I've tried every mattress out there...help!

[phoenix]

Hi Jewels,

I was led to believe that the mattress is organic, like their other mattresses. However, upon looking into it, I’m not sure what it is. I called the company and they told me that it’s a new, natural latex. It’s formed like Dunlop and vacuum sealed like Talalay. It’s not made in their factory that is sealed and makes only organic mattresses. It’s not Oeko tex certified. It is Green Guard certified, but it’s not Green Guard Gold.

Their latex would probably be closer to Dunlop than Talalay and while I don’t know for certain … it’s possible that their latex is similar to the HT latex that comes from here and is also used by Reverie in their mattresses.

I’m concerned because during this process of looking for a mattress, I discovered that I’m chemically sensitive and get sick if I sleep on a standard polyurethane mattress. Do you know anything about this new line of mattresses by OMI? What do you think regarding the fact that the mattress isn’t Oeko tex certified and NOT organic? Also, is this really latex? I look forward to your answers. I don’t want a mattress that’s unsafe and emits chemicals that will make me sick.

There is a lot more information in post #2 here and the more detailed posts and information it links to about safe, natural, organic, “chemical free”, and “green” mattresses and mattress materials that can help you sort through some of the marketing information and terminology that you will encounter in the industry and can help you differentiate between them and answer “how safe is safe enough for me” and that can help you decide on the type of materials and components you are most comfortable having in your mattress or on the certifications for harmful substances and VOC’s that may be important to you. These types of issues are complex and are generally specific to each person and their individual sensitivities, circumstances, criteria, beliefs, and lifestyle choices.

When I talked with Greenguard they told me that the only certification they have that applies to mattresses is Greenguard Gold so their Greenguard certification would be Greenguard Gold.

@lilac2,

[quote]It sounds like you are struggling just like I was finding the right mattress.
If you haven’t already, check out :

Old Bed Guy

He has a lifetime of experience with mattresses and I believe in him.

I don’t know your location, but if you are in the northeast and within a few hours of NYC, you could check out the Charles P. Rogers Powercore Estate 9000. It is a super mattress. [/quote]

I would be very cautious about providing this type of advice. You can see my comments about the Old Bed Guy and his website (and some of the very strange comments he makes) in this topic… There is “some” good information on his site and some information that is questionable at best and misleading, inaccurate, or deceptive at worst and I and many other knowledgeable people in the industry that are aware of or have interacted with him or that have read the information on his site certainly don’t think nearly as highly of him as you appear to.

Charles P Rogers certainly likes him though because he usually recommends their mattresses to the people that email him but that may have something to do with his daughter being the president of Charles P Rogers (which he doesn’t disclose).

Phoenix