Its is time to buy

[Jdavis37]

Thx Phoenix,

I removed the topper and it was not difficult to see the old mattress indeed is shot. I learned a lot though. Having 2 frozen shoulders and wife having 1 hurt shoulder it is very unlikely we will be able to remove a ling sized mattress alone. It is upstairs and the stairs going down do a 180 degree turn in the middle. Always good to realize your limitations ahead of time!

I also noticed the box springs under the mattress are very springy and bouncy. I have to assume a firmer support system would be preferred. When walking on the existing box springs it is very bouncy and springy, almost enough to give one a sea sick feeling!

If I were going to buy a non latex throughout bed it would be the BB Aloe Alexis which of course has the 2 latex comfort layers. I am kind of hell bent on having 2 comfort layers. There may not be any research to go along with my gut feeling but my gut simply says have 2 providing a total of 6 inches of comfort on a firmer base than eithe rof the top two. Whether or not I need 6 inches of total base or 3 I guess I can think on that.

Next up will be to figure out how to dispose of this bed if I go mail order (my preference at this point). Same for the box springs if springy isn’t the right support. The 14 inch Aloe Alexis is very tempting with it having 2 comfort layers on top of the 6 inch foam. Certainly less expensive.

Just trying to determine in my own head if I had 2 identical comfort layers and made an Aloe Alexis type bed with them and subsequewntly made an EZ Sleep 13000 type bed with them, would I know the difference. Cost is over $800 difference.

Course it may be moot if I end up buying locally but the flexibility to customize just is not here. Thx again John

[quote=“Phoenix” post=21618]Hi Jdavis,

It is a standard spring coil with a normal covering ( no padding, memory foam etc ). My othe rhalf had it almost 9 years ago when I met her so it could be 15 years old as far as I know!

A “standard” innerspring mattress will usually have several inches of polyfoam in the comfort layers and possibly some synthetic fibers although of course I don’t know the construction for certain (it could even use cotton but this would be much less common) and after that long it would normally be well past it’s useful lifetime and it would be unusual if they hadn’t softened.

I guess the million dollar question between the BB Aloe and the other all latex versions is this… if I were to lie down on both and the comfort layers were of similar firmness/latex type, would I feel any difference between the two? Is kind of hard to imagine the BB Aloe feeling that much different unless the difference comes 5 or 8 years down the road when the foam bottom starts to give.

You would most likely feel a difference between having one layer of latex and two yes (the upper layers contribute to “feel” more than the deeper layers) but it would depend to some degree on how deeply you sink into the mattress and on what you tend to “feel” on a mattress. This would partly be based on your body type and sleeping positions and partly on the “type” of softness/firmness you are most sensitive to (see post #15 here). The difference between two layers and an all latex mattress would be less obvious initially but it could also make a difference in how you feel in the morning because latex is much more adaptive and has more elasticity and can do a better job of contouring to your body in all your sleeping positions and maintaining firmness and support as it compresses more which helps to maintain the natural alignment of your spine. In terms of durability a mattress will tend to soften and break down from the top down so the deeper layers are not the major issue in the durability of a mattress.

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