Hi Reggie,
Health concerns with mattresses are certainly a concern in this era of fire retardant mattresses. It’s a very complex question but you are not alone in being affected by offgassing in a mattress. there are many who aren’t affected by this and it can also depend on the foam producer and even on differences between various batches of foam but for those who are it can be very disturbing. This is the reason that testing such as CertiPur for polyfoam and memory foam and Oeko-Tex for latex can be so important so that there is at least some assurance that what you are smelling isn’t harmful. In spite of this … there are still exceptions though where people are more sensitive and more affected even with testing. This can be the result of fire retardant materials or even various glues or other sources of offgassing in a mattress.
Post #2 here has more about this and links to other posts and other good sources of more information.
OrganicPedic certainly uses high quality materials and they do have a certified manufacturing facility but I would question their “value” when so many other mattresses that use the same materials and are available for significantly less. Most of their mattresses use Talalay latex and there is no “organic” Talalay in the world … only Dunlop. Post #6 here has more information about the different types of latex including organic Dunlop.
As with any mattress the quality and value of a Magniflex would depend on your ability to find out the quality of the materials that are in it. It may be very difficult to find this out. At least they have been certified to the Oeko-Tex standard 100 level (like much of the latex that is available) but “safety” and “quality” and "value’ are all very different things.
Purefit is made by anatomic Global which is owned by Foamex/FXI which is a foam manufacturer in the US. Like most of the American foam manufacturers (and some Chinese manufacturers as well) … they are CertiPur certified*. Once again though … CertiPur certification has nothing to do with the quality or value of a mattress and there are many mattresses that use CertiPur certified foam that are better quality and value. I would also bear in mind that some people may still be sensitive to polyfoam or memory foam that is Certipur certified.
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Naturepedic is another manufacture that uses high quality materials and has an organic certified factory but they are also not good value and are much more than other mattresses that use the same materials.
Polyfoam and memory foam are primarily petrochemical products and while it’s true that many foam manufacturers are replacing a small part of one of the two main chemical used in its production with chemical polyols that are derived from plants … they are certainly not natural materials. You can read more about this in post #2 here and post #4 here.
Palmetto also makes latex mattresses though which is not the same as polyfoam or memory foam and are generally considered to be much “safer”.
They are also included in the list of some of the better options in and around Charleston, SC which is in post #2 here.
There are three types of foam which are basically polyfoam, memory foam, and latex. If you are looking at polyfoam or memory foam then CertiPur is probably the certification you should be looking for (their testing protocol is very similar to Oeko-Tex). If you are looking at latex … then Oeko-Tex is the most common certification (and all the Talalay latex you see will have this) but there are others that you can read about in some of the links I provided earlier in this post. Keep in mind that some people may still be sensitive in some cases regardless of a certification and also that some of the most toxic VOC’s have no smell at all.
You have some good options in your area and if you stick with more natural materials you should have no problem meeting your criteria without having to spend a fortune with some of the very costly manufacturers you’ve been mentioning.
Phoenix