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[phoenix]

Hi awoods,

Thanks for the feedback … I appreciate it.

When I talked with Orlando Mattress they thought that there could be a language barrier for more technical questions so they suggested that if this turned out to be the case that it may be worthwhile calling and talking with them since they said they have the specs for all the mattresses that are on the showroom floor and may be in a better position to answer more complex questions.

The first was 6" of 36 ILD Talalay latex on top of 2" of some sort of soft polyfoam with 2" of memory foam on the very bottom. I can only assume that mattress was upside down for some reason.

While you will often find latex mattresses with a “stabilization layer” of firmer polyfoam on the bottom … if this was softer polyfoam or memory foam then I would also think that the mattress may have been upside down.

The other had 2" of 22 ILD Talalay latex on top of 2"of memory foam, then 2" of some other foam, then about 4" of a support foam. Not a clue why you’d put memory foam between the core and the latex topper.

This is not so unusual and it can create a “feel” than many people (including me) like because it has the more resilient “feel” and ease of movement of latex on the top with some of the “slow sinking in” feel of memory foam underneath it (see post #15 here for another example). I personally prefer a relatively thin layer of latex over memory foam rather than memory foam over latex but each person has their own individual preferences about the combination of materials that they prefer.

The other thing that was noteworthy is that the place was not air conditioned! Now that may not be a big deal most places, but this is FL. It is 98 degrees here today, and for the past month or so our heat index has been in the 110 to 120 range. So definetely would not recommend going there in the summer, especially if you are looking at memory foam. This also begs the question - if the warehouse & factory is not temperature controlled, wouldn’t the stock of foam they are using to build mattresses be taking heat damage? What happens to latex if it gets very hot and is exposed to high temps for a long time?

This temperature range wouldn’t damage the foam but it certainly could make any memory foam in a mattress feel softer than it would feel in a bedroom that was cooler.

I agree with you that the prices appear to be good and I appreciate that you took the time to share your feedback and experiences there.

Phoenix