Royal Pedics (prescription) Organic Cotton Mattress Review

[phoenix]

Hi bbunney13,

Assuming that you decide to pull the trigger … congratulations on your new mattress

As you know I think you are making a great quality choice and I’m looking forward to your comments and feedback once you’ve reveived it and have had the chance to sleep on it for a bit.

The only real question I have left is concerning allergen-proof encasings. I have read that with a pure latex mattress that dust mites can’t live and grow in them. Of course they can certainly live and grow in pillows and bedding. Since I will need to get into the vZone mattress on occasion, it doesn’t make sense to get a full mattress encasing as the zippers don’t go all the around the mattress (halfway of less) making it difficult to get at the latex layers inside the mattress. Mission Allergy makes a mattress encasing that goes on like a fitted sheet. Not as effective as one that covers the whole mattress but much easier to take on and off. I figure getting one of those couldn’t hurt.

There is more information about dust mites and dust mite allergies in post #2 here and in post #3 here and there is also more information about mattress allergy encasements (that surround the mattress) vs mattress protectors (that are like a fitted sheet and are easier to remove) in post #2 here. There is also more about the pros and cons of different mattress protectors and some examples of each of them in post #89 here.

Mattress allergy encasements are meant to be used on a semi permanent basis and aren’t meant to be easily removed so I would agree that it would make sense to at least hold of with using an encasement (if you feel you need one) until you are confident that you won’t need to rearrange or exchange any layers in your mattress.

Phoenix