Terra Bed Mattress Company

[phoenix]

Hi Jlgreenwich,

Well it certainly seems to me that the reason for the discount is legitimate :0

BTW, the other bed locally that is comparable is an all solid latex 34ILD from Norwalk Mattress. Current sale price for queen is $1600. It also is a queen, flippable double sided and 20 yr warranty. Any decision making suggestions on how I would compare the two and pricing?

In terms of quality and value (based only on materials) it would depend on the thickness of the latex at Norwalk (so I can’t really make a comparison) but it seems to me you have some very good choices available to you (and the mattress at Terrabed is certainly good value). When you are choosing between “good and good” … then it really boils down to all the different factors and tradeoffs that are part of the mattress as well as the services and options offered by each manufacturer before and after purchase.

Of course how you feel on each mattress in terms of PPP (Pressure relief, Posture and alignment, and Personal preferences) is also a significant part of its value to you. Years from now you will remember more about the quality of your sleep on the mattress you buy than you will about the price itself (although of course the relative quality and value of each is still an importat part of any buying decision). Some of the things that may be part of your “value equation” that may help you weigh the pluses and minuses of each are in post #46 here.

The mattress at Norwalk that I really liked was a bit out of my price range-it was all talalay latex core wrapped in wool on top of springs but outer layer of mattress unzipped where you could put 3, 3" talalay latex pads on each side of the mattress with variable ILD according to your preference. Are you aware of any other mattresses that would offer the option to put in/change out upper layers so that you could have varying ILD’s at shoulder, back and feet?

There are several manufacturers that offer custom zoning similar to this although it is not so common. A similar example is Comfort SS here and one of our members http://www.customsleepdesign.com/ also has a mattress which is custom zoned both for each person and side to side. They are sold locally as well as online. Interestingly enough both of these are in Connecticut (which is also where latex International makes the latex). https://www.flobeds.com/products/6499QU also has a vZone which is a similar idea. None of these are “inexpensive” mattresses though.

Hope this helps. Final decisions when all your choices are good ones can be the most difficult … but also one of the the “best” parts of all.

Phoenix

PS: thanks for attaching the file

As I was looking at the PDF, it showed the latex as coming from Latex Green so if this is what is in your mattress then it would be Dunlop rather than Talalay. Both of course are good quality materials and it would be great value either way but they are different and 100% natural Dunlop is less costly than 100% natural Talalay.