Looking for Advice - Latex Mattress or Topper

[phoenix]

Hi Clawdia,

I have (I think) figured out that his latex is all dunlop. I had thought Talalay would be a better choice for comfort layer, but since his dunlop is listed as being low ILD to very low (16-18 top over a 19-23 core, or 19-24 over a 23-27 core), I’m hopeful that I’ll find I like the feel as much as I would Talalay,

You can see here that they use Dunlop latex in their mattresses but the ILD would not be particularly important because your body doesn’t know what ILD means but it can certainly feel whether something is soft or firm enough regardless of its ILD.
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since there seems to be nowhere I can find locally that has Talalay except for perhaps a blend over a non-latex core, which I don’t want.

There are several retailers or manufacturers that carry Talalay within about 50 or 60 miles or so but there doesn’t seem to be any locally that I can see anyway. The closest are https://thebedgallery.com/index.php (Pure Latex Bliss), Find an Original Mattress Factory Store , and possibly some of the manufacturers in High Point.

I haven’t seen you say how you feel about the issue, but I see nothing wrong with a mattress that is not fire retardant, altho I’d need a doctor’s prescription to be able to buy one from Sleep Essentials. I can’t imagine my doctor having a problem with it - my only problem is that Lee says I can download a copy of the needed prescription from his website, but I can’t find any such thing. I thought I’d get my doctor to sign one, in case I decided to buy from Sleep Essentials (not necessarily to buy this week, but I already have a doctor’s appt. on Thursday, and it might save me a trip there in the future to go ahead and get it signed).

You can see some of my thoughts about fire retardants in post #4 here and in post #2 here. I personally wouldn’t have any issues sleeping on a mattress that didn’t have any fire retardants in it or a mattress that used what I considered to be safe fire retardant methods.

Phoenix