Help choosing a new mattress

[KayaO]

As you probably know from your reading here … the two mattresses you were comparing are very much apples to oranges comparisons. The Plushbeds Heavenly Plush is primarily a memory foam mattress (with a latex transition layer) and the FSF Urban Green mattresses are all latex component mattresses. There is more about the pros and cons of latex vs memory foam in post #2 here.

Having said that … the type of materials or mattresses that different people tend to prefer can vary widely and some people prefer sleeping on memory foam and other people prefer sleeping on latex. The Plushbeds uses 4 lb memory foam which would certainly be suitable for your weight range in terms of durability and all the other layers are all high quality latex and polyfoam materials so there are no lower quality materials or weak links in the mattress. If your mattress turns out to be a good “match” for you in terms of PPP then it would certainly make a good quality/value choice.

Absolutely I am comparing apples and oranges, but in the end it’s all fruit I don’t think it’s a bad thing to compare mattresses that are different especially for people like me who can’t really try anything out locally that would allow for an apples to apples comparison. In that case I think companies with an easy and low cost return option would tend to weight higher like it did for me.

That aside, I’ve had a rather interesting adventure so far with my PlushBeds Cool Bliss mattress. We received it much earlier than expected and it was nice and easy easy to unwrap and set up. We slept on it the first night and there was no smell which was great. However, the “feel” was a very odd mix of soft and hard. It felt soft and squishy when I first got on it but when laying on my back or side it definitely had a firm “feel” to it. I thought this rather odd and after about a week finally unzipped the mattress cover and took a look. Sure enough, this is when things got weird.

The Cool Bliss mattress has 3" of gel memory foam with 2" talaylay latex underneath. My mattress has 2" gel foam with 3" latex underneath. Not only that but the tag says Posture Plush which is supposed to have 3" PlushFoam and 2" latex. NONE of their mattresses have 3" latex or 2" foam. I don’t know what the heck I got but something went very wrong in manufacturing/assembly. I called them earlier today and sent an email with pictures so we’ll see where this goes. Hopefully this post gives a heads up to anyone else who recently purchased from PlushBeds - go check your mattress and make sure you got what you think you got!