New here. Looking for a new mattress

[phoenix]

Hi MD2112,

Welcome to the Mattress Forum!

The first place to start your research is the mattress shopping tutorial here which has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines that can help you make the best possible choice … and know how and why to avoid the worst ones.

I’m sure there may be memory foams out there that have enough firmness, but I haven’t looked hard enough to find them yet.

Memory foam itself is always fairly soft (at least when it’s warm) so the firmest memory foam mattresses would have relatively thin layers of memory foam over a firmer support core.

I like the idea of latex from what little I’ve read so far, but there are things about it (mainly the heat issues) that I’m afraid my wife would hate. As far as memory foam goes, I’ve also heard they can produce issues with…intimacy.

There is more about the many factors that can affect sleeping temperature in post #2 here but latex is the most breathable and temperature regulating of all the foam materials. It is also very resilient and “lively” so most people consider it to be a good material for sex.

I think you may be mixing up latex with memory foam which tends to sleep warmer than other types of foam and which is a slow response and more “dead” feeling foam material that can take some getting used to when it comes to lovemaking (see post #2 here).

Phoenix