Hi Nataliapinzon,
While you await Hester’s response to your question. Just a little food for thought.
Like most things, particularly something that gets close to 3000 hours of direct contact and use per year, you would expect there to be some wear and tear.
If you were to buy a pair of running shoes with a rubber sole and run 8 miles a day with the same shoes, you would naturally expect that sole to wear at some distinct pace. If you were a 120lb runner vs 190lb runner or a 240lb football player, you would expect those shoes to wear at an accelerated rate for the larger folks than you would for the lighter runners. One runner never cleans the sole of the shoe and it wears slightly more due to the added weight and dirt stuck in the tread. It is not uncommon either, to purchase a pair of running shoes, where the identical model of the shoe in the identical size, where one one pair is made in china, and another pair made in Vietnam, or some other place. When this happens, you never know if the materials for those shoes were sourced and manufactured to the exact standards either. Nonetheless, the more friction, bouncing, rolling, drooling, whatever happens in a mattress (or the shoes), is going to affect its performance and longevity.
As you can see, whether it be a simple a pair of shoes or a rubber mattress, there are multiple conditions that can affect longevity.
There are two major players in the Talalay Marketplace. Global Talalay in Connecticut, and Radium’s Vita Talalay in the Netherlands. Both do an outstanding job producing the product, adhering to consistent standards in processing with exactly the same use of chemical agents necessary to produce the foam along with a strict adherence to cleaning the foam to completion.
Of course there are other manufacturers that produce Talalay, that may not adhere to such rigorous standards. When that happens, longevity and quality suffer.
Latex is an extremely resilient material. Under the right conditions, it can last 20 years. As with the running shoes many factors can affect its longevity. So when shopping for Talalay, it would not be out of the ordinary to ask, who manufactured the foam. Additionally, you could probably line up 100 industry experts and ask which will last longer Talalay or Dunlop. If I had to guess, the results would be 50/50.
@FloBeds posted this on their website. It is just an interesting “test” or observation that they discovered. Talalay vs Dunlop. Sleep on Latex another popular latex mattress company sees it this way. Dunlop vs Latex which is softer?
Both have their own reasons for using each of the available methods for manufacturing latex.
The bottom line for you is to know your PPP’s and body profile. Read though these. TMU Tutorial and Condensed Tutorial Look at Paragraph 4.
Select an establishment who has a reputation for quality work, manufacturing and customer service with a staff who can guide you in the right direction. You will on your way to years of comfort and service from your mattress system. Rotate and or flip your mattress as per the manufacturers directive, and be certain to use the appropriate foundation for the system you purchase.
Following this method will lead to years of happiness with your mattress just like @hester.
Happy New Year
Norm
