So this is my first real questions before I dive into testing mattresses around town tonight. The bed that I laid on Saturday that started my research into this maddening world of sleep was and is a low quality bed BUT âŚit felt AMAZING to me until I tried to move. :unsure: I also realized that due to my hubby and Iâs weight and âactivityâ in bed it sunk in WAY to far. If I was kneeling it went in prob. at least 3" or more. It had the word âlatexâ (never knew beds could have latex) I then came home and started researching and stumbled onto dreamfoam on amazon which lead me here. OH SO GRATEFUL. The bed is too soft butâŚEven so⌠I am still curious and I am wondering if anyone can tell me what the firmness is of this mattress by the construction of it. IF they are telling the truth. Obviously I want something of higher quality and firmer because of weight etc but because it felt so good I was just curious as to where it lays in the spectrum of support/comfort layers.
This is what the picture I took said
Fabric: Bamboo with non-slip bottom
Upholstery: 1" Gel Memory Foam
1" latex foam
2" Memory foam
Core: 7" High Density Base Foam
Foundation: Triton Lite
No info on the density/lb
I have had little to no experience with memory foam and was shocked how much I liked it. The things I didnât wasâŚfeeling trapped when I tried to move, knowing through friends the âheatâ factor, and finallyâŚwith my bad hips and back âŚthat other âactivitiesâ would possibly be much more difficult with memory foam. So after reading about latex I thought it may be a good combination for me. Enough firmness/âreturnâ for "activities, cooler but still relieved my pressure points of hips, knees, shoulders, and back. Latex is a new world for me and I look forward to testing out beds but I am still curious as to what the ILD of this mattress was if itâs possible to know. Kinda like a jumping off point!
TIA
Tanya
Unfortunately the polyfoam and latex donât include any ILD or firmness information and the memory foam doesnât have any density information so itâs really not possible to assess how firm it may be compared to other mattresses. There are also no standardized firmness ratings between mattresses or different manufacturerâs firmness âratingsâ so a mattress that is rated as âmedium softâ by one manufacturer could be rated as âmedium firmâ by another. The perception of softness and firmness will also vary between different people depending on body type, weight distribution, sleeping positions, and sensitivity to pressure so a mattress that is âfirmâ for one person may be âsoftâ for another. In the case of memory foam the ambient temperature and humidity can also affect the firmness. There are also different types or âdefinitionsâ of firmness that can affect some people people would ârateâ the firmness of a mattress overall (see post #15 here).
The âbottom lineâ is that the only meaningful way to compare the firmness of your mattress to another one would be based on your own personal experience.
This is a common complaint with memory foam because it has no resilience and is much more motion restricting than other more resilient materials such as latex which have more resilience or âbounceâ. There is more here about memory foam and sex.
Your mattress only has an inch of latex so itâs not really a âlatex hybridâ and would be more of a âmemory foam mattressâ even though the thin layer of latex would have a âsmallâ effect.
There is more about how latex compares to memory foam in post #2 here but in very general terms more resilient materials such as innersprings, latex, and to a slightly lesser degree polyfoam, are all more resilient and less motion restricting than memory foam and have more of the âbounceâ and ârhythmâ that most people are used to with their âother activitiesâ on a mattress.
The best way to know the difference between them or any other type of mattress would be based on your own testing and experience on some latex or latex hybrid mattresses locally so you can âfeelâ the difference in person. If you let me know your city or zip code Iâd be happy to let you know of any of the better options or possibilities Iâm aware of in your area.
tx for your response. I actually commented on a post by someone from Waynesboro, PA (I think âtooharshâ is the name) and I live within about 20min of him and all the places you recommended to him I read. I am planning to comment in that post due to info I found out.