Hi Cotton,
I think the first thing I would suggest is to clarify which specific materials you are comfortable with having in your mattress and differentiate between organic, natural, green, and safe and which of these are most important to you because this will make a big difference in the mattresses that would meet your criteria. Post #2 here and the other posts it links to should help with this.
[quote]Any thoughts on the “natural-ness” that this mattress claims to have? Is it a greenwash or fairly legit?
Incased Pocket spring coil: Steel
Comfort material: 85 % natural/ 15 % synthetic latex, Wool wadding, Natural latex , Coir and natural latex, Polylactide (PLA) fiber wadding
Ticking: 100 % cotton, 52 % cotton, 30 % lyocell, 18 % linen, 73 % cotton, 27 % polyester
Ticking: 100 % cotton
Ticking: 52 % cotton, 30 % lyocell, 18 % linen[/quote]
The materials that Ikea lists are accurate so the percentage of natural rubber in the latex would be correct (within a normal variance because these things are never exact). Cotton and linen are both natural fabrics. Lyocell is a viscose/rayon material which would be a “semi synthetic”. Polyester is a synthetic fiber.
You’ve probably found this already but the better options and possibilities I’m aware of in the Birmingham area are listed in post #57 here. I would make sure to include Tom and Royal Bedding in your research.
The better options and possibilities in the Atlanta area are listed in post #2 here and the Nashville list is in post #7 here.
There is also a list for the Huntsville, AL area in post #2 here, for the Columbus, GA area in post #2 here, and for the Chattanooga, TN area in post #2 here.
As you may know from your reading here … My Green Mattress (and their sister company Quality Sleep Shop) is one of the invited manufacturing members of this site which means that I think very highly of them in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency and they compete well with the best in the industry. A forum search on Pure Echo (you can just click the link) will also bring up more comments and feedback about them and they are also included in posts #3 and #4 here which has some sources for some of the better lower budget latex and latex hybrid options I’m aware of. They would certainly qualify as a 100% natural mattress.
Phoenix