Hi bbunney13,
Post #2 here and the more detailed posts and information it links to have more information about safe, natural, organic, “chemical free”, and “green” mattresses and mattress materials that can help you sort through some of the marketing information and terminology that you will encounter in the industry and can help you differentiate between them and answer “how safe is safe enough for me” or “how green is green enough for me” or even “how organic is organic enough for me” so you can decide on the types of materials you are most comfortable having in your mattress. These types of issues are complex and are generally specific to each person and their individual sensitivities, circumstances, criteria, beliefs, and lifestyle choices.
I would completely agree that there is no such thing as the “best” mattress (organic or any other type) … there is only a mattress that is “best for you” based on all the parts of your personal value equation that are most important to you regardless of whether the same mattress would be “best” for anyone else.
There is more information in post #2 here and the post it links to about organic certifications and materials.
You have been reading some misinformation here that isn’t accurate at all because wool by itself can certainly pass the fire regulations without adding anything to it (see post #2 here).
This is also misinformation. Latex in general is the most durable foam material used in the industry.
There are certainly some people that believe this and while I have seen these types of comments about innersprings being a “safety” issue because of electromagnetic fields … I have never seen any specific evidence that this is the case other than some very non specific anecdotal stories that don’t provide any evidence that would relate to innersprings or metal frames. I would personally be more cautious with “active” electromagnetic fields (such as living close to high tension wires, holding a cell phone too close to your head, or sleeping near active electrical fields or wiring as examples) … but I personally wouldn’t have any issues with sleeping on an innerspring in terns of safety.
There is some information and guidelines in post #3 here and the posts it links to that will be helpful for those that are in higher weight ranges.
You can read some of my thoughts about Essentia and some of the misleading claims they make and some forum discussions with them in this thread and this thread and posts #3 and #4 here). Needless to say I would be very cautious here.
Hopefully you’ve read the mattress shopping tutorial as well which has all the basic information, steps, and guidelines that you will need to make the best possible choice for you … and perhaps more importantly know how and why to avoid the worst ones.
There is also more about the 3 most important parts of the “value” of a mattress purchase in post #13 here that can help you make more meaningful quality/value comparisons between mattresses.
The better options or possibilities I’m aware of in the Las Vegas area (subject to the “value” guidelines I linked) are listed in post #2 here.
The tutorial also includes a link to a list of the members here that sell mattresses online (in the optional online step) that compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency. Many of them make latex and latex hybrid mattresses (including several that make component latex mattresses that are very similar to Savvy Rest) that use different types and blends of latex that have a range of different designs, options, features, return and exchange policies, and prices that are in much lower budget ranges.
Phoenix