Replacing my 15 year old mattress/box springs

[phoenix]

Hi smankins,

I rotated the mattress yesterday and removed the 2" foam topper I was trying. Woke up after 6 hours sleep with the pain in my upper/middle back again - dang it!

This would seem to reinforce the thought that you need some additional thickness/softness.

The question I have is on the latex sections themselves and if it would matter which side they were on (bottom to top, etc.). I included some pictures that show how the upper 28 ILD layer is oriented different than the bottom 32 ILD layer and also how the hole patterns are different on top and bottom. The written number on each section was upside down for the 28 and right side up for the 32 - I would not think this mattered except the holes are different on top and bottom of each layer.

With Talalay it doesn’t really matter which side is up or which holes are visible because the Talalay process has a more consistent firmness from top to bottom than the Dunlop process (see post #6 here). The top and bottom pincores in molded latex don’t go all the way through the whole 6" core that it is generally cut from so which holes are visible on the surface depends on which part of the original core the layer was cut from.

Small irregularities or discolorations are also “normal” with latex.

Phoenix