Trying to find a Mattress

Hi kannon,

The value of a mattress is relative to what you are comparing it to and the parts of a mattress purchase that are the most important factors in your personal value equation.

To make any meaningful assessments about the quality/durability of the materials though or to make meaningful comparisons with other mattresses you are considering you would need to find out a little bit more information about the mattress.

2" Medium Talalay Latex: This is probably blended talalay which is a high quality material but you can confirm whether it’s 100% natural or blended by asking the retailer or manufacturer.

1" High Density Foam: This doesn’t say the type of foam (polyfoam, memory foam, gel memory foam etc) and also doesn’t mention the specific density of the foam which is the most important factor that can tell you the quality and relative durability of the foam.

8" High Density Soft Poly: This tells you that it’s polyfoam but once again it doesn’t mention the specific density which is the most important information you need to know the quality/durability of the polyfoam. It’s also unlikely that this is “soft” polyfoam if it’s in the deeper support layers of the mattress and this doesn’t seem to be accurate to me.

I would also want to know that these are the exact layers (they should add up to the height of the mattress) and I would also want to know the details of the cover and any quilting layers in the mattress.

If you can find out the “missing” information (and a better retailer should be able to provide this to you or call the factory if they don’t have the information handy) and if they don’t have the knowledge or experience to “translate” it for you so you understand what it means then if you post the information here I’d be happy to make more comments and help you identify whether there are any potential “weak links” in the mattress.

Phoenix