Hi DaveC,
There is more information about the 3 most important parts of “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 if your choice doesn’t turn out as well as you hoped for).
Outside of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and your Personal preferences) … the most important part of the value of a mattress purchase is durability which is all about how long you will sleep well on a mattress. This is the part of your research that you can’t “feel” and assessing the durability and useful life of a mattress depends on knowing the type and quality of all the materials inside it regardless of the name of the manufacturer on the label so I would always make sure that you are able to find out the information listed here so you can compare the materials and components in a mattress to the quality/durability guidelines here so you can confirm that there are no lower quality materials or obvious weak links in a mattress that would compromise the durability and useful life of a mattress before making any purchase.
[quote]Denver Mattress Aspen:
You can see some comments about the Denver Mattress Aspen in post #2 here and in post #9 here. While I can’t speak to whether any mattress would be a good “match” for you in terms of PPP, if you are in more average weight ranges then there would be no lower quality materials or weak links in this mattress that would be a cause for concern but if you are in higher weight ranges then I would be cautious with this mattress because of the 1" of “unknown density” polyfoam in combination with the 1.5" of convoluted 1.8 lb polyfoam which will be less durable than a solid layer of the same material and because of the overall softness of the mattress.
[quote]SleepNation Larimer or Blake:
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Unfortunately their website descriptions don’t include the specifics of all the layers and components in either of these mattresses that I would need to make any meaningful comments about them in terms of the quality/durability of the materials and the mattresses “as a whole” or identify whether there would be any potential weak links in these mattresses. If you can provide the information listed in this article (including the type, thickness, and density of any the polyfoam layers and the thickness of the latex layer) then I’d be happy to let you know whether I can see any obvious weak links in either of them.
[quote]I like all Latex but the price seems too high, questionable value over a good innerspring as well, imo…
Any comments on quality/value? [/quote]
Assuming that the materials in a mattress you are considering are durable enough for your body type and meet the quality/durability guidelines I linked earlier in this reply … the choice between different types and combinations of materials and components or different types of mattresses are more of a preference and a budget choice than a “better/worse” choice (see this article).
Some of the most knowledgeable people I know in the industry that could sleep on anything they wish to sleep on innerspring/latex hybrids (often a pocket coil) but of course others sleep on all latex or memory foam mattresses and when you are looking at high quality materials it really is a preference choice. There is also more about innerspring support cores vs latex support cores in post #28 here and in post #2 here and some innerspring/latex hybrid sources that may be worth considering in post #2 here.
In theory a latex support core would tend to be more durable than an innerspring but in practice the difference is probably much less meaningful because the the deeper support layers or components in a mattress aren’t generally the weakest link in a mattress and assuming that either one would be a suitable choice in terms of PPP … once you are past about 10 years or so then the person on the mattress and the changes in their body and preferences can be the limiting factor in the useful life of a mattress as much or in some cases more than the mattress itself (although of course both types can last longer than 10 years for many people).
Phoenix