Hi Clawdia,
Unfortunately … it’s not too likely you will find an all natural Talalay topper with a good cover in that price range.
The lowest cost in blended Talalay will probably be closer to your target range with a good cover (perhaps still a little higher).
[quote]I’m still having bilateral hip pain radiating downward whenever I take the feather bed topper off the dunlop mattress, even though the mattress is soft. Just went to see my doctor about the pain, who put me on a prednisone taper (which has helped the pain, although I don’t know why except that it always seems to help the joint/muscle pain caused by my auto-immune disease), and had back x-rays taken although I don’t yet know the results. He’s a DO and not an MD, for whatever that’s worth, and did say if it’s the mattress causing that type of pain he thinks it would be an indication that it’s too firm rather than too soft since I told him my spine was in good alignment on the mattress.
That all amounts to the fact that I’m still trying to find a good solution that doesn’t involve buying a rather expensive feather/down topper every 2-3 years, and a soft Talalay topper seems a logical option, and hopefully one that would last longer. [/quote]
While of course all of this is just “best guess” information … given that your featherbed seems to work for you I would suspect that you may need a softer fiber material on top or at least a material that has a more “relaxed” surface with less shear forces (see my comments in post #8 here and in post #7 here).
If you do decide to try a Talalay topper I’ll certainly be interested in finding out how it works for you.
Phoenix