Hi soccerlover,
I originally missed your post and replied to geekymom’s reply as if she was the original poster … my apologies. I switched her post/review and our replies to her original topic here which was more appropriate.
You can see my reply here to the same question in your other topic.
While latex in general is certainly a high quality and durable material … the latex in the Sleep Essentials mattress is 100% natural Dunlop and not certified organic Dunlop latex. I would also question some of the information on their videos which in some cases is somewhat inaccurate or misleading and somewhat extreme, particularly about needing a prescription to eliminate “chemical” fire barriers (see post #3 here) and about polyfoam in general because there are certainly higher quality/density versions of polyfoam and memory foam that are very durable materials that aren’t subject to premature softening or foam breakdown.
Having said that … their mattresses use high quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in their designs in terms of durability. There are some comments about them in this topic and a forum search on Sleepessentials or on perfectlatexmattress or specific term site searches on Sleep Essentials or on Perfect Latex Mattress (you can just click the links) will bring up more information and feedback about them as well.
Foam Sweet Foam has the option to choose between 100% natural Dunlop that is certified organic and 100% natural Talalay in their mattresses and Spindle uses 100% natural Dunlop in their mattresses. Both have multiple firmness options for each layer. Both of them also use wool as their fire barrier to pass the fire regulations so they don’t need a prescription. They are also both members of this site which means I think highly of them and I believe that they both compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency. A forum search on Spindle will bring up all the forum comments and feedback about them and forum searches on Foamsweetfoam or on fsf or a specific term site search on Foam Sweet Foam will bring up all the forum comments and feedback about them as well.
there is more information 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 in terms of suitability (how well you will sleep), durability (how long you will sleep well), and the overall value of a mattress compared to your other finalists based on suitability, durability, and all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price of course and the options you have available after a purchase to “fine tune” a mattress or the exchange/return options that are available to you).
While your own careful testing or personal experience is the most reliable way to know whether a mattress is a good “match” for you in terms of comfort and PPP … when you can’t test a mattress in person then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed phone conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer that has your best interests at heart (which would include SleepEZ) and who can help “talk you through” the specifics of their mattresses and the properties and “feel” of the materials they are using (fast or slow response, resilience, firmness etc) and the options they have available that may be the best “match” for you based on the information you provide them, any local testing you have done or mattresses you have slept on and liked or other mattresses you are considering that they are familiar with, and the “averages” of other customers that are similar to you. They will know more about “matching” their specific mattress designs to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
Once you have narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between “good and good” and none of them have any lower quality materials or “weak links” in their design (which they don’t) and if there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some very good research) then you are in the fortunate position that either of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 here can help you make a final choice based on your local testing or mattresses you have slept well on, your more detailed conversations with each of them, your confidence about PPP and the suitability of each one, their prices, your preferences for different types of materials, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on “informed best judgement” based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
Phoenix