OMI OrganicPedic Flora Nouveau

Discussions General Mattresses Questions
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I live in Santa Barbara with limited mattress stores but found SB Mattress which offers OMI, has anyone researched this company?

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Hi Les167,

A forum search on Organicpedic (you can just click this) will bring up a number of comments about them (including about the Flora Noveau) but in general they could be recapped by saying they use high quality materials in their mattresses (mostly latex) but are also in a more premium price range compared to other manufacturers that use the same or similar materials.

Phoenix

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Thanks for verifying the quality of OMI, do you have an alternative? SB Mattress has their house brand but not sure if it is of ghe same quality. I know they don’t have the mattress covered so you are laying on top of the latex, but that can be resolved with a thick organic mattress cover. I believe some of the materials are synthetic.

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Hi Les167,

This is a very broad question and would depend on what you consider to be a suitable alternative. Almost all latex is a high quality material and there are many manufacturers across the country that use it in their mattresses so any alternatives would depend on where you are, what is available to you, and on the specifics of what is important to you in terms of the type of latex in a mattress and based on your personal value equation as well. There is more about the different types of latex in this article and in post #6 here.

Latex also comes in a very wide range of softness levels so other latex mattresses may use the same type or quality of latex but the design may be different which means that it will feel and perform differently for you in terms of PPP (Posture and alignment, Pressure relief, and Personal preferences).

There is more about trying to “match” another mattress in post #9 here but the first place to start when you are looking for a new mattress is post #1 here which has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines you will need to make the best possible decision for your own personal criteria.

If you find out the specifics of all the layers of the mattress you are considering at SB mattress (which is an important part of any purchase decision) and post the information here I’d be happy to make some comments about it as well.

Phoenix