Dunlop but overall it seems to me that if the Ecological has the same core as the other two then they would have better “raw value” (particularly the two sided one) even without the wool quilting (and you could always add a wool topper for less than the difference between them) but of course the value to you would include all the other parts of a mattress purchase such as which one was best in terms of PPP (Pressure relief, Posture and alignment, and Personal preferences) and any other benefits that come from dealing with each manufacturer that was an important part of your personal value equation.

Phoenix