Still not sure

[phoenix]

Hi Bobbie,

Most of your questions have no “absolute” or black and white answers.

Also, the quilted top he recommends (reads this way…organic cotton cover quilt w/1" 1.5 and wool). Can’t tell if that is another 1" of latex or what.

That sounds to me like 1" of 1,.5 lb polyfoam and wool in the quilting.

They do not seem to use as much wool as Natura…will that affect comfort? They only use all natural talalay…no blends.

Any change in design (less wool and more polyfoam) will affect both comfort and support as well as “feel” to some degree yes. Whether this is an improvement or not or just "equivalent depends on how it affects you in terms of PPP.

I have been told that the 6 " core will be very durable but the upper top layers of latex may break down sooner and be too soft. For that reason, I was wondering what you think about getting the 6" firm core and perhaps 2" medium layer and then have them make a removable soft 1 1/2 " topper w the organic cotton and wool. Would that make sense?

Layers closer to the surface are less durable than layers deeper in the mattress. It’'s not likely that either the 28 ILD latex or the 3t ILD base layer will be a weak link (although the 28 ILD will not last as long as the 36 ILD) but anything softer on top certainly could be (and would reduce wear on the layers below as well). Having it as a topper instead of part of the mattress would allow you to replace it without replacing the whole mattress.

Last question…this factory says they make a slatted wood foundation but the slats are about 41/2-5" apart. He insists that is good enough but everything I read says 3" or less apart is optimum.

As you can see in post #10 here … different manufacturers can have have widely different opinions from the “norm” about many issues and this is one of them. Rather than try and figure out who is right and who is wrong (which would take over a decade to see how the spacing was affecting your mattress) it’s usually easier to just put the different opinions in different places along the “range of risk”. I personally wouldn’t be as comfortable with gaps this wide with an all latex mattress (and neither would many other manufacturers) but others would probably be fine with it.

Phoenix