Hi dharmlost,
mLily uses foams that are made by Health Care Foam ADMIN NOTE:Removed 404 page link | Archived Footprint: certipur.us/pages/for-industry/find-a-foam-supplier/hk-foam/
in China (the same source as BedBoss, Easy Rest, and several other memory foam mattresses) which are CertiPur certified for harmful substances and VOC’s and as long as you can confirm the quality of all the materials in the mattress from your retailer (see this article) some of their mattresses can be reasonably good quality/value options.
They are also generally transparent about the quality of the foams they use so that their customers can identify any weak links and make meaningful quality and value comparisons with other mattresses (although this may vary from retailer to retailer and their willingness to call their distributor and find out the information you need).
Overall I would say these are among the “better” Chinese manufacturers although there will always be some additional uncertainty and risk involved with buying a mattress that uses Chinese foams and that may have been compressed for longer periods of time (see post #2 here and post #6 here).
Any specific mattress is only as good as the quality of its construction and materials regardless of the brand, so it’s important to make sure that you have a list of all the layers in your mattress that includes the thickness of all the layers and the foam density of any memory foam and polyfoam in the mattress before considering any mattress purchase (see this article). The specs for this mattress were listed on the forum in 2013 here, but some of that information was inaccurate so at that time it did cause me some concern regarding the accuracy of the remained of the specifications. And of course, those older specifications have no bearing on what the foam densities might be in the new mattress you purchased.
Regarding online reviews, they are one of the least reliable ways to select a mattress. You are the only one that can feel what you feel on a mattress and I would be cautious about using anyone else’s suggestions, experiences or reviews on a specific mattress (either positive or negative) or review sites in general as a reliable source of information or guidance about how you will feel on the same mattress or how suitable or how durable a mattress may be for you. In many if not most cases they can be more misleading than helpful because a mattress that would be a perfect choice for one person or even a larger group of people in terms of comfort, firmness, and PPP may be completely unsuitable for someone else to sleep on (even if they are in a similar weight range). In other words … reviews or other people’s experiences in general won’t tell you much if anything about the suitability, quality, durability, or “value” of a mattress for any particular person (see post #13 here).
Regardless, congratulations on your new mattress! :cheer: I hope it serves you well, and I hope you’ll take the time to comment back later once you’ve had a chance to sleep upon your mattress for a while.
Phoenix