Latex: Nature's Sleep in Canada?

[phoenix]

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Hi bcsteeve,

So I shouldn’t have too much concern when they say their cores come from India, Indonesia, and Malaysia (one of those may have been Sri Lanka now that I think about it)? And you would say that their product is “apples to apples” with what my local supplier offers (seems identical except it is Latex International)? If so, then I’ll happily save the $700 to $800 (and that accounts for shipping AND they throw in two pillows). I would, however, have to find a foundation as it doesn’t look like they supply those.

I didn’t ask them specifically where their Dunlop came from but I would suspect it’s from Sri Lanka. It would be good and equivalent quality regardless and 100% natural Dunlop is closely equivalent between good manufacturers. The same would hold true for Talalay regardless of which of the two manufacturers they were using. In other words it would be the same or equivalent to other latex that was the same type and blend yes.

As I mentioned they are very aggressive in their pricing and run low margins. When I talked with George he made it clear that this was more of a passion (to have more people sleep on a good latex mattress) than a necessity for him to do and he wants to make some “dents” in the industry in Canada. He told me that there are some people in Toronto who think he’s “crazy” to do what he’s doing and I told him that that kind of “crazy” was a good thing!

You can see some good sources for foundations in the foundation thread here and I’m fairly confident that some of them would ship to Canada (although I haven’t looked specifically) and there may also be similar foundations available from Canadian sources.

If you have good confidence that your choice would be suitable for you (after a more detailed conversation and they certainly know the questions to ask you) then they would make a great choice and you also have the backup of a layer exchange as well if that becomes necessary which can reduce the risk of making a less than ideal choice.

Thanks again for making me aware of them … and you certainly have contributed to the knowledge base of the forum

Phoenix