Topper Advice Please

[phoenix]

Hi cobra88,

How long would you recommend? Also, should we take the gel topper back off to get a more accurate break-in and feel for the mattress? We do not really want to use the gel topper long term.

I would suggest 30 days or so when possible and I would remove the topper as well (again if possible) because it can slow down the process.

I would have loved going with them, but we would prefer a 100% natural Talalay or Dunlop topper and didn’t see any such offerings from either Dreamfoam or Brooklyn Bedding.

They may have 100% natural Dunlop available so it may be worth calling to find out for sure.

I would also be aware that 100% natural Talalay will be more costly than blended talalay (and perhaps feel a little firmer as well in the same ILD) and may not have any significant performance advantages (although it’s a great material).

Ok, thanks! Do you have any strong opinions of Ultimate Sleep as to the quality of their products.

They are owned by Andrews Marketing Partners and have been in business for about 10 years. I would look at them on a “product by product” basis and then compare them to any other options you have available for a similar product. I don’t have strong feelings about them one way or the other. There are many other options available as well for 100% natural Dunlop toppers and some of them may be less costly (see here for an example) but both of these would probably feel firmer than “soft” talalay. Sleepwarehouse’s return policy has a 15% restocking fee and you pay for return shipping but there are also many others that don’t allow returns at all on toppers.

ADDED: for some reason I was discussing Sleepwarehouse in the last paragraph but the question was about Ultimate Sleep (who are also ahhmemoryfoam and ultimatecomfortonsale). They have been in business for over 15 years and when I’ve talked with absolutecomfort on sale they have always been helpful and informative about their products. A forum search on ultimatesleep or on absolutecomfort (you can just click the links) will bring up more information and feedback about them.

One last question…would an ILD of 19 be too soft for a 3" natural talalay or dunlop topper? Not so much in terms of comfort level because I know that is very subjective and dependent on a lot of things. I just want to make sure I’m not going to sink right through it to the bed below and not get enough pressure point relief when sleeping on my side.

There are too many variables, unknowns, and personal preferences to be able to predict this on an individual basis based on “theory at a distance”. I would also keep in mind that both 100% natural Dunlop and 100% natural Talalay come in a range of ILD’s not a specific ILD (see post #6 here). Once the time comes to decide if you need a topper the best way I know would be to use the topper guidelines which are based on your subjective assessment of your mattress in combination with your body type because the same topper will feel different on different mattresses and for different people.

Phoenix