About the Foundation
After looking at several wire foundations, I decided on this one from Boyd Sleep Systems (it comes packaged under several names, but they are the same). After reading several of the reviews on the Walmart site it seemed like it might work OK. So I actually purchased it from OverStock on eBay … I really Do NOT like doing business with them.
After I purchased it I found the “Best Foundations for Latex” thread and discussed it with Phoenix. He thought it might not work well for latex due to the flexing slats and possible poor quality. I tried to cancel the order from OverStock on eBay just a few hours after purchase, but they said it was too late. Then a few minutes later I actually got a tracking number - it almost seemed as though the tracking number was generated in response to my wanting to cancel, It had not shipped and was not going to ship until the next day. Come on … they could have canceled it. Oh well. I would make due.
It seemed Phoenix concern was the slats and their flex. This actually ended up not being to bad. Not as stiff as I would have liked, but seems to be better than a wire foundation would have been.
My BIGGEST concern is not so much the slats … it’s the legs. I tried to lift the raw foundation to pick it up to move it, and when I did, one leg just bent. Ouch!! It bent right back, BUT will probably be an ongoing problem each time the bed is moved. I am hoping it does not shift. The only “saving grace” is that it will only bend in one direction. There are a total of 8 legs and each oppose each other 4 one way and 4 the other. So It cannot totally fold up.
So this foundation will due for a while, but might be less than ideal for someone of a larger size than we.