I need of a new mattress

[phoenix]

Hi Tourguide,

[quote]Our current mattress is a Tempurpedic clone with 10" memory foam manufactured by Anatomic Global Inc. back in 2009. The marketing name was i bamboo. As I stated earlier, we were quite happy with the bed for the first 4 years but it seams to have broken down pretty quickly in the last 1 -1.5 years.
I am 6" 190 lbs and my spouse is 5’8’’ about 170.[/quote]

It’s very possible that your mattress contained some lower quality/density foam layers that would be the biggest reason it didn’t hold up longer.

While there is no way to specifically quantify how long any mattress will last for a specific person or predict exactly when they will decide to replace it because it is no longer suitable or comfortable for them (because this is the only real measure of durability or the useful life of a mattress that really matters) and because there are too many unknowns and variables involved that are unique to each person … if a mattress is well inside a suitable comfort/support range and isn’t close to the edge of being too soft when it is new (see post #2 here) and you have confirmed that it meets the minimum quality/durability specs that are suggested in the guidelines here then it would be reasonable to expect a useful lifetime in the range of 7 - 10 years and with higher quality and more durable materials like latex or higher density memory foam or polyfoam (in the comfort layers especially) it would likely be in the higher end of the range or even longer and the chances that you would have additional “bonus time” would be higher as well.

There is also more detailed information about the variables that can affect the durability and useful life of a mattress (and the materials inside it) in post #4 here and the posts it links to as well.

Our attraction to Latex are the natural aspects coupled with the long life expectancy. Our recent stop at a local bedding store in NorthEastern Illinois (that carries multiple high end latex mattresses) seemed to assure us we would be happy moving in this direction. The reason for the Talalay v. Dunlop inquiries is the store in question advised that they are believers in Dunlop support cores and Dunlop or Talalay comfort layers. We weren’t able to try a bed with Talalay support cores so I was trying to gather some insight as to how they might change the equation.

If you are near the Chicago area then the better options or possibilities I’m aware of (subject to making sure that any mattress you are considering meets the quality/value guidelines here) are listed in posts #2 and #4 here.

Any further comments or insights you can offer would be most welcomed.

The basic information, steps, and guidelines you will need to make the “best possible” choice are in the tutorial but I’m certainly happy to answer any other specific questions you may have to the best of my ability.

Phoenix