Recommendations for latex mattress in Ottawa Canada?

[phoenix]

Hi arndis,

Thanks for taking the time once again to share such detailed comments and feedback. I think it will be very helpful to others in the Ottawa area.

I think you may have meant to link to the Albizia Mattress here (your link led to the Matelaslanpensee website).
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We ordered the Albizia. It should arrive soon after my birthday. The super-plush foam part was a bit mysterious, but I think I have figured it out. The salesperson said it was bio aloe-infused foam. Next to it was a rack of Blu Sleep foam pillows, including an aloe-infused flavour. It seems very probable that Dauphin, being Quebec-based, bought this fancy foam from Blu Sleep’s Quebec office. It’s Oeko-tex certified natural memory foam with extra marketing, basically. Other parts of the site say it’s made in Italy, and a 2" double topper of it retails for around $500. This would explain the price and feel gaps very neatly.

It’s likely that this is the bioplush foam in your mattress and is made by Valle Foam (see here). It is a version of polyfoam that has replaced a small percentage of one of the two main petrochemicals that are used to make conventional polyfoam (the polyol) with a polyol that is derived from soy oil. There is more about “soy foams” in post #2 here. If this layer is more than “about an inch or so” thick then like any polyfoam layer I would want to know the density of the polyfoam to confirm that it wouldn’t be a weak link in the mattress.

Other than this … you did some very good research … and congratulations on your new mattress

Phoenix