Recommendations in DFW Area

[phoenix]

Hi jrc,

I finally made it to The Mattress Factory. I was a little disappointed by Peter. He seemed annoyed that I asked if his memory foam was CertiPur and did not even know what that was. In fact, he gave us some attitude about it. So I asked about his foam supplier(s) and was told one was Future Foam, but I forgot the other. When I asked about the second supplier again, he became defensive about identifying his suppliers. At least Future Foam is CertiPur.

I think that many manufacturers may be somehat defensive about identifying their foam suppliers for competitive reasons and it’s certainly not something that most would do as a matter of course or that is necessary.

CertiPur is also relatively new and knowledge about it hasn’t spread throughout the industry … particularly with long term manufacturers that rely more on their experience with materials than on technical specs. For me it would be enough to know the density of their foam and that it was sourced in North America or if it was from Asia then I would want to know it was CertiPur certified.

I was a little confused by his latex mattress. It was two-sided with a 6" 28 ILD core and a 2" 28 ILD top layer on both sides. What is the point of layering the same ILD?

Latex is only made in a 6" mold so if you want a thicker mattress then you would need to add latex on each side.

He was helpful, though, by having us try a 2" gel memory foam (appeared liquid mixed and claimed was 7 lb density) on top of the 28 ILD latex mattress. My wife loved it, but was too soft for me. He quoted about $2300 for king size 28 ILD 6" latex core with 2" 7lb gel memory on each side. Does that sound good value to you?

I don’t know if this was a mattress only or for the set and I don’t know anything about the cover which would both affect the cost of a mattress but their mattresses in general and from the sound of it this mattress specifically would be in a good value range IMO yes as long as it matches the most important criteria of your own personal value equation.

Phoenix