Magniflex Geoethic- Really green?

[phoenix]

Hi Raphy,

Welcome to the Mattress Forum!

It’s not easy to understand the actual content of Magniflex’s
Geoethic (Bio Caresse) line. Soy, aloe… but is it really just synthetic foam?

You can read a little more about so called “soy based” or “biofoams” in post #2 here. It’s a step in the right direction but polyfoam or memory foam is anything but green. You can read a little more about “how green is green” in post #4 here but there is no clear definition of or consensus about what a green mattress really is.

We realize they have Oeko-tex certification but does that mean it’s really
clean?

Oeko-Tex is a safety certification which tests for harmful substances and VOC’s in materials. It’s a certification that is more commonly seen with latex and it’s relatively rare that a polyfoam or memory foam material is Oeko-Tex certified (they are mostly CertiPur certified which is a less stringent industry sponsored testing protocol).

My wife has had a herniated disc and we have
two small children (all within 3 years)
so the firm support combined with pressure relief
on this particular mattress seems to be incredible for her.
She’s a stomach convert to side sleeper, while I’m a side sleeper. We don’t want to be inhaling
VOCs or anything toxic for that matter. Our other option right now is Sleeptek and Green
Sleep which both come in at comparable costs but do not have the same pressure relief
as the Magniflex. We were hoping you could shed light on this matter.

The most important part of the “value” of a mattress purchase is PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) which your testing indicates seems to be suitable for you with this mattress (and hopefully you used the testing guidelines in the tutorial post).

The next most important part of the value of a mattress purchase is the quality of the materials and the useful life of a mattress relative to your other choices. The information you would need to assess this and make meaningful comparisons with other mattresses is in this article and you can use the guidelines in post #4 here to help you identify any weak links or assess the quality of the materials in terms of durability. If you can find out and post the specs on the forum I’d also be happy to make some comments about the materials inside the mattress.

Outside of PPP and durability, the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you would also be part of the “value” of a mattress purchase.

You can read a little more about Magniflex in post #6 here and post #3 here and a forum search on Magniflex (you can just click this) will bring up more information and feedback about them.

Other concern is heat of course…

Once you know the specifics of all the layers then post #2 here has more information about the factors that can affect the sleeping temperature of a mattress.

I should add that we are currently on a Stearns and Foster (Sp)
that has proved to be a huge disappointment and we both
get out of bed feeling like we are 105 years old and achy.
The motion isolation is terrible, we can feel the other person simply
put their hand into the bed… And the support is not good at all.

You are certainly not alone in being disappointed about buying a Stearns & Foster or any of the other major brand mattress which all tend to use lower quality and less durable materials in their mattresses compared to many smaller manufacturers. Many forum members here have discovered after a very few years that their mattress that was working well when it was new has lost it’s comfort and/or support and needs to be replaced much too quickly because of the quality of the materials in the comfort layers in particular.

Phoenix