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[phoenix]

Hi EZ4HZ,

And I’ve read almost everything you wrote under the “mattresses sleeping on a cloud” section which is my favorite section of this site I must say. I’m not sure everyone knows it’s there, but it’s extremely useful. I know you go into dunlap vs latex in the forums, but perhaps that could be placed in the “mattresses” section as well as it’s just briefly mentioned there? Just a thought.

This is already in the planning stages. When I first developed the site most of the articles in the main menu items (in the industry, mattresses, and articles section) were the first ones I wrote and the primary source of information on the site because the forum was still brand new and had few posts but over the years my goal was to include more detailed replies in the forum that would become “reference posts” and there are now several hundred reference posts that I link to in the forum in addition to the articles in the main menu.

Now that the site upgrades are complete it will allow me to add some additional features over the next year or so and one of these is amalgamating all the reference posts in the forum with the articles in the main menu and putting them all into a single categorized research center so they will all be in one place and easy to navigate and scan for information and answers to most people’s more common questions without me needing to link to specific articles or forum posts as much as I currently do. I’ve been working on some of the planned new features for almost 2 years and it will still take some time (months) before the research center is launched because it involves amalgamating, rewriting, updating, and in some cases simplifying many of the articles and reference posts (some of which are somewhat redundant) but the system is now in place that will make it possible (along with some of the other additions that have been in the planning stages for some time as well).

I wish I had more time, fingers, and an extra brain to be able to do all of this more quickly but larger projects like this always take more time more time than I wish they would when you are only a single person and there are only so many hours in a day

I did think to myself though, that perhaps this is the logic in Beloit Mattresse’s Hybrid Beds which only use 1" of gel foam on 1" latex on top of Legget and Platt Comfort Core/Marshall coils.

I would agree with this because the thinner top two layers along with the initial compression of the marshall coil would all work together to provide the pressure relief and “feel” of the mattress.

I’ll keep reading here as much as I can and keep experimenting with actual sleep systems and see what I come up with. I think my next line of questioning should be about covers as I’m a huge fan of minimalism when it comes to covers and protectors. As a fan of specialty foams I like being as close to the contouring foam as possible. Right now I’m really considering ONLY using a protector over my latex layers and a sheet. There are no zipper covers I find that I actually think will do what I want (I haven’t looked that hard). The wool ones, although I love the idea and the absorbency and temperature regulation, usually seem too thick and I don’t like quilted designs or how they might compact and form a barrier to the contouring foam.

There is more about knit covers that are more stretchy and contouring vs different types of quilted covers in post #12 here and the posts it links to. The component post here also includes the better sources for covers I’m aware of and post #4 here includes a list of the thinner more stretchy knit covers.

I was thinking about maybe adding another protector like the Suite Sleep or the Cozy Pure on top of it-- so using two protectors instead of a cover. Does that sound like a “bad idea”-- people always talk about latex degrading, flaking, needing protection…but two protectors plus a sheet really should be able to keep my latex as “safe” as a cover do you think?

It doesn’t sound like a “bad” idea no but the effect on the latex would really depend on how much air (or other substances) that can degrade latex faster reaches the latex over time which is difficult to predict without specific testing. These types of questions would normally be more about “how much” the effect would be (rather than whether it will have any effect at all) and are very difficult to quantify. There is more about the effects of different covers that can give you some idea of how they can affect the latex in the links in my previous reply here.

Phoenix