Hi cat,
Each person has their own set of criteria that may be most important to them so āvalueā is always subjective depending on what is most important to each person.
If the price or the options available (both before and after purchase) are a significant part of your āpersonal value equationā though then several of the manufacturers listed would certainly be worth looking at. Options to customize a mattress (in terms of its construction or a side to side split for people with different needs and preferences) and/or exchange layers can also be an important consideration when you are looking at an online purchase where you canāt test the mattress in person to make sure it is suitable for your body type and sleeping style.
While price is certainly part of value ā¦ the options available are also important because when you look back on a mattress purchase you will remember more about how well you slept than how much you paid for it. Habitat uses softer than usual latex in both their comfort and support layers. The Dunlop is about 26 ILD and the comfort layer is N1 from Latex international which is very soft and isnāt as durable at this low an ILD as blended Talalay. Since price is also an important part of a purchase I would look at the following manufacturers who all sell mattresses that are similar or lower cost to the equivalent Habitat model if you compare mattresses with similar amounts of latex and a similar cover (wool quilted). Some of these offer various combinations of Latex including 100% natural Dunlop and/or 100% natural or blended Talalay. Some of these have 6" mattresses where you could add a topper and some include a top comfort layer which you can exchange which is generally a lower cost and less risky approach than buying a topper and then not being able to return it if you choose the wrong softness level.
www.mattresses.net/ (has a 6" Dunlop mattress)
https://www.sleepez.com/ (has a 6" Dunlop mattress)
Also, Brooklyn bedding or dreamfoambedding (have a 9" mattress with 100% natural Dunlop and a 3" Talalay comfort layer)
I would make sure that the mattress you listed at Austin Natural mattress is all latex because I donāt believe it is (Boyd doesnāt make any 9" all latex mattresses). For example you can see a Boyd 9" mattress here that uses 3" of what they call āengineeredā latex over a polyfoam base layer but engineered latex is also polyfoam ā¦ not latex.
The Royal at Sleepworld is organic latex which is certified organic and is a more costly material than 100% natural Dunlop.
Hope this helps you with some preliminary research and it will give you some good sources to talk to.
Phoenix