[quote=“Phoenix” post=69363]Hi Hammer,
I’m glad you had a chance to try out a few different latex products. It’s always best to do your own personal testing, as you found it it’s more accurate than being able to touch foam samples (although those can be quite useful as well).
Both the Nature and Nutrition are all Talalay mattresses. The Nature uses a 6" core of 36 ILD, with 2" of 28 ILD and 2" of 21 ILD above that. The Nutrition uses the same 6" 36 ILD core, with 2" of 19 ILD above that and 3" of 28 ILD Talalay on top of that. The upper layer in each mattress uses the paraffin wax ActiveFusion phase change material. The cover is a 98% polyester, 2% elastin mix, and under the cover there is a FR layer that fits like a mattress pad over the latex layers to meet flammability requirements.
If you’re looking to approximate those comforts, there are some online options with component style systems where they can approximate quite closely the mattresses you tested locally, often at a more competitive price. Many of the members listed in post #21 here are very experienced and knowledgeable and specialize in providing the type of help and guidance on the phone that can help you make good comparisons to the Pure Talalay Bliss line, with a wide range of latex options. I believe that all of them compete well with the best in the industry in terms of their quality, value, service, and transparency. While it’s not possible for me to maintain a listing of all of the latex options available nationally, those site members would be a good place to start your research. You can also do a simple search for Talalay latex mattresses for more options.
If you have more specific questions, please let me know, but hopefully that helps get you started with your comparisons.
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Thanks for providing the ILDs on the Pure Talalay Bliss beds, that will be very helpful as we look to compare and contrast the different offerings.
I went through all the dealers listed in Post #21 referenced above, and searched for a few others, and created a spread sheet on the different mattresses, manufacturers and policies of the ones that seemed like they could work for us… I am happy to send the spreadsheet to anyone currently considering a latex bed.
To be honest, there is not a huge price difference and in some cases many of the 100% Natural Tally beds from online dealers were significantly more expensive than the local Pure Bliss dealer. The real differences were in the ability to swap out layers and in the return policies. Which, while they add potential additional cost, is a nice security blanket if it turns out we can’t tolerate the mattress.
That being said, I read in those blogs where having infinite choice in layers may not be all its cracked up to be and can leave you feeling like maybe the fixed mattress would be a better choice. I also note that we have only tried pure talalay and pure dunlop and have nowhere within driving distance to try a blend of the two or a foam over an innerpring mattress so we are still flying a bit blind on the different latex combos/hybrids.
Sooooooooo, when I look at all the information I have to date here’s what intrigues me.
100% Natural Tally
10-13" Mattress
Split King Mattress
Ability To Swap Out Layers
Reasonable Cost to Swap Out Layers
Returnable Mattress
Free Shipping
Using the above as my base case the following mattresses seem to rise to the top.
SleepEZ King Organic Select Sleep
FlexUs Comfort King Natural
Thoughts?