Naturepedic EOS Pillow-top or DIY?

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After six months of mattress shopping, I think I’m finally close. I’m replacing a 15-year-old Beautyrest World Class and, after nearly purchasing a King Koil Natural Collection, decided I wanted a foam-free, modular mattress. I’ve narrowed it down to the Naturepedic EOS Classic or Pillowtop. For reasons I can’t entirely justify, I’m leaning toward the Pillowtop instead of the Classic in a split king configuration. My side would have firm coils, a microcoil layer, and latex on top layer. Although I am side sleeper, I prefer firm mattresses with good edge support. Oh, and I already bought a Terra Foundation to support whatever choice I end up with.

I’ve been waiting for the Black Friday sale, but keep wondering whether DIY would achieve something similar for about half the price. Especially with all the great knowledge I have learned from reading this site!

My potential DIY build if I went this route:
TPS 14.75-gauge pocket coils
TPS QuadMini microcoils (I see there are Quadmini with edge support, but not sure if those are available to a DIYer)
3" latex (firmness TBD)

My biggest uncertainty and what has stopped me is the encasement. I’ve read the recommendations here, but I still don’t have a great sense of how they compare with the EOS pillow top, which seems to be great quality. I know that it does seem possible to buy the Naturepedic encasement separately, but at $2k for king just for their encasement, that seems to defeat the goal of DIY.

A few questions:

  1. How much does the encasement influence the overall feel of a mattress, and is there one that would be as close as possible to the feel/build quality of the EOS? I see that TPS has a new luxury encasement with a heavy duty zipper that looks high quality.
  2. I see that Naturepedic has each layer encased is a ? Cotton cover. Does that make a difference?
  3. I realize if I DIY, I lose the 100 day trial (and a warranty), but it seems like if I could get the encasement right, the springs and quad mini should be great, so it would only be getting the right latex firmness. And even if I have to replace the latex layer to get it right it still seems like I would be way ahead.
  4. Are there other issues of making DIY work that I am not anticipating?
    Appreciate any advice!
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You can buy this mattress encasement: https://pocketspringstore.com/products/luxe-organic-diy-cover This costs $789.

DIY is cheaper because components are cheaper. Components are cheaper because no returns are allowed.

If you want comfort returns, someone has to pay for it.

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You’re right about TPS offering mini coils with edge support. I think at minimum that should be offered on the DIY site.

This is just my opinion, but I think 3 inches on top detracts from the function of the quadmini too much. That really is the star of the whole mattress when included.

My setup is the 14.75g, quadmini and 2" of soft with the stretch cover. I did use a wool topper on it when I first put together the whole kit, but realized the top being that plush made the bed so comfortable I didn’t want to get out of it.

Keep in mind, I said a topper. So it was like 2 inches thick and very soft. I don’t think the luxury cover would be as super soft nor as thick.

I bet a setup with the 14.75g, quadmini, 2 inch medium talalay and the luxury cover would be extremely comfortable and also super supportive. Or if you wanted it to be a touch firmer at the very top you could go one step down on the cover. But that’s a personal preference. Some might not really like a firm feel at the very top, but soft on the very top and super supportive. The luxury cover would probably be an inch of softness from wool which is also great for temperature regulation, and the cover one step down would be a half inch.

Ultimately, I like DIY. For some reason a few people here have been talking about their naturepedic mattresses not being supportive enough or getting dips in them. Not sure what it could be thats causing their issues with that mattress.