Looking for a Queen size coil/microcoil with Talalay Latex in North NJ/NYC

[phoenix]

Hi GIGmatty,

After reading many many posts and tutorials on this site, and checking out a couple of local ‘recommended’ stores, I think we know what type of mattress I want but it the local stores are very expensive. We have narrowed our search down to an interspring (coil and/or microcoil) with a Talalay Latex top (1-3"); however at the local Urban Natural or Scott Jordan, such a mattress with foundation is mid-$2K or more (although very nice pieces).

I would be cautious about using criteria for a mattress that are so restrictive that it would exclude almost all of the mattresses that are available in the industry because there could be many mattresses that don’t match your specific criteria that could be a very good choice for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your personal preferences) that use durable materials and are good value as well.

I would also keep in mind that the overall design of a mattress will be a more important factor in whether a mattress is a good “match” for you in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your own Personal preferences) than the specific components in a mattress. While some mattresses that use the materials and components you are looking for may be a suitable choice in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP … other mattresses that use the same materials and components but have a different design or firmness level may be completely unsuitable for you to sleep on.

I also doubt that you will find a good quality mattress that uses the components you are mentioning and doesn’t have any lower quality materials or weak links in its design in the budget range you are working with.

Are there any recommendations in the $1000-1200 range? For more context, my wife and I are side-sleepers, 135 and 175lbs, respectively, and average/modest shoulders and hips.

While I can certainly help with “how” to choose … It’s not possible to make specific suggestions or recommendations for either a mattress, manufacturers/retailers, or combinations of materials or components because the first “rule” of mattress shopping is to always remember that you are the only one that can feel what you feel on a mattress and there are too many unknowns, variables, and personal preferences involved that are unique to each person to use a formula or for anyone to be able to predict or make a specific suggestion or recommendation about which mattress or combination of materials and components or which type of mattress would be the best “match” for you in terms of “comfort”, firmness, or PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your own Personal preferences) or how a mattress will “feel” to you or compare to another mattress based on specs (either yours or a mattress), sleeping positions, health conditions, or “theory at a distance” that can possibly be more reliable than your own careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in step 4 of the tutorial) or your own personal sleeping experience (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here).

Many thanks for any advice on more moderately priced modes/stores!

If you are in the general New York City area then the better options or possibilities I’m aware of in your area (subject to making sure that any mattresses you are considering meets the quality/value guidelines I linked earlier in this reply) are listed in post #2 here. There is also a forum list for the Monroe Township/Newark, NJ. area in post #7 here (with a lot of overlap).

I don’t keep a record of the individual mattresses or their specs that the retailers and manufacturers in the hundreds of forum lists throughout the forum carry on their floor or have available online (it would be a bigger job than anyone could keep up with in a constantly changing market) but checking their websites and making some preliminary phone calls to the retailers/manufacturers that are on the local lists is always a good idea before you decide on which retailers or manufacturers you wish to deal with anyway. This will tell you which of them carry mattresses that would meet your specific criteria, are transparent about the materials in their mattresses, and that carry the type of mattresses that you are interested in that are also in the budget range you are comfortable with. Once you have checked their websites and/or talked with the ones that interest you then you will be in a much better position to decide on the ones that you are most interested in considering or visiting based on the results of your preliminary research and conversations.

While it isn’t a complete list of mattresses that contain the materials and components you are looking for … off the top of my head both Naturepedic and Berkeley Ergonomics make mattresses that have an innerspring support core and microcoils and talalay latex comfort layers.

There are many people who also prefer latex/innerspring hybrids (see post #13 here) if you are open to considering a mattress without a microcoil then some of the better innerspring/latex options I’m aware of are listed in post #2 here and the post it links to but if you wish to test any of them in person you would need to check their websites or call them to see if any of them have a dealer close to you.

Phoenix