Latex-pros and cons

[phoenix]

Hi Robert101.

There are companies/brands out there that one can order online and they offer free shipping/returns such as ‘sleep on latex pure green’ (which i see is a member here) and such… the pricing on these mattresses are significantly cheaper then sleeptek,omi,saavy and so on and web claims that they are made from same natural latex
I really like the sleeptek and am willing to pay the price if necessary but don’t want to feel like i could have gotten the same thing at 1/4 the price

There are many factors involved in the price of a mattress when you are comparing mattresses made by two different manufacturers, some connected with the raw materials and the production costs, some connected the business model, infrastructure cost, the shipping costs, and the returns and exchange policies. In the case of Sleeptek, OMI … you are looking at fully organic mattresses for which some people are willing to pay more than for mattress made with similar materials that are not organically certified from manufacturers or retailers that don’t stress or even promote the organic qualities of their mattresses to the same degree, or that did not go through the rigorous and costly process of certifying the materials or the product for being organic.

Most people that are looking for an “organic” mattress are really looking for “safe” materials and there are many options that are “safe” that aren’t organic and I would first determine if “organic” is important to you,as part of your personal value equation. There is more about organic certifications in post #3 here and the topics that it links to.

my question is how come there is such a huge difference in price? is it worth going through the hassle of ordering/returning or am i wasting my time??

As far as if it is worth your time … it’ll all boil down to your personal value equation and what it most important to you (including the price of course and the options you have available after a purchase if your choice doesn’t turn out as well as you hoped for). There are many people who are not comfortable ordering a mattress that they can’t test online … even with a good exchange policy. For someone that isn’t comfortable with an online purchase then a higher price for a local purchase may be better value for them. The only way to know your level of comfort with any online purchase is with more detailed phone conversations with each online manufacturer or retailer you are considering. After these conversations, you can more easily decide on your level of comfort with an online purchase.

There is more about the 3 most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here which can help you make more meaningful quality/value comparisons between mattresses. This will help you make more meaningful comparisons and will increase the odds that your choice will be as good in real life and the long term as it seemed in the showroom or online.

one more thing i was wondering if you can advise on i was also looking into the ‘purple’ mattress with buckling gel. Any opinions?

Purple uses a unique bucking column gel they call Hyper-Elastic Polymer. There is more about buckling column gel in this article and in post #2 here and the posts it links to and a forum search on " buckling column gel" will also bring up more comments and feedback about it as well.

The Purple mattress has been discussed quite a bit on the forum and it is covered in the Simplified Choice thread here and you can also perform a search on Purple here for other posts mentioning this product.

Phoenix