Hi,
We are looking to purchase a new king-sized mattress and after finding this site I’ve been doing a LOT of research, as has everyone else here! We are upgrading from a 14" Novoform memory foam mattress purchased from Costco some time ago - at least 10 years ago and maybe more like 15. It does not appear to be the model they currently carry - at least the cover is way more downscale! Since my husband can sleep like a rock, on a rock - literally! - but I cannot, I am in charge of selecting the new mattress - immense responsibility! FYI, we are in our mid-fifties, he is 5’6", weighs about 150 and can and does sleep in any position, and I am 5’4", weigh about 160 and am a total side sleeper. And since we are in our mid-fifties, we are starting to experience the little aches and pains that this stage of life brings!
After due diligence, I’ve decided I’d like an all natural latex (i.e., no blends) mattress - figure this should help with my dust allergies in additional to being cooler, more comfortable and durable.
Since we live in the wilds of Ithaca, NY, there aren’t many places to check out mattresses, and in the few here I’ve found the salespeople to be fairly unknowledgeable. I was able to try out the Savvy Rest 10" Serenity - three layers of Dunlop configured bottom to top as Firm, Medium, Soft - and loved it! Loved it even more when they put the 4" Talalay topper on it! But… $4,600 is just WAAAAY out of our budget!
So to the web: Have it narrowed down to the SleepEZ Select Sleep natural latex series. I can order the 10" version configured the same way as the Savvy Rest, in all Dunlop layers. If I like it that way, cool. If not, I can add a Talalay topper separately for $570. I think I can also upgrade later to the 13,000 for just the cost of the extra Talalay layer and Sleep EZ will upgrade the cover at no charge (at least they do that if you order just a topper and then upgrade to a mattress). Or I can just bite the bullet now and buy the 13,000 for $2, 395.
My other option is to just order the Talalay topper now to put on top of our old bed and see how that goes, figuring I can use that on top of whatever we buy later and putting off the big budget purchase for a while.
My question to all of you is: Has anyone out there personally tried both the Savvy Rest and one or both of the Sleep EZ Select Sleep mattresses configured in a similar way? How did you think they compare? Did you end up buying one of these, or something completely different?
Thanks to all for the great advice I’ve already read on this site - I look forward to more guidance in your replies!