Latex Topper Help

[phoenix]

Hi Ken83,

There’s no doubt this combo was softer and more plush than the Nature, but it was firmer in ways too. For instance, by sitting on the edge of the beds, there was less overall sag in the Pamper+Topper than the Nature. Also, the overall combo had a “deader” feeling than the Nature by itself, so I think there would be less motion transfer between sleepers. I’m not sure if the deader feeling is due to the ILD 40 core, or the separate mattress & topper, but probably a combo of both. And again the combo felt softer and more comfortable than the even thicker PLB Beautiful (12" latex with 6" comfort layer), but also firmer, weird. Anyway, I hope my positive impressions remain after we get the combo in our house and sleep on it!

I asked the salesman (owner) at Siesta about the slow response, and he said he had one in the store earlier and didn’t like it. I’m not sure about the other toppers that PLB sells, my focus last night was “order one in Cal King exactly like this!”. I didn’t detect any smell, but the topper looked a little worn so it was probably in the store for a while. It did have a blue cover, and a label “pure LatexBLISS active fusion climate control”.

Now, I would have thought this would be too soft for me based on the ILD 15 spec, and a strange match with the Pamper (combo total with 4" of soft ILD15 & 21 then right into a super firm ILD 40), but it seemed to work great FOR ME.

This would be a good example of what I call a “differential” construction where there is a thicker comfort layer (or layers) and then a support layer that is much firmer. If the softer comfort layers are thick enough then they will isolate you from the firmness of the support core and give you the combination you are feeling with “very soft” on top but “firm stability” underneath. It’a kind of a contrast that many people like. Using a topper (which “acts” softer than the same layer inside a mattress) would accentuate this even more. This thread has a discussion about the same thing with some similar “difficult to describe” comments to yours about the difference between a mattress / topper combination and the same layers inside a mattress (although with a different mattress than yours).

Thanks for sharing some great insights and feedback … and congratulations on your new mattress / sleeping system

Phoenix