Hi tgrafix,
While the Silhouette is certainly a higher quality and more durable choice and for most people would be better value than most mainstream mattresses … the value of a mattress purchase is relative to how it compares to your other “finalists”, what else you are considering or is available to you (locally or online) that is in your budget range, and the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you. Each person can have a very different sense of “value” and what is most important to them.
There are certainly no weak links in its design.
When you look back on a successful mattress purchase in a decade or more you will remember much more about how well you slept and how long it lasted than the price you paid although of course the price is always an important part of your purchase and there is no point if paying more for a mattress when it doesn’t have any obvious advantages over another mattress you are considering.
If you are OK with the price and it is comfortably in your budget range then it would certainly be well worth considering as one of your “finalists” and may even be the one you end up choosing if you believe it’s the best choice out of all your finalists but if it’s in a higher price range than you are comfortable with then I would say it’s probably not the best value for you (regardless of whether it may be for someone else) or it may not be a possibility even if you wanted it to be.
There is more about an all latex mattress vs a latex innerspring hybrid in post #2 here but the choice would really be based on your personal preferences and which one was a better “match” for you in terms of PPP. Some of the most knowledgeable people I know that could sleep on anything they wanted to sleep on a pocket coil / latex hybrid but of course this is their own personal preference and others may have completely different preferences in terms of the materials and design they are most comfortable with.
Outside of the Pamper (which also has no weak links but is the firmest of the PLB line) I’m not familiar with the design or materials of the other mattresses you are considering but if you can list them on the forum (or provide a link that includes all the information about the type and quality of the layers) I’d be happy to make some comments about them in terms of the quality of the materials or help you identify any weak links in the mattress.
For most people, the single biggest part of the “value” of a mattress purchase is PPP followed by the quality of the materials (so that you can have some assurance that the mattress will last a reasonable length of time relative to what you paid for it) followed by the other parts of your personal value equation that are important to you.
If the mattresses are starting to “blend together” then I would consider taking a few days break. I would also narrow down the choices at each store to one “finalist” that is in your budget range.
If you are unsure and there is no clear “winner” then I would also make any exchange (mattress or individual layers or components) or return policies that are available after a purchase an important part of your personal value equation so that you can use your sleeping experience to confirm that the mattress is really the best “match” for you.
Phoenix