No such thing as an "Organic mattress" San Diego area

[phoenix]

Hi Vjay,

You are still getting some partly true and partly untrue or misleading information.

We’ve been all over San Diego county and as far north as Carlsbad and Encinitas, and finally found someone (Sleep Xperts in San Marcos) who explained everything honestly to us including that there is NO SUCH THING as an “Organic mattress” like many firms like to claim. Any bed that has latex (even natural, dunlap, or Talalay) is simply NOT organic.

This isn’t correct and there is certainly such a thing as certified organic latex and also organic latex mattresses. There is more about organic mattresses and materials in post #2 here and the posts it links to.

Sales people will also tell you that their bed is the “best for your back” because it keeps your spine straight…well any (new) bed that doesn’t sag in the middle will do that.

This is partly correct and partly incorrect. Keeping your spine and joints in neutral alignment is an important part of a mattress that is a suitable “match” for someone but is also about much more than just having a new mattress that doesn’t sag in the middle. Different body types and sleeping positions and different types of people may need or prefer very different mattresses (see mattress firmness/comfort levels in post #2 here). There is also no such thing as a specific type of mattress that is “good for backs” in general although there are certainly mattresses that can help individual people. A mattress that is the best “match” for one person in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences) which means it would provide the best possible alignment for their back in all their sleeping positions may be very different from the mattress that is best for someone else’s back.

Sales people will also say that their beds will last 15-20 years but often the warranty is only 10 years.

Mattress warranties only cover defects in materials and have little to nothing to do with the useful life or a mattress. There are also mattresses that have a 25 year warranty that may only have a useful life of months or a couple of years for some people (see post #174 here). There is also much more information about the many variables that can affect durability and the useful life of a mattress relative to each person in post #4 here and the posts it links to as well.

We feel badly for people who spend thousands of dollars thinking they are getting an “organic” mattress, or a ‘special’ mattress that is going to fix their back problems, when it was just a sales pitch.

If a back problem is the result of a medical condition then it’s certainly true that a mattress won’t solve it but a suitable mattress can certainly make a big difference compared to sleeping on a mattress that isn’t a good “match” for any particular person. Good salespeople will know how to help their customers choose the most suitable mattress based on careful and objective testing and/or accurate and meaningful information rather than “theory” or “hype” or “marketing stories”.

We were also really impressed with Cantoni in Irvine’s new ‘sleep center’. Excellent selection of chemical free mattresses with no flame retardant, and the prices were fair.

You can see some comments about Cantoni in this topic and the better options and possibilities I’m aware of in the San Diego area are listed in post #2 here.

Phoenix