Hi Heavy sleeper,
This mattress uses all high quality materials and there are no weak links in its construction so if you have done some careful and objective testing for PPP then it would certainly be worth considering as one of your “finalists” that you could compare based on the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
Unfortunately the specs you listed don’t include all the information you would need to assess this mattress or identify any potential weak links. You can see the information you would need in post #4 here and I would want to know the density of the polyfoam layers (the ones that are described as Superior high density foam and High Resilience Foam). and I would want to know the type and blend of the latex. If you can find this out and post the information here I’d be happy to make some comments about it.
@John Pindorski,
While I appreciate your comments … you are falling into a trap that is one of the most common mistakes made by most consumers … mistaking the comfort and support of a mattress with the quality of the mattress.
Your experience on your mattress has nothing to do with the quality of the materials and indicates that you chose a mattress that wasn’t suitable for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) … not that the mattress is poor quality. Making a good choice in terms of comfort and support is part of testing a mattress and has nothing to do with quality. Every manufacturer makes a wide range of mattresses that will be suitable for some people and not others and it’s a common consumer misconception that the comfort or support of a mattress is related to its quality when it’s not and it only means that the specific model you chose wasn’t a good match for you in terms of PPP. This is a very different issue from buying a low quality mattress and you can’t “feel” the quality of the materials or components in a mattress.
The brand of a mattress is also not particularly important because all manufacturers have access to the same type of materials and a mattress is only as good as its construction and the quality of materials inside it regardless of the name of the brand on a label. Brand comparisons without knowing what is inside a specific mattress you are considering is one of the worst ways to choose a mattress.
Your experience with a mattress will also have little to do with whether a mattress is a suitable choice for someone else because each person is unique and a mattress that is “perfect” for you may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on (or vice versa). Other people’s experiences and reviews are also among the worst ways to choose a mattress and there is more about this in post #13 here.
Generally mattresses that are heavier are an indication that it uses higher quality and more durable materials and components (which are heavier than lower quality materials) but no matter what the quality of a mattress it also needs to be a good match for you in terms of PPP (which is the reason for more accurate and objective testing using the testing guidelines in the tutorial post) and unfortunately your mattress wasn’t.
Phoenix