Hi Pinezka,
[quote]I tried a SleepEZ 10" split. After 60 days we decided it wasn’t going to be our mattress. Nothing wrong with the quality, it just didn’t serve our purpose.
Be sure to request Organic Certifications on all components before spending the extra money. [/quote]
While other people’s comments or reviews about the knowledge, service, and guidance of a particular business can certainly be helpful … I would avoid using other people’s experiences or reviews on a mattress (either positive or negative) as a reliable source of information or guidance about how you will feel on the same mattress or how suitable or how durable a mattress may be for you and in many if not most cases they can be more misleading than helpful because a mattress that would be a perfect choice for one person or even a larger group of people may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on (see post #13 here).
Organic certifications may be important to a few people but they aren’t particularly important to “most” people who are more concerned with the “safety”, performance, and durability of the materials in a mattress than with organic certifications. An organic certification doesn’t affect the quality, durability, or performance of a material and all the latex you are likely to encounter (either Dunlop or Talalay that is made with either natural or synthetic rubber or a blend of both) will have a reliable certification such as Oeko-Tex, Eco-Institut, or Greenguard Gold and based on actual testing I would consider any type or blend of latex to be a very “safe” material in terms of harmful substances and VOC’s.
There is more about the different levels of organic certifications in post #2 here and some of the benefits of an organic certification in post #3 here and there is more about the different types of organic and safety certifications in post #2 here that may be helpful for those where an organic certification may be more important.
[quote]I was reading here for the last few days and my long list came down to 2 mattresses - I am trying to decide between them …
- Cal King all talalaj with 3 " topper and bamboo cover from matresses.net (9" latex total)
vs
-Cal King Organic Select Latex Mattress (either 10" or 13") - Dunlop and/ or talalaj from sleepez
We tried savvy rest mattress in the store and liked firm Dunlop-medium Dunlop-medium talalaj config
(side/back sleepers/6’1/220/5’4/140)
I would appreciate your help in choosing the right mattress for us. thank you! [/quote]
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” or PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) or how a mattress will “feel” to you or compare to another mattress based on specs (either yours or a mattress) or “theory at a distance” that can possibly be more accurate than your own careful testing (hopefully using the testing guidelines in step 4 of the tutorial) or if you can’t test a mattress in person then your own personal sleeping experience (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here).
There is more information about the 3 most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here which can help you make more meaningful quality/value comparisons between mattresses in terms of suitability (how well you will sleep), durability (how long you will sleep well), and the overall value of a mattress compared to your other finalists based on suitability, durability, and all the other parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you (including the price of course and the options you have available after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or the exchange/return options that are available to you).
Both SleepEZ and Arizona Premium (mattresses.net) are members of this site which means that I think very highly of them and that I believe that they both compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value service, knowledge, and transparency.
I’m not sure which of the Arizona Premium Mattresses you are considering but I’m assuming that it’s this one. If this is the case then the mattress contains a 6" split support core of 100% natural Talalay latex in your choice of 3 different firmness levels and a 3" solid comfort layer with two different firmness options. It has a bamboo cover quilted with natural Joma wool. All of these components are very high quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in the mattress.
I’m also assuming that the mattress you are considering at SleepEZ is this one. This mattress has three 3" layers of either 100% natural Dunlop or 100% natural Talalay in your choice of 4 firmness levels for each layer and has an organic cotton cover quilted with organic wool. This mattress also uses very high quality materials and there are no lower quality materials or weak links in this mattress either.
One of the differences between them is that Arizona Premium uses a bottom 6" core and SleepEZ uses two 3" cores in the bottom of their mattress. There is also more about the pros and cons of a single 6" latex core vs two separate 3" layers in post #2 here.
While a thicker mattress certainly wouldn’t be necessary in your weight range … there are some people that may prefer it. There is more about the pros and cons of having more layers in post #2 here and there is also more about the effect of thickness (more layers would make a thicker mattress) in post #14 here.
Both of the mattresses you are considering have the option for split firmness layers but the Arizona Premium uses a split 6" core with a solid top layer while SleepEZ has the option for split firmness layers in each layer. There is more about the pros and cons of split layers in post #2 here.
I would also keep in mind that the Savvy Rest mattress that you tested and are using as a reference point contained two layers of Dunlop (which in their case is certified organic) and a top layer of 100% natural. There is more about the general differences between Talalay and Dunlop in post #7 here.
While your own careful testing or personal experience is the most reliable way to know whether any mattress is a good “match” for you in terms of comfort and PPP … when you can’t test a mattress in person then the most reliable source of guidance is always a more detailed phone conversation with a knowledgeable and experienced retailer or manufacturer (which would include both of the manufacturers you are considering) that has your best interests at heart and who can help “talk you through” the specifics of their mattresses and the properties and “feel” of the materials they are using (fast or slow response, resilience, firmness etc) and the options they have available that may be the best “match” for you based on the information you provide them, any local testing you have done or mattresses you have slept on and liked or other mattresses you are considering that they are familiar with, and the “averages” of other customers that are similar to you. They will know more about “matching” their specific mattress designs and firmness levels to different body types, sleeping positions, and preferences (or to other mattresses that they are familiar with) than anyone else.
Once you have narrowed down your options to a list of finalists that are all choices between “good and good” (which you have) and none of them have any lower quality materials or “weak links” in their design (which they don’t) and if there are no clear winners between them (which is usually a good indication that you have done some very good research) then you are in the fortunate position that any of them would likely be a suitable choice and post #2 here can help you make a final choice based on your local testing or mattresses you have slept well on, your more detailed conversations with each of them, your confidence about PPP and the suitability of each one, their prices, your preferences for different types of materials, the options you have after a purchase to fine tune the mattress or exchange or return the mattress or individual layers, any additional extras that are part of each purchase, and on “informed best judgement” based on all the other objective, subjective, and intangible parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.
Phoenix