Hey folks. Been lerking here a little while shopping for a new matress.
Anywho. I’ve actually pretty much decided on my approach this time around. Amongst my exploration I happened apon the Ikea latex matresses. Which. Save for being a bit too firm, I kinda liked.
Massive amounts of seraching/trying latter, anything I could find tried(tatalay is really plushy o.o… till you go for really firm jeeze), I finally got my back on one step softer latex of the same kind amazingly enough. “Medium” 17.5 - 20.5 ILD Dunlop.
So what I’m planning on is the good ol diy “knock off and improve what you found”.
Aiming for this configuration:
FULL XL (Queens always been a bit too big. But I need the length. And twin XL is a bit narrow.)
6" or 2x3" Dunlop “Medium” (Aka roughly equivalent to C2 Mountain Top being the aim.)
~3" Polyfoam (Tons of suppliers for this locally and not, easy part really. Contemplating the firmness of said. Somewhat firm, ofc.)
Some sort of soft of thin wool? matresspad. And still poking around covers.
Basically a significant up-a-notch with some adjustments of the Ikea 4.7in C3 MT latex over 2in of likely shoddy polyfoam. Forget which one that was at this point, doubt it really matters. Slightly too firm, no Full XL.
As for the general bits:
I’m in the San Jose, CA region, if not already somewhat evident. I’m a hair under 6’ myself, 160lbs. Something of an all-positions-sleeper, with preferences for give with support, without distinct layers. I tend to sleep back or side more… But prefer slightly on the firmer side of side-sleeping I guess? I sleep pretty well on anything unless its too soft. But have before had issues sleeping hot(did get a good 20min on some midly covered latex, and didn’t seem to bother me the way most memory foam mattresses I tried immedatley did tho, so cool that), and I get TO sleep better on things leaning toward the softer end of my range. 1" of soft on top doesn’t tend to work well for me tho. Really feel like trying a foam matress. Dunlop latex seems to suit a lot of my preferences.
I’d honestly probobly SLEEP great on 6in of C2 MT alone. It fit my PPP well when I got to try it. Honeslty, like I said I sleep well on a pretty wide range of firmness… I just find others more comfortable while awake(and hence easier to GET to sleep). It also strikes me the extra 3in of base-layer is sensible as I tend to sit on my bed among other things, and feel a little extra is would be wise if not needing to be the cooshier and more durable latex as an underlayer.
Oh, and this will be going on a platform bed. Thoughts of a little ventilation under are in progress, of course. (Building the bugger myself. Decently handy with wood. ^.^)
TLDR, I am looking for the best price from a trustworthy retailer for the latex part I can find. Full XL.
Thus far I have looked down the list in the DIY matress section.
SleepOnLatex seems to be the most affordable and suitable thus far. But I have concerns with comparing the firmness of their Latexco to MountainTop. Only local places to try I could find to try had either MT Dunlop, or Tatalay. So. Those are what I’ve been able to try. MT C2 18-20 ILD → Latexco ???. “Medium” on latexco sites seems to be 28 ILD, and medium-soft as 24 ILD… But of course. ILD’s use is limtied, and “medium” subjective. grumbles Someone really needs to A: Standardize ILD tests, B: Include ILD at 3 compressions. That’d give you a pretty good idea the properties I’d think. And not take a whole lot more work, given an autoscale like they use…
Nest Bedding and Spindle Matress seem the runners up atm.
Other than sites listing their prices(and asking a few what Full XL costs, usually that of a queen places that don’t say… Kinda like SleepOnLatex for that, they price it the same as a Full AND its on their site upfront. Nice “here’s our source’s cert and name” pic too.)
Been thoughally through this post. https://forum.mattressunderground.com/t/foam-factory-any-good Of course.
Still waiting to maybe hear back from some folks. Particularly maybe some that won’t be shipping it across 2/3rds of the country or more. Sheesh.
Did also spot SeanD on this forum list a really good price from Spindle here for synthetic. But Spindle doesn’t seem to list synthetic as an option on their site. Gave em a poke, yet to hear back. Be a real pity if I just missed them clearing out said. xD… Seeing as said post was late May this year.
Anyway. Them’s about it. Nice site overall. Definitely helpful.