Recapitulate experience of mattress test in store

[phoenix]

Hi ddcfri,

That helps a great deal. Just to complicate matters I am allergic to wool and despite assurances from the owner of the store where I tested the mattresses that the way the cover is constructed, plus adding a waterproof (though breathable) mattress pad and sheets should “protect” me from the wool I am very hesitant.

Wool allergies are generally contact allergies and most people would be fine with wool quilted in a cover. The supplier of a cover may be able to provide you with a sample that you can wear for a day or so against your skin to see how you do with it (see post #2 here).

I realize that the cover is also an important part of the equation. We liked the non springy nature of our experience with the cover that comes with the bed and would like to maintain that with a cover that did not have wool.

Other quilting materials won’t feel or perform like wool but there is more about quilting materials in post #12 here that may be helpful.

1. Based on feedback from forum members and any other sources, would the wool have a good chance of working its way through the layers and eventually getting to me?

I would say “probably not”.

2. Can you suggest a cover that would not have wool or foam that might work as closely as possible to the one they have on the mattress which they say is GOTS certified organic wool from Argentina is quilted inside the organic cotton cover? It does not HAVE to be organic but it would be nice.

No … I don’t know of another quilting material that would feel or perform like wool (and there are many different types of wool quilted covers that would also be different from each other in terms of the fabric used on the surface or the backing, the amount and density of the wool, the breed of wool that was used, and any other materials that are in the cover so even comparing one wool cover to another can be very difficult).

Phoenix