Thinking of buying this Black Friday mattress without testing first...

[phoenix]

Hi bigfootnels,

I have some knowledge about foams from a previous bad experience with foams but with living room furniture not with a bed. It seems some showrooms either use different material or a higher quality/density foam in there seat/sofa cushions in the showroom. Then the foam that you receive your actual sofa/chair. I had bought a living room set from American Signature Furniture and within a year the cushions are pretty much squished and uncomfortable. Vastly lessoning the comfort of them. So you might know this as well.

Yes … it’s exactly the same thing with mattresses and as with furniture I would look for a minimum of 1.8 lb density for polyfoam except for perhaps an inch or so of lower quality foams in the quilting layers which won’t have a significant effect on the useful life of the mattress. With memory foam I would kook for a minimum of 4 lb density. Higher densities are more durable because the density of polyfoam or memory foam is the single biggest factor in its durability. There is more about the many factors that can affect the durability and useful life of a mattress in post #2 here.

Is there a place online or in the Philadelphia area that a consumer can purchase high density/quality latex or memory foam that can be cut to fit to replace cushions in sofas/chairs ? I miss my mom’s old sofas/chairs that had mohair or other quality stuffing from a bygone era lol.

Most cities have several foam shops where you can order many different types and densities of foam. I don’t keep a list of them like I do with mattress manufacturers so I don’t know of any specifically in the Philadelphia area (a google search will bring up a few) and there are some online foam suppliers (polyfoam, memory foam, and latex) listed in post #4 here.

Phoenix