Hi Waldamos,
Every manufacturer often has their own opinions about what they like best and what they don’t. There are many people who are very happy with their latex/innerspring hybrid so this is a matter of preference and when it comes to preferences not even he “experts” will agree. I wouldn’t buy a mattress based on specs alone though unless I had tested a very similar mattress and was confident that it was a good choice in terms of PPP and there were options available after a purchase in case the mattress wasn’t a good choice or design for you.
Again … the first step is to test a mattress to make sure it’s suitable for you. No matter what the quality of the materials in a mattress or its relative “value” … if the design isn’t right for your specific needs and preferences it would have little value to you. I would need to know more about the specifics of the actual mattress (design including the thickness and density of all the layers) to make any meaningful comments but in general higher density will be more durable than lower density polyfoam.
All of these can make good choices in a two sided mattress. Latex will be more durable and have a different feel than polyfoam. NR Dunlop is also a very high quality material for those who prefer it’s “feel” vs Talalay (see post #7 here). Bonnell springs are also a good lower budget choice and can be very strong coils in lower gauges as long as it has a good insulator. The minimum coil count I would consider for a Bonnell is a 312 (390 in a queen) and higher coil counts will have a more even support surface and generally be more costly depending on the gauge. The most meaningful way to compare innersprings would be based on the weight of the steel inside them and this isn’t a spec that is generally available. Again though … the innerspring is not usually the weak link of a mattress but different types of innerspring feel and perform differently. I wouldn’t use “general” information for specific comparisons (such as the ability of a Bonnell to mold to your shape or its weaker movement isolation) unless your own personal experience confirms it for the specific mattress design you are testing. Taking general information about a single component and then using this to analyze a mattress “piece by piece” can be misleading because each component and material has many variations and combinations and every layer and component will have some effect on all the other layers and components. How it feels for you and how it compares to other mattresses in terms of both price, options, and PPP would be an important part of my choice based on your personal value equation compared to other options you have available.
In a one sided mattress this would be the case. In a two sided mattress I would go as low as 1.5 assuming that you actually flip the mattress regularly. Even here though higher density would be more durable.
This would depend on the mattress only price (which is the only way to make apples to apples comparisons) compared to the other options you have available. While it’s it’s reasonable compared to many other mainstream choices you may have … it may not be in the “best value” range and its “value” would depend on all the other parts of the mattress purchase that were important to you and what6 else is available in your area. There would be no obvious weak links in the mattress in terms of quality/durability but there is also no “formula” for value outside of what is most important to you and how a mattress purchase compares to another one you are considering.
Restonic is a licensee group of independent manufacturers that often make their mattresses differently in different areas of the country. Many of the licensees are family owned private manufacturers that are fully transparent. They make some good quality and value mattresses but a brand makes little difference to me because a mattress is only as good as its construction and the quality of the materials inside it. I list them as a good option or “possibility” in many of the forum lists because depending on the prices and service of the retailer and the specifics of the mattress they can be good value and you have much higher odds of being able to find out the specifics of what is in the mattress than many other larger manufacturers in the top 15 (see this article) which means you would be able to make more meaningful comparisons.
Phoenix