My husband and I are going to purchase a latex mattress. We are both under 200 lbs. Should we get the 10 inch or 13 inch? What are the benefits of the thicker mattress other than sheets might fit better?
Hi Gardener1,
Welcome to the Mattress Forum!. 
To begin, I’d tell you to do a “soft reset” on how you’re going about picking out your mattress.
While you’re certainly considering high quality materials for your mattress, the thickness of a mattress or the number of layers or the thickness of any individual layers inside it is really just a side effect of the design and the design goals of a mattress and the thickness of any individual layers or the complete mattress is also only one of many variables that can affect the feel and performance of a mattress relative to any particular person (see post #2 here) and by itself isn’t particularly meaningful (see post #2 here). In some cases people that are in higher weight ranges (or a higher BMI) will sometimes do better with a mattress that is thicker than lower weight ranges or a lower BMI (see post #14 here for more about the effect of thickness) but even this depends more on the specific design and combination of materials in the mattress and on how well your testing or personal experience indicates the mattress “as a whole” matches your specific needs and preferences in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP than it does on just the thickness itself.
In other words.…don’t pick out a mattress based upon thickness.
When you can’t test a mattress in person (you didn’t mention if you were looking locally or online) then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed phone conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer that has your best interests at heart (and isn’t just interested in “selling you” any mattress they can convince you to buy) and who can help “talk you through” the specifics of their mattresses and the properties and “feel” of the materials they are using (fast or slow response, resilience, firmness etc.) and the options they have available that may be the best “match” for you based on the information you provide them, any local testing you have done or mattresses you have slept on and liked or other mattresses you are considering that they are familiar with, and the “averages” of other customers that are similar to you. They will know more about “matching” their specific mattress designs and firmness levels to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
Latex mattresses (assuming it is all latex) will vary with different layer thicknesses, different latex formulation processes (Dunlop or talalay) and different blends (synthetic, natural, or a blend of synthetic and natural). Each of these will impart a different comfort to the product.
In its simplest form … choosing the “best possible” (not thicker or thinner) mattress for any particular person really comes down to FIRST finding a few knowledgeable and transparent retailers and/or manufacturers (either locally or online) that sell the types of latex mattresses that you are most interested in that are in a budget range you are comfortable with and that you have confirmed will provide you with the all the information you need about the materials and components inside the mattresses they sell so you will be able to make informed choices and meaningful comparisons between mattresses and then …
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Careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in the tutorial) to make sure that a mattress is a good match for you in terms of “comfort”, firmness, and PPP … and/or that you are comfortable with the options you have available to return, exchange, or “fine tune” the mattress and any costs involved if you can’t test a mattress in person or aren’t confident that your mattress is a suitable choice.
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Checking to make sure that there are no lower quality materials or weak links in a mattress you are considering relative to your weight/BMI range that could compromise the durability and useful life of the mattress (see the durability guidelines here).
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Comparing your finalists for “value” based on #1 and #2 and all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
You’re considering quality componentry and I look forward to learning about what you decide to select.
Phoenix
Thicker one may make you feel more cozy, but not good for spine. So 10 inches would be okay.
I think you need 13 inches，And too thick on the body is not good.
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