Reaching mattress hunting entropy in Ottawa Canada

Hi rickwall,

I can see you’ve been doing some reading and hopefully I can simplify things a bit.

I’m guessing you’ve read this but just in case the tutorial post here has a series of 5 steps that can help make your search much simpler. I would guess you have done step one and two (reading some of the basics and knowing what to avoid) and are part way through step 3 (identifying stores or manufacturers that are transparent) and step 4 (mattress testing to narrow your choice down to one at each store you visit). The tutorial post also has some mattress testing guidelines that can greatly increase your odds of making the most suitable choice for your body type and sleeping positions.

The minimum guideline I would suggest for polyfoam is 1.8 lbs in a one sided mattress and 1.5 lb in a two sided mattress although higher densities would be more durable yet. These would both be HD (high density).

HR polyfoam is higher quality yet and is made with a different chemical formulation that has a higher compression modulus and is more resilient than HD foam. If the density is 2.5 lbs or higher (and has a compression modulus of 2.4 and 60% resiliency) then it would be actual HR polyfoam. If it has a higher compression modulus and resilience than HD foam but but is less than 2.5 lb density then it would normally be called a “high performance” or a “high comfort” foam. These types of polyfoam have many of the properties of latex.

Overall though the foam densities in all the mattresses you are considering are good quality. 2.0 lb polyfoam is a good quality material and 3.0 lb polyfoam is a very high quality material (often formulated to rival many of the properties of latex) and I would have no issues with the durability of any of them. There are no weak link in any of these mattresses so I would choose based on your budget and on which one is the best match in terms of PPP. This thread and this thread both have more comments about some of the options at Matelas Lapensee that may also be helpful.

There are also a few other options in the Ottawa area that are included in the Ottawa list in post #2 and #3 here (I just added 7th heaven Futon and Ikea) so you have a few more options that you can use to narrow down your “finalists” (one at each store you visit). I would either check the website of each one first or call them to make sure that they have mattresses you are interested in trying that are in your budget range.

You have some very good options in the area so you shouldn’t need to drive anywhere else and once you’ve narrowed down your finalists your final choices will all be between “good and good” which means that there won’t be any “mistakes” in terms of quality and durability and your best option would depend on your own preferences, budget, and the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you.

One step at a time :slight_smile:

Phoenix