Just pressure mapped at Halsteads

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My wife and I just got pressure mapped at Halsteads here in Calgary. they use a dunlop core and topper.

My best results were with a 20 ild topper and a 40 ild core. My wife was 20/30. His ranges of cores and toppers were 20, 30, 40 - so not sure if I would have actually been better off with a core in the mid 30s vs. a 40.

I am also not sure about about the dunlop latex. I think I’d rather go with talalay.

I am a little surprised that I mapped best at a 20/40. I only weigh about 150lbs. My wife about the same.

Can one map straight across from dunlop to talalay? i.e. 30 dunlop is same as 30 talalay? I am strongly considering the 22/32 (medium) talalay from Arizona mattresses. Maybe even the 22/36 (firm) given the results of the mapping - with my wife on a 22/32.

The guy was also talking about rotating the mattresses. I thought rotation was not required for latex??

Thoughts?

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Hi foghat,

Thaks for sharing your experience at Halsteads. Different body types will usually map out differently because the shape of the body and the weight distribution is different.

In general no … ILD is often not measured in the same way between different materials and there are many other factors and specs of a foam material (such as compression modulus, point elasticity, and layer thickness) that create a perception of softness that are just as important as ILD. You can read more about ILD comparisons in post #6 here.

All materials will soften … just at different rates … so even with latex occasional rotating or even flipping layers can extend their useful life.

Phoenix