Hi amun,
[quote]Does any one know what’s the ILD of 3" Latex layer in Nest Bedding Love bed (FIRM Version / King size) ?
i asked a question on their website around 2 days back, but still nothing happened. [/quote]
If for some reason you haven’t received a reply to your question I would probably call them and ask them your question in person.
Having said that … ILD is also only one of several specs that makes one material feel softer or firmer than another (see post #4 here) and the ILD of different materials or different types and blends of latex also aren’t directly comparable to each other. The ILD of a single layer also isn’t particularly meaningful because every layer and component in a mattress will have an effect on every other layer in the mattress and on the mattress as a whole so the quilting foam, the quilting pattern, and the support core will all have an effect on how sort of firm the mattress feels. Putting too much focus on ILD alone or any single spec will most often be more misleading than helpful.
Different people can also have very different perceptions of firmness and softness compared to others as well and a mattress that is firm for one can feel like “medium” for someone else or even “soft” for someone else (or vice versa) depending on their body type, sleeping style, physiology, their frame of reference based on what they are used to, and their individual sensitivity and perceptions. This is all relative and very subjective and is as much an art as a science. There are also different types of firmness and softness that different people may be sensitive to that can affect how they “rate” a mattress as well (see post #15 here).
Unless you have a great deal of knowledge and experience with different types of mattress materials and components and their specs and different layering combinations and mattress designs and how they combine together and can translate them into your own “real life” experience that can be unique to you … I would tend to avoid using complex specs to try and predict how a mattress will feel or perform for you. When you try and choose a mattress based on complex combinations of specs that you may not fully understand or only based on a single spec for a single layer that may not be as relevant or meaningful as you believe it is then the most common outcome is “information overload” and “paralysis by analysis”.
The only way to know how firm or soft any mattress will feel to you will be based on your own personal testing or sleeping experience.
If you are uncertain about your firmness choice when you can’t test a mattress in person then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer that has your best interests at heart and who can help “talk you through” the specifics of their mattresses 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 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 to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or even to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
Don’t forget that these are “simplified choice” mattresses and they have a great return/exchange policy that lets you test the mattress in your bedroom instead of a showroom so either your firmness choice will work out well for you or you can exchange or return the mattress without any risk.
Again … no matter how much you try and “analyze” specs to try and predict how a mattress mattress will feel you won’t know how it feels to you until you sleep on it.
Phoenix