Ikea MYRBACKA latex/poly?

[phoenix]

Hi klphoto,

“Top of Myrbacka latex sample unzipped. Note sample is only half the length of mattress. Zoning is not as evident on top of latex, but bottom is glued to polyfoam so can’t take a picture of that.”

The above is taken from the description of the MYRBACKA photo. Sorry but Im not quite getting what the poster is trying to tell us. Is it that the foam is differently zoned somehow along different parts of the mattress for more/less support for different parts of the body maybe?

You can see a picture of some Mountaintop continuous pour Dunlop latex (which is what the Ikea mattresses use) with the 7 different zones in post #73 here (the smaller pincores are firmer and the larger pincores are the softer sections). There is also more about zoning in post #11 here and the posts it links to.

Also is there anything about synthetic latex from a comfort or durability aspect that I should be concerned about?

“Comfort” is subjective and different people will have different preferences for different types of materials or different types and blends of latex but there would be no durability concerns no (that’s what I meant when I mentioned there are no “weak links” in the mattress). There is more about the different types and blends of latex in post #6 here.

Phoenix